Magical Christmas
 You must have a working knowledge of PSP
I am using the beautiful artwork of Al Rio
You must purchase a license to use his art
I bought mine at CILM but he is now with Scraps and the City

Supplies needed:

FTU tagger size scrapkit called Magical Christmas
from Fantasy Moments. Thanks Sylvie for sharing your beautiful kit
Be sure to leave her some love when you download. HERE

KyLie Mask 43. HERE
KyLie Mask 156. HERE
Supply: HERE
Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 - HSB Noise
Font : A&S Christmas Script
*When you resize, please ensure that the settings is set to Smart Size


 Let's Begin

1
 Open a new canvas 585 x 585 in psp.  Flood fill with white

2
Open KyLie_Mask43 in psp
Copy and paste paper21 as a new layer
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / Source window / locate your mask
Source luminance (Check).  Invert Mask Data (unchecked)
Click OK.  Merge Group
 

3
 Open KyLie_Mask156 in psp
Copy and paste the same paper21 as a new layer
Layers / New Mask Layer / From Image / Source window / locate your mask
Source luminance (Check).  Invert Mask Data (unchecked)
Click OK.  Merge Group
Duplicate / Merge down

Adjust / Hue and Saturation / H/S/L
Follow the settings as below

Click OK


4
Copy and paste element24 (wreath) as a new layer
Resize by 70%

5
Copy and paste element72 as a new layer
Resize by 45%
Bring this layer below the element24
Erase any parts that is showing past the edges of the wreath

6
Copy and paste element4 as a new layer
Resize by 45%
Place above the element24

7
Copy as paste element34 as a new layer
Resize by 35%
Place halfway down the element24
Erase any parts that is showing past the edges of the wreath

8
Copy and paste element54 as a new layer
Duplicate /Mirror
Merge down
See my finished tag for reference

9
Copy and paste your tube of choice as a new layer

10
Copy and paste other Embellishments of choice as a new layer


11
Inner Bevel of choice
For the Drop Shadow
I used the following settings:
V and H4,  Opacity 50  Blur 5.00  Color: Black

12
Add your name, artist's copyright and URL
If you don't wish to animate your tag
Layers / Merge all.
Save as a .png or jpeg


If you wish to animate, do not merge yet
Let's continue


In the layer palette
Merge down the two mask layers and background
Layers / Merge Down
Edit / Copy
Go to Animation Shop



ANIMATION SHOP (AS)

 1
In AS, paste as New Animation
Edit / Paste /After Current Frame / till you get 10 frames

2
Open my supplies - snow animation
Edit / Select all / Copy / Paste into selected frame

3
Go back to PSP
X-out the merged 3 layers (masks & background)
Layers / Merge Visible
Edit / Copy

4
Go to AS
In AS, paste as New Animation
Edit / Paste / After Current Frame / till you get 10 frames
Edit / select all
Paste Into Selected Frame

View animation
If you are happy, save as gif
You're Done!!!
Thank you for trying my tutorial.



Any similarities to other tutorials is merely a coincidence
This tutorial was written by KyLie on 15th November 2009