1.
Open new image 800 x 500
Flood fill with your fore ground color

2.
Duplicate this layer
effects: VM Natural – sparkle with these settings

layer opacity 60 – Blend mode overlay

3.
New Raster layer
TIP : It goes faster by using the shiftbutton
and  press this

Select all
Copy tube Gerry-abstract 5
Paste in to selection
Select none
layer opacity 22 – Blend mode soft light
Effects – Border effects – Enhance more

4.
New raster Layer
Load selection from disk - gerry-kerstwensen-1
Flood fill with White
(just press the right Mouse button)
Select none

Effects - Alien Skin - Eyecandy Nature - Snowdrift
Find Preset Gerry Kerst 2009- click OK
If you can’t find the preset ,
Click Manage at the bottom - import and search the Preset
( Note: if you use other colors
note your Foreground color en fill in by Lighting als shadow color)


5.
New Raster layer
Load selection from disk - gerry-kerstwensen-2
Flood fill selection with White
Select NONE
effects - VM Toolbox - Softborder



6.
New  raster layer
Find the brush - Gerry-kerst 2009

Pay attention!!!    Rotate on 179
Place the brush in the lower right corner with your fore ground color


layer opacity : 70 - Blend mode : Darken
Layer duplicate – Mirror image
Merge- merge down

7.
Load selection from disk - gerry gerry-kerstwensen-2
Press delete – select none
Drop shadow:  fore ground color
(  256792 or 8C0839)

8.
New Raster layer
Load selection from disk - Gerry kerstwensen 3
Zoom close and flood fill selection with White
Select none
Layers - duplicate
Layer  Blend mode dissolve
Layers – arrange – send to bottom
Go to your top layer

9.
New Raster layer
Load selection from disk -  Gerry kerstwensen 4
Zoom well – Flood fill selection with White
Layer opacity 30
Select none

10.
New Raster layer
Load selection from disk - Gerry kerstwensen 5
Zoom well – Flood fill selection with White
Select none

11.
New Raster layer
Select picture tube tool and find gerry-ster 5
Brush with White a star on top of the tree

     
Or use something nice of your own :-))
Layer - duplicate
Layer - Blend mode Dissolve
Layers – arrange – send to bottom
Go to your top layer

12
New Raster layer
Select picture tube tool and find Gerry-ster-rondje
Zoom your image at the tree    to 250

Size 35 and put some rounds on the twigs of the

Make sure the rounds  touch the twigs.
(see example below)

When you ‘re satisfied change size to 10 
and put many rounds surround the twigs.
Make sure the rounds DON’T thouch the twigs.
Now you must have something like this


 

13
New Raster layer
change colors – Foreground color White
Select brush gerry christmas 1
Brush the text with White in the left area over the twig

14
New Raster layer
Select brush gerry christmas 2
 change size  so that it fits between the lines
place it in the middle :-)

15
New Raster layer
Select brush gerry christmas 3
 change size, so that it fits nice above the presents
I changed it in 190
Brush it in to the right area

16
Merge-merge all visible layers

17
New Raster layer
Decorate all with small stars
which are in your picture tubes, all with White.
. Do as you like
Change size... 10 till 30 :-))

18
Select tube Gerry - Lady 177
Paste as new layer
Image-resize - 80% bicubic checked
Place the tub where you like
I colorized the tube
 145-120
Layers-merge all layers (flatten).

19
Selection – Select all
Selection modify - contract 5

Flood fill selection with blue:256792
Add watermark – Merge all layers (flatten)

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If you want to animate your tag, you’re not done jet,
If not, save it as  jpg.

 

Animation Part I

1.
Load selection from disk - gerry kerstwensen 6

2.
Duplicate this layer twice , now you have 3 layers
3.
Go to the bottom layer

Effects - Alien Skin - Xenofex 2 - Constellation


Go to the second layer – same plug in but click once on Random Seed


Go to the top layer - same plug in but click once on Random Seed

Go to the bottom layer...... SELECT NONE

Animation Part II

1.
Open animation shop
Copy the bottom layer of PSP
Back to animation shop
Edit – paste as new animation

2.
Back to PSP – go to your second layer - Copy
Back to animation shop
Edit – paste after active frame

3.
Back to PSP – go to your third layer - Copy
Back to animation shop
Edit – paste after active frame
Click on example      and voila your animation is done!!
Save file as gif.
 
 

I hope you enjoyed the lesson.
If so..... please leave a mesage in my guestbook :-))

Groetjes gerry

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Rita, thanks for the translation in English
You are great

¤¤ ¤¤  Gerry`s PSP Design oktober 2008 ¤¤ ¤¤