This tutorial was written on November 16, 2013
Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.



GIMP
Tube by Ty Wilson at Artistic Dreams Imaging
FTU Scrapkit "Waiting For Santa" by Kittz Kreationz
Mask of choice


IL = In layer palette


New Image 550x550 Transparency
Open P5
Copy - Close
Paste As New Layer
Apply Mask (you can find a tutorial using the link in the menu above)
Open 4
Copy - Close
Paste As New Layer
Scale Layer 70%
Position top center of mask
Add dropshadow
Open 8
Copy - Close
Paste As New Layer
Scale Layer 70%
Add dropshadow
position left side of bow overlapping it slightly
Open 12
Copy - Close
Paste As New Layer
Scale Layer 35%
Duplicate 2 or 3 times and arrange them around your canvas and add dropshadows
Open 47
Copy - Close
Paste As New Layer
Resize 60%
Position right side of canvas
Add dropshadow
Open tube
Copy - Close
Paste As New Layer
Open 40
Copy - Close
Paste As New Layer
Resize 60%
Position bottom of tube
Add dropshadow
Add Copyright and Lic #
Merge all layers
Add name desired
Export as .png