Merry Little Christmas

This tutorial was written for those that have a working knowledge of PSP Supplies Needed PSP - I used 7 Tube of choice Font of choice - or the one I used - Cheri - here My template #29 - get it here Artwork is © Elias Chatzoudis purchased through MPT Scrap kit - Christmas by SkyScraps - you can visit her blog here - and you can purchase the kit here Internet Explorer users can drag this arrow down the page to keep track of your place Letz Begin Download and open supplies. Open my template #29 - duplicate - and close original. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer - and position. Use your magic wand - tolerance 20 - feather 0 - sample merged checked - hold down the shift key - and click inside and between the C and the tube. Selections - modify - expand 4. Open paper 14 - resize 400 x 400 - sharpen - copy and paste as a new layer - selections - invert - delete - and move this layer below the C layer. Select the C layer. Selections - select all - selections - float - selections - defloat. Open deco 3 - copy and paste as a new layer. Position over the left side of the C - and duplicate. Select the original layer - and then selections - invert - delete. Select none. Now select the copied layer above. Use your selection tool to select the parts of the deco that are exposed outside of the top of the C - the left side of the C and bottom of the C - and then delete - or use the eraser tool and erase those parts. Hide all layers except these two layers - select one of these two layers - and merge visible. Add drop shadow: 1, 1, 40, 2, #000000. Unhide layers Select the C layer - plug in filters - eye candy 4000 - gradient glow - and apply these settings: 3, 100, 100, draw only outside selection box checked - color is #FFFFFF. Add drop shadow same as before. Select the word art layer - apply the same gradient glow and drop shadow. Select the hristmas layer - apply the same gradient glow and drop shadow. Select the arrow layer and apply the same drop shadow. Select the tube layer and apply the same drop shadow Open the holly berry - copy and paste as a new layer - resize 30% - rotate left 90 - mirror - position - and add drop shadow: 4, 4, 40, 4, #1B2503. Add a new raster layer - and add text. Font I used is Cheri - size is 16 - stroke is null - fill is #6F1109. Add drop shadow: 1, 1, 40, 2, #610F18. Open ribbon 8 - resize 30% - position below your name - and add drop shadow: 1, 1, 40, 2, #1E2206. Add a new raster layer and add copyright information. Delete the background layer - merge visible - crop - save and done Home

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