~Supplies Needed~ Tube ~ I'm using the awesome artwork of Ismael Rac which you need a licence to use & can get here ~ XERACX Scrapkit ~ Christmas Bell PTU by Kristen here ~ Mystical Illusionz Template ~ Temp76 by Tami here ~ Addictive Templates Filters ~ Xero Radiance Font ~ Weltron for name, any other of your choice Mask of choice ~Lets Begin~ Open Tami's template & delete ©layer hide the white background layer, resize 900x900. We will crop later. Big Green Rectangles ~ On the left one, select all, float, defloat, paste paper20 as new layer, resize 70%, invert delete, select none. Do the same with the right Green Rectangle. Delete orig layers Circle layer ~ Select all, float, defloat, paste paper9 as new layer, resize 70%, invert delete, select none delete orig layer. Red Rectangles ~ Make a gradient first Foreground #596f26, Background #a70100, Linear, Angle 36, repeats 2, invert ticked. Left Red Rectangle select all, float, defloat, new layer & floodfill with gradient, select none delete orig layer. Do the same with right Red Rectangle but UNtick invert Green Hexagon Shape ~ Select all, float, defloat, paste paper45 as new layer, resize 70%, invert delete, select none delete orig layer Large Red rectangle ~ Select all, float, defloat, new layer & floodfill with #a70100, select none delete orig layer With your font type out something in the large rectangle, i typed Merry Christmas, pick tool and rotate till it fits in rectangle, see my tag, add some noise, gradient glow fat white Small rectangles ~ on one rectangle select all, float, defloat, new layer, floodfill with gradient as before BUT repeats 4, invert UNticked, select none delete orig layer. Do the same with the other one BUT tick invert Now starting at the bottom of your layer pallette, select all, float, defloat, modify expand by 5, new layer floodfill white, adjust add some noise, drag below orig layer, select none, add drop shadow. Do this with all the layers Tree2 ~ Paste as new layer, resize 80%, make sure its in middle of tag, paste tube as new layer, resize 120%, move so its in middle of tag in front of tree, we dont want to hide all the tree, xero radiance beauty 200, add drop shadow Present4 ~ paste as new layer, resize 50% 80%, move to the right at bottom, add drop shadow Present1 ~ paste as new ;ayer, resize 50% 70%, move to the right at bottom just beside present4, add drop shadow Ornament3 ~ paste as new layer, resize 50% 80%, move to the right at bottom, make sure its in front of presents, see my tag, add drop shadow Open Holly, magic wand & click inside Holly, new layer under Holly & floodfill #234e16, merge down, copy & paste onto tag, resize 50% twice, paste top left corner of Large red rectangle, add drop shadow, duplicate, mirror & move to bottom right corner of red rectangle Bear ~ paste as new layer, resize 50% place ontop of present4 add drop shadow Unhide background layer at bottom, you may need to floodfill white, new layer floodfill #a70100, open mask, minimize, new mask layer, from image, find your mask Source Luminance ticked, Invert data unticked click ok, merge group, you might have to resize if its too big or small so just do what suits your tag Add © & name with Weltron, you can save now if you dont want to animate ~Animation~ Hide tube, presents & bear. Highlight Tree, effects Constelation - 2 16 1 4 100 69 copy merged into anim shop & paste as new animation Back in PSP undo the constelation we just did, same constelation again but hit random copy merged again into anim shop & paste AFTER current anim. Do this one more time so that we should now have 3 layers in anim shop, view animation. If happy select all then back in psp hide the layers we just used & unhide the other layers. Copy merged the tube, bear & presents into anim shop and paste as nerw layer, duplicate twice so we have 3 layers, select all, paste into selected frame, position so tube etc are in middle of tag, resize 550, crop tool & crop away any extra white background once your happy with your tag save it! Hope you enjoyed my tutorial, any probs or questions pls get in touch ♥ Sharon ~x~