Winter Tenderness

Font: Pristina

I am using the artwork of Zindy Nielsen

Zindy is a PTU Artist although the tube I am using is FTU from her site

Scrapkit – Winter Tenderness by Conchi of DNScraps

Scrapkit is available for purchase from

Aussie Scrap Designs

Snow can be downloaded here

Let’s Begin

Open a new 700x700 white layer

Resize elements to suit as you go

Paste wintertendernessframe as a new layer

Resize 80% x 2

Using magic wand click inside frame to select

Remember to click around ribbon

Selections – Modify – Expand x4

Paste a paper to compliment frame

I used number 4

Selections – Invert and then delete

Move paper below frame

Add your main tube inside frame

Paste wintertendernessbubble as a new layer

Resize 80%

Move below tube and above paper

Paste wintertendernesspapers as a new layer

Resize 80%

Move below frame

Paste wintertendernessdeer as a new layer

Resize to suit and place to left side

Paste wintertendernessdeer2 as a new layer

Resize, mirror and place to right side

Select a grey colour from your tag for foreground and background

Using font on size 72

Add your name and position

Selections – float – defloat

Adjust – Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise

Random, Monochrome, 20%

Apply

Selections – select none

Add a drop shadow to your layers

I used 1,1,60,4 for layers except bubble

For bubble 1,1,60,1

Resize tag to suit all layers checked

Go over layers and sharpen where necessary

Add copyright details

Crop excess white

If you do not want to add snow

Merge all flatten

Save your tag

Continue for animation

Close off from background to main tube

Merge the remainder visible

Close this layer off

Merge the bottom layers

Copy bottom merged layer

Paste into AS as a new animation

Open snow

Duplicate your tag to 20 frames

On snow select all – copy

On tag select all – paste into selected frame

I added the snow twice, upper and lower

In psp open top merged layer

Take note of where deer are standing

Copy and paste into AS as a new animation

Edit – propagate paste

Drag frame onto main tag and position

When ready release

Run your animation

Save your tag