All Spruced Up*

This Tutorial was written by Chasunicorn

on November 4, 2014.

Supplies:

Bianca's Christmas w/Tube by AmyMarie Kits HERE

Template #135 by Dangerously Delicious Designz HERE

Mask of Choice

Filters:

NONE

Drop Shadow:

Whatever you prefer

Some Abbreviations I use:

C&P~Copy and Paste

RS~Re-size

DS~Drop Shadow

MW~Magic Wand

Template:

**Open template and Duplicate

Close original and delete Credit layer

**Close out all layers except the background layer

(I tend to work from the bottom to the top)

*Background layer...MW and C&P into selection paper 10

Apply Mask of Choice and Merge Group

*Bottom Red Rectangle layer...MW and C&P into selection paper 2

*Top Red Rectangle layer...MW and C&P into selection paper 2

*Top Gold Strip layer...MW and C&P into selection paper 17

*Bottom Gold Strip layer...MW and C&P into selection paper 17

*Top Creme Square layer...MW and C&P into selection paper 5

*Top Dotted Square layer...Change Blend Mode to Overlay

*Bottom Green Circle layer...MW and C&P into selection paper 15

*Top Green Circle layer...MW and C&P into selection paper 15

*White Rings layer...Change Blend Mode to Overlay

*Left Creme Square layer...MW and C&P into selection paper 5

*Left Dotted Square layer...Change Blend Mode to Overlay

*Red Center Shape layer...MW and C&P into selection paper 2

*Gold Rectangles layer...MW and C&P into selection paper 17

*Gold Circle layer...MW and C&P into selection paper 17

*Dotted Circle layer...Change Blend Mode to Overlay

*Santa! Black, White and DS layers...Merge these layers together

*Spruced Black, White and DS layers...Merge these layers together

*Up For layer...Leave as is

*All layer...Leave as is

*Creme Rectangles layer...MW and C&P into selection paper 5

*Dotted Lines layer...Change Blend Mode to Overlay

*Small White Strips layer...Leave as is

*Mistletoe layer...Delete this layer

*Pixel Words layer...Leave as is

C&P Elements: 

*Element 30...C&P as a new layer...RS by 85%

Place to the top left corner of the canvas...Duplicate/Flip/Mirror

And Place above the Mask layer

*Element 109...C&P as a new layer...RS by 65%

Place to the top right corner of the canvas...Duplicate/Flip/Mirror

Place above the Red Rectangle layers

*Element 95...C&P as a new layer...Place to the left of the canvas

behind the Red Shape layer

*Element 127...C&P as a new layer...Place in the center of the canvas

*Element 26...C&P as a new layer...Place to the right of the canvas

*Element 84...C&P as a new layer...RS by 65%

Place to the right of the canvas

*Element 97...C&P as a new layer...RS by 65%...

Place to the left of the canvas

*Element 96...C&P as a new layer...RS by 65% 2xs...

Place to the left of the canvas

Add your preferred Tube where you think it looks best

Add your name, Copyright info and Watermark

Re-Size your tag if you want to and you are done