Green Christmas

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This tutorial was made in PSP X2, but can also be made in the other versions.

you can download the materials.

It contains: 3 tubes - 1 template tube - 1 picture - 2 masks.

The beautiful scrapkit Quill Green Poinsettia is by Sabre.

The woman tube is by Gerry.

The masks are by Vix and WSL.

The other tubes are unknown to me.

If they are yours, please let me know so I can give you the proper credits.

Thank you so much for the beautiful tubes, the masks, the picture and the template.

Please don't remove the watermark.

The Copyright belongs to the original artist.

Let the credit to the maker.

Step 1

Open the tubes, the scrapkit and the template in PSP - minimize them for now.

Set your foreground color to #95b262 (or at your choice).

Set your background color to #454d35 (or at your choice).

Open template 'Annu_CM Temp3' - this will be your working image.

Remove the watermark and the layers 2, 3, 4, 7, the circled border and the frame layer.

Step 2

Activate the bottom layer.

Layers - New raster layer.

Flood fill this layer with white.

Layers - Arrange - Move down.

Activate the scrapkit.

Copy paper 'JofiaDevoe-paper5'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image (the template).

Step 3

Layers - New mask layer - From image - find mask 'Vix_Mask361' - with these settings:

Layers - Merge - Merge group.

Step 4

Activate the scrapkit.

Copy paper 'SL-PoinsettiaPaper 2'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image (the template).

Layers - New mask layer - From image - find mask 'WSL_Mask336' - same settings as before.

Layers - Merge - Merge group.

Step 5

Activate Layer 1.

Selections - Select all - Selections - Float.

Activate the scrapkit.

Copy paper 'SL-PoinsettiaPaper 1'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image (the template).

Selections - Invert.

Activate Raster 2 - press Delete.

Selections - Select none.

Step 6

Activate Layer 5.

Selections - Select all - Selections - Float.

Activate the scrapkit.

Copy paper 'SL-GreenPoinsettiaPaperSabre3'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image (the template).

Selections - Invert.

Activate Raster 3 - press delete.

Selections - Select none.

Step 7

Activate Layer 6.

Selections - Select all - Selections - Float.

Activate the scrapkit.

Copy paper 'SL-PoinsettiaPaper3'.

Paste as a new layer on your working image (the template).

Selections - Invert.

Activate Raster 4 - press Delete.

Adjust - Hue and saturation - Colorize - 52 - 50 (or at your choice).

Selections - Select none.

Step 8

Activate layer Circle.

Image - Resize - 110% - All layers not checked.

Activate your Magic wand - Outside checked - with these settings:

Click with your Magic wand in the middle of the circle.

Step 9

Copy tube 'Xmas'.

Paste into the selection.

Selections - Select none.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 3 - Opacity 65 - Blur 3 - color black.

Repeat with Vert and Hor to minus 3.

(I had my Vert and Hor to 1 and later to minus 1.)

Step 10

Activate the scrapkit.

Open paper 'SL-GreenPoinsettiaSabreFrame'.

Image - Resize - Width 310 pixels.

Edit - Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your working image (the template).

Image - Mirror.

Place it around the circle.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:

Vert and Hor 3 - Opacity 65 - Blur 10 - color black.

Step 11

Open tube 'Gerry-Misted-Women_18_-_19_oktober_2008'.

Image - Resize - Height 500 pixels.

Edit - Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Image - Mirror.

Put her on a nice place.

Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.

Step 12

Activate tube 'sterren'.

Image - Resize - Width 425 pixels.

Edit - Copy.

Paste as a new layer on your working image.

Put them on a nice place.

Step 13

Layers - New raster layer.

Add your name and/or watermark.

Step 14

Decorate your crea with tubes from the scrapkit.

Delete your bottom layer.

Layers - Merge - Merge visible.

Step 15

Image - Resize - Width 600 pixels - All layers checked.

Adjust - Sharpness - Unsharp mask - 1 - 64 - 1.

Save your crea as a gif or png file and you're done!

I hope you enjoyed making this tutorial :-)

This lesson was written by Gerrie on October 10, 2009.

This lesson is and remains the property of Gerrie.

You are not allowed to copy or distribute my lessons without my written permission.

All my lessons are self designed ... so any agreement is purely coincidental.

All my lessons are registered with TWI.

Translated by Zial on June 18, 2013

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