Be Mine

Be Mine

This tutorial was written by me. 

Any similarity is purely coincidental. 

It was done using Gimp and

 was written for those who

 have experience using Gimp. 

Supplies:

Scrapkit of choice. 

The kit I used is Steampunk Valentine Kit -  from Scraps Dimensions here

Thank you for sharing this wonderful kit!

Tube of choice. 

The tube I used is from PFD  here

artist Eugene Rzhevskii , you must have a license to use his art 

Template 176 from Becky P's Creations here

word art of choice or you can make your own

 wordart I used is from DeliciousScraps.com called Be Mine you can find it here

Mask of choice if desired

I used a mask from Chas Designs here

font of choice 

Lets begin

Open template ,delete credits, button, button bg, flower 1 , shadow (delete)#2 ,

 flower petals, shadow (delete)#1

click on lg square 2 layer , alpha to selection, 

 open paper 3, copy and Paste into  layer, anchor, select none,

click on lg square 1 layer, alpha to selection , 

open paper 4, copy and Paste INTO layer, anchor, select none

click on grid , filters/decor/add bevel , thickness 2

click on lg rectangle bg layer , alpha to selection, fill with color #000000 (black), select none

click on lg rectangle layer, alpha to selection , open paper 7 copy and Paste INTO, anchor, select none

click ring layer, alpha to selection, fill with color #000000 (black), select none

delete shawdow layer, thin rectangle bg, and thin regtangle stitch layers

Open wrap 3 , resize to 575 width px , add new layer and paste wrap , rotate -12 and position. Use the thin rectangle as a guide for placement 

After you have it placed the way you like it ....Delete the thin rectangle layer.

click on sm square layer, alpha to selection, copy paper 4 , paste INTO, anchor, select none

click on sm square stitch layer, alpha to selection, copy paper 7, paste INTO , anchor, select none

click on sm square layer, alpha to selection,add new layer, open word art , resize to 175 width px, paste INTO new layer,

 select none, add bevel , thickness 2 , I rotated mine slightly 

click on lg rectangle layer, click inside circle with fuzzy select tool, 

add new layer, move below the lg rectangle layer, 

fill with color #000000 (black), add new layer , make sure you still have the marching ants, 

open your tube close up , copy and paste into , layer/transform/flip horizontally, 

resize and position the way you like it, anchor , select none,

 Lower opacity to 25 ,

 blend tool/mode- overlay, be sure your forground color is black and bg is white, 

Add new layer , open your main tube , resize , I resized mine to 550 height px

place on middle of canvas , paste, now you can move him to the right side , see my tag above, 

click image/fit canvas to layers

Add new layer,move below your main tube, alpha to selection , copy element GUT 4 , paste INTO, position as you like it 

anchor, select none

Add new layer, move below the GUT 4 layer, open element GUT 2 , resize 200 height px, paste and position , use my tag as a guide

Add new layer, open element Heart 1 , resize 160 height px, paste 

Add new layer, open element Heart 4, resize 130 height px, paste

Add new layer , move above main tube layer, open element Bow and Arrow, resize 200 , 

place and use erase to remove the line above the hand

 Add new layer , open element Flower 2 , resize 100 , paste 

Add new layer , move below lg rectangle bg, open element GUT 6 , resize 400 px, adjust if you need to, position , paste

Add drop shadow of choice to all elements and layers, 

Hide white bg

merge visible layers, autocrop layer, resize to 550 width px

Add new layer , add copyrights, merge down

Image autocrop , resize if needed 

Add mask of choice,  if you desire one

add your name 

I would love to see anything you make with the tag tutorial or if you have any questions you can message me at 

cindylovesdaisys@hotmail.com

Thanks for lookiing