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Showing posts with label Winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winter. Show all posts
Friday, December 18, 2020

 



This tutorial uses the lovely tube "Puff N Stuff" from
the latest pack
121 from
Barbara Jensen.
You can purchase the tube at

The kit is "Dark of Winter" from
Pink Paradox Productions
and can also
be purchaed at

You will need my mask 

Font of choice.

 


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

 

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

Select all, paste paper 21 into the selection, deselect, apply the mask and
resize it 67%. Resize your canvas so its 750 pixels in length, refill the white
background layer and position the mask to towards the top.

Paste element 125, resize 45%, duplicate, position and apply the shadow to
each.

Paste element 162, resize 55% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 163, resize 45%, position and apply the shadow then drag the copy of element 125 that is on the right above this element.

Paste element 84. Resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

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

Paste element 169, resize 30% and mirror, position and apply the shadow. 

Paste element 6, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 95, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 94, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 162 again, resize 50%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 103, resize 50%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 117, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 118, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 165, resize 40%, duplicate, mirror the copy, position and apply
the shadow to each.

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

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

Paste element 179, resize 40%, duplicate, merge the copy down onto the
original, postiion on the right, duplicate, mirror this copy and position on the
left then move down below all the other elements so its at the bottom.

Paste element 183, resize 40%, duplicate, merge the copy down onto the
original and position above the copies of 179.

Paste element 97 on the top, resize 22%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 188, resize 30% and move into place.

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

Paste element 166, resize 45% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 35, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

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

Paste element 22, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 169 again, resize 30%, duplicate, mirror one copy, position and
apply the shadow to each.

Paste element 76, resize 18%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 49, resize 15%, duplicate, mirror one copy, position and apply
the shadow.

Paste element 77, resize 22%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 40, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 31, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 30, resize 18%, position and apply the shadow.

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

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

Paste element 114, resize 8% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 25, resize 18%, position and apply the shadow.

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

Paste element 23, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 10, 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.



















































 



Wednesday, December 2, 2020



In this tutorial I used the tube
 "Miss Snowflake"
from
Misticheskaya.
You can purchase the tube at

The kit is "Santa Doggie" 
a lovely freebie kit from

For the animation you will need Animation Shop and my
snow animation

Font of choice.

 


I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity 35, blur
15.


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

Paste element 56 and resize it 95%.

Paste element 69.

Paste element 57, resize 70% and move into place.

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

Paste element 10, resize 40%, position below the tube and apply the
shadow.

Paste element 43, resize 40% and position a lot the bottom of element 10.

Paste element 41, select the interior with your magic wand and expand the
selection by 2, make a new layer below it and paste paper 4 into the selection,
deselect, apply the shadow to the element, merge it down onto the paper and move
into place.

Paste element 5, move into place, erase the part that shows to the right of
the tube and apply the shadow.

Paste element 2, resize 65%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 7, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 55, resize 50%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 22 on the top, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 17, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 19, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow.

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

Paste element 3, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 14, resize 35% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

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

Paste element 37, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow.

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

Paste element 13, resize 7%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 61, resize 8%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 63, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 28, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 27, resize 25% and rotate 90 degrees to the left, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 32, resize 5%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 43 again, resize 40% and move into place.

Paste element 66, resize 60% and move into place.

Check your layers now and add copyright information and text.

 

ANIMATION:

Open the snow animation in Animation Shop, go to Animation - Resize Animation
and resize it 80%.    Copy your tag and paste it in Animation Shop "as a new
animation" then duplicate it so you have 10 frames which is the same number as
the animation.   Select all the snow frames and copy them, go back to the tag
frames, click on the first one and again select them all then right click and
"paste into current frame" and paste the snow on the tag.  When you have done,
run it through the Animation Wizard and export as a gif.









































 



 

Sunday, November 29, 2020





In this tutorial I used the lovely tube "Angel of Winter" by
Amber.
The
tube is available at 

The kit is "Dark Winter Angel" from
Bella CaribeƱa.
This beautiful kit
can be purchased at
The kit includes a snow
animation which I did not use.

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 mask 2, resize 80% and position top left.

Paste mask 1, resize 60% and position bottom centre, duplicate, mirror the
copy and over to the right.

Paste element 14, resize 50% and move into place.

Paste element 119, resize 45%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 24, resize 65%, position and apply the shadow.

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

Paste element 96, resize 60%, above the masks and apply the shadow.

Paste element 123, resize 65% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 8, resize 60% and move into place.

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

Paste element 68, resize 70% and move into place.

Paste element 48, resize 50%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 20, resize 60%, duplicate, mirror one copy and move both into
place.

Paste element 44, resize 60%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 22, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 77, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 141, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 78, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 73, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 10 below the tube, resize 15%, position and apply the
shadow.

Paste element 83, resize 50% and move into place.

Paste element 82, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 94, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 45, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 140, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 134, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 1, resize 13%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 55, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 136, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 29, resize 7%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 11, resize 5%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 57 on the top, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 135, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 83 again, resize 50% and move into place.

Paste element 46, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 117, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 28, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 99, resize 5%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 80, resize 60% 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.
















































 





Sunday, November 22, 2020



 

In this tutorial I used the beautiful tube "Christmas Elf Evelyn".
This is
an exclusive tube by 
Misticheskaya 
at

The kit "Christmas Elf" is from
Hania Designs
and is also available
at

You will need Christmas Mask 6 from

Font of choice.

 

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.

Paste the mask and resize it 40%, select all, float and defloat, make a new
layer, paste paper 14 into the selection, deselect and delete the black mask
layer.

Paste element 109 and resize 40%, click anywhere on your canvas outside of he
element to make a selection, invert the selection and contract it by 10, make a
new layer below it and paste paper 01 into the selection.    Paste element 14,
resize 30% and position in the frame, invert the selection again and hit delete
on this element, apply the shadow to both elements.  Paste element 103, resize
38%, position and apply the shadow.  Paste element 24 below element 103, resize
30% and move into place, duplicate, bring the copy above element 103 and apply
the shadow to it, now erase the part at the top so it looks like the curtain is
coming through the element.  Paste element 10, resize 50%, position and apply
the shadow.  Close off the two bottom layers and merge visible, open the closed
layers and move the merged one into place.

Paste element 04, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 36, resize 20% and move into place.

Paste element 83, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste the tube, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 49, resize 25%, position below the tube and apply the
shadow.

Paste element 09, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 5, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 70, resize 30% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 75, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 93, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 06, resize 22%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 08, resize 15% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 27, resize 22%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 07, resize 22%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 25, resize 18%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 22 on the top, resize 18%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 97, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 71, resize 22%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 95, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 59, resize 7%, position and apply the shadow.

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

Paste element 64, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 74, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 90, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 43, resize 13%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 91, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 92, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 45, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 31, resize 50% 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.    I duplicated the mask and moved the copy down so a little showed at
bottom and then erased the rest.


Friday, November 20, 2020

 




In this tutorial I used the tube "Charlize" from
Maria Fiodorova.
This
lovely tube can be purchased at 

The kit is "Charlize's Winter" from
Bella CaribeƱa
and can be purchased
at 

The animation is from
and is included with the kit.

Font of choice.

 


I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity 35, blur
15.


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

Paste element 8, resize 70% and duplicate, position one copy on the right and
the top and move the other down and to the left.

Paste element 69, resize 60% and position at the bottom.

Paste element 82, resize 75%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 76, resize 65% and move into place.

Paste element 87, resize 70%, duplicate, mirror one copy and move into
place.

Paste element 16, resize 45%, erase the base part on the right,  position and
apply the shadow.

Paste element 117, resize 60%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 7, resize 75% and move into place.

Paste element 38, resize 60%, duplicate and move into place.

Paste element 18, resize 45% and move into place.

Paste element 83 below element 18, resize 60% and move into place, select the
interior of element 18, expand the selection by 20, invert it and hit delete on
the icicles, deselect and apply the shadow to the icicles only.

Paste the tube, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 60, resize 30%, position below the tube and apply the
shadow.

Paste element 90, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 114, resize 25% and rotate 60 degrees to the left, position and
apply the shadow.

Paste element 78, resize 18%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 74, resize 15%, mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 63, resize 15%, position, apply the shadow with the box "shadow
on a new layer checked" and erase the part below the reflection.

Paste element 66, resize 50%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 121, resize 13% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 49, resize 35%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 62, resize 35%, erase the snow at the bottom on the right,
position and apply the shadow.

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

Paste element 59, resize 60% and move into place.

Paste element 123, resize 32%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 39, resize 30% and duplicate, position one copy above the steps
and one above the tiger, apply the shadow to each.

Paste element 91, resize 30%, mirror and position.

Paste element 25 on the top, resize 37%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 58, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 126, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 64, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 70, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 84, resize 18%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 61, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 36, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 91 again, resize 30% and move into place.

Paste element 88, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 107, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 45, resize 8%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 52, resize 8%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 42, resize 5% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

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

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

 

ANIMATION:

Go back to element 18, the circle frame, duplicate it and drag the bottom
layer below the icicles then apply the shadow to the top copy.  This is just to
give you a marker on where to place the animation.

Starting at the top, close off your layers down to and including the icicles
then close off this merged layer, open the others and again merge visible.

Open Kiya's animation in Animation Shop, go to Animation - Resize and resize
it 23%.   Copy the bottom merged layer and paste it in Animation Shop then
duplicate it until you  have 25 frames the same as Kiya's animation.  Select all
the animation frames, copy them, select all your tag layer frames, right click
and "paste into selected frame" putting the animation over the frame layer.  Now
copy your top merged layer, paste it in Animation Shop, duplicate it again then
select them all, copy and paste on the animated tag.   Run your tag through the
Animation Wizard and save as a gif.

























































 


Wednesday, November 11, 2020



 


In this tutorial I used the tube "Zebra Tease" from
the latest pack 102
from
Barbara Jensen.
You can purchase the tube at

The kit is "Midnight Wintertide".
Another fantastic kit from 
Pink
Paradise Productions
also available at

For the animation you will need Animation Shop and
Animation 160 in pack
52 from
Kiya's Designs
which is also available at

You will need mask 31 from the Christmas masks pack from
*note, if you download just the mask and not the pack, its listed as mask 26
and my
mask

Font of choice.

 

I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity 75, blur 10.  Be
sure to sharpen up your elements well, check out my Tips and Tricks page for
more info.


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

Make a new layer, select all, paste paper 36 into the selection, deselect,
apply my mask, resize it 65% and position over on the right.

Paste the mask from Kopona, resize 20%, rotate 90 degrees to the right and
move into place.

Paste element 116, resize 65%, duplicate, resize the copy 60%, flip it and
move both into place.

Paste element 174, resize 50% and move into place.

Paste element 173, resize 50%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 97, resize 65%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 192, resize 60% and move into place.

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

Paste element 98, resize 70%, position and apply the shadow.

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

Paste element 99, resize 45%, position below element 98 and apply the
shadow.

Paste element 178, resize 30% and move into place.

Paste frame 21 and resize 18%, paste paper 44 as a new layer below the frame, mirror it and move into place apply the shadow to the frame, merge it
down onto the paper and move unto place.

Paste element 91, resize 13%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 155, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 159 behind the tube, resize 30% and mirror, position and apply
the shadow.

Paste element 171, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 102, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 10, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 94, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 168, resize 30%, duplicate, position the original copy on the
right below the tube, mirror the duplicate and position it on the left behind
element 98 and apply the shadow to each.

Paste element 111 on the top, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 63, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow,

Paste element 68, resize 15% and rotate 10 degrees to the right, position and
apply the shadow.

Paste element 125, resize 7%, position and apply the shadow.

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

Paste element 69, resize 17% and rotate 20 degrees to the left, position and
apply the shadow.

Paste element 170, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 153, resize 20% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 80, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

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

Paste element 26, resize 13%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 129, resize 5%, position and apply the shadow.

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

Paste element 67, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 54, resize 7% and rotate 20 degrees to the right, position and
apply the shadow.

Paste element 124, resize 5%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 101, resize 22%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 7, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Check your layers then crop and add  your copyright and text.

 

ANIMATION:

Open Kiya's animation in Animation Shop and note it has 16 frames, go to
Animation - Resize Animation and resize it 40%.  Paste your tag in Animation
Shop and duplicate it so it also has 16 frames, select all the animation frames
and copy them, select all your tag frames, right click and "paste onto selected
frame" putting the animation at the top over the trees, right click and again
paste the animation further down over the bottom part of the tag.  When you are
happy with their position, run through the Optimization Wizard and save as a
gif.

 





















































 




Wednesday, November 4, 2020


 


In this tutorial I used the tube "Squirrel" from
Sheokate.
The tube can
be purchased at
My tube is the extended version, the
standard version may be a little different.

The kit is "Winter" from
Hania Designs.
A beautiful kit with two animations included by
Sophisticated Simone
also available at

You will need my mask

You will need Animation Shop for the animation.

Font of choice.

 

 

I used a drop shadow of vertical 0, horizontal 5, opacity 45, blur 15.

 

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

Make a new layer, select all, paste paper 13 into the selection, deselect,
apply the mask and resize it 70%.

Paste element 114, resize 70% and move into place.

Paste element 78, resize 75% and move into place.

Paste element 09, resize 75%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 04, resize 45%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 27, resize 60% and move into place (it goes right at the bottom
of the tag, the mouse is on it).

Paste element 08, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste the tube, resize, position and apply the shadow.  The standard tube needs resizing around 16%. 

Paste element 74, resize 50% and position below the tube.

Paste element 68, resize 35%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 96, resize 45%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 01, resize 30% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 33, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 15, resize 40%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 36, resize 15%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 85, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 18, resize 20% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 84, resize 20% and move into place.

Paste element 52, resize 7%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 49, resize 30%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 10, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 29. Resize 20% and mirror, position and apply the shadow.

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

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

Paste element 109, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 83, resize 60% and move into place.

Paste element 93 on the top, resize 25%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 95, resize 5%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 38, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 94, resize 20% and move into place.

Paste element 79, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 41, resize 7%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 21, resize 20%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 43, resize 8%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 11, resize 12%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 65, resize 13%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 30, resize 7%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 02, resize 7%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 03, resize 7%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 05, resize 7%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 47, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 80, resize 7%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 16, resize 10%, position and apply the shadow.

Paste element 115, resize 17%, position and apply the shadow.

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

 

ANIMATION:

Starting at the top, close off all layers down to and including the tube and
merge visible, close the merged layer, open the top layers and again merge
visible.  Open animation 05 in Animation Shop and note it has 14 frames.  Copy
the bottom layer of your tag and paste that also in Animation Shop " as a new
animation" then duplicate it until you have 14 frames the same as the
animation.    Select all the animation frames and copy them, click on your tag
layer and again select all the frames, right click, "paste into selected
frame" and paste the animation on the tag.  Now copy the top layer of your tag,
paste it in Animation Shop and again duplicate it until you have the 14 frames,
copy these frames as before and paste on top of the animated tag.  Again, select
all the frames, go to Animation - Frame Properties and change the display time
to 20.  Run your tag through the Optimisation Wizard and save as a gif.




























































 

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.
















Friday, December 20, 2019













in this tutorial I
used the tube “Isgerda” from



This is a
fantastic tube with some wonderful options and can be purchased at






The kit is “Ice
Cristals” from


Graphics of
Fantasy.


Another awesome
freebie kit, thank you so much!


You can find it on



Please read the
terms of use for this kit.





You will need Christmas mask
2 from









Font of choice.














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











Open a new transparent canvas 650 by 800 pixels.  Select all, paste paper 159 into the
selection, deselect, apply the mask with the "Invert mask data" box checked and resize it 85%.





Open another canvas 700 by 750 pixels and fill with
white. Paste the mask and move it up and to the left a little.





Paste element  29,
resize 75% and move into place.





Paste element 125 and move into place.





Paste element  153,
resize 60%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  94,
resize 90% and move into place.





Paste element  154,
resize 65% and move into place.





Paste element  114,
resize 75% and move into place.





Paste element  43,
resize 75% and duplicate, move the original over to the left, pull the copy down
a little and to the right and apply the drop shadow to each.





Paste element  100,
resize 55%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  31,
resize 50%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  129,
resize 50% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  111,
resize 55%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  105,
resize 50%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  131,
resize 30%m place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  95,
resize 27%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





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





Paste element  90,
resize 90% and position behind the tube.





Paste element  152
on the top, resize 25% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  107,
resize 17%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  49, resize
75%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  99,
resize 40% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  76,
resize 90% and move into place.





Paste element  149, resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





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





Paste element  6,
resize 45%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  110,
resize 80% and move into place.





Paste element  136,
resize 35%, duplicate, resize the copy another 90% and position both copies
below the tube.





Paste element  146,
resize 40%, duplicate and move into place.





Paste element  134
on the top, resize 8% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  147,
resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  32,
resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  123,
resize 10% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.





Paste element  141,
resize 75% and move into place.





Paste element  106,
resize 90% 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 CaribeƱa


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.   













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.









Tuesday, March 5, 2019



In this tutorial I used the tube “Caramel” from
You can purchase the tube at
Pics for Design.

The kit is “On A Winter’s Day”.
This beautiful kit can be purchased at
Deedles  n Doodles store.

You will need mask winter mask 53 from

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 the mask, resize it 37% and mirror it, select all, float and defloat the mask, make a new layer, paste paper 12 into the selection, deselect , delete the original black mask layer and move the paper layer up and to the left.

Paste spray 27, resize 90% and move into place.

Paste element 66, resize 60%, mirror and move into place.

Paste spray 26b and move into place.

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

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

Paste element 41c, resize 60%, position behind the tube and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 33c, resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste wordart 2a, resize 45%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 113, resize 20% and mirror, position behind the window element and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 37 above the window, resize 25%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 28, resize 40%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 19, resize 12%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

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

Paste element 107, resize 35%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 14, resize 10%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 50, resize 12%, place in position and apply the drop shadow,

Paste element 78b, place in position and apply the drop shadow with the “shadow on a new layer” box checked and then erase the part along the bottom where the balls merge into the snow.

Paste element 76, resize25%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 60, resize 30% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 82, resize 30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 88, resize 17%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 33, resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 32c, resize 20% and mirror, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 48, resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 69b, resize 30%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

Paste element 32b on the top, resize 15%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

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

Paste element 43, resize 20%, place in position and apply the drop shadow.

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

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

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

Paste spray 17, resize 70%, 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.
















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