It's Christmas Time!

I want to thank Janeann and Kathy

Tube of choice, I used Suzanne Woolcott and Elias Chatzoudis Scrap used Christmastime by Me (x-clusively christy scraps) (full size kit used for tut) Font of choice I used Blanchard Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro, All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidential. Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog! Open a new image 750x750 and flood fill white, (you can ALWAYS resize later, I like having plenty of room to work) Open xcd_christmastime_paper10 resize this by 18% c/p as a new layer and apply a mask of choice, I used gemsmask21 Now lets open xcd_christmastime_framered2 c/p as a new layer and resize this by 60% grab your magic wand and click inside the frame selections expand by 9 then selections invert, now lets open xcd_christmastime_paper15 resize this by 18% and c/p as a new layer below the frame layer, hit delete and leave selected now invert selection and add a new raster layer, add a brush of choice to your layer, I used a swirly brush and then turned the opacity on this layer down to 50% now lets open xcd_christmastime_pinecones and c/p as a new layer, resize this by 25%, now open xcd_christmastime_orni c/p as a new layer and resize this by 20% arrange with your pinecones, I duplicated mine and then rotated it to the right by 45% Now lets open xcd_christmastime_tree c/p as a new layer resize this by 60% place to the left of the frame, move this below the ornament and pinecones layers, now lets open xcd_christmastime_goldgifts, c/p as a new layer and resize this by 25% arrange this layer right above the tree but below the ornaments and pinecones layers, now lets open xcd_christmastime_ deer c/p as a new layer and resize this by 25% and then mirror this and place with your tree and other elements now open xcd_christmastime_redbow2 c/p as a new layer resize this by 25% now rotate to the left by 45% and mirror this, arrange with your other elements, Now add a dropshadow and a tube of choice to your tag, when you are happy with everything hide the white background layer and merge visible. I always resize my finished tag BEFORE adding my copyright info, it makes this seem clearer, add your name and copy right information and Save the way you prefer to save tags, I hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü