Believe

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 Karen Anne Brady (I Do Believe tube) which you need a license to use.  

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Dear Santa by Scrappin With Lil Ole Me

Font of choice, I am using Believer Fever

Mask: WSLMask 84 links to masks are on the right sidebar

Plugins: Alien Skin Eye Candy for font (optional)

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 56 copy and paste as a new layer resize 80%

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

open paper 12  copy and paste as a new layer 

click delete on your keyboard,

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 55%

arrange in your frame

erase the bits that hang out of your frame where you don't want them

add your elements

element 123 resize 75% arrange on left side

element 28 resize 45% arrange under the tree on the left

element 132 resize 40% arrange to the right of the other presents

element 3 resize 40% arrange to the right of the other elements

element 78 resize 40% arrange to the right of and behind the drum layer

element 84 resize 45% arrange on bottom right corner

element 22 resize 40% arrange in front of presents

open paper 8, copy and paste as a new layer above the white background

apply your mask, merge group

crop and resize

add your copyright and credits as needed

add your text and save