Alicia Mujica Merry Christmas tube 3

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X7, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Alicia Mujica,

Merry Christmas Special Edition, which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the matching kit by Alicia Mujica, Merry Christmas

Template 872 by Millie's PSP Madness 

Font of choice, I am using

Plugins: Alien Skin Eye Candy 3.1 glow




Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Add a drop shadow of your choosing to tubes & elements throughout. I usually use 1, 1, 50, 5 unless otherwise noted.
 

Let's get started!


Open your template, shift D to duplicate and close the original

Make sure you're on the white background layer, make it visible

adjust, canvas size 800x800, flood fill with white

Delete the following layers

Made by millie

word art

Fill the layers with papers, to do this make sure the layer you want to fill has been clicked on in your layer palette. 
Click inside the shape with your magic wand, selections, modify, invert, open your paper, copy and paste as a new layer, 
click delete on your keyboard.
Delete the original template layer

Some layers, like the frames, you may just want to flood fill with a color from your kit. To do this, click on the layer in your layer palette, add another raster layer above it,
click inside the shape with your magic wand, and flood fill it with your color
Delete the original template layer

Fill layers 7 & 6 with paper 2b

fill layers 4 9 with #aa2331

fill layers 2 & 3 wtih #c5a154

fill layer 5 with #cdc4ae

fill layers 1 & 8 with paper 1f 

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 35%
arrange in your tag
erase the bits that hang out where you don't want them

now add your elements:

cluster 2 resize 35% arrange across top

reindeer resize 30% then 55% arrange on bottom right
word art resize 25% arrange on bottom left
apply eye candy fat, 7, white then thin 5, #a03f47

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed
add your text and save