Snowflakes
Author: Precious Beauties
• 8:35 PM
Supplies Needed:
Tube: I am using Misticheskaya found at PFD
Template: Snowflakes by Dee found here
Scrap kit: Misfit Christmas found here (Melissa)
Plugin: Eye Candy 4000 – Gradient Glow (optional)

Open the template, duplicate and close the original. Delete the copyright, and overlay, resize canvas by 700 x 700.

Select right blue rectangle, go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat.

Copy and paste a paper of choice above the selected layer. Position to your liking. Go to Selections - Invert and hit delete on the keyboard. Delete the template layer. Apply a drop shadow.

Repeat the above steps for the remaining template layers.

Open Snowflake Circle, Copy and paste as a new layer. Place behind the circle in the center of the template. Apply a drop shadow. I apply a white gradient glow to this layer. You can use whatever you like.

Open Dangling Snowflakes, copy and paste as a new layer. Position behind the circle frame on the center of the template. Position to your liking, apply a drop shadow. Select the background for the circle. Go to Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat. Select the dangling snowflakes layer, go to Selections – Invert and hit delete on the keyboard.

Open Button 3, resize by 25 percent, flip. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position on top of the square frame on the left hand side, place so its overlapping the small rectangle. Apply a drop shadow. Duplicate and place on the right side doing the same thing.

Open Doodle 2, mirror, copy and paste as a new layer. Position below the template layers. Mirror and flip, place at the bottom of the template. Apply a drop shadow if you like.

Open Sparkledust, copy and paste as a new layer. Position below the template layers. Place to your liking and apply a drop shadow. Duplicate, place around the template, so this as many times as needed.

Open Bow4, resize by 30 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place on the left hand side of the large circle frame. Apply a drop shadow.

Add any copyrights and your name. Crop, resize if desired. Save as a PNG (close background first).

Thank you for trying one of my tuts, I hope you have enjoyed yourself and I look forward to having you back here again!! I would love to see what you have created.
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Hot Drink
Author: Precious Beauties
• 8:49 PM
Supplies Needed:
Tube: I am using one from Danny Lee, you can find this tube here
Scrapkit: Hot Drink by Design by Joan, you can find this kit here
My supplies: Frame template, here (you can always use another one
Eye Candy 5 – Impact – Bevel

I purchased both the tube and kit a long time ago, then my computer went nuts and I lost both. I finally got them back and thought I better do something with them NOW! The kit and tube both are named “Hot Drink” in case you can’t find it.

Open a new image 700 x 700. Add a new layer and flood fill with white, copy and paste the frame template as a new layer. Go to Selections – Select All – Float – Defloat. Copy and paste a paper of choice above the frame. Hit delete on the key board. Apply a drop shadow.

(you can apply a bevel to the frame if you like) I used these setting for mine:
Eye Candy 5 Impact Bevel
Bevel Width: 39
Bevel Height: 20
Smoothness: 78
Bevel Placement: Inside Selection
Shade Interior: Checked
Bevel Profile: Button

Copy and paste a paper of choice below the frame, select the frame layer, using the Magic Wand click on the outside of the frame. Go to Selections – Modify – Expand by 5. Select the paper again and hit delete on the keyboard.

Open the tube, copy and paste as a new layer. Resize if needed and place to your liking. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Elem 3, resize by 85%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place behind the frame background. Apply a drop shadow if desired.

Open Elem 51, resize by 20%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place at the top, in the center of the frame. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Elem 47, resize by 40%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place below the frame background, position so the some of the branches are seen out past the frame on the left-hand side. Apply a drop shadow. Duplicate as many as you like placing along the edge.

Open Elem 56, resize by 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position on the left-hand side on top of the frame. See my tag for reference if needed. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Elem 65, resize by 20%, mirror. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place near one of the top limbs of the branch you just added. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Elem 35, resize by 60%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Position on top of the branch. Apply a drop shadow. Duplicate if desired and place around the branch and frame.

Open Elem 45, resize by 30%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place on the left-hand side covering the bottom of the branch. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Elem 20, resize by 20%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place at the top of the tree you just added. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Elem 7, resize by 25%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place in front of the tree. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Elem 55, I resize one by 20% and another by 15%. Copy and paste the larger one as a new layer. Place in front of the pile of snowballs. Apply a drop shadow. Copy and paste the smaller one as a new layer. Leave it for now we will return to it in a bit.

Open Elem 23, resize by 60%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place beside the tree, position a little off to the right and down a little lower. Apply a drop shadow. Move the smaller gift to the right of the lantern. Apply a drop shadow to the gift if you already haven’t.

Open Elem 27, resize by 25%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place between the pile of snowballs and lantern. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Elem 4, resize by 15%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place in front of the lantern and drink. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Elem 25, resize by 60%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place near the small gift and candy. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Elem 66, resize by 15%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place off to the right-hand side a little. See my tag for reference if needed. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Elem 53, resize by 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place around the outside of the frame. Move this layer below the frame background. Duplicate as many times as you need.

Close off these layers: frame, frame background, purple décor, white background, pine wreath, the tube, the bow and bells, both birds, the lantern and small gift. Right click at the top of the tag, copy merged. Paste as a new layer, mirror. Position on the right-hand side on top of the frame. Place this a little higher than the left side. See my tag for reference if needed.

Open all layers you have closed. Reposition the merged layer on the right-hand side if needed. Also, you may need to move the little bird at the bottom to your liking again.

Add any copyrights and your name. Crop, resize if desired. Save as a PNG (close background first).

Thank you for trying one of my tuts, I hope you have enjoyed yourself and I look forward to having you back here again!! I would love to see what you have created.
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Baby, It's Cold Outside
Author: Precious Beauties
• 5:42 PM
Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice, close-up and full, I am using Elisa Chatzoudis found here
Scrap kit Winter Berry by Cry found here
Template xmas 9 by Tammy found here
(look to the right side of her site you will find links to zip files, download Xmas Temps 6-10)
Xero - Porcelain (optional)
Eye Candy 4000 - HSB Noise and Gradient Glow(optional)

It's been awhile since I wrote a tut so if I am a little rusty you know why.

Open the template, duplicate and close the original. Delete the copyright. Open the paper WB_Paper 3, select the layer named rectangle, go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat. Copy and paste the paper above this layer, go to Selections - Invert and hit delete on the keyboard. Go to Selections - Select None. I changed the Blend Mode to Overlay.

Select the layer named circle, go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat. Copy and paste your close-up tube above the circle, I mirrored mine so its facing right. Position to your liking. Go to Selections - Invert and hit delete on the keyboard. I lowered the opacity to 60.

Select the layer small circle, go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat. Select the close-up tube again, resize if needed, I resized mine by 80 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer above the small circle. Position to your liking, go to Selections - Invert and hit delete on the keyboard. If you would like to apply the porcelain filter go to Effects - Pugins - Xero - Porcelain using the default setting. Apply a drop shadow of your liking.

Select the layer strip, go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat. Using the tube pick 2 colors to use for a gradient. Add a new layer above the selected layer and flood with the gradient. Go to Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 4000 and apply HSB Noise using the default settings. Delete the strip layer.

Select the layer wordart2, go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat. Add a new layer above the selected layer, using the same gradient flood fill this layer. Delete the wordart2 layer.

Select the layer wordart, apply a new drop shadow.

Apply drop shadows to the following: glittercircle, glitterrectangle, glitterstrip, smallglittercircle, dottedcircle and dottedrectangle.

Select the layer circle, Go to Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 4000 and apply HSB Noise using the default settings.

Copy and paste the full tube as a new layer, position to your liking and add a drop shadow.

Open WB_Element_2 and resize by 50 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer. Go to Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 4000 and apply Gradient Glow, I set the glow width to 4. Apply a drop shadow. place to your liking. Duplicate as many as you like placing them throughout your tag.

Open WB_Element_3 and resize by 25 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer. Go to Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 4000 and apply Gradient Glow, I set the glow width to 4. Apply a drop shadow. place to your liking. Duplicate as many as you like placing them throughout your tag.

Open WB_Element_5, copy and paste as a new layer, place on the left side of the tag to your liking. Duplicate and mirror, place on the right hand side to your liking. I placed both layers on top of the others, if you prefer you can move them below your tube and other layers.

Open WB_Element_7, resize by 30 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer, place on the left hand side near the top of the small circle. Move this layer below the full tube. Apply a drop shadow.

Add any copyrights and your name. Crop, resize if desired. Save as a PNG (close background first).


Thank you for trying one of my tuts, I hope you have enjoyed yourself and I look forward to having you come back again!
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Winter Fun
Author: Precious Beauties
• 9:20 AM
Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice, I am using a FTU tube by Lia which I have included in my supplies
My supplies (everything is included to make this tag) here

Open a new image 700 x 700 with a white background.

Copy and paste the Background/Mask included in my supplies as a new layer.

Copy and paste the Snowflakes included in my supplies as a new layer. Place on the right hand side. Apply a drop shadow. Duplicate, mirror and reposition to if needed on the left hand side. I then used my Freehand tool and selected the two snowflakes in the middle, rotate to your liking, copy and paste as a new layer. Place at the top of the mask/background.

Copy and paste the Snow included in my supplies as a new layer. Place below the snowflakes. Position to the left, duplicate and move to the right, do this until you are happy with the amount of snow.

Copy and paste the tube as a new layer, resize as desired. Place in the center of the tag. Apply a drop shadow.

Copy and paste the Snow Drift included in my supplies as a new layer. Place at the bottom of the tube.

Copy and paste one of the Bunnies included in my supplies as a new layer. Place to the right on top of the snow drift.

Copy and paste the Label included in my supplies as a new layer, place at the bottom of the snow drift. Apply a drop shadow.

Copy and paste the Holly and Bird included in my supplies as a new layer, place at the top left of the label making it look like the bird is “sitting” on top of it. Apply a drop shadow.

Go back to the two snowflakes you added at the top, duplicate, mirror and flip. Place at the bottom on top of the label and snow drift.

Add any copyrights and your name.

Crop, resize if desired. Save as a PNG (don’t forget to close the white background layer first).

Wow, that went FAST, huh? LOL…! I hope you have enjoyed using one of my tuts, I would love to see what you have created.
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Wintery
Author: Precious Beauties
• 12:02 PM
 *Click on image to see animation*
Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice, I am using Keith Garvey, you can find him at PTE
Template CMC Template 12 by Kristin found at Creative Misfits
Snow here

This tag will take about 5 minutes to make, hate to say it but Kristin done all the work for us, thank you honey!

Open the template, duplicate and close the original. Delete the copyright.

Copy and paste the tube as a new layer. Depending on which direction your tube is facing you are going to have to decide where it goes, if its facing right place it left and visa versa. Move to the end of the frame. Erase any of the tube outside the frame. Change the Blend Mode to Overlay. Do the same of the other side.

Copy and paste the tube again, this time place her in the center between the two we changed the blend mode. Erase any of the tube out past the frame. Apply a drop shadow.

Select one of the template layers, add a drop shadow or gradient glow. Repeat this with al the layers except for the word art.

Add any copyrights and your name.

We are moving on to animation so if you like it how it is just save as a PNG.

Open Animation Shop.

Back to PSP,  close off the following layers, the tube in the center, the dotted frame, and the copyright.

Okay, copy MERGED, back to Animation Shop, paste as a new animation.

Duplicate the tag until you have a total of 20 frames.

Copy the snow,gif in animation shop. Select all layers. Go to Edit and select Propagate Paste, this will allow you to copy all the frames from the snow into all the frames in the tag.

Make sure all frames are selected in both the tag and the snow, once they are move to the first frame in both. Drag the snow up into the tag placing it to the left. Try to stay inside the black frame. Do this until the tag is covered with snow. You may need to undo the drag when it comes to the snow.

Okay, check it out…looks good? Awesome back to PSP, close off all the layers we just merged and open those we closed. Copy MERGED. Back to Animation Shop.

Paste as a new animation, now you are going to make sure all layers are picked again in the tag, now drag the tube and copyrights up into the tag, position.

Go to View - Animation…still looks good? GREAT!

Save your creation as a GIF.

I hope you have enjoyed using one of my tuts, I would love to see what you have created.
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Here Comes the Snow
Author: Precious Beauties
• 3:24 PM
 *Click on tag to view Animation*
Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice, I am using one for Zindy Nielsen found here
Tag Template 87 by Becky’s Creations
Scrap kit Christmas Around The World by Bel Vidotti here
(her site is down) so you can download it here
Mask of choice
My Supplies here (diamond, chain and word art)
Animated Snow Fall here (only needed if animating tag)
Animation Shop

I just love animated Christmas tags so here is another one that I have done, I hope you enjoy making it as much as I did. Its pretty easy so don’t worry too much..lol. If you get lost at all just refer back to my tag for placement.

Open the template, duplicate and close the original. Delete the copyright layer, and the hearts and “I SNOW” word art. Resize the canvas 700 x 700. Flood fill the white background.

Select the small rectangle on the left hand side, go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat.

Open a paper of choice, I resized the ones I used by 15 percent, copy and paste as a new layer above the selected rectangle. Place over top the rectangle, go to Selections - Invert and hit delete on your keyboard. Delete the template layer. Apply a drop shadow or gradient glow.

Repeat above steps for the remaining template layer, except the snowflake line. I used a gradient to fill the two smaller rectangles at the bottom. You can use whatever you like best. I also included in my supplies the frame background I used. You are more than welcome to use a paper if preferred.

Now you should have all the layers replaced with papers or a gradient fill, select the small rectangle on the left that we started with, duplicate, mirror and move down. See my tag for reference if needed. Duplicate the diamond line, move over to the right side of the rectangle on the left hand side. Duplicate and do the same of the rectangle on the right hand side now.

Duplicate the small snow flake, place on the left hand side about half way down the frame. Move the large snow flake to the upper left hand corner, and the remaining small move over to the top right hand corner.

Now we are going to move the two long rectangles at the bottom down. Link the bottom rectangle and all its layers. Move down almost to the bottom of the rectangle you duplicated. Place the other long rectangle right above it. See my tag for reference if needed.

Copy and paste the frame background included in my supplies as a new layer, placing it below the frame.

Copy and paste the image included in my supplies above the frame background. Change the Blend mode to Luminance (Legacy).

Copy and paste the tube as a new layer, erase any of the tube that’s out past the frame. Apply a drop shadow.

Open element 29 and resize by 15 percent, copy and paste as a new layer. Place at the bottom of the rectangle with the tube in it. Align the left side with the frame, erase any of the ribbon on the right side, apply a drop shadow.

Copy and paste the diamond in the middle of the bow on the ribbon, apply a drop shadow.

Copy and paste the word art included in my supplies, place in the top long rectangle at the bottom of the tag. Change Blend mode to Overlay. Also change the Blend mode on the snowflake line to Overlay as well.

Copy and paste a paper of choice above the white background layer, I resized the one I used by 700 x 700. Apply the mask to this layer. Delete the mask layer and merge group.

Open element 14 and resize by 10 percent, copy and paste as a new layer in the upper left hand corner in the center of the large snowflake. Apply a drop shadow.

Open element 20, duplicate, resize one by 10 percent and the other by 6 percent. Copy and paste the smaller flower in the middle of the bow you just placed. Apply a drop shadow. Copy and paste the larger flower on the right hand side on top of the ribbon. Apply a drop shadow.

Open element 16 and resize by 6 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer in the center of the small snowflake on the upper right hand corner. Apply a drop shadow.

Open element 19 and resize by 4 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer in the center of the now we just added. Apply a drop shadow.

Open element 32 and resize by 25 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer just above the ribbon on the left hand side. Apply a drop shadow.

Copy and paste the chain included in my supplies, place above the bulb to make it look attached to the ring. Merge group, duplicate and move to the right hand side, place both bulbs below the flower and bow.

Add any copyrights and your name.

Crop, resize if desired.

Stop here if you do not want to animate the tag, save as a PNG. If you would like to animate than please read on….

Animation…
Close off all layers above the frame, including the frame. You should have the following layers open; the white background, the mask layer, the two rectangles on the sides, the two diamond lines, the frame background and the frame image, and finally the tube.

Copy MERGERED, go to Animation Shop and paste as a new Animation. Duplicate this until you have a total of 20 frames. Select all frames, they all should have a blue frame around them.

Go to Edit - Propagate Paste, this will paste the image (snow fall) into all frames at once. Make sure its selected.

Open the SNOWFall.mng, select all of the frames.

Make sure you are at the beginning of the frames you duplicated 20 times, go down to the snow fall animation and drag it into the first frame.

*NOTE*
Stay inside the frame background and image as best as possible this is the only place you want to place the snow.

Place in the top left hand corner. Select the snow fall animation again and undo drag, drag again up to the tag placing this time in the upper right hand corner, do this until you have all four corners done.

Go to View - Animation, if you like what you see then its time for the next step, if not just redo the animated again.

Okay, its time to add the rest of the tag to the animation. Go back to PSP, close off the layers you have open and open the layers you have closed. This time the frame and any thing above it should be showing, make sure you close the white background layer.

Copy MERGED, go to Animation Shop and paste as a new Animation. Once again make sure all layers of the tag is selected and your at the beginning, drag and drop the top of the tag, line up the frame with the image and frame background. Once you have it placed go back to View - Animation, happy? COOL…save as a .gif

Hooray!! You have finished your tag for Christmas, now go show it off! See that wasn’t so bad..lol

I hope you have enjoyed using one of my tuts, I would love to see what you have created.
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Winter
Author: Precious Beauties
• 11:45 AM
Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice, I am using is by Jennifer Janesko, tube was bought from CILM which has closed.
Scrap kit TT4NZ Winter from Felice
Mask of choice

Ready to begin?
Great!

Open new image 700 x 700 with a white background.

Open FrameTabbed, resize by 80 percent and paste as a new layer.

Click inside the large part of the frame, make sure you don't miss the small parts at the corners.
Go to Selections - Modify - Expand by 5.

Open a paper of choice, I used winter, resize or position to your liking, invert and hit delete on your keyboard, apply a drop shadow to the frame.

Click inside the small frame, go to Selections - Modify - Expand by 11.

Open a paper of choice, resize by 50 percent, position inside the small frame, invert and hit delete on your key board.

Open tube and paste as a new layer, position inside the small frame, I left the top of the hood overlap the frame. Delete anything that is out past the frame. Apply a small drop shadow to your tube.

Open BirdBath, resize by 50 percent, paste as a new layer. Position to the right of the small frame inside the large frame. See my tag for reference if needed. Apply a drop shadow.

Open Icecicles, resize by 50 percent and paste as a new layer, position behind all layers except the large frame background. Apply a drop shadow.

Open CardinalOnTwig, resize by 20 percent, paste as a new layer, position at the bottom left corner of the small frame. I erased part of the frame so the tail would show. Apply a small drop shadow.

 Open SnowFlake, resize by 10 percent, paste wherever you like, apply a drop shadow, duplicate, place throughout your tag as many times as needed...LOL

Open Snowman, resize by 20 percent, paste near the middle of the large frame. Make sure your snowman is on the outside of this frame. Apply a drop shadow. See my tag for reference if needed.

Open SnowyPine, resize by 20 percent, paste as a new layer in front of the snowman, add a drop shadow. See my tag for reference if needed.

Open Bow, resize by 15 percent, paste as a new layer and position in the center of the two pine branches. Apply a drop shadow.

Open PineTwing, resize by 20 percent, paste as a new layer, position to the top right of the small frame, delete the part that is over top the small frame, see my tag for reference. Apply a drop shadow. Duplicate, mirror and place at the near the bottom right corner of the large frame. You may need to erase part of it. I also added another one on the left side of the small frame doing the same as mentioned here.

Open DarkBlueSnowFlakes paper or one of your choice, paste as a new layer above the white background. Apply the mask to this layer, merge group and lower opacity to 70 percent. Take your pick tool and "pick" at it until you have it where you like it.

Add copyrights and your name.

Crop, resize of desired.

Save as a PNG.

All done!

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