Merry Xmas (2012)

First time trying one of my Tutorials? Then please check my Terms of Use before you continue

You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called Martini Script

Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of PinUp Toons

License and Tubes available at Creative Design Outlet

And my text HERE... right-click and save

Filters:

xero/Fritillary

Eye Candy 6:Textures/Swirl

Mura's Meister/Copies

Ok let's begin

Open my Template ... Window> Duplicate ... Close Original ... Delete the following layers

Credits, Top Square #1 #2 #3 #4 #5, Bottom Square #1 #2 #3 #4 #5.

Change your Foreground and Background to 2 colors from your Tube

Activate the Foreground layer ... Flood Fill the bottom right square with your Foreground color

Selections> Select All ... Selections> Float ... Selections> Defloat

Flood Fill the Selection with your Foreground color ... Selections> Select None

Effects> xero> Fritillary ... with the following settings

Activate the Main Background layer ... Flood Fill with your Background color

Effects> Eye Candy 6: Textures> Swirl ... with the following settings

Activate the Angled Lines layer ... Selections> Select All ... Selections> Float ... Selections> Defloat

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill the Selections with your Background color ... Selections> Select None

Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... 0, 0, 100, 4, Background color

DELETE the Angled Lines layer ... with the Foreground layer active

Paste your Tube as a New Layer and position all the way to the Left side of your Tag

Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... *Line ... Change the Number to one suitable I changed mine to 5

Change this layers Blend Mode to Soft Light or one suitable

Activate the Foreground layer ... Selections> Select All ... Selections> Float ... Selections> Defloat

Selections> Invert ... Activate the layer with the Tubes on ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard ... Selections> Select None

Layers> Arrange> Move Up

Activate the Foreground layer ... Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... 0, 0, 100, 5, Black

Edit> Repeat Drop Shadow

Activate the Border layer ... Recolor to a color you want using any method you like

Adjust> Add/Remove Noise> Add Noise ... with the following settings

Paste your Tube as a New Layer, position on the Right side of your Tag and apply a suitable Drop Shadow

Open my Text I provided at the start of this Tutorial ... Edit> Copy ... Close this image

Now back on your Tag ... Edit> Paste> As New Layer

Effects> Image Effects> Offset ... with the following settings

Recolor to a color you want using any method you like

I used Adjust> Hue and Saturation> Hue/Saturation/Lightness and

played with the settings until had a color I liked

Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... 0, 0, 55, 3, Black

Add Copyrights and your Name and that's it all that's left is to save your Tag