Life's a Beach

Life's a Beach

This tutorial was written by me. 

Any similarity is purely coincidental. 

It was done using Gimp

 but can be done with a program of your choice

Supplies:

Tube of choice

I am using a tube from Bobbie Allen

bamacreations.yuku.com

Scrapkit is called Lifes a Beach by Melissa

you can find it here

Myth Mask 62 

creative misfits summer masks here

font of choice

I used Beach Type here

Note: 

Add drop shadows as you go if you prefer

Autocrop each layer as you go

Lets begin:

Open new canvas 800 x800 px 

white bg

we will resize later

add new layer

open element 34 ,  copy and paste ,

 resize to 575 px width , anchor

filters/ bevel, 

( untick the work on copy and keep bitmap boxes if they are selected)

2 thickness , add bevel

add new layer above bg layer

open element 31 , resize to 600 px width ,

copy and paste , position under word art ,

 anchor

duplicate this layer ,

 click the eye to hide the top layer

move the other layer down slightly then 

make the top layer visible so you can better position

this layer , resize to 700 px width and 

play with the position till you are happy with it

merge these together

Add new layer above the word art

open your tube and copy and paste 

position as you like

anchor

I had to resize the sand element to 790 px width so my dog

was positioned on the sand better

Add new layer

open element 30 

copy and paste 

position as you like ,I rotated it slightly 

 you can use my tag as reference

anchor

Add new layer below  your tube layer

open element 29 

copy , paste , resize and  rotate , position as you like it 

see my tag for reference 

anchor

Add new layer at the top

open element 16

copy and paste ,

resize to 125 px width or as you like 

position 

anchor

If you are like me and haven't added drop shadows yet .....

now is the time to add ds to each of your layers

I use 3/4/8/38 to all elements except my tube and

 I use the default setting for the tube

Use Your fav ds settings

When happy with everything 

Hide the white bg layer 

right click and merge visible layers

autocrop layer and I resize to 590 px width

unhide the bg layer 

add new layer above the bg layer 

open paper 5

copy and paste

anchor

right click , add layer mask 

make sure to click the black (full transparency) 

open mask 

copy and paste , autocrop layer , 

unclick the little chain and resize to

700 px width and keep the 500 px width

anchor

delete the white bg layer 

merge the other layers 

Image/autocrop image

resize to 600 px width

add your copyrights  and name 

merge visible , autocrop and resize if needed

save as (I save as png)