Jolly Christmas

Jolly Christmas

Supplies Needed:

PSP (written in PSP X3, will work in other versions)

DCIC Christmas 2010 scrap kit by Deborah found here

Select from the kit:

2 papers of choice (I used DCIC Christmas 2010 Paper004 & DCIC Christmas 2010 Paper013)

1 of the Reindeer with sleigh images (I used DCIC Christmas2010 Blitzen w Sleigh 002)

1 of the Santa with red bag (I used DCIC Christmas2010 Santa 002 - Red)

1 of the present images (I used DCIC Christmas2010 Present 001)

DCIC Christmas2010 Tree 001

Optional: I chose to use several of the toy images from the kit to put in the bottom left corner. The ones I chose to use are listed below in Step 18.

Plugins I used:

Filters Unlimited 2.0>Edges, Square

Preparation:

Select & maximize the paper you are going to use for your background (I used DCIC Christmas 2010 Paper004)

Edit>Copy

Close the original

Method:

1. File>New: Width & Height: 600, Raster & Transparent: Checked

This will be our working copy

Selections>Select All

Edit>Paste into selection

2. Selections>Modify>Contract: 20

3. Maximize the 2nd paper of choice

Dropper Tool: Place over the color of the background you selected, and right click to set as your Background color in the Material Palette

Edit>Copy

Close the original

4. Back to working copy

Layers>New raster layer

Edit>Paste into selection

Selections>Select None

5. Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2.0>Edges, Square>Square Edge 09

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: 2, 2, 65, 2, Black, Unchecked

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: -2 (minus 2), -2 (minus 2), 65, 2, Black, Unchecked

6. Maximize DCIC Christmas2010 Tree 001

Edit>Copy

Close the original

7. Back to working copy

Edit>Paste as new layer

Image>Resize: Percent: Selected, Width: 60, Height will self adjust, Resize all layers: Unchecked

Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen

8. Move Tool, Move to top left corner of inner paper (see my header for placement)

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: 7, 6, 65, 9, Black, Unchecked

9. Maximize your Reindeer with Sleigh image (Mine was DCIC Christmas2010 Blitzen w Sleigh 002)

Edit>Copy

Close the original

10. Back to working copy

Edit>Paste as new layer

Image>Resize: Percent: Selected, Width: 68, Height will self adjust, Resize all layers: Unchecked

Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen

11. You may want to move this image down a bit, I waited until I had the rest of my images placed, and adjusted at the end

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: 7, 6, 65, 9, Black, Unchecked

12. Maximize the Santa with red bag image you selected (I used I used DCIC Christmas2010 Santa 002 - Red)

Edit>Copy

Close the original

13. Back to working copy

Edit>Paste as new layer

Image>Resize: Percent: Selected, Width: 55, Height will self adjust, Resize all layers: Unchecked

Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen

14. Move Tool: Move to bottom right corner area (see my header for placement)

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: 7, 6, 65, 9, Black, Unchecked

15. Maximize the presents image you chose (I used DCIC Christmas2010 Present 001)

Edit>Copy

Close the original

16. Back to working copy

Edit>Paste as new layer

Image>Resize: Percent: Selected, Width: 35, Height will self adjust, Resize all layers: Unchecked

Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen

17. Move Tool: Move to bottom left corner area (see my header for placement)

Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: 7, 6, 65, 9, Black, Unchecked

18. At this point I chose a few of the toys that were included in the scrap kit and placed them in my image, resizing and drop shadowing

The ones I used were:

DCIC Christmas2010 Toy 004 (this one I moved below the presents layer)

DCIC Christmas2010 Toy 007 (drum)

DCIC Christmas2010 Toy 014 (teddy bear)

19. Once all your elements are added to your image, use the move tool to place how you like.

When you are done,

Layers>Merge>Merge All (Flatten)

20. Image>Add Borders: 2, Color: A color of choice (I clicked in the color selector box, then placed my cursor on the image background (first paper), and selected a color. Then I used the L Option and lowered the Lightness to make my color choice darker)

21. The main reason I left the top right corner empty was to add text to my image.

For the text, I used a gold pattern as my background color, and the same dark color I did my border above in for the FG color (the Stroke of text application was 1)

Add text if you like

22. New Raster layer

Add watermark

Layers>Merge>Merge All (Flatten)

23. If you are making a IncrediMail Letter (aka Stat), use the paper you chose for your background layer

Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tile: Default settings

Layers>Properties and lower to opacity so your background is text friendly

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and thank you for trying it. If so, feel free to leave a comment, they are nice to see but not required.

LEGAL INFO:

This tutorial was written and designed by Deborah and is made using teaching and tips gained from the web and PSP, Animation Shop, and the other programs used, the programs listed Help feature; and is my own creation.

Any resemblance to other tutorials available is coincidental.

Please do not share this tutorial or to place it on any web site without my written permission.

Please do not translate this tutorial into any other language without my written permission: kay2ndjackson3@gmail.com.

If sharing, please direct to my blog site at: http://deborahscornerincyberspace.blogspot.com/

Dated: December 5, 2010

Seasons Reason

Seasons Reason
by Deborah in NC

PDF Version can be found here:

Supplies Needed:
PSP (written in PSP X2, will work in other versions)
-DCIC Cranberry Season Papers here
-Paper 20
-Paper of choice
Tubes here
-dkj_09_Reason_Season_121209
-dkj_09_Reason_Season_Star_121209


1. Open Paper 20 from DCIC Cranberry Season Papers.

2. Duplicate (Shift + D).

3. Minimize original.

4. The Duplicate image is our working copy.

5. Open dkj_09_Reason_Season_121209

6. Edit>Copy

7. Close original

8. Paste as a new layer

9.Image>Resize layer: 60%, Bicubic

10. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Moire Pattern Removal: Fine Details: 1, Remove Bands: 4

11. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: Vertical: -20, Horizontal: 0, Opacity: 20, Blur: 35, Color: #fce6a7, Shadow on new layer: UNchecked

12. Repeat Drop Shadow

13. Open dkj_09_Reason_Season_Star_121209

14. Edit>Copy

15. Close original

16. Paste as a new layer

17. Move to top left corner

18. Colorize if desired

19. Selections>Select All

20. Selections>Float

21. Selections>Defloat

22. Selections>Modify>Expand: 20

23. Layers>New raster layer

24. Layers>Arrange>Move Down

25. Material palette: change FG to #f8ca29 and BG to a15e00

26. Material palette: change FG to gradient Settings: Foreground/Background, Angle: 0, Repeats: 19, Radial: selected, Vertical & Horizontal: 50

27. Flood fill tool: Flood fill selection with FG (gradient)

28. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Add Noise: Gaussian: checked, Noise: 50, Monochrome: checked

29. Selections>Select None

30. Adjust>Blur>Blur More

31. Smudge Brush tool (settings: Round, Size: 15, Hardness: 50, Step: 10, Density: 35, Thickness: 100, Rotation: 0, Opacity: 100, All layers/Sample layers: UNchecked

32. Place the smudge brush tool on the rounded edge as indicated here:

33. Click, hold and "flick" slightly to drag out from the edge, you should have something like this:

34. Repeat the smudge in the same place if needed to make it look like my example above

35. Move to the next rounded edge, and repeat the smudge as above.

36. Repeat smudge for remaining rounded edges

37. Activate the Star layer (top layer)

38. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow: V&H: 3, Opacity: 100, Blur: 4, Color: black, Shadow new layer: Unchecked

39. Repeat Drop Shadow with this change only: V&H: -3

40. Layers>Merge>Merge All

41. Image>Add borders: 1, symmetric checked, Color: black

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42.*1 - Image>Add borders: 7, symmetric, white

Magic Wand (settings: Add/Shift, RGB Value, Tolerance: 0, All layers: UNchecked, Contiguous: checked, Feather: 0, Anti-alias: checked, Outside: selected) inside new border

Flood fill with FG (gradient)

Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel: #1, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, white, 315, 86, 20

Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Add noise: as before

Select None
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43. Image>Add border: 10, symmetric, white

44. Magic wand inside new border

45. Maximize DCIC Cranberry Season Paper 20

46. Edit>Copy

47. Reminimize

48. Image>Paste into selection

49. Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel: as before

50. Repeat *1 above

51. Image>Add border: 20, symmetric, white

52. Magic Wand inside new border

53. Select and open a 2nd paper of choice from DCIC Cranberry Season Papers

54. Edit>Copy

55. Close image

56. Image>Paste into selection

57. Effects>3D Effects>Inner bevel: as before only change color to FG

58. Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Add Noise: as before

59. Effects>Distortion Effects>Ripple (Settings: Center offset - Horizontal: 50.00, Vertical: 50 / Settings - Amplitude: 10, Wavelength: 40 / Edge Mode: Transparent: checked

60. Selections>Select None

61. Image>Add border: 7, symmetric, white

62. Magic wand inside new border

63. Maximize DCIC Cranberry Season Paper 20

64. Edit>Copy

65. Close

66. Image>Paste into selection

67. Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel: as before, only change color back to white

68. Selections>Select None

69. Add text as desired

70. Resize & save for desired use.

That's it, you are done!

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and thank you for trying it. If so, feel free to leave a comment, they are nice to see but not required.


LEGAL INFO:
This tutorial was written and designed by Deborah and is made using teaching and tips gained from the web and PSP, Animation Shop, and the other programs used, the programs listed Help feature; and is my own creation. Any resemblance to other tutorials available is coincidental.
Please do not share this tutorial or to place it on any web site without my written permission. Please do not translate this tutorial into any other language without my written permission: kay2ndjackson@gmail.com. If sharing, please direct to my blog site at: http://deborahscornerincyberspace.blogspot.com/

Heard It Thru The Grapevine

Heard It Thru The Grapevine
by Deborah in NC

Supplies Needed:
PSP (written in PSP X, will work in other versions)
Seachell Scrap Kit - Grape Vine found here
Filters Unlimited 2


To begin, open a New Raster image, 600 w x 500 h, transparent

From the Grape Vine scrap kit, open Grape Vine Element 6 (trellis)
Copy & Close
Paste as a new layer
Image>Resize to fit inside image (I used 25 percent), all layers UNchecked
Drop shadow: 2, 2, 90, 8, black, Unchecked

Open Grape Vine Element 2.
Copy & Close
Paste as a new layer
Image>Resize to fit inside image (I used 18 percent), all layers UNchecked
Free Rotate>Right, 13, nothing else checked
Move to cover the left leg of the trellis, position toward the bottom
Drop shadow: 0, 0, 90, 12, black, Unchecked
Duplicate layer
Mirror
Move to right leg of the trellis, position toward top.

Open Grape Vine Element 1.
Copy & Close
Paste as a new layer
Image>Resize to fit inside image (I used 18 percent), all layers UNchecked
Position in the middle of the trellis
Drop shadow: 0, 0, 90, 12, black, Unchecked

Merge Visible
Move to the right side of image

Open frame of choice from Grape Vine kit.
Copy, close element, and paste as a new layer

***NOTE: You will not see the frame in your image until you resize it down to a smaller size, see the next line of this tutorial as the original image is scrapsize, not tagger size and is much larger than your image.

Resize to fit on left side of image
Send layer to bottom
Reposition frame if needed so trellis overlaps the bottom right corner of the frame.
Magic Wand outside the frame layer. Invert. Contract by 5
Drop Shadow: 2, 2, 90, 23, Black, UNchecked
Drop Shadow: -2, -2, 90, 23, Black, UNchecked
Select None

Open Seachell_Grape Vine_Element18 (Wine bottle element) from kit in PSP. Copy, close element, paste as a new layer

Layers>Arrange>Bring to top
Resize, 8%, all layers UNchecked
Drop shadow: 2, 2, 90, 4.35, Black, UNchecked
Move with move tool to bottom left corner of frame layer

Open Seachell_Grape Vine_Element19 (Wineglass element) from kit. Copy, close element, paste as a new layer
Resize, 8%, all layers UNchecked
Drop shadow: 2, 2, 90, 4.35, Black, UNchecked
Move with move tool to bottom Right side of the wine bottle.
Duplicate layer, move down and to the left slightly

New raster layer
Send to bottom
Select All
Open one of the papers from Grape Vine kit. Copy, close paper, and paste into selection

Contract: 15. New Raster layer.
Open a 2nd paper from Grape Vine kit. Copy, close paper, and paste into selection

Selections>Select None
Effects>Plugins>Filters Unlimited 2>Edges, Square>Select one and Apply
Drop shadow: 0, 0, 50, 20, Black, Unchecked

If adding photo, graphic or Wordart to the frame do so now

Add any other elements you wish to image, I chose to add some bows. Drop shadow them as you add.

Merge all (flatten) when done.

Add border: 5, Symmetric, Dark Purple, Black or color from color swatch included in the kit

Add Text as desired.

Image>New Raster layer and watermark.

Resize, and save.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and thank you for trying it. Comments are always welcome, but never required.


LEGAL INFO:
This tutorial was written and designed by Deborah and is made using teaching and tips gained from the web and PSP, Animation Shop, and the other programs used, the programs listed Help feature; and is my own creation. Any resemblance to other tutorials available is coincidental.
Please do not share this tutorial or to place it on any web site without my written permission. Please do not translate this tutorial into any other language without my written permission: kay2ndjackson@gmail.com. If sharing, please direct to my blog site at: http://deborahscornerincyberspace.blogspot.com/