Friday, December 7, 2012

North Pole 2012

Supplies

1 tube of choice – I used the fantastic artwork of Amberly Berendson which can be purchased from My Tubed Art.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I used The Mocking Bird here

Becky Mask 23 here

 “Magic of the Season” is a tagger size scrap kit created by me, Bev of HorsePlay’s Pasture Designs and can be purchased from  either of your favorite stores – Lollipops n Gumdrops or Butterfly Blush Designs or Inspirations of Scrap Friends.  You can visit my designing blog here.

~~ Lets get started ~~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.
Flood fill white.

Copy and paste El 37 as a new layer.
Resize 45%
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 14 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Close out your white background.
Merge Visible.
Reopen your white background.
Duplicate the merged layer.
Move both layers into position – doesn’t have to be exact position just yet – see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste El 33 as a new layer.
Resize 55%
Free rotate Right 5 degrees.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 14 Into Selection.
Deselect.

Close out the 2 merged layers and your white background.
Merge Visible.
Reopen all layers.
Move this 3rd merged layer into position – it doesn’t have to be exact just yet – see my tag for reference.

Copy and paste El 34 as a new layer.
Resize 50%
Free rotate left 5 degrees.
Click inside of it with your Magic Wand.
Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.
New Raster layer below the frame.
Copy and paste Paper 13 Into Selection.
Deselect for now.

Add the following elements below the frame – see my tag for reference.  Don’t worry about what overhangs the frame.  We’ll clean that up in a bit.
El 22:  Resize 70%/Move to left side of frame.
El 22 again:  Resize 45%/Move to right side of frame.
El 16, 17, & 18:  Resize 15%/Decorate tree on right (or both trees)
El 43:  Resize 65%
El 59:  Resize 65%

Highlight the paper below the elements.
Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.
Highlight each element that overhangs the frame and tap the delete key.
Deselect.

Close out the 3 merged layers and your white background.
Merge Visible.
Reopen all layers.
Move the newest merged layer into position.

New Raster layer.
Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle.
Create a rectangle approximately 200 x 575 pixels – exact placement doesn’t matter.
Copy and paste Paper 5 Into Selection.
Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise:
Random & Monochrome checked
Noise: 53%
OK
Selections/Modify/Contract by 5.
New Raster layer.
Copy and paste Paper 13 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Merge Down.

 Move all layers into their exact position.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.
Place in front of the merged rectangle layer.

Add the rest of your elements.  I used:
El 9:  Resize 15%/Duplicate 3x’s
El 18:  Resize 40%
El 32:  Resize 30%/Mirror
El 26:  Resize 60%
El 48
El 45:  Resize 60%

Highlight your white background.
New Raster layer.
Select All.
Copy and paste Paper 7 Into Selection.
Deselect.
Apply the mask.
Merge Group.
Add your credits.

Add your name.
Color Pallet:
Foreground & Background: #7a1d12
Type your name – Keep each letter on its own layer and then move all letter into a diagonal slope.
Merged Visible all letter layers.
Select All/Float/Defloat
Selections/Modify/Expand by 2.
New Raster layer below your name.
Flood fill white.
Add the same Noise effect.
Deselect.
Highlight the red name layer.
Give it a slight Inner Bevel.
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Merge Visible both name layers.
Decorate your name with El 20
Resize 15%/Duplicate as many times as you like.

Resize all layers 80%.

I’d love to see your results.
Email me!
Hugs,
Bev
 

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