WAITING UNDER THE MISTLETOE

THIS TUTORIAL WAS WRITTEN BY ME ON 16th NOVEMBER 2011, IT ASSUMES YOU HAVE WORKING KNOWLEGE OF PSP AND ITS TOOLS
ANY RESEMBLENCE TO ANY OTHER TUTORIAL IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL

YOU WILL NEED:

SCRAP KIT 'XMAS TIME' BY RIEKA WHICH YOU CAN GET HERE

TUBE OF CHOICE, I AM USING THE WORK OF ELIAS CHATZOUDIS, YOU WILL NEED A LICENCE TO USE HIS WORK

TEMPLATE 305 BY MISSY HERE

EYE CANDY 4000 - GRADIENT GLOW

EYE CANDY 5 - TEXTURES

ON TO THE TUTORIAL

OPEN A NEW TRANSPARENT IMAGE 700X700 AND FLOOD FILL WITH WHITE
OPEN FRAME3 FROM THE KIT AND PASTE AS A NEW LAYER, USING YOUR MAGIC WAND CLICK INSIDE THE FRAME - EXPAND - 5 - OPEN PAPER OF CHOICE AND PASTE AS A NEW LAYER - SELECTIONS - INVERT AND DELETE - DEAG THE PAPER BELOW THE FRAME

CLICK INSIDE THE FRAME AGAIN - EXPAND - 5 - OPEN TUBE OF CHOICE AND PASTE AS A NEW LAYER - IVERT AND HIT DELETE - CHANGE BLENND MODE TO SOFT LIGHT AND MERGE THESE LAYERS VISIBLE - DROP SHADOW

OPEN TEMPLATE AND REMOE THE CREDIT LAYER - HIGHLIGHT CIRCLE2 LAYER AND COPY AND PASTE YOUR FRAME IMAGE AS A NEW LAYER - IMAGE RESIZE 85%
HIGHLIGHT CIRCLE2 LAYER AGAIN - SELECTIONS - FLOAT - DELETE LAYER - OPEN A PAPER OF CHOICE AND PASTE AS A NEW LAYER - SELECTINS - INVERT AND HIT DELETE - ADD A SMALL BLACK GRADIENT GLOW

HIGHLIGHT RECTANGLE1 LAYER - FLOAT - ADD A NEW LAYER - FLOOD FILL WITH COLOUR FROM TUBE - APPLY A SWIRL USING EYE CANDY 5 TEXTURE - ADD THE SAME GRADIENT GLOW - DROP SHADOW

HIGHLIGHT CIRCLE1 LAYER - FLOAT - DELETE - ADD A NEW LAYER AND FLOOD FILL WITH COLOUR TO MATCH - ADD GRADIENT GLOW

HIGHLIGHT FRAME1BACKGROUND - FLOAT - OPEN PAPER OF CHOICE AND PASTE AS A NEW LAYER - INVERT - DELETE - DELETE ORIGINAL - GRADIENT GLOW
HIGHLIGHT FRAME2 LAYER - ADJUST AND COLORIZE TO GREY - BRIGHNESS - LIGHTEN TO ALMOST MATCH OTHER FRAME

HIGHLIGHT FRAME2 BACKGROUND - FLOAT - DEFLOAT - DELETE LAYER - OPEN PAPER OF CHOICE AND PASTE AS A NEW LAYER - INVERT AND HIT DELETE
ADD A BLACK GRADIENT GLOW TO BOTH FRAME

ADD A WHITE GRADIENT GLOW TO THE WORD ART
ADD ANY ELEMENTS YOU WISH TO THE TAG

MOVE THE WORD ART DOWN A BIT - DROP SHADOW

ADD MAIN TUBE - DROP SHADOW - ADD COPYRIGHTS AND YOUR MARK - DELETE BACKGROUND LAYER AND RESIZE IF NEEDED - SAVE AS A .PNG
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL ME