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Monday, December 7, 2020



 


In this tutorial I used the tube is "Gift for Mause" by
Ketka.
A real
cute free gift at

The kit is the lovely freebie "Joyful Times" from
Magical
Moments
available at 


You will need png masks 229 and 232 from
and my png mask 

Font of choice.

 


I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity 65, blur
10.


Open a new transparent canvas 750 by 750 pixels and fill with white.

Paste Mizteeques mask 232, resize it 90%, select all, float and defloat, make
a new layer, paste paper 04 into the selection, deselect and delete the original
black mask layer.

Paste my mask, resize 90% and repeat the above then mirror and move into 
place.

Paste mask 229 and resize it 65% then repeat as with the other two masks but
this time using paper 01.

Paste element 038, resize 80%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 067, resize 45%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 066, resize 60%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 069, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 020, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 063, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste the tube, resize 18%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 026, resize 45%, position below the tube and apply the
shadow.

Paste element 071, resize 50%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 034, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 070, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 024, resize 18%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 006, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 050, resize 50% and position.

Paste element 072 on the top, resize 55% and mirror, position and apply the
shadow.

Paste element 025, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 001, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 019, resize 7% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 041, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 003, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 036, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 016, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 065, resize
15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 017, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 008, resize 8%, position and apply the shadow.

Check your layers and make any adjustments, then crop your tag, add your
copyright information and text and export on a transparent background as a
png.




































 

Friday, December 4, 2020

 



In this tutorial I used the lovely tube "Christmas Present"
from
Verymany.
You can purchase the tube at

The matching kit "Christmas Presents" is from
Bella Caribeña
and can be
purchased at

You will need my mask

 0037.

Font of choice.




I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity 55, blur
10.


Open a new transparent canvas 700 by 750 pixels and fill with white.

Make a new layer, select all, paste paper 5 into the selection, deselect,
apply the mask and resize it 95%.

Paste the tube, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 109, resize 90% and position below the tube.

Paste element 86, resize 50%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 96, resize 70%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 95, resize 55%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 73, resize 35%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 63, resize 55%, mirror and position.   Click anywhere on your
canvas outside of the element with your magic wand to make a selection, invert
the selection and contract it by 20, make a new layer below it, open paper 5 and
mirror then copy and paste into the selection, deselect, apply the shadow to the
element with the box "shadow on a new layer" checked and erase the part around
the candle glow. 

Paste element 70, resize 35%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 98, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 76, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 80, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 40, resize 20% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 39, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 68 on the top, resize 45% and mirror, position and apply the
shadow.

Paste element 65, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 67, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 87, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 55, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 6, resize 35%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 36, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 54, resize 7%,position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 12, resize 50% and position.

Paste element 8, resize 45%, duplicate and move into place along the bottom
of the elements.

Paste element 50, resize 20% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 47, resize 18% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 56, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 66, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 69, resize 23%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 112 resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 52, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 8 again, resize 45% and move into place.

Paste element 105, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 9, resize 80% and move into place.

Check your layers and make any adjustments, then crop your tag, add your
copyright information and text and export on a transparent background as a
png.

 













































 


Wednesday, November 25, 2020

 



In this tutorial I used the tube "Christmas Evening" by
Maria
Fiadorova.
The tube comes with several layers and colours and is available
at

The kit is "Night before Christmas" by
and is
available at 

You will need my png mask 

Font of choice.

 


I used a drop shadow of vertical 0 horizontal 5, opacity 65, blur 10.


Open a new transparent canvas 700 by 800 pixels and fill with white.

Paste the mask, select all, float and defloat, make a new layer, paste paper
5 into the selection, deselect and delete the original black mask layer.

Paste element 162, resize 50% and position.

Paste element 166, resize 50%, duplicate, merge the copy down onto the
original and position.

Paste element 12, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 163, resize 45%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 78, resize 27%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 80, resize 50%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 7 and resize 55%, select the interior with your magic wand and
expand the selection by 2, make a new layer below it and fill with black, paste
the tube, resize 70% and position in the element, inert the selection and hit
delete, deselect, lower the opacity on the tube to around 55 and merge it down
onto the black layer, apply the shadow to the frame and merge it down onto the
tube/black layer.

Paste element 124, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 111, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 137, resize 35% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 27, resize 90%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 50, resize 45%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 56, resize 35%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste wordart 4, resize 50%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste the tube again, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 5, resize 15%, position below the tube and apply the
shadow.

Paste element 58, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 54, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 16, resize 22%, position and apply the shadow.  I did little
erasing along the bottom so they appeared to be in the crate.

Paste element 53, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 152, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 125, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 21, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 32, resize 12% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 28, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 74, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 30, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.  Again, I did a
bit of cutting and pasting here to put the top of the bow above the tube.

Paste element 49, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 20, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 44 on the top, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 41, resize 8%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 88, resize 8%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 64, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 45, resize 23%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 23, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 83, resize 5%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 169, resize 70% and move into place.

Check your layers and make any adjustments, then crop your tag, add your
copyright information and text and export on a transparent background as a
png.

 



















































 


Tuesday, November 17, 2020


 

In this tutorial I used the Holiday Edition HE32 "Burlesque Deux"
from
Barbara Jensen.
The tube comes with 4 layers and
can be purchased
at

The kit is "Joyful Memories" from
Pink Paradox Productions
and is also
available at

You will need the png mask 294 from 
and mask 49 (which downloads as 24) from


Font of choice.




I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity 75, blur
10.

 

Open a new transparent canvas 750 by 750 pixels and fill with white.

Paste the Kopona mask and resize it 23%, select all, float and defloat, make
a new layer, paste paper 20 into the selection, deselect and delete the original
black mask layer.

Paste Mizteeque's mask, resize 95% and flip then and repeat the above using
paper 21.

Paste element 102, resize 55%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 100, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 132, resize 75%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 86, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 84, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 89, resize 45%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 96, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste the tube, resize 65%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 126, resize 40% and mirror, position below the tube and apply
the shadow.

Paste element 54, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 79, resize 22%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 52, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 56, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 6, resize 35%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 104, resize 60%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 119, resize 25%, erase the stalks, position and apply the
shadow.

Paste element 57, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 53 on the top, resize 20% and mirror, position and apply the
shadow.

Paste element 2, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 22, resize 22%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 48, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 40, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 35, resize 18%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 38, resize 18%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 62, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 125, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 71, resize 8%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 73, resize 5%, position and apply the shadow.

Check your layers and make any adjustments, then crop your tag, add your
copyright information and text and export on a transparent background as a
png.

 









































 


Saturday, November 14, 2020


 


In this tutorial I used the beautiful tube "New Toy" from
Stella
Felice.
The tube comes with several layer options and can be purchased
at

The matching kit "Christmas Morning" is from
Wicked Princess
and is
available at 
Wicked Princess' store.

You will need mask 211 by 

Font of choice.

 

I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity 55, blur 15.


Open a new transparent canvas 750 by 800 pixels and fill with white.

Paste the mask, resize it 95%, select all, float and defloat, make a new
layer, paste paper 5 into the selection, deselect and delete the original black
mask layer.   When I had finished my tag I duplicated this later and moved it
down so just a little showed at the bottom of the rug erasing most of it.

Paste tree 4, resize 60%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste house, resize 55%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste light, resize 35%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste frame 6 and resize it 35%, select the interior sections with your magic
wand and expand the selection by 10, make a new layer below it and paste paper 7
into the selection, deselect, apply the shadow to the frame, merge it down onto
the paper and move into place.

Paste branch 2, resize 15% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste bell 2, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste bow 3, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste mailbox, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste bird 2, resize 8%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste sleigh, resize 35%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste bag 2, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste snow, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste deer 2, resize 35%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste light 2, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste book, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste cards, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste clock, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste flower 7, resize 5%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste flower 1, resize 5%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste rug, resize 50%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste fireplace 2, resize 45%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste toy, resize 25% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste chair 1, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste gift 5, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste elf, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste bird 1, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste box, resize 22%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste nutcracker, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste the tube, resize 22%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste gingerbread 5, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste gift 6, resize 13%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste gift 3, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste milk, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste ornament 7, resize 6% and rotate 160 degrees to the left, position and
apply the shadow.

Paste treat 3, resize 13%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste ornament 5, resize 7%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste dog 2, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste bell, resize 5%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste ribbon 1, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste train 1, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Check your layers and make any adjustments, then crop your tag, add your
copyright information and text and export on a transparent background as a
png.


















































 





Monday, December 23, 2019











In this tutorial I
used the lovely “Windsor Red” tube


from the latest
pack 110 by


Barbara Jensen.


You can purchase the
tube at






The kit is “Merry
Christmas” from


Karmalized Scraps


and can also be
purchased at






You will need
Christmas mask 1 from



(you will find them under the Snags tab).





Font of choice.

















I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal  5, opacity 75, blur 10.











Open a new transparent canvas 750 by 750 pixels and fill
with white.





Paste the mask, resize it 80%, select all, float and
defloat it, make a new layer, paste paper 1 into the selection, deselect and
delete the original black mask layer.





Paste element  2,
resize 90%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste frame 3, resize 50% select the interior of the
frame with your magic wand and expand the selection by 20, make a new layer
below it and paste paper 6 into the selection, deselect, apply the drop shadow
to the frame, merge it down onto the paper, rotate it 10 degrees to the left
and move into place.





Paste the tube, resize 55%, place in position and apply
the drop shadow.





Paste element  36,
resize 20%, position below the tube and apply the drop shadow.





Paste wordart 1, resize 55%, place in position and apply
the drop shadow.





Paste element  4,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  24,
resize 30% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  27
on the top, resize 60%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  17,
resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  5,
resize 10%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  12,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  1,
resize 35% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  14,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  31, resize
10%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  26,
resize 40%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  39,
resize 25% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  30,
resize 8% and rotate 150 degrees to the right, place in position and apply the
drop shadow.





Paste element  13,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  21,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  42,
resize 10%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste spray 3, resize 60%, mirror and move into place.





Check your layers and make any adjustments, then crop
your tag, add your copyright information and text and export on a transparent
background as a png.





















Saturday, December 21, 2019











In this tutorial I
used the tube “”Miracle” from



The tube comes
with several layer options and can be purchased at






The kit is “Vintage
Winter” from


Graphics of
Fantasy.


This another
beautiful freebie kit and can be found at



Please read the terms of use for this kit.





You will need Christmas mask
39 from


Kopona.





Font of choice.














I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity
65, blur 10.








Open a new transparent canvas 750 by 700 pixels and fill with
white.





Paste the mask and resize 20%, select all, float and
defloat it, make a new layer, paste paper 8 into the selection, deselect and
delete the original black mask layer.





Paste element  20,
resize 60%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  22,
resize 80%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  106,
resize 75%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  125
and resize 50%, click anywhere on your canvas with your magic wand to make a
selection then invert the selection and contract it by 10, make a new layer
below the element and paste paper 2 into it, deselect, apply  the drop shadow to the frame, merge it down
onto the paper and move into place.





Paste element  13,
resize 90% and move into place.





Paste element  99,
resize 70%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste the tube, resize 20%, place in position and apply
the drop shadow.





Paste element  119,
resize 70%, position above the clock and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  130,
resize 65%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  21,
resize 40%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste frame 1, resize 30%, place in position and apply
the drop shadow.





Paste element  24,
resize 35%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  66,
resize 40% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  85,
resize 60% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  93,
resize 40%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  6
above the window, resize 50%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  53, place
in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  39,
resize 40%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  11,
resize 45%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  86,
resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  89,
resize 25%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  90,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  3,
resize 40%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  102,
resize 13%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  103,
resize 13%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  44,
resize 10%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  45,
resize 10%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  87,
resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  110
on the top, resize 25%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  71,
resize 25%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  72,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  27,
resize 8%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element s 116, 117 and 118, resize each 15%, place
in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  14
and move into place.





Check your layers and make any adjustments, then crop
your tag, add your copyright information and text and export on a transparent
background as a png.
















Tuesday, December 17, 2019















In this tutorial I
used the fabulous kit


“A Grinchy
Christmas”


From



You can purchase
the kit at






You will need my png
mask






Font of  choice.

















I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity
65, blur 10.








Open a new transparent canvas 750 by 800 pixels and fill
with white.





Paste the mask, select all, float and defloat it, make a
new layer, paste paper 4 into the selection, deselect,  delete the original black mask layer,
duplicate the paper layer and merge the copy down onto the original





Paste frame 6, resize 50%, select the interior of the
frame with you magic wand and expand the selection by 10, make a new layer
below it and paste paper 12 into the selection, deselect, apply the drop shadow
to the frame, merge it down onto the paper and move into place.





Paste element  42,
resize 35%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  98,
resize 90%, mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste  wordart  4, resize 60%, place in position and apply the
drop shadow.





Paste element  41,
resize 35%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  100,
resize 70%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  110,
resize 35%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  72,
resize 35%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  104,
resize 45%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  66,
resize 35%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  25,
resize 30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  44,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  176
and move into place.





Paste element  172
and move into place.





Paste element  103,
resize 70%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  175,
resize 80%  and move into place.





Paste element  39,
resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  36,
resize 25%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  89,
resize 25%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  68,
resize 20% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  161,
resize 60%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  159,
resize 55%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  38, resize
20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  45,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  62,
resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  154,
resize 45%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  13,
resize 15%, position below element 154 and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  15,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  18,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  24
on the top, resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  12,
resize 10%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  170,
resize 70%, rotate 90 degrees to the left and move into place,





Check your layers and make any adjustments, then crop
your tag, add your copyright information and text and export on a transparent
background as a png.




























Monday, December 16, 2019











In this tutorial I
used a beautiful tube from 



 called “Fairy wings”.


You can purchase
the tube at






The kit is “Red
Winter” from


Bella Caribeña


and can be
purchased at






You will need mask
6 from 48 mask frames set from Kopona






 and mask 41 from the Christmas frame mask set
also from Kopona





Font of choice.














I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity
65, blur 15.








Open a new transparent canvas 750 by 700 pixels and fill
with white.





Paste mask 41, resize 20%, select all, float and defloat
it, make a new layer, paste paper 2 into the selection, deselect and delete the
original black mask layer, move the paper layer down and to the left, duplicate
it, rotate the copy 90 degrees to the right, resize another 90% and move up and
to the right. 





Paste mask 6, resize 20% and position below the first two
masks, select all, float and defloat, make a new layer, fill with colour #5c4a36,
deselect and delete the original black mask layer. 





Paste element  28
on the top, resize 85%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.  You may have to erase the bottom of the
trunk.





Paste element  6 (numbered 113 in some kits),
resize 60%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  4,
resize 45%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  81,
resize 65%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  46,
resize 23%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  96,
resize 55% and move into place.  With
your freehand selection tool set to point to point, draw a selection through
the middle of the element and across the bottom of it something like my
screenshot below, make a new layer below the element and paste paper 1 into the
selection, deselect and apply the drop shadow to the element.   I then used a low opacity brush around the
bottom of corner of this element to blend it in. 













Paste element 92, resize 65%, place in position and apply
the drop shadow.





Paste the tube, resize 18% and apply the drop shadow then
move into place doing some careful erasing to position the reindeer in element
96.





Paste element  27,
resize 65%, position below the tube and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element 54, resize 20%, place in position and apply
the drop shadow.





Paste element  24, resize
80% and move into place.





Paste element  86,
resize 30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  82,
resize 70%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  14
on the top, resize 30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  49,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  9,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  105,
resize 12%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  109,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  101,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  79,
resize 17%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  1,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  87,
resize 15%, duplicate, mirror one copy, place in position and apply the drop
shadow.





Paste element  99,
resize 7% and rotate 30 degrees to the left, place in position and apply the
drop shadow.





Paste element  106,
resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  112,
resize 12%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  3,
resize 10%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  108,
resize 8%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.




Paste element  35,
resize 60%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  25,
resize 30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Check your layers and make any adjustments, then crop
your tag, add your copyright information and text and export on a transparent
background as a png.   













Monday, December 9, 2019













In this tutorial I
used the lovely tube “Santa’s Helper 5” from



You can purchase
the tube at






The matching kit “Santa’s
Help” is from


Tiny Turtle
Designs.


This is a gorgeous
kit and can be purchased at






You will need the
png mask 331 from



and mask 52 from
the Christmas Frame Mask set at






Font of choice.











I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal  5, opacity 75, blur 10.





Open a new transparent canvas 750 by 800 pixels and fill
with white.





Paste the Mizteeques mask, resize 83% and move up, select
all, float and defloat it, make a new layer, paste paper 9 into the selection,
make another layer, paste paper 11 into the selection and deselect.  


Merge the gold paper down onto the green one and delete the black original layer.





Paste mask 52, resize 15%, again, select all, float and
defloat, make a new layer, fill with colour  #21440a, drag below the paper mask layer and
move into place.





Paste element 20, resize 65%, place in position and apply
the drop shadow.





Paste element  102,
resize 60%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  64,
resize 40%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  92,
resize 50%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste the tube, resize 30%, place in position and apply the
drop shadow.





Paste element  6,
resize 30%, position below the tube and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  27,
resize 30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  38,
resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  46,
resize 25% and flip, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  26,
resize 30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  87,
resize 45%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  111, resize
20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  15,
resize resize 40% and position on the left, duplicate, flip the copy and position
it on the right, apply the drop shadow to each.





Paste element  98,
resize 76%, position on the top and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  4,
resize 35%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  49,
resize 60% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  86,
resize 17%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  102
again, resize 25% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  34,
resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  91,
resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  7,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  33,
resize 25%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  8, resize
8%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  99,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  126,
resize 35%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  23,
resize 10%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  70,
resize 17%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  89,
resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Check your layers and make any adjustments, then crop your
tag, add your copyright information and text and export on a transparent
background as a png.







































































Sunday, November 24, 2019




In this tutorial I used the fabulous tube “White” from
You can purchase the tube at

The kit is “On  a Winter’s Day”.
This beautiful kit can be purchased at

You will need my mask

You will need Animation Shop and the snow animation

Font of choice.




Unless stated, I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity 55, blur 10.



Open a new transparent canvas 750 by 750 pixels and fill with white.

Make a new layer, select all, paste paper 3 into the selection, deselect, apply the mask and resize it 85%.

Paste spray 19, resize 60%, duplicate and merge the copy down onto the original, duplicate again, position one copy top left and one bottom right.

Paste spray 27b, resize 60% and duplicate, position on top, left and the other bottom, right.

Paste element  62, resize 55% and apply a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity 30, blur 10.

Paste element 41d, resize 35%, place in position and apply the drop shadow (remember to change the settings back).

Paste spray 25, resize 35%, duplicate, resize the copy another 80% and mirror it, place in position and apply the drop shadow to each.   Paste spray 8, resize 30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.  Merge the spray down onto the icicles and then down again onto the window. 

Paste element  117, resize 40%, position  just behind the window, duplicate and move the copy down and to the right.

Paste spray 26, resize 60%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  111b, resize 13%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  111, resize 11%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  30, resize 20%, rotate 90 degrees to the right and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  63 on the top, resize 60%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  65, resize 50% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste the tube,  resize 25%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  40, resize 17%, position behind the tube and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  47, resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  36, resize 25%, duplicate and mirror one copy, place in position and apply the drop shadow to each.

Paste element  61, resize 30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste spray 20, resize 50%, mirror and move into place.

Paste element  113, resize 15%, duplicate and mirror one copy, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  2, resize 15% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  39b, resize 15% and rotate 90 degrees to the right, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  18, resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  19, resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  34, resize 12%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  35, resize 12%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  115, resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  33c, resize 13%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  32b, resize 13%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  42, resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  50, resize 10%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  9, resize 12%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  32c, resize 12%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  5, resize 12%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  77b, resize 20% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  8, resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  76, resize 21%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  70b, resize 25%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste spray 1, resize 60% and move into place.

Paste spray 20 again on the top, resize 45% and move into place.

Paste element  44, resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste spray 2, resize 40% and move into place.

Paste element  113b, resize 12% and rotate 90 degrees to the left, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  89, resize 22%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  4, resize 10%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  59, resize 17%, place in position and apply the drop shadow (you may need to have this bigger if you  have a long name).

Paste element  105, resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  23, resize 10%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  82, resize 23%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  74, resize 10% and move into place.

Paste element  69b, resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  37, resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  45b, resize 10% and move into place.

Paste element  78b, resize 20% and move into place.

Paste element  48, resize 10% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  46, resize 10%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element  13, resize 6%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Check your layers and make any adjustments then add your copyright information and text.



ANIMATION:

Open the snow animation and your tag in Animation Shop.  You will see the snow animation has 10 frames so you need to duplicate your tag until that also has 10 frames.  Select all the animation frames and copy them, activate your tag frames, again select them all, right click on the first one and “Paste into selected frame” and position the snow over the tag.  When done, run your tag through the Optimization Wizard and save as a gif.









Monday, December 17, 2018



In this tutorial I used the beautiful “Anette” from
You can purchase the tube at

The kit I “Silver Bells”.
You will find it at
Deedles n Doodles store.

You will need Christmas mask 36 from 

 Font of choice.





I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity 85, blur 15.


Open a new transparent canvas 650 by 750 pixels and fill with white.

Paste the mask, resize 27% and rotate 90 degrees to the right.

Paste spray 6 and mirror.

Paste element 77, use your pick tool to squeeze it in slightly narrower and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 74, resize 75%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Mirror the tube, paste on your canvas and resize 40%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 80, resize 35%, position behind the tube and apply the drop shadow.

Paste frame 3, resize 40% and move into place.   Select the interior of the frame with your magic wand, expand the selection by 5, make a new layer below the frame and paste paper 3 into the selection.  Paste the mirrored tube again, resize 70% and position in the frame, invert the selection and hit delete, deselect, change the blend mode on the tube to “Luminance (Legacy)” and apply the drop shadow to the frame.

Paste frame 4, resize 40%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 52, resize 20%, duplicate twice, place in position and apply the drop shadow to each.

Paste element 2, resize 40%, carefully erase the hanger cord, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste spray 7, resize 60% and move into place.

Paste element 29 on the top, resize 50%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 63, resize 30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 12, resize 25%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 14, resize 20% and rotate 20 degrees to the left, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 17, resize 30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 19, resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 27, resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 5, resize 22%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 38, resize 45%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 41, resize 50%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 79b, resize 35%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 68, resize 35% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.







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