A Christmas Message

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

PSP 9

Super Blade Pro

1. Open up a new image 600 x 550 > select and fill with the JE Deep Red Gradient - Angle 0 - Repeats 0

2. Effects > Texture Effects > Blinds and apply the following settings

3. Select none

4. Open up the image provided or use one of your own > using your selection tool set on Ellipse draw down and out until your happy with your selection > copy and paste your selection as a new layer onto your working image

5. Still working on your image layer > Selections > Select all > Selections > Float > Selections > Modify > Expand 5

6. While selected add a new layer > Flood fill this layer with white > selections > modify > contract > 5 > hit the delete key > select none & drag this layer below your image layer

7. Using your wand select the white border around your frame and apply Super Blade Pro using Jans Pure Gold preset

8. Move your highlight to your image layer > selections > select all > selections > float > X off your background layer and merge the remaining two layers visible > keep selected

9. Add a new layer > apply the following Cut-out > select none > merge your layers visible again - make sure your background layer is still X'd off

10. Working on your image layer > add a new layer > using your paintbrush which has been set to size 5, your foreground colour set on white, draw a line top left then bottom right as shown below

11. Working on the same layer > Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur 17 > X off your background layer and merge layers visible

12. Open up the globe topper > copy and paste as a new layer > use your mover tool to position it centre on top of the globe > duplicate this layer > Image > Flip > again X off your background layer and merge the other layers visible

13. Using your mover tool, position your globe centre on the right hand side > Layers > merge visible

14. Using your Selection tool which has been set to Rectangle, draw out and down to make your text box, see mine for a guide, remember you need to leave room for the elements that go above and below your box

15. While selected add a new layer and fill with the same gradient we used before > apply the following drop shadow > select none >

14. Open up the text provided and paste as a new selection > while still selected apply the same drop shadow as in step 15 > select none

15. Open up the element tube and paste as a new layer > move this so that it sits nicely on top of your text box

16. Layers > duplicate > Image > flip

17. Before we merge our layers make sure everything is lined up how you want it > Layers > merge visible

18. Selections > select all > Selections > Modify > Contract 3 > Selections - Invert > flood fill with the gold pattern > select none

Add your corners > merge all flatten > resize if you want to

And your all done !

Hope you enjoyed this one

Merry Christmas

*s*