SUPPLIES


Everything you need to make this tag are included in my supplies below:




For each element click on the green arrow to download.  The mask I used is from WeeScottLass (mask #143) which you can find here.  The tube is from Hellonlegs and you can find her deviant art sitehere.  Thanks.


Ok let's get started.  Open a new image 700 x 700.  You can resize later.  Floodfill with white.  Add a new raster layer and paste a paper or floodfill this with your color of choice.  Apply the mask then hit delete.

Now take the tdh_clouds and paste to your working copy.  Once pasted it should be right where you need it.  Then copy the Winter Trees from Rainbow Coffi (you can find her at PSP Playground here).  They are currently in transition so please give them time.  You will have to resize the trees so they fit.  Now take the bay window and paste to your working copy.  This you will have to resize and make it bigger.  

Now take the Xmas wreath, resize it and paste to your working copy.  See my tag for placement.  Apply a light drop shadow.  Then take the Pointsettes Paws and paste to your working copy on the right of the bay window.  Apply a light drop shadow.  Duplicate this image then mirror it.  You can now add your tube.  Apply a drop shadow.  

Add your copyright info and watermark.  If you do not want to animate you can resize your tag and save as a .gif.  Add your name and you are all done.


ANIMATION


In PSP you want to put a red x beside all layers except the background, the mask, and the tdh_clouds.  Making sure the background layer is highlighted, copy merged and Paste As A New Animation in Animation Shop.  

Open the snow animation and you will note that it has ten frames.  So highlight your tag and duplicate so you have ten frames.  Select all.  Go to the snow animation and select all.  Copy this and go to your tag.  Paste it so it is sitting right on top of the blue clouds.

Back in PSP hide your background layers and unhide all other layers.  Ensuring that the top layer is highlighted, go to Edit>Copy Merged.  Take this to AS and Paste As A New Animation.  You need to duplicate this so you have ten frames.  Select All then Paste Into Selected Frame.  Be care ful with placement when doing this.

Check the animation to make sure you are happy with it.  You can then resize your tag.  You can now add your name and save your tag as a .gif.


Thank you for trying my tutorial.



Written by Sandie on November 16, 2010