Wintertime Wishes (ptu)

This tutorial was written on December 2nd 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

No outside tubes used.
PTU Scrap Kit 'Winter Wishes' by Tishia and you can purchase this kit - HERE
No Template used.
No Mask Used.
Brush of Choice (optional)
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.

Ready...

Open a new image in your psp workspace by clicking file then select new, choose 500x500 and white for colour then click ok.
You may prefer to work with a larger or smaller canvas so my size is just a guide, select which size you feel good to work with, the kit is rather large so we will be resizing throughout.

Choose one of the frame elements and paste as a new layer then go to image and select resize, resize to your liking but not too large, click ok then go to layers and select duplicate, go to image and select rotate then choose free rotate and set to 15% left, go to image again and select mirror, you should now have 3 frame layers like mine, close off the white background layer and then go to layers and select merge visible, you can unhide the white layer again after doing this.

Grab your magic wand tool from the tool palette and click inside the middle area of the merged frames, also click the transparent parts around the merged frames making sure youve click them all you will see the marching ants blinking, now go to selections and select modify then choose expand by 4, take a paper of your choice from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize around 30% smartsize then go to selections and select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, go to selections again and select none then move this paper layer down below the frame layer, add a dropshadow of your choice to the frame layer.

Take the sledge element from the kit and paste as a new layer, make sure your on the top layer of the canvas, resize the sledge to your liking and place near bottom right corner then grab the deform tool and rotate slightly to the right like mine, add a small dropshadow to this layer if you wish.

Take the snowman element from the kit and paste this as a new layer in the centre of your canvas, go to image and select resize then resize to your liking and add the dropshadow.

Take the wordart from the kit and paste as a new layer, resize as needed and place above snowman but inside the frame, resize more till it fits how you like it and add a dropshadow.

Take the penguin element and paste as new layer, resize as needed and place a bottom of the sledge and dropshadow.

Pick a bird element and paste as new layer then resize as needed and place in bottom left side of the canvas, add dropshadow to this as well.

Take the second bird element and paste as new layer, resize as needed and place on the sledge then dropshadow.

Choose a bow from the kit, paste as a new layer and resize as needed, place this on the frame and dropshadow.

Now make sure you are on the paper layr and take a snowflake from the kit, paste as a new layer, resize this quite small and place like mine, I didnt add a dropshadow to mine but you can do so if you wish to, i also duplicated the snowflake and resized a little smaller, do this a few times and place around the inside of the frame like mine.
Activate the bottom white layer and choose a splatter brush of your choice, add a new raster layer then place some splatters around the edges of the frame.

Time to crop or resize your tag if needed but remember to leave space for your name and copyright info lol.

Add your name in your font of choice, I added a gradient glow to my name with the following settings :-
Glow Width - 5.00 ... Soft Corners - 25 ... Opacity - 100 ... Colour - White, click the colour tab and move the slider about halfway to the middle of the grid, this will make the glow a little bolder,click ok.
Add artist info, copyright info and your own info.

All done.

Save your tag as a jpeg or png file.

Thanks for trying my tutorial, I hope you enjoyed it and as always id love you to send your creations, addy is over there on the right>>>>