Winter Green 1

Supplies Needed

Font of choice – I used Impact (it came with my program)

Vix mask 451 here

Rachel Designs Tag template 66 here

Plug Ins used:

Eyecandy 4000 - Glass

Eyecandy 5 Nature – Snowdrift

“Winter Green Collab” is a collaboration of 6 designers and can be purchased from Digital Art Heaven here.  For this tutorial I used Guki Creations’ beautiful portion. You can check out more of her kits here. 

  

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 Raster 1 layer.

Resize all layers 600 px.

Highlight the background layer.

Image/Canvas Size

700 x 700

OK

Flood fill white.

Highlight 1.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Give the paper a slight Inner Bevel:

Highlight 2.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Give it the same slight Inner Bevel.

Highlight 3.

Repeat the above step.

Highlight 4.

Click on it with your Magic Wand.

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 2 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Open up element 44.

Resize 55%

Move into position over the round paper layer.

Highlight 6.

Merge Down.

Template layers 5 & 6 should now both be on the same layer.

Select All/Float/Defloat

New Raster layer.

Copy and paste Paper 3 Into Selection.

Apply Eyecandy 4000 – Glass:

Click on the Bevel Profile tab

Choose Subtle Hump

Click on the Basic Tab and match your settings to mine:

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Highlight 9.

Merge Down.

Merge Down again.

Template layers 7, 8, and 9 should now all be on the same layer.

Click on each square with your Magic Wand.

Copy and paste Paper 6 as a new layer above the template layer.

Resize the paper 60%

Selections/Invert

Tap the delete key.

Deselect for now.

Add the following elements within the squares – see my tag for reference (and don’t worry about what overhangs the squares, we’ll clean that up in a bit):

1:  Resize 25%

31 & 32:  Resize 20%/Duplicate/Resize 70%/Duplicate

42

Highlight the merged template layer.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Highlight each element that overhangs the sides of the template and tap the delete key.

Deselect.

Delete the template layer.

Add your elements.  I used:

64:  Resize 45%

19:  Resize 75%

11:  Resize 70%

34:  Resize 70%/Duplicate/Resize 70%

17:  Resize 20%/Duplicate 2x’s

65:  Resize 60% (place behind the circle frame, position at the top of the red rectangles)

65 (again):  Resize 30%/Duplicate

29:  Resize 60%

12:  Resize 25%

5:  Resize 40%

13:  Resize 30%/Mirror

58, 59, 60:  Resize 15%/turn this way and that

Highlight your white background.

New Raster layer.

Select All.

Copy and paste Paper 6 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Apply the mask.

Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Color Pallet:

Foreground:  Pattern/Paper 1

Background: Pattern/Paper 3

Set the stroke to 2.

Type your name.

 Convert to Raster Layer.

Give it a slight Inner Bevel:

Apply Eyecandy 5: Nature – Snowdrift:
Match your settings to mine:

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   

I’d love to see your results.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev