This tutorial was created December 10,
2007
Any resemblance to other online tutorials is purely coincidence
ŠN@thy 2007
This tutorial was written using PSP 9, but can be done in other versions
~ You will need ~
The brush I used is by Mistral @ www.kloud-nine.com. You can download it here
Scroll down till you see 085 Marker Blinds and download the psp 8 version
The snowflake I used is by Melissa. You can find her awesome work @ Scrappy Expressions
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
My supplies here. The zip includes tubes and fonts
Open tubes in psp
Tubes have HIDDEN layers which mean you must unhide to see them
Minimize them all
Double click to open the font "Artists Script" and minimize it on your desktop
Double click to open the font "Arrus BT" and minimize it on your desktop
Double click to open the font "ARSTemper" and minimize it on your desktop
Set your foreground color to #DFD2AD
Set your background color to #7F5B31
~ Step 1 ~
Maximize nathy_vintage_frame_1.png, duplicate and close the original
Copy nathy_vintage_frame_2.png and paste as new layer
Copy JC_VictorianSanta.pspimage and paste as new layer
Image, Resize and use these settings:
120 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move Santa a little bit up into the small frame
~ Step 2 ~
Activate the small frame's layer (should be Raster 2)
Selections, Select All
Selections, Float
Selections, Defloat
Selections, Modify, Contract 10
Selections, Invert
Activate Santa's layer
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Selections, Select None
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 3 ~
Copy nathy_vintage_bead.png and paste as new layer
Move the bead at the top in between the 2 frames
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 80, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Minimize for now
~ Step 4 ~
Maximize nathy_foldedtearred_red.png, duplicate and close the original
Activate your Raster Deform Tool and use these settings:
Set the Mode to Scale
Set Position X to 156 then set Scale X(%) to 64.76
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 23, Saturation: 113
~ Step 5 ~
Image, Canvas Size
Width and Height set to 960
Placement will be Top: 51, Bottom: 12, Left: 34, Right: 35
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 5, Horizontal: 5, Opacity: 80, Blur: 10, Color: #000000
Copy the Santa frame we made earlier (you can close this we wont need it anymore)
Paste as new layer
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Left, Degrees: 10, all other options Unchecked
Move the frame up a little bit and to the left (look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 10, Horizontal: 10, Opacity: 45, Blur: 10, Color: #000000
~ Step 6 ~
Activate the Text tool and use the following settings:
Foreground set to Null
Background should be set to #7F5B31 already
Type Christmas
Position at the bottom of the frame
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 100, Blur: 1, Color: #000000
~ Step 7 ~
Activate the Text tool once again and use the following settings:
Switch your Foreground and Background color
Type Merry
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Left, Degrees: 30, all other options Unchecked
Position at the bottom of the frame on top of Christmas
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 100, Blur: 1, Color: #000000
~ Step 8 ~
Copy KaraT4702.psp and paste as new layer
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 23, Saturation: 113
Image, Resize and use these settings:
80 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move the bow into the top right corner
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 5, Horizontal: 5, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
~ Step 9 ~
Copy SE_Charm_Snowflake_2.pspimage and paste as new layer
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 23, Saturation: 113
Image, Resize and use these settings:
70 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move the snowflake on top of the bow, position it in the middle
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 5, Horizontal: 5, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
~ Step 10 ~
Copy nathy_vintage_bead.png and paste as new layer
Image, Resize and use these settings:
70 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move the bead over the snowflake's eyelet so its holding it
~ Step 11 ~
Activate your Paint Brush Tool
Find www.kloud-nine.com - markerblinds1 and use these settings:
Switch your Foreground and Background color
Layers, New Raster Layer
Paint, using your foreground color, a line from left to right
Paint as many time as you'd like so its rather a thick line
Move this layer down so its underneath Santa's frame
~ Step 12 ~
Activate the top layer
Activate the Text tool and use the following settings:
Foreground set to Null
Background should be set to #7F5B31 already
Type your name
Position your name at the bottom of the frame and a little bit to the right
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 80, Blur: 1, Color: #000000
Move this layer down so its underneath Santa's frame
~ Step 13 ~
Activate the top layer
Maximize pine cones.png
Select the pine cone you'd like to use and paste into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
80 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move it beside your name
Copy another pine cone and paste it, resize this one as well
Position it beside your name
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 14 ~
Crop your image using the Crop Tool
Layers, Merge All (Flatten)
Add your watermark, resize if you'd like and save your work as jpg
Your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.
Any resemblance to other online tutorials is purely coincidence
ŠN@thy 2007
This tutorial was written using PSP 9, but can be done in other versions
~ You will need ~
The brush I used is by Mistral @ www.kloud-nine.com. You can download it here
Scroll down till you see 085 Marker Blinds and download the psp 8 version
The snowflake I used is by Melissa. You can find her awesome work @ Scrappy Expressions
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
My supplies here. The zip includes tubes and fonts
Open tubes in psp
Tubes have HIDDEN layers which mean you must unhide to see them
Minimize them all
Double click to open the font "Artists Script" and minimize it on your desktop
Double click to open the font "Arrus BT" and minimize it on your desktop
Double click to open the font "ARSTemper" and minimize it on your desktop
Set your foreground color to #DFD2AD
Set your background color to #7F5B31
~ Step 1 ~
Maximize nathy_vintage_frame_1.png, duplicate and close the original
Copy nathy_vintage_frame_2.png and paste as new layer
Copy JC_VictorianSanta.pspimage and paste as new layer
Image, Resize and use these settings:
120 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move Santa a little bit up into the small frame
~ Step 2 ~
Activate the small frame's layer (should be Raster 2)
Selections, Select All
Selections, Float
Selections, Defloat
Selections, Modify, Contract 10
Selections, Invert
Activate Santa's layer
Hit delete once on your keyboard
Selections, Select None
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 3 ~
Copy nathy_vintage_bead.png and paste as new layer
Move the bead at the top in between the 2 frames
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 80, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Minimize for now
~ Step 4 ~
Maximize nathy_foldedtearred_red.png, duplicate and close the original
Activate your Raster Deform Tool and use these settings:
Set the Mode to Scale
Set Position X to 156 then set Scale X(%) to 64.76
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 23, Saturation: 113
~ Step 5 ~
Image, Canvas Size
Width and Height set to 960
Placement will be Top: 51, Bottom: 12, Left: 34, Right: 35
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 5, Horizontal: 5, Opacity: 80, Blur: 10, Color: #000000
Copy the Santa frame we made earlier (you can close this we wont need it anymore)
Paste as new layer
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Left, Degrees: 10, all other options Unchecked
Move the frame up a little bit and to the left (look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 10, Horizontal: 10, Opacity: 45, Blur: 10, Color: #000000
~ Step 6 ~
Activate the Text tool and use the following settings:
Foreground set to Null
Background should be set to #7F5B31 already
Type Christmas
Position at the bottom of the frame
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 100, Blur: 1, Color: #000000
~ Step 7 ~
Activate the Text tool once again and use the following settings:
Switch your Foreground and Background color
Type Merry
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use these settings:
Direction: Left, Degrees: 30, all other options Unchecked
Position at the bottom of the frame on top of Christmas
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 100, Blur: 1, Color: #000000
~ Step 8 ~
Copy KaraT4702.psp and paste as new layer
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 23, Saturation: 113
Image, Resize and use these settings:
80 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move the bow into the top right corner
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 5, Horizontal: 5, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
~ Step 9 ~
Copy SE_Charm_Snowflake_2.pspimage and paste as new layer
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use these settings:
Hue: 23, Saturation: 113
Image, Resize and use these settings:
70 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move the snowflake on top of the bow, position it in the middle
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 5, Horizontal: 5, Opacity: 50, Blur: 5, Color: #000000
~ Step 10 ~
Copy nathy_vintage_bead.png and paste as new layer
Image, Resize and use these settings:
70 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move the bead over the snowflake's eyelet so its holding it
~ Step 11 ~
Activate your Paint Brush Tool
Find www.kloud-nine.com - markerblinds1 and use these settings:
Switch your Foreground and Background color
Layers, New Raster Layer
Paint, using your foreground color, a line from left to right
Paint as many time as you'd like so its rather a thick line
Move this layer down so its underneath Santa's frame
~ Step 12 ~
Activate the top layer
Activate the Text tool and use the following settings:
Foreground set to Null
Background should be set to #7F5B31 already
Type your name
Position your name at the bottom of the frame and a little bit to the right
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Vertical: 1, Horizontal: 1, Opacity: 80, Blur: 1, Color: #000000
Move this layer down so its underneath Santa's frame
~ Step 13 ~
Activate the top layer
Maximize pine cones.png
Select the pine cone you'd like to use and paste into your working area
Image, Resize and use these settings:
80 Percent, Resample using Smart Size, Lock aspect ratio Checked, Resize all layers Unchecked
Move it beside your name
Copy another pine cone and paste it, resize this one as well
Position it beside your name
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 14 ~
Crop your image using the Crop Tool
Layers, Merge All (Flatten)
Add your watermark, resize if you'd like and save your work as jpg
Your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.