PTU Christmas Countdown

PTU Christmas Countdown

This tutorial was written by myself 11/27/11 for this blog, Desert's Place

Any resemblance to any other tutorials is purley coincidental.

This tag was made with the beautiful lit Blue Star by Barbie and can be purchased at Scrappin Naturally

Artist tube is the work of Barbara Jensen you can purchase HERE

Here we go,

Open new image 600x600 transperent background checked

Open ACC_Blue Beads copy and paste as new layer

Open ACC_Berries resize 90% copy and paste as new layer on right side

Open ACC_Frame 2 copy and paste as new layer in the center

Using the magic wand tool, click inside the frame, go to selections, modify, expand 3

Open ACC_Paper 4 copy and paste as new layer, go to selections, invert and hit delete

on the keyboard, drag this layer under the frame layer. Selections select none.

Open your tube, resize if needed copy and paste as new layer. Chose how you want it to be.

Now adding the decorations

Click on the frame layer

Open ACC_Ribbon 1 copy and paste as new layer place on the lower part of the frame

Open ACC_Ribbon 2 copy and paste as new layer just over Ribbon 1

Open ACC_Blue Star bow resize 40% copy and paste as new layer top center of frame

Open ACC_Stocking resize 60% copy and paste as new layer lower right side over the ribbons ( I used the pick tool,

mode setting perspective and pulled it out a little bit to make it look flat)

Open ACC_Calendar resize 50% copy and paste as new layer middle left side of frame

Open ACC_Blue Candle 2 resize 40% copy and paste lower left corner

Open ACC_Blue Candle resize 20% copy and paste lower left corner over lapping the other candle

Open ACC_Silver heart resize 20% copy and paste as new layer on the green under the ribbons.

Feel free to use a mask layer and drop shadows at your choice.

Add your credits, then layers, merge visible and save.

Thank you for trying my tutorial, I hope you enjoyed!

xo Desert xo