New PTU tut - I Love Pirates

I am using the art of Ismael Rac which you can find HERE I am using the PTU Scrapkit Pearl of the Caribbean Megakit by Hungry Hill which you can find HERE Font of Choice Filters Used: Xero - Radiance - 128, 50, 128, 76 Eye Candy - Gradient Glow - Default and colours of your choice Open a new image 700x700 Open Frame - Skulls on your canvas Resize by 90 and Sharpen Position in the centre of your canvas Click inside the frame with your magic wand Selections - Modify - Expand by 4 Open Paper 12 and paste on your canvas Position in the frame When happy - Selections - Invert - Delete - Keep Selected Open a close up of your tube I mirrored mine Position in the frame When happy - Repeat steps as before and Select None Move both layers underneath the frame layer Open Driftwood and paste on your canvas Resize by 40 and Sharpen Position on the bottom left of the frame See my tag for placement Duplicate and position next to the original Duplicate again and repeat steps as before Merge the 3 Driftwood layers together Open Cache and paste as a new layer Resize by 40 and Sharpen Position on the right of the tag Open Astrolabe and paste as a new layer on your canvas Resize by 50 and Sharpen Position to the left of the Cache Open Parrot 2 and paste as a new layer on your canvas Resize by 30 and Sharpen Position on the right of the Cache See my tag for placements Open your tube on your Canvas Position on the left of the frame Apply Xero Radiance at the settings above Open Mother of Pearl tiny trim and paste on your canvas Resize by 60 and Sharpen Position on the middle right of the frame Open WordArt 1 and paste on your canvas Resize by 50 and Sharpen Position at the top of your tag Open WordArt 2 and paste on your canvas Repeat the above steps and move below the 1st wordart When happy - merge down Apply Gradient Glow twice using colours from your tag at the settings above Open Map Mask on your canvas Send to the bottom Apply drop shadows to your layers Merge Visible Apply correct copyright and licence numbers Merge Down - Save as a png Add your name - Save again - Done