Tutorial "Winter Magic"

This tutorial was written by me on 24th November 2011. It was done with PSP X2 but it might work with other versions, too. This tutorial is copyrighted to me, any resemblance is purely coincidental and not intentional!

You need: "Winter Love" PTU Scrapkit by Designs by Sarah which you can purchase at PimpMyTagsWithScraps, a matching Christmas tube and close up, I am using the adorable artwork of Ismael Rac which you can purchase at XeracX Store, mask Vix_Mask3Christmas2010 by Vix here and filter Richard Rosenman - Scanlines

1. Open mask in PSP, open a new transparent canvas 700x700px, select all, open sb_pmt_winter-love_pp5.jpg, copy and paste into selection, select none, layers, new masklayer, from image, load mask, source luminance checked, merge group, open sb_pmt_winter-love_print 2.png, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow 1/1/35/4 #000000, Shadow on new layer checked, highlight winter-love_print layer, select all, selection float, selection defloat, highlight Dropshadow layer, press delete 3x, select none, highlight layer above Dropshadow layer again, merge down

2. Open sb_pmt_winter-love_snow.png, resize 95%, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, image flip, move it up (Position x 25/Position y 35), duplicate layer, image flip, merge down, open sb_pmt_winter-love_frame 1.png, resize 625px, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow, Shadow on new layer not checked

3. Selection, custom selection, Top 120/Left 120/Bottom 580/Right 580, highlight layer below the frame, open sb_pmt_winter-love_pp6.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, open sb_pmt_winter-love_pp10.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, press delete, selection invert, selection, modify, contract 45px, on the red paper press delete, select none

4. Selection, custom selection, Top 120/Left 316/Bottom 580/Right 387, paste red paper as new layer again, selection invert, press delete, select none, duplicate layer (red stripe), free rotate 90 degrees right (rotate single layer... checked), merge all the red parts, press Strg X, Strg L, delete the empty layer, add Dropshadow to red paper layer

5. Highlight top layer (frame), with the magic wand tool click into the small frame up left, highlight white paper layer, open your close up, copy and paste as new layer, fit into the selection, selection invert, press delete, select none, duplicate layer, image mirror, move it down into the frame down right, highlight frame again, with the magic wand tool click into the small frame up right, highlight white paper layer, open your tube, copy and paste as new layer, fit into the selection as you like, selection invert, press delete, select none, duplicate layer, image mirror, move it down into the frame down left, merge all the tube layers, duplicate layer, set the blend mode of the top tube layer to screen, merge down, merge down (with the white paper layer), filters, Richard Rosenman - Scanlines 2/1/-25/0/0

6. Highlight top layer, open sb_pmt_winter-love_snowflakes 1.png, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow (Shadow on new layer checked), highlight snowflakes layer again, select all, selection float, selection defloat, highlight shadow layer, press delete 3x, select none, highlight snowflakes layer, merge down

7. Open sb_pmt_winter-love_branch 5.png, resize 65%, copy and paste as new layer, image flip, move it up to the right, duplicate layer, image mirror, merge both branches, add Dropshadow (Shadow on new layer not checked), open sb_pmt_winter-love_pinecone.png, resize 60%, copy and paste as new layer, move it up to the left, duplicate layer, image mirror, merge down, add Dropshadow, open sb_pmt_winter-love_bells.png, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer, move it up, add Dropshadow, merge bells, pinecones and branches to one element now

8. Open sb_pmt_winter-love_branch 1.png, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer, image flip, free rotate 90 degrees left, move it down to the right, add Dropshadow, open sb_pmt_winter-love_bird.png, resize 40%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the right, place it onto the branch, add Dropshadow

9. Open sb_pmt_winter-love_gem snowflake 2.png, resize 25%, copy and paste as new layer 3x, place them somewhere on your tag, arrange them under the frame layer, add Dropshadow to all snowflakes

10. Highlight top layer again, open your tube, copy and paste as new layer, resize if needed, place as you wish, add Dropshadow

You can write down your name and/or text now, add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg! Hope you like my tut, please enjoy ♥