Chill In The Air

Chill in the Air

written 1/7/2016

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 exactly like mine then use the same supplies that I have used.

Supplies Used:

Tube by Andy Cooper. It is called Winter Turquoise and you can purchase it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_304&products_id=15487

Scrap Kit is by Design By Joan. It is also called Winter Turquoise and you can purchase it at http://scrapsncompany.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=15489

Template 724 by Millies PSP Madness. You can download it at http://milliespspmadness.blogspot.com/2014/12/template-724-and-tags-featuring-winter.html

Brushes of your choice. You can get some good brushes at http://deviantart.com

Font of your choice. I am using Aerojones NF.

Plugins:

Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Nature Snow Drift (optional)

Let's Begin:

Open the template and shift+D to duplicate.

Close the original for use again later if you wish.

Remove the following layers from the template:

cr, 15, 14 & background.

Make your canvas large enough to work with.

Grab layer 3 and move it down so it is just above layer 1.

Merge these 2 layers together.

Selections select all float and defloat.

Open paper 1 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Position within the selected area.

Selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Delete the original layer that you had merged.

Merge together layers

Add a drop shadow to this new layer.

Merge together layers 5 & 6.

Selections select all float and defloat.

Open paper 2 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Position within the selected area.

Selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Delete the original layer that you merged.

Grab layer 9 and drag it down to just above layer 7.

Merge these two layers together.

Selections select all float and defloat.

Open paper 3 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Position within the selected area and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Delete the original layer that you had merged.

Merge together layers 10 & 8.

Selections select all float and defloat.

Open paper 6 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Position within the selected area.

Selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Delete the original layer that you had merged.

Make layer 11 active and selections select all float and defloat.

Layers new raster layer.

Open paper 5 and copy and paste into selection.

Selections select none.

Delete the original layer 11 layer.

Make layer 12 active and selection select all float and defloat.

Layers new raster layer.

Open paper 1 and copy and paste into selection.

Selections select none.

Delete the original layer 12 layer.

Layers new raster layer and drag to the bottom.

Apply some brushes of your choice.

Open element 33 and re-size by 75% 2x.

Copy and paste as a new layer at the top.

Place so the trees line up the sides of the top oval layer.

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

Re-size if needed.

Place in the center of the tag area between the trees.

Open element 70 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size if needed.

Drag under your tube and move to the bottom of the tag around the feet of your tube.

Open element 6.

Copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size if needed.

Drag under the other snowballs tube.

Move to the bottom left of the tag.

Open element 3 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size if needed.

Move to the bottom right of the tag.

Open element 65 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Drag down under the log and move to where it is behind the log and peeking out the right side.

Open element 13 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Drag under your tube.

Re-size and duplicate a few times and place them around the top area of the template.

Add your name.

Apply an inner bevel.

Add the Snowdrift plugin if you wish.

Add your copyright and licensing information.

Crop your tag and save.