Old Fashioned Christmas

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Supplies
1 tube of choice - I used the beautiful artwork of Agent Melon here
Font of choice - I used Curly Cue here
Weescotlass Mask 138 here
“Wonderful Christmas” is a PTU tagger size scrap kit created by Wilma of Wilma4ever and can be purchased her store here. You can visit her blog here.
Thank you Wilma for a….wow! A really fantastic kit!!

This tutorial was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 x 700 transparent image.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste Frame 1 as a new layer.
Resize 80%
Free rotate left 30 degrees.

Click inside with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 6
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.

Copy and paste your tube below the frame.
Tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Copy and paste Ribbon with Bells as a new layer.
Resize 65%
Free rotate left 30 degrees
Position at the top of the frame.
See mine for reference.

Close out your white background.
Merge visible.
Reopen your white background.
Now you can move the merged image up a bit on your canvas.

Add your embellishments. I used:
Pineapple 1: Resize 60% Free rotate right 10 degrees - Duplicate/Mirror/Resize 80%
Branch 1: Erase the stem on it. Duplicate and/or Mirror as you see fit.
Branch 2: Resize 50%
Bow 2: Resize 40%
Reindeer 3: Resize 60%. Duplicate/Mirror Resize 80%

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste a paper of choice Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Image/Resize 120%
Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.
Give it a slight inner bevel:

Copy and paste Stars 1 as a new layer.
Position over your name. Erase any that overhangs.
Duplicate.
Merge down.

Resize all layers 80%.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

I’d love to see your results.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev