Naughty or Nice

Font: Bonheur Royale

Artwork by Keith Garvey

This tube can be purchased at PTE

Scrapkit – PTU - Winter Fairy by Cindy of PuddicatCreations

It is available for purchase at Aussie Scrap Designs

Mask – Vix Christmas Mask 5 here

Animation here

Let’s Begin

Open mask and minimize for now

Open a new 700x700 white layer

Resize tubes to suit as you go

Paste window as a new layer

Resize by 80%

Add a close up of your main tube

Position under window

Remove any overhang

Paste tree1 as a new layer

Decorate tree to suit

Close off background layer, closeup tube and window

Merge tree and decorations visible

Open closed layers

Add your main tube

Add any other elements of choice

Go to background layer

Paste a paper of choice

Layers – New Mask Layer – From Image

In drop down box select Vix Christmas Mask 5

Invert Mask Data – Unchecked

Apply

Layers – Merge Group

I removed the wording

Add your name and a gradient glow

Go over your layers and apply a drop shadow

I used 1, 1, 50, 12, black

Do not apply it to paper, mask or window

Resize tag by 80%

All layers checked

Go over your layers and sharpen where necessary

Add your copyright details

If you do not wish to add animation

Merge all – flatten

Save your tag

Continue for animation

Close off down to window layer

Copy merge from window layer down

Paste into Animation Shop

Open animation

Now duplicate your tag to 8 frames to match

On animation – select all – copy

On tag – select all – paste into selected frame

Place snow in each of the four window areas

Run animation to check

In PSP copy merge your top remaining layers

Paste into AS as a new animation

Edit – Propagate paste

Drag onto main tag and when in position release

Run your animation again

Save your tag