Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice (close-up and full/half), I am using Elias Chatzoudis found at PTE
Scrap kit Aphrodisiac by Inzpired Creationz found on the Creative Chicks blog
Template 177 by Denz Designz
Mask of choice
Penta.com - Dot and Cross

Open the template, duplicate and close the original. Delete the copyright and resize all layers by 110 percent. Resize the canvas by 700 x 700 and flood fill the background with white.

Select Black Square 1, go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat.

Open a paper of choice, copy and paste as a new layer above the selected layer. Position to your liking. Go to Selections - Invert and hit delete on the keyboard. Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above steps for the remaining template layers.

Select the large circle on the left hand side, copy and paste the close-up as a new layer. Position on top of the circle to your liking, apply a drop shadow. Select the circle again, go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat. Select the tube and go to Selections - Invert and hit delete on the keyboard. Lower Opacity to 90. Repeat this again for the circle on the right hand side.

Select the smaller circle on the left hand side, go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat.

Copy and paste the tube as a new layer above the selected layer. Position to your liking, go to Selections - Invert and hit delete on the keyboard. Duplicate the tube, on the top tube change the Blend Mode to Multiply and the bottom tube to Screen. Repeat this for the smaller circle on the right hand side but this time change the top tube to Color (L).

Open Heart 3, resize by 50 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer, place at the bottom of the small circle on the left hand side. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Star 2, duplicate, resize one by 25 percent and the other by 15 percent. Copy and paste the larger star as a new layer. Place in the upper right hand corner, apply a drop shadow. Copy and paste the smaller star as a new layer. Place in the lower left hand corner. Apply a drop shadow. Duplicate and place next to the larger star on the right hand side.

Open Cupcake 2, resize by 25 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place in the lower left hand corner. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Cupcake 3, resize by 25 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place in the lower right hand corner. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Ribbon 2, resize by 60 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer. Move this layer so that the ribbon is between the two squares in the middle of the template. Place so its on the lower left hand side. Apply a drop shadow. Duplicate and place at the top of the right hand side. See my tag if needed.

Open Word Art, resize by 80 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer, place at the bottom of the template. Apply a drop shadow. Duplicate and change the Blend Mode on the top one to Multiply. Merge the two.

Copy and paste the tube as a new layer, place behind the word art. Apply a drop shadow.

Add a new layer above the white background. Flood fill with a gradient made from two colors from the tube. Apply the mask to this layer, delete the mask layer and merge group.

Add any copyrights and your name. Crop, Resize if desired. Save as a PNG (close background first).

Thank you for trying one of my tuts, I hope you had fun and I look forward to having you back here again!! I would love to see what you have created.