Thursday, November 23, 2023

Christmas Night ~ CT Tag

 


*click on image to see full size* 
Beautiful Christmas Scrapkit by
Kathy's PSP Designs
called 'Christmas Night' found HERE
Thank you Kathy ♥ 
Please check out her entire blog HERE
Tube by Keith Garvey purchased
at CDO estore 362-1
Kopona Mask 38 HERE
Mura's Meister ~ Copies
Drop shadow of choice
Font 'Christmas Wishes'

Remember when resizing elements to Sharpen once only
[Shortcuts:  d/s ~ deselect; D/S ~ Drop shadow; NRL ~ new raster layer]
Add D/S as you go.

*~ Let's get started ~*

1. Open 800 x 800 px new transparent image
Flood fill white.
Open Mask 38 png r/s 30%
C/P
Select all, float, defloat, add NRL
open paper 2, copy, paste-into-selection. d/s
Delete original mask. 
Resize masked paper 95%

2. Add el 50, c/p move to right side
el 17, r/s 40%, apply Mura's Meister Copies 
Encircle: 17, 60, 60
NRL
Using selection tool ~ circle 
draw out a selection approximately
514 x 514 px
open paper 1, paste into the selection
contract selection 20 pixels
press delete, d/s
Apply 3D effects ~ inner bevel with these settings:
 bevel 2, width 4, 
smoothness 10, depth 6, ambience 5, shininess 20
 colour white, angle 130, intensity 50, elevation 30
Object ~ align ~ center in canvas
If you have issues making the above,
you may d/l my circle frame below:


Using magic wand, tolerance 10, feather 0,
click inside circle frame you created
expand selection by 5,
on layers palette, select the mura's copied layer below
and press delete on keyboard to remove excess within circle frame. d/s
D/S circle frame with heavy setting:  4/-4, 75, 10 blur
and select 'add shadow on new layer'
 

3.  Open el 91, C/P r/s 120% Smart Size, sharpen
select circle frame layer, click inside with magic wand, expend by 5
select wreath layer, press delete, d/s
add el 40, r/s 65%, place on right side of frame
Using magic wand, click inside circle frame, expand by 5 px
revert back to el 40 and press delete. d/s

Open el 20, r/s 80% C/P
placing slightly upward and to right of tag
Using selection tool, circle
draw a circle on top of element 20
to act as fill layer below this frame.
NRL
open paper 5, C/P
invert selection, delete and d/s
Again, be sure this layer is below element 20.

4. Open main tube. if using same tube,
r/s tube 75%, mirror & C/P above paper 5 layer
duplicate tube, move copy above frame layer (el 20)

To give appearance tube is behind the deer & white pine boughs,
simple erase portions of the copied tube
above frame. Note:  Be careful to not erase any part of tube
that is sitting on the black frame of element 20.

5. Decorate your tag with elements of choice:

el 47 ~ 75%, place below copy tube
(you may need to erase portion of el 47 that extends inside tube layer)

el 61 ~ 70% place along bottom
el 104 ~ 70%
el 18 ~ 25%, duplicate, arrange
el 33 ~ 30%
el 57 ~ 33%
el 99 ~ 35%, duplicate, arrange


5. On layers palette, select the masked paper layer,
Select Crop tool, select crop opaque
Crop tag before resizing to 700 px. or size of choice.

 
6.  Add copyright, url, license & Name

Hope you enjoy your Christmas creation!

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