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Dec 16, 2009

KMD Cool Yule Tag 1




This is the first tag I've made using a scrap  kit.  The kit is by ©KrazyMom Designs, and the kit name is 'Cool Yule'.  I have also prepared a tutorial for making this tag.  Unfortunately, I didn't think to do the tut WHILE making the tag, hence there are no screen shots as there normally would be in my tutorials, but there will be after this :).

TUTORIAL

This tag was made using 'Cool Yule', a scrap kit by KrazyMom Designz.  This tutorial shows how to make 'SWD Cool Yule Tag 1 by SWD'.  All parts of this tag were created by KrazyMom Designs, and are copyrighted to her.


Supplies from the Kit:


kmd_coolyule_paper2.jpg
kmd_coolyule_bow2.png
kmd_coolyule_bow5.png
kmd_coolyule_ornament1.png
kmd_coolyule_ribbon7.png
kmd_coolyule_ribbon6.png

1. Open a new image 500x500.

2. Open 'kmd_coolyule_paper2.jpg' in your PSP.  Copy & paste it as a new layer into your tag workspace.  Name this layer BG Peper.  You can now now close out the paper you copied.  You can also delete the bottom transparent raster layer.

3. Open 'kmd_coolyule_bow2.png' in PSP.  Copy & paste it as a new layer into your tag.  Resize it to 25% or so, then move it to the upper left corner, leaving just a tiny bit of room at the top and left edges.  Name this layer Bow UL.

4. Duplicate the bow layer, and flip it, and name this layer Bow LL.  Duplicate that and mirror it, name this one Bow LR.  Duplicate this layer, and flip it, naming it Bow UR.  You shoudln't have to adjust any of the bows, but if you do, now's the time to do so.  You can now close out the bow element.

5. Open 'kmd_coolyule_ribbon7.png' in PSP.  Copy and paste it as a new layer into your tag.  You shouldn't have to resize this one.  Use your mover tool, and move it so that it is running between the two top bows.  Center it as well as you can.  Name this layer Top Ribbon.

6. Duplicate the ribbon layer, and move it to the bottom two bows, making sure to center it as well.  It should now look like the ribbons are vertically centered between the bows on top, and the ones on the bottom.   Name this layer Bottom Ribbon.  Close out the original element.

7. Open 'kmd_coolyule_ribbon6.png' in PSP, and copy and paste it as a new layer into your tag.  Now go to Image > Rotate, and rotate it to the right 90 degrees, so that it's vertical.  Copy and paste it into your tag.  You won't need to resize this one either.  With your mover tool, move this ribbon so that it runs vertically between the two left-hand bows.  Center it as well as you can.  Name this layer Left Ribbon.

8. Duplicate the vertical ribbon layer, and mirror it.  It may not be centered precisely, so you may need to take youru Mover tool and move it into place.  Name this layer Right Ribbon.  Go ahead and close out that original element.

You should now have each ribbon running across and vertically under neath your bows.  If the bows aren't on top of the ribbons (although they should be), rearrange the layers in your Layer Palette so that the bows are on top of the ribbons, and the ribbons run past the bows to the edges of your tag.

9. Get your Text Tool, and make both your foreground & background colors white.  Set your font to Monotype Corsiva, size 55.  Near the top of the tag, below the ribbon, write 'Season's'.  Promote this floating selection to layer, then Selections > Select None.  Name this layer Text Top.

10. With your Text Top layer active, go to Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel.  Use the following settings:
  Bevel: #1
   Width: 2
   Smoothness: 0
   Depth: 20
   Ambience: 100
   Shininess: 10
   Color: Lt Blue (#c0c0ff)
   Angle 45
   Intensity: 100
   Elevation: 20

11. Open 'kmd_coolyule_ornament1.png' into PSP.  Copy & paste it into your tag, and resize it to 20% or so.  Name this layer Dangle 1.

12. Place the first ornament at the bottom of the 'S' in 'Season's', making sure the loop sticks out from the top of the text area a bit.  Duplicate the ornament layer, and move it above the Top Text layer as well, above Dangle 1.  Place it at the bottom of the last 's', again making sure leave a bit sticking up over the top of the curve in the letter.

13. Duplicate your Text Top layer, and move it to the top of your Layer Palette.  Your Layer Palette should now look like this:

Copy of Text Top
Dangle 2
Dangle 1
Text Top
Bow UR
Bow LR
Bow LL
Bow UL
Right Ribbon
Left Ribbon
Bottom Ribbon
Top Ribbon
BG Paper

14. With your Copy of Top Text layer active, zoom in on your image so you can see what you're doing, and get your Eraser tool.  Erase the text so that the loop shows through, to look like it's dangling from the letter.  Do the same thing with the last 's' in Season's.

15. Now for the bottom text.  Get your Text tool, both foreground & background colors in white, and make sure the text is center aligned.  Type 'Greetings!', and click Apply.  Position the text just a bit below the bottom points of the hanging ornaments.  Promote selection to layer, then Selections > Select None.  Go to Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel, and use the same settings as you did for the top text.  Name this layer Bottom Text.

16. Get your Mover tool, and again, position your remaining two ornaments.  Place 1 on the bottom curve of the 'G' and the other on the 's' in Greetings.  Again, make sure to leave a bit of the loop sticking up from the text so that it'll look like it's hanging off the text.  Name the two bottom ornament layers Dangle 3 and Dangle 4 respectively.

17. Duplicate your Bottom Text layer, and again, move the two Dangle layers in between the two text layers.  Get the Eraser, and again erase the parts of the text where the ribbon will show through, making it look as if it's hanging over the text.  (I did mine on the right side of the loops on all 4 dangles).

18. Open 'kmd_coolyule_bow5.png' into PSP.  Copy and paste it as a new layer into your tag, then resize it to 10%.  Name this layer Bow Top.  With your Mover tool, place the bow centered between Season's and Greetings, also centered horizontally.  Duplicate this layer and move it under Greetings, centered vertically between the text and the bottom ribbon, and horizontally between the two dangling ornaments.

19. Now just add your credit layers.  Use the Monotype Corsiva font with size 16, and put 'Scrapped by KrazyMom Designz' at the top, centering it horizontally, and placing it close to, but not touching, the top ribbon.  Promote this to layer, then name this KMD Credit.  Then do your own tagger's credit layer, at the bottom, centered horizontally, and close to but not touching the lower ribbon.  Type in 'Tagged by  (your name)'.  Promote to layer, then name it '(your name) Credit'.

Your Layer Palette should now look like this:

Credit
KMD Credit
Bow Bottom
Bow Top
Copy of Text Bottom
Dangle 4
Dangle 3
Text Bottom
Copy of Text Top
Dangle 2
Dangle 1
Text Top
Bow UR
Bow LR
Bow LL
Bow UL
Right Ribbon
Left Ribbon
Bottom Ribbon
Top Ribbon
BG Paper

You're all done!  I note that normally one would put a border around a tag, but because of the ribbons going vertically & horizontally and the corner bows, I thought that in and of itself made a nice border.

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