Vintage Christmas

Supplies Needed

Font of choice – I used Naila here

Rene mask 450.  You can download her AWESOME masks in bulk here

Snow here

“Vintage Christmas” is a FTU scrap kit created by Barbara of A Cowgirls Creations and can be downloaded from her store here.  Be sure to check out her blog here. 

  

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

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.

Flood fill white.

Copy and paste Frame as a new layer.

Resize 60%.

Click inside of each frame with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.

New Raster layer below the frame.

Copy and paste Paper BG Paper 3 Into Selection.

Duplicate and change the Opacity of this layer to Multiply.

Deselect for now.

Copy and paste Winter Trees as a new layer below the frame.

Resize 30%

Move the element so the smaller tree is in the lower frame.

Duplicate the element and move into position beneath the higher frame so the larger tree is within the frame.

Highlight the paper layer.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Highlight each element layer and tap the delete key.

DO NOT DESELECT.

Open up the snow that I provided for this tutorial.

Copy Frame 1.

Make your working canvas active and paste just below the frame as a new layer.

Rename this layer S1.

Make the snow layers active.

Highlight and copy Frame 2.

Back in PSP – paste as a new layer just above S1 layer.

Rename this layer S2.

Repeat the above steps until all 10 snow layers are copied onto your working canvas and are renamed S1 through S10.

Highlight each snow layer and tap the delete key.

Close out all snow layers accept for S1.

Copy and paste Holly Sprig as a new layer.

Resize 35%

Press “K” on your keyboard to activate your Pick Tool.

Turn the element and place behind the lower frame – see my tag for reference.

Duplicate/Mirror/Flip and place behind the higher frame.  Use your Pick Tool to turn if needed.

Copy and paste Vintage Children as a new layer.

Resize 40%

Move into position – see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste Fence as a new layer behind the Vintage Children.

Resize 60%

Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle.

Section out a portion of the fence behind the children – see my tag for reference.

Right click on the element in your layers pallet and choose “Promote Section to Layer”.

DO NOT DESELECT.

Delete the original fence layer.

Highlight the working fence layer.

Selections/Invert

Selections/Modify/Inside Outside Feather:

Both checked

Feather Amount: 20

OK

Tap the delete key a couple of times until you get a nice feathered look on each side of the fence.

Deselect.

Add your elements.  I used:

Pines:  Resize 15%

Sled:  Resize 25%

Highlight your white background.

New Raster layer.

Select All.

Copy and paste BG Paper 3 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group.

Duplicate and change the Opacity to Multiply.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Color Pallet:

Foreground: #af8761

Background: #37261a

Stroke width: 1

Type your name.

 Convert to Raster Layer.

Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Copy Merged.

~Time to Animate~

Open up Animation Shop.

Edit/Paste as New Animation.

Back in PSP.

Close out S1.

Open up S2.

Copy Merged.

Carry into AS.

Edit/Paste/After Current Frame.

Back in PSP.

Close out S2.

Open up S3.

Copy Merged.

Carry into AS.

Edit/Paste/After Current Frame.

Continue doing this until you have all 10 snow layers copied and pasted into AS.

View your animation.

Don’t panic if it’s going backward!  That’s an easy fix…

Ctrl + A to highlight all frames.

Animation/Reverse Frames

If you’re happy with your animation –

Animation/Resize Animation –

Click Pixel Size

Width x Height – 600

OK

Save your animation.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   

I’d love to see your results.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev