Whisper In The Wind Designs : Tutorial for Dark Christmas by Hania's Designs!

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Tutorial for Dark Christmas by Hania's Designs!

6:57 PM | Posted by Unknown | Edit Post

Preview of the Dark Christmas scrap kit by Hania's Designs!

Tutorial using the Dark Christmas scrap kit by Hania's Designs!

Supplies Needed

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

The Dark Christmas scrap kit, which can be purchased at Pics for Design HERE

Mask #84 from Wee Scott Lass

Template #300 by Divine Intentionz

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 # 300 by Divine Intentionz. Next, let's create our mask. I have chosen a mask #84 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 made a 2 layer mask..for the first layer I did a black and white dual toned gradient and a pink dual toned gradient for the second and top layer....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, and increase the size by 10%...move it around until you are happy with the amount that shows. Repeat the process with the pink mask.

***(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 2 on the rectangle, paper 6 on thin rectangle 2...leave all other layers as they are...delete the word art.

The next thing we want to do is to start adding our elements to make this tag come to life!! The very first thing we will want to do is to add our little goth girl. Open her and reduce her by 35 % and flip her horizontally and angle her inside the square on the left.

Next, find and open the el 20 the tree and leaving the size as is, place it on the right side of the tag. Next, find and open the el 19 the candelabra and reduce it by 40% and place it in the bottom left corner; duplicate it 4 times to make it darker. Next, find and open the el 55 the sign and reduce it by 80% and place it on the bottom right corner, in the forefront. Next, find and open the el 70 the white net and reduce it by 30% and place it where it is on top of the black circle layer; angle as needed.

Next, find and open the el 51 the castle and reduce it by 40% and flip it horizontally, and place it on the left side of the tag, behind the candelabra. Next, find and open the el 52 the bats and reduce them by 50% and place on the right. Next, find and open the el 33 the bottle of potion and reduce it by 85% and place it on the bottom, on the right side of the bottom pink bar. Next, find and open the el 32 flower and reduce it by 98% and place them sporadically all over the tree.

Next, find and open the el 38 the pink light strand and reduce it by 20% and place it across the bottom; duplicate it and flip it vertically and move slightly to the right. Next, find and open the el 72 the cat and reduce it by 85% and place it on the bottom right, to the left of the sign. Next, find and open the el 56 the fog and reduce it by 70% and place it on the bottom part of the black circle behind the pic; duplicate it and flip it horizontally and place it on the top.

Next, find and open the el 84 the black flower and twigs and reduce by 35% and place on the bottom of the lights; duplicate and flip it horizontally and place on top of lights. Next, find and open the el 61 the sucker and reduce it by 85% and place it angled on the right side, with the stick hidden behind the potion. Next, find and open the el 64 the skull chain and reduce it by 80% and place it down the right side of the square the pic is on. Next, find and open the el 75 the mistletoe and reduce it by 98% and place it at the top of the skull chain. Next, find and open the el 95 the sparkles and leaving the size as is, place it on the tag in quarters..making sure the pic is in front. Make a word art of the word SNOW and place on the sign.

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