In The Dark of Night

This tutorial was written on September 24, 2013

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

Gimp

Kit: "Dark Night" by Rissas Designs

Tube: by Arthur Crowe

Mask: Mask3Sparkle by BellaLuna at Creative Misfits Creations

You can find a tutorial on how to apply a mask by clicking on the basic gimp tuts button in the menu above

New Image 650x650 Transparency

Open Paper 3, Copy and close

Paste as new layer

Open mask and apply

Open frame 3, copy and close

paste as new layer

scale layer 80%

Position frame in center of canvas

Using fuzzy selection tool click inside middle of frame

Grow selection 3

Open Paper 8, copy and close

Paste as new layer

invert selection - Delete - select none

In layers arrange clipboard #2 below Clipboard #1 and select clipboard #1

Open bow 2, copy and close

Paste as new layer

Scale layer 35% and position left edge of frame

Duplicate and arrange copy on right edge of frame

add dropshadow to both

Open birds, copy and close

Paste as new layer and in layers arrange birds below the bow and add dropshadow

In layers choose the bow

Open candle, copy and close

Paste as new layer

scale layer 60%

Arrange bottom left edge of frame

Duplicate - Mirror

Arrange bottom right edge of frame

give each candle a dropshadow

Open, Copy/paste, resize and position the following elements as desired. Don't forget dropshadows:

Dark Books

Butterfly

Skull2

open tube, copy and close

Paste as new layer

Scale layer 80%

Position center of canvas

add dropshadow

Merge Visible

Resize 600x594

Add Copyright and Lic#

Merge Visible

Add name desired

Export .png