Jolly Winter

 

This tutorial was written on 12-3-21, By Kelli.
Please don't copy it or claim it as your own or post it through any group.
You may link back to my blog.
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is strictly coincidental.
It is written assuming you have a basic knowledge of PSP and its tools.
It is written using PSP 9 but should work in any other version.

For this tutorial you you will need
These tubes by Keith Garvey.
Tube #'s  210-1 and 350-1
You can get them here
You will need the scrap kit by
Tiny Turtle Designs
Called Jolly Winter

Choose your favorite font. The font I used is 
Winter White size 48
You will need a mask of choice.
The one I used I am not able to share.
But there are some wonderful masks,
that were created by Kathyfrances.
You can find them here, at the Escape from Reality blog

Ready?

Open a new image ~ 600 X 600 transparent.
Copy and paste element #87 (the Santa chair)
as a new layer. Resize it by 75%.
Position it slightly to the right side of your canvas.
Add a drop shadow of choice. This is the one I used.

I repeated this shadow once.
Paste your Santa tube and resize it by 85%.
Add the same drop shadow once.
Open element #110( the Christmas tree).
Drag it behind the chair and resize it by 90%.
Position it behind Santa and a little to the side of him.
Open element # 63 (the Fireplace). Paste it behind the tree and resize it by 85%.
Add the same drop shadow and position it.
Open some of the gifts, I used #105, 77, and 104.
Resize them to an appropriate size, and position them as you like.
Dont forget to use the drop shadow on each element.
Paste the Centerpiece (element #81) as a new layer above the fireplace.
Resize it by 45%. Add the same drop shadow.
Position it on the mantle to one side, Duplicate it and mirror it.
Position to the other side of the mantle.
Open element # 34
Paste it as a new layer behind the centerpiece.
Resize it by 25% Add the drop shadow.
Position on the mantle as desired.
Open Element #22 as a new layer
and resize it by 24%. add the drop shadow.
And position it as desired.
Open element # 22, resize it b 25%
Add the same drop shadow and position. 
Open the second tube,
The New years tube.
Paste as a new layer behind the Santa chair.
Resize it by 55%
Add the same drop shadow and position it as desired.
Add a new layer and drag it to the bottom.
Select all and paste a paper of choice into the selection.
I used paper # 5. Select none.
Go Layers, new mask layer, from image and select your chosen mask.
Merge group. Duplicate the group layer.
Merge these two layers together.
Open element # 80 just above the mask layer.
Resize it by 40%
Sharpen and add drop shadow.
Duplicate it x 2. Position the three layers in a line.
Add your copy wright and scrap kit info.
Grab your text tool
Here are my settings:

Type your name.

Add an inner bevel.

Here are my settings

Now use the same drip shadow as before.

And position your name as desired.

Save as a PNG

Thanks for trying my tutorial!