SNOWY WINDOW

This tutorial was written by me on 22nd November 2009
You will need:
Scrap Kit 'Winters Coming' by addictive pleasures here

Tube of choice, I am using Elias Chatzoudis, you will need a licence to use his work
Tiny Star here

open a new transparent image 600 x 600 and flood fill white

open ele9 and copy and paste as a new layer > image > resize > 55% and place top centre on your canvas
add a drop shadow, setings: 3, 3, 61, 13, black
open ele8 and copy and paste as a new layer and place behind the window, select your selection tool set to rectangle and draw around the window > selections > invert and hit delete
rename these layers window and cloud
open ele45 and copy and paste as a new layer and place at the top of the window, using your selection tool, delete the excess
add the same drop shadow as before
open ele15 and copy and paste as a new layer and place behind the window > image > resize > 55% and again using your selection tool, delete any tree over hanging the window
rename this layer tree
merge down the top beading to the window layer
open ele13 and copy and paste as a new layer > image > resize > 75%
add the same drop shadow
move towards the bottom left of the window
open up your tube and copy and paste as a new layer > image > resize > 80%
add the drop shadow
image > mirror and place so she covers the bottom of the tree
using your selection tool, select a rectangle just around the inside of the window frame
open ele5 and copy and paste as a new layer > selections > invert > hit delete
drag this layer to below the window and rename snow1
using your selection tool, select a rectangle just around the inside of the window frame

open ele5 and copy and paste as a new layer, use your mover tool to move it into a different position to the last snow layer.
selections > invert and hit delete, rename this snow2 and drag below the window
using your selection tool select a rectangle just around the inside of the window frame
open ele5 and copy and paste as a new layer, use your mover tool to move it into a different position to the other 2 snow layers, rename this snow3, and drag below the window
duplicate the tree layer and rename them tree1, tree2 and tree3
open the tiny star from the supplies and file > export > picture tube and name sparkle
click on your picture tube tool and select the sparkle, select tree1 and place a few sparkles on it
select tree2 and place some sparkles in a different place around the tree
do the same with tree3
open ele34 and copy and paste as a new layer and drag to the bottom of the pallet, move it so it over hangs the window, add the drop shadow
duplicate and flip and merge these 2 layers down
select your selection tool and draw around the window and while on the snowflake layer hit delete
image > resize > 80% all layers
add your mark and the copy rights
crop around your tag and add any text that you would like
open animation shop

hide tree2, tree3, snow2 and snow3 and copy merged and paste into animation shop as a new animation
hide tree1, tree3, snow1 and snow3 and copy merged and paste in animation shop after current frame
hide tree1, tree2, snow1 and snow2 and copy merged and paste into animation shop after current frame
view animation and save