This tutorial was written for those that have a working knowledge of PSP

This tutorial was written and created by me on 22nd November 2009

supplies needed:

psp this tut was done in psp 8

font i used Tagettes plus and tube of choice

Im using the fantastic artwork of Keith Garvey  with a valid license

go HERE to purchase tubes and license

Scrapkit is Xmas kit by Sky Scraps and found here

open new image 650 x 650 

frame 1 90% 

place the background in the frame 

xmas tree 90%

tree with snow 60% 

gift 40%

gift 3 45% 

gift 6 35%

box with gifts 50% 

deco 2 70%

candy cane 1 and 3 40% 

add drop shadow to each layer 

merge 

paper 3 80% apply wsl mask 254 

add your name and copyright 

save as a jpeg or png 

hope you enjoyed the tutorial.

if you wish to animate this tut 

close off the mask layer and background layer 

merge the rest of the layers into one image 

unhide the mask layer copy and paste the it into AS duplicate till you have 10 frames 

apply the snow gif  it is attached

then unhide the other merged layer copy and paste to AS duplicate for 10 frames then copy and paste to the top of the other layers 

save as a gif