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).

~Tube of choice. I used the artwork of Rebecca Sinz, you must have a license to use this art which you can get from Dreamscape Imaging HERE.

~Violet Winter PTU scrapkit by Tasha's Playground, which you find HERE.

~Font of choice. I used Mr. Canfields.

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 2, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser.

4. Open Window element, place it over Frame 2 & Paper 4 in your layer box. Add drop shadow.

5. Open Paper 9 center it behind Window, remove excess paper using a cutting tool or eraser.

6. Open tube, add drop shadow.

7. Open and place the following elements:

Sparkle 2
Snow
Branch 2
Snowflake 2
Deco 2
Leaves 3
Marble
Lantern
Pinecone
Violin
Berries
Star 2

~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 Sparkle 2 & Snow)~

8. Open Flower Circle element and place it under all other elements in your layer box. This will give the effect of using a mask.

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

10. Crop image (Image > Autocrop Image).

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

12. Add copyright info and name.

13. Save as .png

You are finished :)