Monochrome Christmas

Monochrome Christmas

written 12/15/2015

This tutorial is meant purely as a guide. Feel free to make your tag unique by using your own choice of tube and scrap kit. If you want your tag to look just like mine then use the same supplies as I have.

Supplies Used:

Tube is called Kylie by Always Smiling. You can purchase it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_568&products_id=16199

Scrap kit is called Black and White by Designs By Joan. You can purchase it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=112_115_170&products_id=6523

Mask of your choice. I am using mask #19 from horseplay pasture designs. You can get it at http://www.horseplayspasture.blogspot.com/search/label/Masks

Font of your choice. I am using Shalimar Swash. It is a PTU font so choose whatever you want to use.

Plugins:

VanDerLee Snowscape You can download it at http://www.vanderlee.com/plugins_snowscape.html

Let's Begin:

Open a blank canvas that is large enough to give you plenty of room to work with.

Open paper 4 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Apply the mask of your choice.

Delete the mask layer and merge the group.

Open element 40 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Center within the mask area.

Add a slight drop shadow.

Open element 35 and re-size.

Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the far left side.

Add a slight drop shadow.

Open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size and move to the far right side.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 5 and re-size.

Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the top center of the window.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 24 and re-size.

Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the lower far left in front of the tree at the bottom.

Open element 29 and re-size.

Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the bottom just right of the first gifts.

Open element 32 and re-size.

Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the top center of the wreath.

Open element 44 and re-size.

Copy and paste as a new layer and move to the bottom of the tree near the gifts.

Add your name.

Add your copyright and licensing information.

Now merge together all the layers except the mask layer.

Duplicate the mask layer until there are 3 of them.

On the bottom layer apply the Vanderlee snowflakes plugin using the basic white settings.

On the second layer apply the plugin again and hit random seed.

Repeat again on the top layer.

Close off the top 2 layers of the mask and edit copy merged and paste into animation shop.

Back to psp and hide the bottom mask layer and unhide the middle layer.

Edit copy merged and in animation shop paste after current frame.

Repeat with the top layer.

View your animated tag.

Save.