Chrissy's Christmas Friends

For this tutorial you will need the following:

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

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey (Chrissy Cat) which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit Christmas Darling by Amy Marie 

Font of choice, I am using Skyblue Clues

Mask: Vix Big Mask 1

Plugins: No outside plugins

I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers

I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your

copyright doesn't show. 

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 a new canvas 850 x 850 pixels with a white background

open your tube copy and paste as a new layer resize 85%

add the following elements

 tree arrange behind tube, to the right

Santa bag arrange in front of tree to the right

prezzie arrange behind the tube on the left

Moose 2 resize 65% arrange in front of prezzie & tube

lantern 1 resize 65% arrange in front of tube 

Moose 1  arrange behind tree on right

Cat in box resize 50% arrange to the right of lantern

bunny 1 resize 80% arrange behind prezzie

Copy and paste paper 3 just above the white background, add your mask

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Roller Skull

For this tutorial you will need the following:

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

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of  Arthur Crowe, (Roller Skull Candy) which you need a license to use.  This tube is coming soon to Arthur's store and will be in the store within a day or two of this tut being posted.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the matching PTU kit by Desirena Designs, which will also be available in Arthur's store when the tube is released. 

Font of choice, I am using Crazy Rascals

Plugins: No outside plugins used

I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers

I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your

copyright doesn't show. 

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 a new canvas 850 x 850 pixels with a white background

open element 27 copy and paste as a new layer 

click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert

open paper 8 copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard

Open your medium sized tube, copy and paste as a new layer, resize 75% arrange in front of the frame, erase the bits of legs that are below the frame

Add your elements 

element 1 resize 55%  arrange on bottom, duplicate & mirror

element 4 resize 45%  arrange on left, duplicate & mirror

element 10 resize 45% arrange on right, duplicate & mirror

element 15 resize 50% arrange on right

element 8 resize 55%  arrange on left

element 12 resize 55% arrange on left

element 23 resize 55%  arrange on right

element 14 resize 45% arrange on left

element 6 resize 45%  arrange in center front

element 2 resize 45% arrange on left

element 25, resize 85% arrange on top below frame

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Crystal Winter

For this tutorial you will need the following:

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

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Misticheskaya (Samantha) which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU kit, Crystal Snowflake, by Amy Marie 

Font of choice, I am using Rough Brush Script

Plugins: No outside plugins

I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers

I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your

copyright doesn't show. 

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 a new canvas 850 x 850 pixels with a white background

open frame 1 copy and paste as a new layer resize 90%

click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert

open paper 7 copy and paste as a new layer click delete on your keyboard

Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange in the frame, click delete on your keyboard,

deselect, change the blend mode to Luminance(L) drop the opacity to 75

Paste your tube again, resize 55%, mirror, arrange on the left

I used the following elements:

element 38 arrange behind tube on left

element 8 resize 45%  arrange on left by tube

snowground arrange above the frame layer, duplicate & merge together, 

duplicate and move one layer a little lower than the other so it looks taller

element 55 arrange across the top of the frame

element 57 resize 35% arrange on top right

element 12 arrange on bottom below tube layer

rose 3 resize 40% arrange on top right below the bird & branch

word backing, on the bottom above white background

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save

Season's Greetings

For this tutorial you will need the following:

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

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey,which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using  a PTU kit, Chocolate Cane by Amy Marie

Font of choice, I am using Santa's Sleigh

Mask: Vix Big Mask 1

Plugins: Optikk Verve Labs - Virtual Photographer

I do use Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow on all my copyrights/credits layers

I do this because some forums will make a .png tag show up with a black background and then your

copyright doesn't show. 

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 a new canvas 850 x 850 pixels with a white background

open frame 3 copy and paste as a new layer 

Take your freehand selection tool set on point to point and go around the edge of the frame and click

once you get back to where you started double click, modify, expand 2, selections, invert

open paper 2 copy and paste as a new layer, click delete on your keyboard

Copy and paste your close up tube in the frame, arrange her how you want, click delete on your keyboard and deselect, duplicate, hide the top layer. 

On the bottom layer, selections, select all, float, defloat, apply Virtual Photographer using the Halo setting

unhide the duplicate layer, gaussian blur 3 applied to that layer, change the blend mode to soft light

drop the opacity to 75

add the following drop shadow to your frame

1,1, 50, 5 black

then -1,  -1, 50, 5 black

Now for the elements

Tree 2 arrange on right

lights arrange across the top of the frame, erase along the edges where it's too long and sticks out

ball 3 resize 55% arrange on top left side

candles resize 50% arrange on bottom left

ball 2  resize 45% arrange to the right of candles

gifts resize 50% arrange in front of tree

Copy & paste paper 1 just above the white background layer and add your mask

Lower the opacity of the mask layer to 60

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save