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

PTU kit from Rebellious Scraps called A Pink Christmas. You can get it from Lollipops N Gumdrops HERE

Tube of choice. I am using Anna Liwanag. You must have a license to use these tubes. Purchase them at PTE HERE

Template 5 by me from Creative Misfits (scroll to Leah) HERE

Mask 338 from weescotslass HERE

Font- Petra Script EF

Let's begin!

-Open template. Delete the bells and dash dot layers. Image>Scale Image 500x500 px and change the x & y resolutions to 72. Image>Canvas Size 600x600 px and press 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:

rect- paper 6

square 1 & square 2- paper 5

square 3 and square 4- paper 4 Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50

-Make rect frame active. Alpha to selection. Layer>New Layer. Change your foreground color to dfb8ce. Select the bucket fill toll and fill the selection. Select none. Fiters>Noise>RGB Noise. Change all sliders except alpha to 0.30. Repeat drop shadow. Delete the original layer.

-Make green dashes layer active. Colors>Colorize. Just change the lightness slider to 100. Repeat drop shadow. Repeat for red dashes.

-Make green circle active. Layer>Layer To Image Size. Alpha to selection. Add new layer. Select the blend tool. Change foreground to 5f1530. Change background to dfb8ce. Change to radial. Click in the middle of the selection and drag to the right. Open tube close up. Place tube in selection. Invert & delete. Select none. Change the mode of the tube to screen. Delete the green circle layer. Repeat for red circle layer, but make your foreground dfb8ce and your background 5f1530.

-Open full tube. Move below the bells back layer in layer box. Scale 75%. Place in middle of tag. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Filters>Blur>Gaissian Blur on default. Change mode to soft light. Lower the opacity to 50.

-Make jingle layer active. Colorize- HUE: 336 SATURATION: 49 LIGHTNESS: -34. Repeat noise. Make jingle back active. Repeat drop shadow. Make bells active. Colorize: HUE: 316 SATURATION: 50 LIGHTNESS: 54. Repeat noise. Repeat drop shadow on bells back.

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). See my tag for placement.

frame 2

frame 3 NDS

swag 2 NDS

deco 3

pinecone NDS

holly

box

ornaments 1, 2 & 3

Stars 3 & 4

-Open paper 1. Move to bottom. Apply masks. Click HERE to learn how to use masks.

-Add your name and copyright.

You're Finished!!