Christmas 2016

The original tutorial can be found HERE

Conditions of use of the material provided
It is forbidden to modifiy, change the name, take off the watermarks or alter the tubes.
It is forbidden to share them in groups or offer them on your site, blog or forum without permission
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission to the authors.
This is a personal work.
any resemblance with another tutorial would be pure coincidence
it is forbidden to share it or distribute it on the Web,
to present it in a group or forum without the author’s permission
Rose de Sables is happy to share her work with you
she hopes it will help you dream and get away from your eveyday life

Material
scraps elements - kts text
translator's note : thank you to Animabelle and Cibi for their lovely tubes
background (place into « gradients » folder of your Corel PSP)
xxxxxxxxxxxxx material xxxxxxxxxxxx
thank you to the tubers for their great work
open tubes, duplicate them and work with the copies
copy / paste selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP Folder
to prevent the theft of tubes, they are no longer provided in the material ZIP
the only material provided is : decorations, masks and selections
you will have to use your personal collection

Filters Used
Mehdi/Wavy Lab-Graphix Plus/Button Beveler II-
Alf’s Border FX/Mirror Bevel-Flexify 2


translator’s note
Rose des Sables works with PSP X, I use PSPX9 to create my tag and write my translation
but this tutorial can be realized with another version
according to the version of PSP you use, the results might be slightly differents
don’t hesitate to change the blend modes of the layers to match your tubes and colors
Colors
prepare two colors into your materials palette

color 1 --> foreground color --> FG --> left click --> #a31835
color 2 --> background color --> BG --> right click --> #346328

Use the pencil to follow the steps
hold down left click to grab it and move it

Realization
1
open a new transparent image   950 * 550 pixels
selections -> select all

2
copy / paste into selection « paper 3 »
selections -> select none

3
Raster 1 is highlighted
selections -> load selection -> from disk -> « cadre noel rose 1 »

4
layers -> new raster layer

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selections -> modify -> select selection borders

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flood fill selection with « bkgr87 » (provided)

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effects -> texture effects -> blinds / white

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again, apply same effect, changing settings

selections -> select none

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effects -> edge effects -> enhance

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highlight Raster 1
layers -> duplicate

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effects -> plugins -> Mehdi / Wavy Lab

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image -> resize -> uncheck « resize all layers » -> 80%

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activate Raster Deform tool

adjust into gold frame

your tag looks like this

your layers palette looks like this

disable tool (key M)

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Raster 1 is highlighted
effects -> plugins -> Graphic Plus / Button Beveler II -> apply TWICE

highlight top layer

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layers -> new raster layer

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selections -> load selection -> from disk -> « cadre noel rose 2 »

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selections -> modify -> select selection borders -> 5 pixels

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in materials palette, set bkgr87 as FG color

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flood fill selection withthe following gradient

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effects -> texture effects -> blinds

then

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effects -> edge effects -> enhance
selections -> select none

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your tag

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highlight « copy of raster 1 »

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effects -> plugins -> Alf’s Border FX / Mirror Bevel

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layers -> duplicate

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selections -> select all
selections -> float  -  selections -> defloat

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effects -> plugins -> Flaming Pear / Flexify 2

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image -> resize -> uncheck « resize all layers » -> 60%

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your tag and layers palette

selections -> select none

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highlight top layer
copy / paste scrap element 1
don’t move it

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blend mode : overlay
sharpness -> sharpen

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copy / paste as new layer bulbs tube
resize if necessary
move it to the left

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open scrap element 2 -> resize -> 80% TWICE
layers -> duplicate 5 times and move it where you like

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layers -> merge down 4 times (all 5 cristal ices are on a single layer)
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
translator’s note : I didn’t follow this step

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copy / paste decoration and move it to the bottom

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copy / paste as new layer ribbon 1

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effects -> image effects -> offset

layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal

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copy / paste « Word Art »
effecst -> image effects -> offset

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adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen more

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layers -> duplicate
effects -> image effects -> offset

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apply your watermark

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effects -> 3D effecst -> drop shadow on decoration, bulbs, ribbons and word art

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image -> add borders -> 5 pixels white
select this border with magic wand tool and flood fill with gradient

layers -> merge -> merge all (flatten)
file -> save as... type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.
Thank you for following this tutorial
Don’t forget to sign (to avoid plagiarism) and save file as… type JPEG

Don’t  hesitate to send  your creations to Rose des Sables

It will be a real pleasure for her to show them in the gallery dedicated to this tutorial
Don’t forget to indicate her your name and adress of your blog or site if you have one

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