Home For The Holidays

Well I know it has been awhile since I have written a tutorial but I have a new one for you tonight. I hope that you enjoy it and I would love to see your results from it!!

Home For The Holidays

©2010 Staceys Designs

This tutorial was written by me. Any resemblance to others is purely coincidental and unintentional. This tutorial was written using PSPX3 but should be able to be done in all versions. Please do not copy this tutorial or tear apart to claim it as your own. What you make from this tutorial is yours to do with as you please. Please do not use this tutorial to gain profit from your results.

This tutorial is written assuming you have a basic knowledge of PSP.

Supplies Needed:

A scrap kit of your choice, I am using the amazing work of Honored Scraps. You must purchase this kit before you can use. This kit is called Christmas Treasures. You can do so at Treasured Scraps.

Tube of your choice. I am using the amazing art work of Keith Garvey. You can purchase his work at MPT. This tube was part of the 2010 Christmas Gift so if you didn't get that you will have to select another tube to use.

This tutorial is written as a guideline. You do not have to use the same supplies I use unless you want the same end results that I have achieved.

1) Open paper 1. Press shift and d to duplicate it and close the original. We will be working on the duplicate. In your layer palette right click on the background layer and promote background layer.

2) Open frame2. Copy and paste as a new layer. Go to image and free rotate to the left by 30 degrees. Leave where it ends up.

3) Activate your frame layer. Select the inside of all 3 frames with your magic wand tool. Go to selections modify and expand by 5. Add a new raster layer. Move it down below your frame layer. Flood fill this layer with a dark color from your background paper. Select none.

4) Select 2 close up images from your tube. I used the ones that were the closest view. Copy each as a new layer. I put the largest one in the middle frame and then duplicated the other one and put them in the end frames. Once you have them in position activate your frame layer by clicking on it.

5) Select the inside of the bottom frame. Go to selections modify and expand by 2. Go to selections and invert. Activate the tube that is in that frame and press the delete key. Change the blend mode to luminance legacy. Repeat for the remaining two frames.

6) Open the Christmas tree of your choice. Copy and paste it as a new layer. Move it all the way to the top. Give it a drop shadow of your choice.

7) Open the Santa of your choice. Copy and paste it as a new layer. Resize it by 60 percent. Position on the tree to your liking. Give him a drop shadow of your choice.

8) Open you full size tube. Copy and paste it as a new layer. Position to the right of the tree. Give her a drop shadow of your choice.

9) Open the word art that is in the clip art folder that says Home For The Holidays. Copy and paste it as a new layer. Resize by 60%. Go to image free rotate to the left by 30 degrees. Give it a drop shadow of your choice.

10) Crop off all the excess parts of the tag.

11) Add all proper copyrights and any other text you would like to add.

12) Resize to your desired size and save in your desired format.

I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial.

Hugs and love

Stacey