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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:

Gimp

Adorable PTU kit from Sweet Cravings Scraps called What's Up Pussy Cat HERE

Tube of choice. I am using Elias Chatzoudis. You must have a license to use his tubes. You can purchase them HERE

Template 68 by me HERE

Font- ALS Script

Let's begin!!

-Open template. Delete credits. Image>Canvas Size 600x600 pixels and click center.

-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. Layer>Scale Layer by 60%.Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Delete the original template layer.Here are the template layers and which papers I used:

circle 1- paper 3

recr 1- paper 7 Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50

Rect 2- paper 8 Fitlers>Repeat Drop Shadow

square 1- paper 6 repeat drop shadow

square 2- paper 1 repeat drop shadow

square 3- paper 2 repeat drop shadow

circle 2- paper 11 repeat drop shadow

-Make thin rect 1 active. Colors>Colorize. Change the lightness to 100. Repeat for thin rect 2.

-Open frame 3. Scale 50%. Make the top layer. Place over circle 1 layer. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open tube. Move below the frame layer. Place insdie the frame to the left. Erase parts of the tube sticking outside the frame. Change the mode of the tube to screen.

-Open tube again. Make the top layer. Move to the right of the frame. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Change the mode of the duplicate to soft light.

Elements:

Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 2, black, 50 to all element layers, unless otherwise stated (for no drop shadow I'll say NDS). See my tag for placement.

purse- rotate 15 NDS

nailpolish NDS

lipstick NDS

leaf branch 1

flower 5

flower 6

flower 8

string net 1 NDS

bow 1 NDS

curly ribbon 4

cute kitty cat 1

cloud NDS

-Add your name and copyright.

All done!!!

Here is a tag I made using a beautiful new tube from Shawli. You can find her in the new releases section at PTE HERE.

Well here is a yummy treat for all of you :) Does it get any hotter than this??? Arthur Crowe outdid himself this time!!!! You can find this hottie in the new releases section at PTE HERE

I've got some templates for you all today. I had fun making these ones! Feel free to send results to Gimptasticblog@yahoo.com. You can download them HERE.

Here are some tags I made using my new templates.

Here's a tag I made using a HOT new tube from Scott Blair. You can find this tube in the new releases section at PTE HERE.

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).

~Sunny Summer Days PTU scrapkit by KNC Scrapz which you can get from Scrap-u-nique HERE.

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

~Font of choice. I used Allure Script.

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 2, add drop shadow (Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow).

3. Open Paper 4 center it behind frame, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser in your tool box.

4. Open Wreath (round frame), add drop shadow.

5. Open Paper 10 center it behind frame, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser in your tool box.

6. Open tube, add drop shadow.

7. Open and place the following elements:

element 1

element 2

Birdhouse

Bird

Bird 2

Basket 1

Flower 2

Green ribbon

Vine

Branch

Lemon

Lemon 1

Lemon 2

Leaves

Bottle

Watering can

Butterflies

~Some of the elements may need to be sized down. Using your scale tool in your tool box adjust the pixel size until element is the correct size~

~Add drop shadow to all elements~

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

9. Autocrop image (Image > Autocrop Image).

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

11. Add copyright info and name.

12. Save as .png You are finished :)