Click "File" "New"
[in the box] click Advanced Options
under Fill with click the down arrow
click "transparency" click "ok" - {{don't worry about size}}
In the TOOL BOX (the smaller of the 2 boxes that originally opens up with GIMP) click the text (the big "A")
<--color
<--font type/size
click on the color box - click white (or light gray - whatever you want) - click "ok"
pick the font you want (I used Ariel and Scriptina)
Move cursor to the transparency box (on your screen) and click - this should bring up a text box - type Your Name. To size your name, put cursor on the UP/DOWN arrow and hold down (back over in the text box to the right)- this will change the size - adjust accordingly)
Click "close"
Move cursor where you want your blog name - click - another text box will appear. Put in blog site (I copied and pasted mine to make sure I had it correct) - change font, size, move box tho where you want it placed - click "close"
Move cursor above your name - click to open new text box- type it (Created By, Designed By etc) - change font and size to appropriate size - close box.
YOU ARE DONE creating.
{{I do not know how to bring in images (some people have scrolls etc) - if you know how PLEASE me know - I would love to add something to mine.}}
click "File" "Save" (wherever in your computer you want to save it) (name your watermark with a .png at the end - it will not work without this)
click "Export""Save" and you are done.
Now, to put this watermark on your cards. This is easy once you get it - Hopefully these following steps will help you out.
Click "file" "Open as layer"
Find your watermark - double click
To SIZE it, click "Layer " "Scale" size about 225
In the box to the right, click on the "+" and then "move" [bottom of the same box]
Drag watermark to where you want it on your card
Click "Merge visable" "merge"
Click "File" "Save" "Export"
Congratulations YOU HAVE COMPLETED MAKING AND USING A WATERMARK!!
Please let me know how this worked out for you.



