That's right Gimptastic fans...we are the Spotlight Tutorial Artists this month!!!!!!!!!!!!

Click on the magazine cover to head over to the Taggers Art blog and check out the article :) 

We are honored to have been chosen for the magazine!!! Thanks Taggers Art!!!!!

This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's.

-Let's add papers to the template layers. Make the template layer active (see below). Right click template layer in layer box and choose alpha to selection. Open paper (see below). Right click paper layer in layer box and choose add alpha channel. Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50. Delete the original template layer. Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

1- paper 19

2- paper 20

3- paper 12

4- paper 6

5- paper 4

6- paper 3

7- paper 10

8- paper 1

9- paper 13

10- paper 16

-Open tube. Make the top layer. Layer>Scale Layer 50%. Place in the center of the tag. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open frame 1. Make the bottom layer. Scale 65%. Place in the center of the tag. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open frame 2. Make the bottom layer. Scale 85%. Place in center of the tag. Select the magic wand. Clcik inside the frame. Select>Grow 50. Open paper 9. Move paper layer below frame layer in layer box. Add alpha channel. Invert and delete. Select none. Make the frame active and add drop shadow of 2, 2, 5, black, 40.

Elements:

bow 2

jar

glows 3

flower 6

envelope (flip)

balloons 3

background

-Add your name and copyright and you're done!

I was able to make some more Valentine templates for the Creative Misfits Blog. Head on over to their blog HERE to download them and check out the rest of the blog while you're there!

 

 



My second tag:

 



Please feel free to snag the tags below (just click on the one(s) you want and right click and save).  All that I ask is that you don't alter them in ANY way.

 



This kit was inspired by an amazing tube by Screaming Demons called Steam Punker. The kit has a Steampunk vibe with a Punk edge. It contains 55 elements, 6 frames and 10 papers.

This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's.

Supplies Needed:

~Gimp (any version will do).
 
~Belladonna Keepsake PTU scrapkit by A Taggers Scrap which you can find HERE.

~Tube of choice. I used the artwork of Alicia Mujica, you must have a license to use this art which you can now get HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Satisfaction.

Let's get started!!!!!

1. Open a new layer ( I prefer a large canvas, so I make mine 1050x656). Make your canvas transparent (Layer > Transparency > Color to alpha).

2. Open Frame 3 (rectangle frame), add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open Paper 3 center it behind Frame 3, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser.

4. Open Frames 5 (round) & r (square), place them under Frame 3 & Paper 3 in your layer box.

5. Open tube, add drop shadow.

6. Open and place the following elements:

Lace Background
Lace Piece
Leaves 3
Leaf
Twig 2
Pendant
Pendant 3
Folded Paper
Ivy 2
Flower 1
Flower 6
Jewel Heart
Diamonds
Butterfly 2
Butterfly 3
Button 1
Button 2
Button 3

~Some elements may need to be sized down. Using the Scale Tool in your tool box adjust pixels to desired size~

~Add drop shadow to all elements (except Scatter)~

7. Merge layers (Image > Merge Visible Layer).

8. Crop image (Image > Autocrop Image).

9. Scale image to desired size (Image > Scale Image).

10. Add copyright info and name.

11. Save as .png

You are finished :)

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My kits will be on sale for the entire month of February!!!!

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