HFTH 1

Supplies

1 tube of choice - I used the artwork of Michael Calandra which can be purchased from PSP Tubes Emporium.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used Aquarelle here

Becky Mask 22 here

Creative by Nature Template 42 here

Plug Ins:

Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow

Brush Strokes - Cross Hatch

Mura’s Meister - Copies

“Home for the Holidays” is a tagger size scrap kit created by Lou of Desingz by Lou and is part of a collaboration that can be purchased from Exquisite Scraps.  You can visit Lou’s blog here.

Thank you Lou for gorgeous portion.

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up the template.

Shift + D.

Close out the original.

Image/Canvas Size

650 x 450

OK

Highlight Raster 1 layer.

Flood fill white.

Delete the top 4 layers, Raster 4, and Copy of Raster 4.

Color Pallet:

Foreground:  #b89c52

Background:  #762428

Highlight Raster 2 layer.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 4 Into Selection.

Apply Brush Stroke - Cross Hatch -

Match your settings to mine

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Highlight Raster 3 layer.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Invert

New Raster layer.

Flood fill with your background color.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:

Uniform and Monochrome checked

Noise: 75%

OK

Highlight Copy of Vector 1 layer.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Flood fill with your foreground color.

Apply Greg’s Factory Output Vol. II - Pool Shadow:

Use Default settings accept move the Intensity bar down to 21.

Copy and paste Christmas Tree 5 as a new layer.

Move into position.

Selections/Invert

Tap the delete key.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

Move into position.

Selections/Invert

Tap the delete key.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Copy and paste bjalla-1

Resize 25% and 30%

Apply Mura’s Meister - Copies:

Set on Line Rotate

Change the top Number to 11.

OK

Place it over the top of the rectangle.

Erase what overhangs each side.

Duplicate/Position at the bottom.

Add your elements.  I used:

Berry 5:  Resize 50%/Mirror

Berry 5 again:  Resize 70%/Place behind the rectangle.

Bell 21-4:  Resize 50%

Bell 21-3:  Resize 50% and 70%

Highlight your white canvas.

New Raster layer.

Select All.

Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Foreground:  Gradient/Metal Brass

Style: Linear

Angle: 25

Repeats: 0

Background: Pattern/Section out area of Bell-21-3

Angle: 90

Scale: 43

Stroke: 1.0

Type your name.

Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.

Use your Pick Tool and slant it slightly.

Resize all layers 80%.

I’d love to see your results.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev