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

FTU kit Torn Affection from Candys Treats HERE

Tube of choice. I am using Keith Garvey. You must have a license to use his tubes. Purchase them HERE

Template 108 by me HERE

Mask 4 by Melissaz Creationz HERE

Font- Signericia Fat

Lets get started!!

-Open template. Delete credits. Image>Scale Image 500x337 pixles. Image>Canvas Size 600x600 pixels. 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- paper block 3 Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50 rect 1- paper affection 4 rect 2- paper dotty 1 square- paper affection 1 rect 3- paper crumpled 2 -Make frame layer active. Alpha to selection. Add new layer above. Set your foreground color to ffdae3. Select the bucket fill tool. Fill selection. Select none. Delete original frame layer. Filter>Repeat Drop Shadow. -Make words one active. Colors>Colorize. Just change the lightness to 100. Leave the rest. Alpha to Selection. Add new layer below this layer. Fill with black. Repeat drop shadow. On words 2 repeat colorize. On words 2 back repeat drop shadow. -Open tube. Move below the word layers. Scale 75%. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default. Change mode of tube to soft light. Elements: Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 2, black, 50 to all element layers, unless otherwise stated (it will say NDS for 'no drop shadow'). tag 4 (from freebie folder) note paper crumpled- Rotate -10 NDS crumpled heart torn flower NDS flower 2 NDS flower stem fold NDS staples ribbon bow 4 NDS heart 2- rotate 15 -Open crumpled paper 3. Move to the bottom layer. Add mask to paper. Click HERE to learn how to use masks. -Add your name and copyright. You're finished!!!