Christmas am North Pole

© by Christa 17.12.2009
This tutorial was written and designed by me
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The © for the translation belongs to me and Petra
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My thanks for the lovely material, for without it these pictures would not be possible
© All copyrights belongs to the original artists
thank you Itha and Patrick for Scrapmaterial
Material Scrap Here Load
This tutorial was written with PSP 9

My thanks to all the tutorial testers that test my creations
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Material 
Plugins : HIER
AlienSkin Xenofex 2.0/ Constellation :HIER
Eye Candy 5_VM Natural _Snow Drift :HIER
Xero Improver
VanDerLee_Snowflakes: Hier
Graphics Plus_Cross Shadow
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You may take this little figure ,along for your orientation |
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Step :1
New Canvas 800 x 800 px transparent
FG Color #9abfe3
BG color #235381
Fill Layer with FG Color
Plugin Graphics Plus_Cross Shadow

New RasterLayer - Select all-
Open the Scrapkit
Christmas in Love
Copy " paper013.png - paste into a selection - Deslect
Blend Mode - Hard Light

Step : 2
Copy from the Kit " frame05.png - paste as new Layer
Layer duplicate - colorize duplicated layer to your BG color
Original Layer - Blend Mode Luminance L
adjust to this Layer - Effects Texture Effects Mosaice Glass
layer still activ
Copy the winterlandscape from my material
Paste as new Layer - let it like it is - duplicate -
Image mirrow - Merge layer down

Step : 3
Copy " element015a-itha - paste as new Layer in first place
Image - Resize to 85 %
all Layers not chequed - arrange to the left side to
the bottom
Drop Shadow 0 / 0 / 65 / 35,00 color white
Plugin Xero Improver 10/10/10
repeat the Shadow and Improver
Copy " element08a-itha - paste as new Layer
at first place - Image Resize to 85 % all Layers not chequd
arrange to the right and to the bottom - repeat the Shadow and Improver
Copy " element09a-itha - paste as new Layer
Image Resize to 65 % repeat with 80 %
move next to the sign
Repeat Improver and the Shadwow

Step : 4
Copy " element01a-patrick - paste as new Layer
Image Resize to 65 % arrange between the trees
Move Layer down on top of the landscape
Blend Mode - Hard Light
Copy " element017a-itha - paste as new layer -
Arrange on top at the little figure, you have to see only the wings
on top- repeat colorize and Drop Shadow

Step : 5
Copy from my material the preperaed Element from Itha
paste as new Layer - move to the top
arrange to the border at the top- repeat Drop Shadow
Repeat colorize
copy from the Kit " element018a-itha - paste as new Layer
Image Resize to 65 % all layers not chequed
colorize , repeat Drop Shadow and Improver
Duplicate - Image mirrow - Arrange the Element as you like it
Merge down two times and rename into Glitter

Step : 6
layer 1 is activ - Image - Resize to 700 px al layers chequed - Select all
Image Canvassize
Invert selection - New Raster Layer - move to the top
fill with VG Color - Deselect
Effects - Plugin - Eye Candy 5_VM Nature_SnowDrift_Settings , Large,First Flakes
Effects 3 D Effects Inner Bevel
Repeat the Filter
Paste your Watermark or Copyright as new Layer

Step : 7
Activate your Snolandscape - New Raster Layer -
Rename into "Snow"
Effect Plugin VanDerLee_Snowflakes
duplicate the layer - Image - Mirrow -
Duplicate - Image flip- both duplicated Layers became invisible
Activate the Layer "Glitter" - duplicate this Layer 2 times
Effects Plugin Alien Skin_Xenofex 2.0_Constellation
Repeat Xenofex to both copys click Random Seed both duplicated layer
became invisible

Step: 8 Animation
Edit - copy all layers -
AniShop - paste as new Animation
back to PSP - "glitter and snow " became invisible
both first copies became visible
copy like above- AniShp- Edit - paste after the selected
Frame - back to PSP both 1. copies became invisible - 2. copies became
visible - Edit - copy all layers - Anishop paste after the selected frame
Edit - select all- Animation -
Frameproperties 20
Safe your Image as a GIf

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial
Sincerely Christa
