Merry Thoughts tut...

Supplies Used:

Tube is by Bonnie's Creations.

A Very Merry Winter kit by Tasha's Playground. Get it at SATC.

Eyecandy 4000 Gradient Glow & Glass.

Font: Vergennes

Open a new image size 500 by 500.

C/P Frame 6.

Resize by 75%.

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 1 into selection.

Deselect.

C/P your tube. Dropshadow.

Use your eraser to remove the bottom of the tube over the frame.

Duplicate the frame layer and move it to the top of the layer palette.

Erase any part of the top of the frame over the tube.

Dropshadow original frame layer.

C/P  Dots.

Resize by 50%. Dropshadow.

Position along the bottom of your frame layer.

C/P Tree.

Resize by 50%. Dropshadow.

Position over the right side of the frame.

C/P Sign.

Resize by 40%. Dropshadow.

Position to the left of the tree.

C/P Branch 2.

Resize by 30%. Dropshadow.

Use your deform tool to position across the sign post and tree.

C/P Wood Pile.

Resize by 30%. Dropshadow.

Position to cover the bottom of the sign & Tree.

C/P Berries.

Image, Flip.

Resize by 30%. Dropshadow.

Position over the right side of the wood pile.

C/P Bird.

Resize by 30%. Dropshadow.

Image, Mirror.

Position over the top right side of the frame.

Type out your font and convert to raster layer.

Apply Eyecandy 4000 Glass.

Add Eyecandy 4000 Gradient Glow of 3.

Dropshadow.

Don't forget your copyright & Watermark.