This tutorial was written by me on November 16th, 2019 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional.

PSP Version used: PSP 2019

This tutorial assumes you have a good working knowledge of PSP.

Supplies:

PTU kit from Fantasy Catz Designs called Xmas Greetings. 

You can purchase it here.  

Mask 003 from Mizteeque. You can find it here. 

Template 721 from Millie’s PSP Madness. You can find it here. 

Font of choice. I am using Yummy Cupcakes.

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Ok let’s get started.

Open your template. Set the canvas size to 800 x 658. Resize your template by 75%.

Delete the text layers.

Merge together layers 1 & 2, 4 & 5, & 6 & 7.

Replace each layer with the following:

NOTE: Resize each paper by 60% beforehand.

1 – Paper9

3 – Paper10. Repeat for layer 6

4 – Paper5. Repeat for layer 13

8 – Paper4. Repeat for layer 11 but flip your paper vertical.

9 – Paper7

12 – set your foreground to #feffff and your background to #6c96ac. Set your foreground to a linear gradient, angle 26, repeats 0, invert checked. On this layer, select all, float, defloat. Add a new raster layer & floodfill with your gradient. Deselect. Duplicate your gradient layer, flip horizontal. Set the opacity to 53.

Open your mask & Paper3. Resize your paper by 60%. Paste as a new layer above the background layer of your template. Apply your mask, merge group. With your pick tool, stretch the edges of the mask layer to the edges of the canvas.

Add noise, gaussian, 25, monochrome checked.

Open element 2. Resize by 50%. Paste as a new layer just above the duplicate gradient layer. Place in the center. Duplicate, then place to the top right corner of the gradient layer. Duplicate, flip horizontal & place to the top left corner of the gradient layer. Merge the santa layers together. On the original gradient layer, select all, float, defloat. On the merged santa layers, selections, invert & press delete. Deselect.

Duplicate the santa layer. Set the blend mode to screen, 44. On the original santa layer, set the blend mode to luminance(L), 22.

Let’s add our remaining elements:

82 – resize by 80%, rotate right. Paste as a new layer above the frame layer. Place to the top of the frame. Duplicate, free rotate 180.

28 – resize by 55%. Place over the top branch. Move below the duplicate branch layer.

13 – resize by 80%. Place to the bottom.

109 – resize by 80%. Place over the top branch. Move this layer below the snow layer.

34 – resize by 50%. Paste as a new layer above the top layer. Place over the left side of the frame.

97 – resize by 45%. Place to the bottom.

1 – resize by 25%. Place to the left side of the lantern.

115 – resize by 25%. Place to the bottom left of the tree.

26 – resize by 20%. Place to the bottom of the snowman.

3 – resize by 50%. Place over the right side of the frame.

92 – resize by 28%. Place to the bottom right.

14 – resize by 30%. Place to the bottom of the tree.

111 – resize by 25%. Place to the bottom left of the sack.

153 – resize by 15%. Place to the right of the blue present.

123 – resize by 40%. Place to the bottom of the cookie.

129 – resize by 40%. Place to the bottom of the lantern.

145 – resize by 25%. Place to the bottom of the tree.

114 – resize by 25%. Place to the top of the circular template layers. Select all, float, defloat. Selections, modify, expand by 2. Add a new raster layer & floodfill with #feffff. Deselect & move below the wordart layer. Merge the wordart layer with the white layer.

Apply a drop shadow of choice to your layers, if desired. Hide the mask layer, then merge visible. On the merged layer, objects, align, center in canvas. Unhide the mask layer.

Open element 149. Resize by 90%. Paste as a new layer above the merged layer.

Add your name, a gradient glow as we did with the wordart, then your drop shadow on the gradient glow layer.

Add the copyright for the tube, then merge visible. Save as a png.

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This tutorial was written by me on November 7th, 2019 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional.

PSP Version used: PSP 2019

This tutorial assumes you have a good working knowledge of PSP.

Supplies:

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Nocturne. You can purchase her tubes here.  

PTU kit from Drea’s Designs called Under the Stars. 

You can purchase it here.  

Mask 404 by Vix. You can find it here. 

Font of choice. I am using Sugar & Spice.

Filters:

Mura Meister Copies

Xero Porcelain

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Open element 116. Resize by 60%, all layers unchecked. Now resize all layers by 74%. Rotate slightly to the left.

Open your mask & Paper15. Resize your paper by 80%. Paste as a new layer onto your frame canvas. Move below the frame layer. Apply your mask, merge group. Add noise, random, 75, monochrome checked.

Open Paper10. Resize by 75%. Paste as a new layer above the mask layer. On your frame layer, use your magic wand & click inside the frame. Selections, modify, expand by 10. On the paper layer, selections, invert & press delete. Deselect.

Open element 54. Resize by 40%. Paste as a new layer. Mura Meister Copies, encircle preset. Change the Shift X & Y to 55. Move this layer below the yellow paper layer.

Now let’s add our remaining elements:

111 - resize by 55%. Paste as a new layer above the frame layer. Move a little towards the top.

59 – resize by 20%. Place to the top left corner of the yellow frame.

19 – resize by 50%. Place to the top of the frame.

52 – resize by 40%. Place to the bottom left.

41 – resize by 50%. Place over the green leaves.

79 – resize by 30%. Place to the bottom left.

61 – resize by 30%. Place to the bottom, a bit to the right of the dandelions.

36 – resize by 75%, flip horizontal. Place to the bottom.

43 – resize by 50%. Place to the bottom left.

96 – resize by 30%. Place to the bottom left.

48 – resize by 40%, flip horizontal. Place to the bottom right.

95 – resize by 25%. Place over the right side of the frame.

101 – resize by 40%. Place to the bottom right, but above the stones.

Duplicate the yellow daisy flower. Bring the duplicate to the top, then place to the bottom right of the blue flower.

69 – resize by 30%. Place on the top right of the wordart.

82 – resize by 20%. Place to the bottom right of the envelope.

63 – resize by 40%. Place over the left side of the wordart.

80 – resize by 25%. Place to the left of the tiny marshmallows.

107 – resize by 69%. Paste as a new layer.

Open your tube, resizing as necessary. Paste as a new layer just above the string lights layer. Xero Porcelain using the default settings.

Add your name, copyright, & license info. Apply a drop shadow of choice to your layers, then merge visible. Save as a png. 

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