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This Tutorial was written on February ‎12th, ‎2013 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.

Do not translate or script.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

But, if you know your tools you can use any program of choice

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey

You must purchase a license to use his tubes and can do so HERE

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using “Love Notes” by Designs by Sarah

You can find this HERE

Mask of Choice

I am using mask17 by Melissas Creationz

You can find this HERE

Additional Filters Needed

VanDerLee – Unplugged-X – Pattern Offset

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Start a new canvas

600px by 600px

Flood fill with white.

Open frame 2

Add to your canvas

Resize down by 90%

Add a drop shadow

Open pp7

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas just below the frames

Use your magic wand to select inside the frames

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5px

Invert the selection

On the paper layer press delete

Deselect

Duplicate this layer

Filter → VanDerLee → Unplugged-X → Pattern Offset

All settings at default

Change the blend mode to soft light

Open pp2

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas just above the white background layer

Apply the layer mask here

Add the tube to the canvas

Resize and reposition to your liking

Duplicate this layer

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to soft light

On the bottom tube

Add a drop shadow

Add your tube to the canvas in between the two papers layers

I flipped mine horizontally

Erase any of that's outside the frame

Change the blend mode to luminosity

Lower the opacity to 50%

Now add which elements you'd like

I used the following from the bottom layer up with a drop shadow unless stated:

hearts (no drop shadow)

hearts (no drop shadow)

ribbon 2 (no drop shadow)

ribbon 2 (no drop shadow)

branch 2

swirl

note 6

swirl

flower 2

fan

note 2

key

pen

button 1

flower 4

flower 5

flower 1

bow 1

Add your name

*I used print 2 over the name as well to get the sort of newspaper effect*

Crop your tag to get rid of the access space that's not needed

Resize if you'd like to

****Most Important****

Add your copy right information

If you're happy with your result save to your liking and you're done!