A Christmas Bliss









 

 

This tutorial was written for those who have a working knowledge of psp.

I use paint shop 9, but any version should work.

All of my tutorials are of my own creations any similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidental.Please do not copy my tutorials please link back to my blog!

I am always interested in seeing what you create using my tuts. You can send your results to me at lynnkitten101@gmail.com.

SUPPLIES NEEDED

Tube of choice.

I am using artwork  by Elias Chatzoudis. A PTU Artist. You must purchase and obtain a license to use.  You can purchase this tube here. 

Scrapkit FTU Christmas Bliss by Scraps Dimensions. 

You can get this kit here.

Font of choice. 

Filters needed: 

eye candy4-gradient glow-not required used for name

Don't forget to save often.

LET'S GET STARTED

When you see C/P in the tut that means Copy and Paste.

Add drop shadow as desired. See my tag for exact placement.

Open a new image 600x250

C/P your tube place a little to the right of the tag.

C/P elements of choice or use mine below. See my tag for exact placement.

bow3 resize 25% place in the upper left corner, duplicate, mirror

tree 3 resize 35% place in the left bottom corner

santa 2 resize 35% place in the left bottom corner, in front of the tree

gift 4 resize 15% place in the left bottom corner, in front of santa

gift 4 resize 15% place to the right of gift 5

bear resize 25% place in the bottom right corner

gift 2 resize 15% place in the bottom right corner, in front of the bear

gift 6 resize 15% mirror place to the left of gift 2

c/p paper 4 send to bottom

Crop merged opaque

Add a new raster layer and flood fill with the color #b8c243, selections-select all-contract by 4-hit delete. Select none. Add noise-uniform-100%. Add drop shadow.

Merge visible. Re-size to desired size. 

Add name or saying of choice. 

Add proper copyright info and save as .png

FOR AVATAR:

Duplicate tag and crop to 150x150, move the box to a part of the tag that you want the avatar to be. Add a new raster layer and floodfill with the color #b8c243, selections-select all-contract by 4-hit delete. Select none. Add noise-uniform-100%. Add drop shadow.

Merge visible. And save!

Thanks for trying my tutorial. I hope you enjoyed it.

This tutorial was written on November 19, 2012