First Snow tut...

Supplies Used:

First Snow tube by Zindy. get it HERE.

Winter Joy kit by Bibi's Collection. Get it at SATC

Eyecandy 4000 Gradient Glow (Font Only)

Font: Frosty.

Mask Of Choice

My frame....Click, Right click & Save

Open up the frame.

Select the inside of the frame using your magic wand.

Selections, Modify, Expand by 3.

Add a new raster layer under the frame layer.

C/P Paper 4 into selection.

Deselect.

C/P your tube. Dropshadow.

Duplicate the frame layer and bring it up above the tube layer.

Use your eraser to remove the part of the frame over the top of the tube.

Dropshadow the original frame layer.

C/P Element 111. Resize by 50%.

Adjust, Color Balance, Manual color correct.

Set the source to the current color, the target to pink & Apply.

Position sparkles at the bottom of the frame.

Dropshadow.

C/P Element 101. Dropshadow.

Position about halfway up the right side of the frame.

C/P Element 22. Resize by 40%. Dropshadow.

Position at the bottom of the trees.

C/P Element 32. Resize by 40%. Dropshadow.

Position so the skis are over the bottom right corner of the snowman's body.

C/P Element 80. Resize by 30%. Dropshadow.

Position at the end of the candy cane.

C/P Element 85. Resize by 30%. Dropshadow.

Position over the right side of the candy sticks.

C/P Element 97. Resize by 30%. Dropshadow.

Duplicate snowflakes.

Position snowflakes so it look like they are hanging behind your tube.

Type out your font.

Apply inner bevel of choice.

Add Gradient Glow of 3 in a light blue.

Dropshadow.

Select the background layer.

C/P Element 9. Resize by 75%. Dropshadow.

Position near the top of the frame.

Apply mask of choice & Merge group.

Don't forget your copyright & Watermark :)