Whisper In The Wind Designs : Tutorial for the Home for the Holidays scrap kit by Sweet Cravings Scraps, featuring cookie posers by MediEvil Creations!

Monday, October 28, 2013

Tutorial for the Home for the Holidays scrap kit by Sweet Cravings Scraps, featuring cookie posers by MediEvil Creations!

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Preview of the Home for the Holidays scrap kit by Sweet Cravings Scraps!

Tutorial using the Home for the Holidaysscrap kit by Sweet Cravings Scraps, and featuring cookie posers by MediEvil Creations.

Supplies Needed

Paint Shop Pro - I am using X5, but any should do!

The Home for the Holidays scrap kit by Sweet Cravings Scraps, which can be purchased at TKO scraps HERE

The MediEvil cookie posers are included, but you can check out her posers at TKO Scraps HERE

Mask #89 from Wee Scott Lass

Template # 180 from Addictive Templates

Any color or gradient and font of your choosing

Okay, let's begin. The first thing you will need to do, is to open the template #180 by Addictive Templates. Next, let's create our mask. I have chosen a mask # 89 from Wee Scott Lass. Okay, in Paint Shop Pro (PSP) click FILE>OPEN>and open the 1st mask you have chosen, then start a new image FILE>NEW>600x600 and transparent needs to be checked. Choose color or gradient on the right side layers menu; I chose a dual toned moss green gradient...flood fill the new blank image with the color or gradient..the flood fill is the paint bucket shape. Now go to the top layers menu and click NEW MASK LAYER> from image...a pop up opens..click on the title of the mask you chose in the drop down menu. Now go back to the side layers menu and click on the square that has the layers combined...right click it then click merge..the merge group..and voila..you have a mask layer now! :) Just copy and paste it to the tag, increasing the size by 30% and place it centered on the tag...make sure the mask is on the very back layer.

***(NOTE: there is a layers menu on the right side of your screen..if u do not see it then look up top and click VIEW>PALETTES>LAYERS and it will open up...u use this layer to bring things to the front..say for example u put a shoe on the tag but it went behind a bucket and u want it in front of the bucket...while holding the left click button on your mouse or touch pad down, you would slide the shoe to the layer the bucket is on..it would now be in the front...use this anytime u want to bring something to the forefront.)***

Now, let's add some other items to start adding depth and dimension to our tag! The first thing we want to do, is place papers on parts of our template. The following is where your papers should be. Paper # 16 on raster 6, paper # 14 on raster 7, paper # 9 on raster 8 and cop 8, paper # 2 on raster 3, paper # 4 on raster 2 and copy 2, paper # 15 on raster 5 and copy 5, paper # 3 on rasters 4 and copy 4, paper # 11 on raster 9, and paper # 12 on raster 10. The next thing we want to do is to add our tube images. Find and open the full view of the Kirsten Kringle Poser #2 and reduce her by 20% and place on the left of the tag, towards the bottom. Now go back to where you opened her and erase everything but her head, and copy and paste the head to the right bottom circle. Reduce it to fit in the circle, then flip it horizontally. Using the effects menu give it a fine canvas texture.

Next, find the decorated tree and reduce it by 30% and place it on the bottom right, in the forefront. Next, find and open the reindeer and reduce it by 70% and place it at the bottom to the right side of the cookie poser; make the reindeer in the forefront. Next, find and open the glitter branch #2 and reduce it by 35% and place it on the right side on top of raster 17.

Next, find and open the cherry pie and reduce it by 60% and place in the bottom right corner on top of raster 25. Next, find and open the puff treat and reduce it by 40% and place it angled in the bottom right corner, behind the pie. Next, find and open the chocolate chip cookie #2 and reduce it by 80% and place it to the left of the cherry pie, slightly behind the pie. Next, find and open the cake and reduce it by 80% and place it to the left of the cookie in the bottom right, partially behind the cookie.

Next, find and open the lights and leave the size as is, and place it across the top in the forefront; duplicate it 3 times to make the lights bright. Next, find and open the bow #3 and reduce it by 85% and place it in the top left corner on raster 15. Next, find and open the gift and reduce it by 85% and place it on the bottom left on the right part of the bottom of the Christmas tree, making sure it is in the forefront. Next, find and open the pine comb and reduce it by 80% and place on the bottom left, having a part of it slightly behind the gift.

Next, find and open the flower # 2 and reduce it by 80% and place it on the top left in the forefront. Next find and open the flower # 3 and reduce it by 85% and place it on top of flower 2, turning slightly. Next, find and open the flower # 1 and reduce it by 90% and place it in the center of flowers 2 and 3.

Next find and open the ribbon 1 and leave the size as is, flip it horizontally, and place it behind the poser and glitter branches. Next, find and open the snow, and leaving the size as is, place it centered on the tag making sure it is on top of raster 17. Next, find and open the bow #1 and reduce it by 40% and place it in the top right at an angle. Next, find and open the flower #8 and reduce it by 98% and place it centered on bow #1, duplicate it and flip it horizontally.

Lastly, add 3D drop shadows wherever you would like them to be. Make sure at this point that you add the copyright information (VERY IMPORTANT)!!

You did it! You now have finished this tag. Finally, add a name in any font and color of your choosing. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you did, please follow my blog and pass it along to others. If you make a tag using this tutorial, please send it to meat robynebutts@gmail.com, so I can place it on my blog.

Hugs and blessings,

Robyne