Waiting For Santa

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Waiting For Santa

this tutorial was written by Eve using her own imagination. You may use my tutorials

for group challenges. Please provide a link back to this site.

Supplies Needed

Cute Scrap Kit by Grunge and Glitter called "Waiting For Santa" which you can purchase

over at Sophisti-Scraps.

Tube of Choice or the one I chose by the artist Angie Monasterio which I purchased when she was

with MPT but can now be purchased over at CILM.

AAA Filter - Single Hue (to colorize)

Font St. Nicholas

Ready? Let's begin by opening up a 500 x 500 Canvas and Flood Filling it White.

1- Open Open Snowflake2 - Resize it a little - Copy and Paste it over - Add a Drops Shadow - See mine.

2- Open Frame4 - Resize it a little - Copy and Paste it over - Add a Drop Shadow - See mine.

With you Magic Wand click inside the Frames - Selections - Modify - Expand by 3.

3- Open Paper 11 - Copy and Paste it over - Selections - Invert - Delete - Select None.

Move this Layer below the Frame Layer.

4- Open Lollipops - Resize them - Copy and Paste them over - Go to Effects - Plugins - AAA Filters -

Single Hue - Hue color code #ff0000 - Saturation 0 - Click ok - Add a Drop Shadow -

See mine - Duplicate - Image - Mirror - Duplicate - Move Down to the middle of the Frames -

See mine again.

5- Open Paper Tree2 - Resize it - Copy and Paste it over -  Go to Effects - Plugins - AAA Filters -

Single Hue - Hue color code #ff0000 - Saturation 0 - Click ok - Add a Drop Shadow - See mine.

6- Open Heart - Resize it - Copy and Paste it over -  Go to Effects - Plugins - AAA Filters -

Single Hue - Hue color code #ff0000 - Saturation 0 - Click ok - Add a Drop Shadow - See mine.

7- Open Word Art1 - Resize it a little - Copy and Paste it over - Go to Effects - Plugins - AAA Filters 

Single Hue - Hue color code #ff0000 - Saturation 0 - Click ok - Add a Drop Shadow - See mine.

8- Open Ginger Bread Girl - Resize it - Copy and Paste it over - Add a Drop Shadow - See mine.

9- Open your Tube of choice - Resize it - Copy and Paste it over - Add a Drop Shadow - See mine.

10- Add the Artist Credits/©

11- Add your Name.

12 - Remove your White Background and Merge Visible - Save as PNG.

And Your Done! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If  you have any comments or questions please feel free to drop them in. If you would like to show me your results and have it up on my gallery send them to me over at SweetTartDesigns@rocketmail.com

Until Next Time! xoxoxoxo

Christmas In Pink

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Christmas In Pink

This tutorial was written by Eve using my own imagination. You may use my tutorials for

group challenges. Please provide a link back to this site.

Supplies Needed:

Pretty Scrap Kit by Puddicat called "JoyPinkalicious" which you can purchase over at

Sophisti-Scraps

Tube of Choice or the one I used by the Artist Moshi Love which you can purchase over at MPT

Font of choice

Ready? Let's begin by opening up a 500 x 500 canvas and flood filling it white.

1- Open Window1 - Resize it - Copy and Paste it over - To add a Drop Shadow do the following

Go to Effects - 3D effects - Drop Shadow - Put the settings of choice - I used 0-0-100-5 -

Now here's the trick LoL make sure that the little box that says Shadow On New Layer is checked

Click ok - On your Layers Pallette - Click on the Shadow Layer - Go back to your Tag -

With your Eraser Tool - Erase the shadow on the windows so that they don't look so dark -

See mine - Now go back to Effects - 3D effects and Uncheck the box so that all is back to normal

2- Open Swag 1 - Resize it a little - Copy and Paste it over - Add a Drop Shadow - See mine.

3- Open Bells 1 - Resize it - Copy and Paste it over - Add a Drop Shadow - See mine.

4- Open Element 1 - Reszie it - Copy and Paste it over - Add a Drop Shadow - Move This Layer

Below the Window Layer - See mine.

5- Open Tree 1 - Resize it a little - Copy and Paste it over - I didnt add a Drop Shadow but you can if you want - See mine.

6- Open Lantern 2 - Resize it - Copy and Paste it over - Add a Soft Drop Shadow - See mine.

7- Open Candle 1 - Resize it - Copy and Paste it over - Add a Soft Drop Shadow - See mine.

8- Open Pillow 1 - Resize it - Copy and Paste it over - Move this layer below the Lantern Layer - Add a Drop Shadow - See mine.

9-   Open Ball 3 - Resize it - Copy and Paste it over - Add a Drop Shadow - See mine.

10- Open Candy Cane 1 - Resize it - Copy and Paste it over - Add a Drop Shadow - Duplicate 2x so that you have 3 in total - Move 2 Candy Canes to the Right - See mine and Image - Mirror the other

Candy Cane so that it is to the Left - now move this layer below the pillow layer - see mine.

11- Open Present 5 - Resize it - Copy and Paste it over - Add a Drop Shadow - Move This Layer between the 2 Candy Cane Layers on the Right.

12- Open your Tube of choice - Resize it - Copy and Paste it over - Add a Drop Shadow -

See mine

13- Delete the white background

14- Merge Visisble

15-  Add the Artist Credits/©

16- Add your name

And Phew! we're all done! Finally hee - I hope that you have enjoyed this tutorial. Any questions or comments you can drop them off in here or in the shout box. If you would like to show me your results please send them to SweetTartDesigns@rocketmail.com

Until next Time Girls! xooxoxoxo