Magical Winter Stroll

Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice – I used the artwork of Renee Lavoie which can be purchased here

Font of choice – I used Chiagmai Hostel here

Weescotlass mask 236 here

Millie’s PSP Madness template 795 here

Can be found under January 10, 2016

“Magical Winter Stroll” is a PTU tagger size scrap kit created by Moonshine Dezignz and can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven.  Thank you so much for such a beautiful winter kit, Sue!   

  

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.

Delete the top 6 layers and Layer #3.

Highlight the white background layer and open it up.

The layers is not exactly white so go ahead and Flood fill it with #ffffff

Image/Canvas Size:

700 x 550 px

OK

Flood fill white.

Highlight 1 layer.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

Copy and paste Paper 4 as a new layer above the template layer.

Right click on it in your layers pallet.

Choose “Promote Section to layer”.

Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Deselect.

Delete the Original paper layer and template layer.

Highlight Layer 5.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Paste Paper 4 Into Selection.

Copy and paste Element 38 as a new layer.

Resize 60% and 85%

Selections/Invert

Tap the delete key.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Give the paper the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight 2 layer.

Select All/Float/Defloat

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 9 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Highlight 5 layer.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.

Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.

Deselect.

Copy and paste Element 38 over the paper layer.

Resize 60% and move into position so you can see the tree on the right side just a little.

Copy and paste Frame 1 as a new layer.

Resize 20% and 80%.

Duplicate

Move both frames into position – see my tag for reference.

To each frame:

Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.

Copy and paste Paper 2 as a new layer below the frame.

Resize the paper 40%

Move into a position you like.

Right click on the paper and choose Promote Section to Layer.

Delete the original paper layer.

Copy and paste Element 11 as a new layer just below the frame.

Resize 30%

Move into position near the top of the frame – see my tag for reference.

Selections/Invert

Tap the delete key.

Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

If you’re using the same tube as I did, resize 45%

Move into position in front of the frames – see my tag for reference.

Add your elements.  I used:

El 31:  Resize 35%/Duplicate/Use Pick Tool to turn one of them slightly/Duplicate/Resize 70%/Use Pick Tool to turn slightly

El 33:  Resize 60%

El23:  Resize 30%/Duplicate/Mirror/Duplicate

El12:  Resize 10%

El30:  Resize 15%/Duplicate/Resize 70%/Duplicate

El 30 again:  Resize 10%/Duplicate/Resize 90%/Duplicate

El 39:  Resize 40%

El 60:  Resize 20%

El 18:  Resize 25%/Duplicate/Mirror

El 21:  Resize 13%/Use Pick Tool to turn slightly

El 41:  Resize 10%

Highlight your white background.

New Raster layer.

Select All.

Copy and paste Paper 8 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Apply the mask.

Resize 110%

Merge Group

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Color Pallet:

Foreground: #081316

Background: #273133

Make your Text Tool active.

Set the stroke to 1.0

Type your name.

Convert to Raster layer.

Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Close out your white background.

Resize as you like.

Save your tag as a PNG.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   

I’d love to see your results.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev