A Hot Chocolate Christmas PTU

A Hot Chocolate Christmas

I used the wonderful artwork called Marshy & Tree by Cuddly Rigor Mortis which you must be licensed to use. You can purchase these tubes from CDO  which can now be found here  

I am using a beautiful scrapkit called Holly Jolly Christmas which is PTU by Gimtastic Scraps and can be found at The PSP Project here  

Font of Choice  

Mask of Choice I used WeeScotslass WSL17 which can be found here

The tut was written in Paint Shop Pro X4 but should work in others.

Note When I resize I use these settings: (make sure that pixel dimensions is on percent and in advanced setting it is smart size lock aspect ratio is checked and resize all layers is unchecked) also please save often and for placement on the tag you can always refer to the example tag if that helps.

Let's get started!!

Open a new image 800 X 800 pixels with a transparent background.  You can resize later to meet your needs.

Copy & paste paper3 from the scrapkit onto your new image resize by 150% and apply your mask of choice. (Click layers, load save mask, make sure fit to canvas, source luminance and hide all mask is checked then click load)

In layers right click on mask hit delete and answer yes to the popup. Now right click on group layer

merge merge group. 

Open reindeer copy & paste to your image and place on the left bottom of your mask  

Open HoHoHo copy & paste to your image and place at the top of your mask on the right

Open Elf Hat and copy & paste to your image and place it on the top of your tag next to santa

Open gifttag copy & paste to your image and place it on the bottom right of your book

Open poinsettia copy & paste to your image and place it on the right just below the gifttag

Open fence copy & paste to your image 

Open tree copy & paste to your image and place on the right side of the fence

Open your tube1 of choice and copy & paste to your image resize as needed (I resized by 75%) and place it on the right side bottom of your tree

Open gifts copy & paste to your image resize by 50% and place next to tube #1

Open lantern copy & paste to your image resize by 50% and place on the bottom right of tube 1

Open milk & cookies copy & paste to your image resize by 50%  and place on the bottom on the right side gift

Open your tube2 of choice and copy & paste to your image resize as needed (I resized by 50%) and place on the left end of the fence

Add a dropshadow of choice to your tube santa or anything you would like to!

Add your copyrights and name of choice and you are finished!!

I hope you liked this tut and please let me know it anything is not correct. Thank you.

Be Creative as you want!

Do You Believe in Santa? FTU

Do You Believe in Santa?

I used the wonderful artwork called Christmas Time by Elias Chatzoudis which you must be licensed to use. You can purchase this tube from Elias which can now be found here  

I am using a  FTU scrapkit called Believe In Santa which can be found at Pam's Scraps & More here  

Font of Choice  

Mask of Choice I used WeeScotslass WSL128 which can be found here

Plugins Used Xero Porcelain

The tut was written in Paint Shop Pro X4 but should work in others.

Note When I resize I use these settings: (make sure that pixel dimensions is on percent and in advanced setting it is smart size lock aspect ratio is checked and resize all layers is unchecked) also please save often and for placement on the tag you can always refer to the example tag if that helps.

Let's get started!!

Open a new image 800 X 800 pixels with a transparent background.  You can resize later to meet your needs.

Copy & paste paper5 from the scrapkit onto your new image and apply your mask of choice. (Click layers, load save mask, make sure fit to canvas, source luminance and hide all mask is checked then click load)In layers right click on mask hit delete and answer yes to the popup. Now right click on group layer merge merge group.  I applied DSB Flux Bright Noise with the following settings to the mask

Open garland copy & paste to your image and place in the middle of your mask at the bottom

Open holly copy & paste to your image and place on the right side of your mask

Open lights and copy & paste to your image and place across your garland

Open tree copy & paste to your image and place it in the top left corner of the mask

Open frame2 copy & paste to your image and  take your magic wand and click inside the frame with the following settings 

Make sure your click above and below the ribbon Then go to selections modify and expand with the following settings 

Open paper3 and copy & paste to your image then do to selections invert  then hit delete move this paper layer below your frame Add DSB Flux bright noise with the same settings as above to your paper Hit selections none  Open your tube of choice copy & paste to your image (I used the larger tube for this)  and place the tube under your frame. On your tube layer use your magic wand with the same setting as above and click anywhere on the image then go to selections selections invert Your tube should have the selections around it then go to float then defloat go to your frame layer and at the top of the frame take your eraser tool and erase the part of the frame that is covering your tube then selections select none  Take your eraser tool and erase any other part but the top of the tube that is showing outside your frame

Open candle copy & paste to your image resize by 50% and place it  on the bottom left corner of your frame

Open present copy & paste to your image resize by 50% and place at the bottom of your candle

Open present2 copy & paste to your image resize by 50% and place to the left of your present

Open present copy & paste to your image resize by 50% and place to the right of your present

Open deer copy & paste to your image and place at the bottom of your tree

Open star copy & paste to your image resize by 50%  and place at the top right corner of your frame

Open cane copy & paste to your image resize by 50% and place at the top right corner of your frame

Add a dropshadow of choice to your tube frame or anything you would like to!

Add your copyrights and name of choice and you are finished!!

I hope you liked this tut and please let me know it anything is not correct. Thank you.

Be Creative as you want!

Peppermint Christmas PTU

Peppermint Christmas

I used the wonderful artwork called Christmas by Chris DeLara which you must be licensed to use. You can purchase this tube from The PSP Project which can now be found here  

I am using a beautiful scrapkit called Peppermint Cutie Exclusive which is PTU by Amy Marie and can be found at The PSP Project here  

Font of Choice  

Mask of Choice I used WeeScotslass WSL362 which can be found here

Plugins Used Xero Porcelain

The tut was written in Paint Shop Pro X4 but should work in others.

Note When I resize I use these settings: (make sure that pixel dimensions is on percent and in advanced setting it is smart size lock aspect ratio is checked and resize all layers is unchecked) also please save often and for placement on the tag you can always refer to the example tag if that helps.

Let's get started!!

Open a new image 800 X 800 pixels with a transparent background.  You can resize later to meet your needs.

Copy & paste paper5 from the scrapkit onto your new image and apply your mask of choice. (Click layers, load save mask, make sure fit to canvas, source luminance and hide all mask is checked then click load)In layers right click on mask hit delete and answer yes to the popup. Now right click on group layer merge merge group. 

Open 67 copy & paste to your image and place in the top right corner of your mask

Open 69 copy & paste to your image and place it in the middle so that the end is under 67

Open 30 and copy & paste to your image and place it on top of the flower 

Open 61 copy & paste to your image and place it in the top left corner of the mask

Open 8 copy & paste to your image and take your magic wand and click inside the frame with the following settings 

Then go to selections modify and expand with the following settings 

Open pp9 and copy & paste to your image then do to selections invert  then hit delete move this paper layer below your frame  Open your tube of choice copy & paste to your image (I used the larger tube for this)  and place the part of the tube your want to show inside the frame then hit delete selections none  move this layer below your frame Go to effect porcelain with the following settings

 and apply to your tube layer

Open your tube of choice and copy & paste to your image resize as needed (I did not resize) and place on the left side of your frame

Open 3 copy & paste to your image and place it o the right bottom side of your mask

Open 36 copy & paste to your image resize by 50% and place it on the top part of the heel of the boot

Open 4 copy & paste to your image resize by 50% and place on the frame just above the top of the boot

Open 37 copy & paste to your image resize by 50% and place at the bottom of your tube

Open 77 copy & paste to your image resize by 50% and place on the right side of element 37

Open 33 copy & paste to your image and place on the bottom between your boot & glass

Add a dropshadow of choice to your tube frame or anything you would like to!

Add your copyrights and name of choice and you are finished!!

I hope you liked this tut and please let me know it anything is not correct. Thank you.

Be Creative as you want!

All Dressed Up For Christmas PTU

All Dressed Up for Christmas

I used the wonderful artwork called Little Flower by Caron Vinson which you must be licensed to use. You can purchase this tube from CDO which can now be found here  

I am using a beautiful scrapkit called Holiday Hush which is PTU by Gimtastic Scraps and can be found at The PSP Project here  

Font of Choice  

Mask of Choice I used WeeScotslass WSL116 which can be found here

Plugins Used Xero Porcelain

The tut was written in Paint Shop Pro X4 but should work in others.

Note When I resize I use these settings: (make sure that pixel dimensions is on percent and in advanced setting it is smart size lock aspect ratio is checked and resize all layers is unchecked) also please save often and for placement on the tag you can always refer to the example tag if that helps.

Let's get started!!

Open a new image 800 X 800 pixels with a transparent background.  You can resize later to meet your needs.

Copy & paste paper5 from the scrapkit onto your new image resize by 150% and apply your mask of choice. (Click layers, load save mask, make sure fit to canvas, source luminance and hide all mask is checked then click load)

In layers right click on mask hit delete and answer yes to the popup. Now right click on group layer merge merge group. 

Open branch copy & paste to your image and place in the top left corner of your mask

Open feather copy & paste to your image and place it in the middle right of your mask

Open flower1 and copy & paste to your image and place it just under the first part of your feather

Open berries2 copy & paste to your image and place it on the top part of flower1

Open tree copy & paste to your image and place it o the left side of your mask

Open poinsettia2 copy & paste to your image and place it on the top right corner of your mask

Open pinebranch copy & paste to your image and place on bottom of your tree duplicate x1 and flip horizontal and place the second one on the bottom of flower1

Go back to your poinsettia2 layer duplicate and move the duplicate in the middle of your 2 pinebranches

Open ice flowers copy & paste to your image and place between the top poinsettia2 and the feather

Open candle2 copy & paste to your image and place in the bottom right corner of your mask

Open leaf2 copy & paste to your image and place on top of your branch to the right of the tree

Open frame 4 copy & paste to your image resize by 80% and place at the top between the tree and the poinsettia2 (it will cover some of these elements)  take your magic wand and click inside the frame with the following settings

 Then go to selections modify and expand with the following settings

Open paper8 and copy & paste to your image then do to selections invert  then hit delete move this paper layer below your frame  Open your tube of choice copy & paste to your image and place the part of the tube your want to show inside the frame then hit delete selections none  move this layer below your frame Go to effect porcelain with the following settings 

and apply to your tube layer

Open bow1 copy & paste to your image and place in the middle of the left side of your frame

Open rocking horse copy & paste to your image and place on the bottom right of your mask on top of the candle

Open slipper copy & paste to your image resize by 50% and place on the bottom of your tree trunk

Open iceskates copy & paste to your image resize by 50% and place on the left side of your rockinghorse

Open your tube of choice and copy & paste to your image resize as needed (I did not resize) and place on the left side of your tree

Add a dropshadow of choice to your tube squirrel or anything you would like to!

Add your copyrights and name of choice and you are finished!!

I hope you liked this tut and please let me know it anything is not correct. Thank you.

Be Creative as you want!

All Aboard the Santa Express FTU

All Aboard the Santa Express

I used the wonderful artwork of PinUp Toons which you must be licensed to use. You can purchase this tube from CDO which can now be found here  

I am using a beautiful scrapkit called Santa Express which is FTU by Scraps by Pam and can be found at Pam's Scraps & More here  

Font of Choice  

Mask of Choice I used WeeScotslass WSL220 which can be found here

The tut was written in Paint Shop Pro X4 but should work in others.

Note When I resize I use these settings: (make sure that pixel dimensions is on percent and in advanced setting it is smart size lock aspect ratio is checked and resize all layers is unchecked) also please save often and for placement on the tag you can always refer to the example tag if that helps.

Let's get started!!

Open a new image 800 X 800 pixels with a transparent background.  You can resize later to meet your needs.

Copy & paste paper9 from the scrapkit onto your new image resize by 150% and apply your mask of choice. (Click layers, load save mask, make sure fit to canvas, source luminance and hide all mask is checked then click load)

In layers right click on mask hit delete and answer yes to the popup. Now right click on group layer merge merge group. 

Open branch copy & paste to your image and move to the top of your mask duplicate and move the duplicate just below the branch

Open lights copy & paste to your image and place on top of your branches

Open lights2 and copy & paste to your image and place on the bottom of your mask

Open sparkles copy & paste to your image and place on top of your branches

Open windows copy & paste to your image and place at the top middle of your mask

Open tree3 copy & paste to your image and place on the right side of your window so that the bottom of the tree is slightly up from the bottom of the window

Open elfsign copy & paste to your image and place on the left side of your window

Open candle copy & paste to your image and place at the bottom of your window on the end of the string of lights

Open train copy & paste to your image and place across the top of your string of lights on the bottom 

Open penguin copy & paste to your image resize by 50%  and place on top of the train engine cab  

Open your tube of choice and copy & paste to your image resize as needed and place on the right side of your image in front of the tree and sitting on the end of the train

Add a dropshadow of choice to your tube penguin or anything you would like to!

Add your copyrights and name of choice and you are finished!!

I hope you liked this tut and please let me know it anything is not correct. Thank you.

Be Creative as you want!