Thank you for putting a link to this tutorial, whenever you display your realization of that tag on a website, on a group or in a mail !

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You'll find some versions of that tag in my gallery Here

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To make that tag, you'll need the filter :

- Filters Unlimited 2.0

- Photo Aging Kit

- Artistic / Underpainting

- Mura's Meister / Copies

- Graphic plus / Cross shadow.

and the material zip down below :

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*It is forbidden to suppress watermarks on the material provided , to alter, mist or rename the tubes in order to respect the work of the tubers

- The tube of the children are by JHanna.

- The tube of the clock is by Sabine.

- The tube of the fireworks is by Redgem.

- The light post comes from a tube called "WinterPost&Bench_KK".

- The other elements that I haven't created, have been found on the net.

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Preparation

To be on the safe side, duplicate your tubes and image in your Psp :
- Window / Duplicate
- Close the originals and work with the copies !

- Double click on the Alien skin preset, it will automatically install itself.

- Open the font outside your Psp if you have Windows Xp or place it in the Font folder of Windows if you have Win7.

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Click here to print the tutorial

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You can use my arrow to follow your work
Click on it and drag it all along the tutorial !

 

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Tutorial made with PSP XVIII

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1 - Open a new transparent image of 850 by 700 pixels.

2 - Set your Material palette with two colours out of your main tube.

- My choice : Foreground : Light colour cfb893.

- Background : Dark colour 534329.

- Set your foreground with a sunburst gradient as below :

3 - Flood fill your transparent image with your foreground gradient.

4- Effects / Plugins / IC.NET Software / Filters Unlimited 2.0 / Paper texture /

Cotton Paper fine / 128, 96.

5- Effects / Plugins / IC.NET Software / Filters Unlimited 2.0 / Photo Aging Kit / Dirt / 128, 128.

6- Effects / Plugins / Graphic plus / Cross shadow / 50 everywhere.

7- Layers / Duplicate.

- Image / Mirror / Mirror vertical.

8- Image / Resize at 85% (Resize all the layers NOT checked).

9- Effects / Plugins / Artistic / Underpainting as below :

10- Activate the layer at the bottom of the pile (raster 1).

11- Open the tube "Dentelle" (or another similar tube of your choice) in your Psp and copy it.

12- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.

(The tube is then hidden behind your layer "Copie of raster 1" !)

13-Effects / Plugins / Mura's Meister / Copies as below :

- I have lowered the opacity of that layer to 70.

14- Activate, once more, the layer at the bottom of the pile (raster 1) and COPY IT.

15- Image / Canvas size as below :

16- Selections / Select all.

17- Paste INTO THE SELECTION, on your layer raster 1.

- Select none.

18- Open the tube "Neige" in your Psp and copy it.

19- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.

- I have lowered the opacity of that snow layer at 60 and set the mode on to Hard light.

- Rename that layer"Neige".

20- Activate the layer of the lace.

- Selections / Custom selection as below :

21- Selections / Modify / Select selection borders as below :

22- ADD A NEW RASTER LAYER.

23- Flood fill that border with your light foreground colour (left click).

- Selections / Select none.

- I have lowered the opacity of that layer on to 80.

24- Activate the layer "Copy of raster1".

- Selections / select all.

- Selections / Float.

- Selections / Defloat.

25- Activate layer "Neige".

- Selections / Promote selection to layer.

26- Layers / Arrange / Bring to top.

- Selections / Select selection borders as on point 21 but with width at 6.

27- ADD A NEW RASTER LAYER.

- Flood fill that selection, on your new layer, with a dark colour (1d170f for me).

- Select none.

28- Effects / Distortion Effects / Wave / 1 everywhere and transparent checked.

29- Open the tube "Coin"in your Psp and copy it.

- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.

- Place it in the top left hand side corner of your frame like me.

- Colorize if necessary.

30- Effects / 3d effects / Drop shadow / 2, 2, 80, 1,black.

31- Layers / duplicate.

- Image / Mirror / mirror horizontal.

32- Open the tube "Sol neigeux"in your Psp and copy it.

- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.

- Place it against the bottom side of your tag as below :

- Effects / Image effects / Offset :

33- I have chosen to give my snow another hue as shown below :

- Adjust / Hue and saturation / Hue map as below :

- Rename the layer "Sol neigeux" (to be able to find it easily later on).

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You are now ready to use your own tubes it that is your wish... unless you prefer to make the tag just like me !

- Here are my choices :

34- Open the tube "rdgm~fireworks-001"in your Psp and copy it.

35- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.

- I have set the mode of that layer on to Overlay.

36- Open the tube "Graph-Sabine Design-Tubes 477"in your Psp and copy it.

37- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.

38- Place that tube as below :

- Effects / Image effects / Offset :

- I have lowered the opacity of that layer on to 30.

39- Open the tube "Lampadaire"in your Psp and copy it.

40- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag and place it like me.

- Drop shadow of your choice.

41- Open the tube "Livre"in your Psp and copy it.

42- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag and place it like me.

43- Open the tube "texte"in your Psp and copy it.

- You may prefer to write your own text with the font of your choice !

44- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag and place it on the pages of your book.

- Drop shadow of your choice.

45- Activate the layer "Sol neigeux" and duplicate it.

46- Place that layer on top of the pile (above your book and its text).

47- With your move tool, place the snow ground as shown below :

48- Open the tube "JHanna_553 tube"in your Psp and copy it.

49- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.

- I have resized that tube at 75% (Resize all the layers NOT checked).

- Place it like me, in the bottom left hand side corner of your tag (her feet on the snow).

50- Effects / Plugins / Alien skin eye candy5 / Impact / Perspective shadow / Preset Fairymist_voeux2017.

51- Open the tube "Fairymist_voeux2017"in your Psp and copy it.

52- Paste it as a new layer on to your tag.

- Place it like me or to your liking.

- That text may be colorized.

- You may prefer to write down your own text with my fonts or fonts of your choice.

53- Apply your signature

- Make sure everything is at the right place.

54- Image / add some symmetrical borders of 2 pixels with your light foreground colour from the start :
cfb893 for me.

55 - Save your work as a jpeg file and resize your tag if necessary.

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That's it !! You've done it !!

If you 've enjoyed doing my tutorial, it would be nice to write a few words in my guest book !

If you 've had the slightest problem, please, send me a mail so I can see to the problem

Tutorial translated on the 29th of december 2016

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You'll find some versions of that tag in my gallery Here