Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Happy Holidays

Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the wonderful artwork of Natacha Chohra which can be purchased from PSP Tube Stop.  You must have a 

license to use.

Font of choice - I used Christmas Card here

Monti Circular Mask here and JWY Mask here

"Checking It Twice" is a tagger size scrap kit created by me (HorsePlay's Pasture Designs) and can be purchased at any of my stores here.

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let's get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste El 26 as a new layer.
Resize 25%
Duplicate 3x's for a total of 4 frames.
Line them across your canvas - see my tag for reference.

Close out your white canvas.
Merge Visible.
Reopen your white canvas.

Click inside of each frame with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 5 Into Selection.
Copy and paste El 33 as a new layer above the paper layer.  Move into position - see my tag for reference.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Close out your white canvas.
Merge Visible.
Reopen your white canvas.

Move the merged layer down on your canvas - see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Copy and paste El 33 as a new layer.
Move into position in front of the merged layer.
Duplicate/Mirror
Move this snow layer a little lower than the original snow layer.
Merge Visible both snow layers.
Use your Freehand Selection Tool set on Freehand, Feather 25 and circle around the merged snow layer - be sure to have the dotted line touch the sides and bottom of the element.
Selections/Invert
Tap the delete key a couple of times.
Deselect.

Add the elements.  I used:
El 17:  Resize 60%
El 34: Place in front of the frames
El 34 again:  Resize 60%/Place behind the frames/Duplicate
El 69:  Resize 80%
El 21:  Resize 50%
El 40:  Resize 50%
El 46:  Resize 20%/Duplicate/Mirror/Resize 70%

Highlight your blank canvas.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Erase what you can see beyond the snow layer at the bottom of your tag.

Copy Merge.

Create a new 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.
Your tag should still be in memory - Paste as a New layer. 
Resize 60%
Paste as a new layer again.
Resize 50%/Free rotate Right 8 degrees
Give each layer a drop shadow and move into position - see my tag for reference.

Add more element.  I used:
El 23:  Resize 60%
El 32:  Resize 80%/Mirror
El 46:  Resize 40%

Add your credits.

Type your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground: #490000
Background: #bb353e
Stroke: 2

Type your name.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Close out your white background.
Save as a png.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did creating it for you.
I'd really love to see your results.
Email me!

Hugs,
Bev

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