Tutorial
SWD - SD-Christmas Time Tag 2
Kit by Stacey’s Designs
SWD - SD-Christmas Time Tag 2
Kit by Stacey’s Designs
This tag was made using 'Christmas Time', a scrap kit by Stacey's Designs. This tutorial shows how to make ' SWD - SD-Christmas Time Tag 2'. All parts of this tag were created by Stacey's Designs, and are copyrighted to her.
Kit Supplies
SD Paper 2.jpg
SD White and Gold Tree.png
SD White star tree.png
SD Red Candles.png
SD Cream Bow.png
SD White and Gold Tree.png
SD White star tree.png
SD Red Candles.png
SD Cream Bow.png
The How To
1. Open ‘SD Paper 2.jpg’. Duplicate it, and close out the original.
2. Resize your duplicate to 500x500px, making sure ‘Resize all layers’ is checked. Promote ‘Background’ layer to a Raster, and name it ‘BG Paper’, and save it as a pspimage.
2. Resize your duplicate to 500x500px, making sure ‘Resize all layers’ is checked. Promote ‘Background’ layer to a Raster, and name it ‘BG Paper’, and save it as a pspimage.
NOTE: When resizing the elements once they’re pasted as new layers into your tag, make sure ‘Resize all layers’ is UNCHECKED.
3. Open 'SD White and Gold Tree.png'. Copy & paste it as a new layer into your tag image. Resize it by 50%, and move it to the upper left corner, with the star just touching the top edge, and the bottom left corner of the tree just touching the left side edge. Name this layer 'Tree UL'.
4. Duplicate ‘Tree UL’, and Mirror it. Duplicate the mirrored layer, and Flip it. Rotate it 180°. Make sure the bottom right point of the tree just touches the right side edge. Name layer 'Tree LR’. Delete the 1st Copy of Tree UL.
5. Open 'SD White star tree.png'. Copy & paste as a new Raster layer. Move this to the lower left corner, so that the top point of the tree lines up with the top point of ‘Tree UL’. Name this layer 'Tree LL'.
6. Duplicate ‘Tree LL’. Mirror it, duplicate the Mirrored layer, and Flip it. Now, rotate it 180°. Make sure the top points of the right hand trees line up. Delete Copy 1 of ‘Tree LL’. Name this upper right tree layer Tree UR’.
7. Open 'SD Red Candles.png', copy it and paste it as a new Raster layer. Resize it to 25%, and leave it centered as it is. Name layer 'Candles'.
8. Open 'SD Cream Bow.png'. Copy & paste as anew Raster layer, and resize to 50%. Move the bow so that it’s centered between the candles and the top of the image. Duplicate your Bow layer and Flip it, then rotate it 180°, and center it between the candles and the bottom of your tag image, making sure the bow centers line up.
8. Open 'SD Cream Bow.png'. Copy & paste as anew Raster layer, and resize to 50%. Move the bow so that it’s centered between the candles and the top of the image. Duplicate your Bow layer and Flip it, then rotate it 180°, and center it between the candles and the bottom of your tag image, making sure the bow centers line up.
NOTE: It's perfectly OK if the bow edges overlap the trees a little.
Your Layer Palette should now look like this:
Bow B
Bow T
Candles
Tree UR
Tree LL
Tree LR
Tree UL
BG Paper
Be sure and save at this point. You’re going to add a Border, which will merge all of your layers. You can then later choose to save the bordered image as a separate pspimage.
9. Go to Image – Add Borders, and add a 30px border, color med. green (3 down, 3 right on the color picker (#008000). Get your Magic Wand, click on the border, and add an Inner Bevel with the following settings:
Bevel: Triangle (1)
Width: 31
Smoothness: 0
Depth: 10
Ambience: 0
Shininess: 18
Color: Same as border (#008000)
Angle: 45
Intensity: 55
Elevation: 65
Your Layer Palette should now look like this:
Bow B
Bow T
Candles
Tree UR
Tree LL
Tree LR
Tree UL
BG Paper
Be sure and save at this point. You’re going to add a Border, which will merge all of your layers. You can then later choose to save the bordered image as a separate pspimage.
9. Go to Image – Add Borders, and add a 30px border, color med. green (3 down, 3 right on the color picker (#008000). Get your Magic Wand, click on the border, and add an Inner Bevel with the following settings:
Bevel: Triangle (1)
Width: 31
Smoothness: 0
Depth: 10
Ambience: 0
Shininess: 18
Color: Same as border (#008000)
Angle: 45
Intensity: 55
Elevation: 65
10. Select None. If you want to, save your tag as a separate .pspimage with the border, so you still have a pspimage with the layers. Go to File - Save As... and put (border) after the image name, or rename it in some way that you'll know it's bordered and doesn't have the original layers preserved.
11. Promote your new Background layer to a Raster layer, and name it 'Tag' or 'Bordered Tag' (your choice).
12. Add a new Raster layer, name it 'SD (or Scrapper) Credit' (your choice). Get your Text tool, set the foreground & Background colors to black, and the font to either Monotype Corsiva or Times New Roman (your choice), and set size to 18. On the bottom section of the border, type in 'Scrapped by Staceys Designs'. Make sure it's centered horizontally & vertically. Selections - Select None.
13. Add a new Raster layer, and name it '(your name/initials/designer initials, or Tagger's) Credit' (your choice). Click on the top section of your border, and type in 'Tagged by (your name/initials/designer name)' (your choice). Make sure it's centered vertically & horizontally like you did the top one. Selections - Select None.
14. Resize your image to 500x500px (make sure Resize all layers is checked). Sharpen ONCE, then save your pspimage, and then save as a jpeg.
You’re all finished! Your final image should look like this:
11. Promote your new Background layer to a Raster layer, and name it 'Tag' or 'Bordered Tag' (your choice).
12. Add a new Raster layer, name it 'SD (or Scrapper) Credit' (your choice). Get your Text tool, set the foreground & Background colors to black, and the font to either Monotype Corsiva or Times New Roman (your choice), and set size to 18. On the bottom section of the border, type in 'Scrapped by Staceys Designs'. Make sure it's centered horizontally & vertically. Selections - Select None.
13. Add a new Raster layer, and name it '(your name/initials/designer initials, or Tagger's) Credit' (your choice). Click on the top section of your border, and type in 'Tagged by (your name/initials/designer name)' (your choice). Make sure it's centered vertically & horizontally like you did the top one. Selections - Select None.
14. Resize your image to 500x500px (make sure Resize all layers is checked). Sharpen ONCE, then save your pspimage, and then save as a jpeg.
You’re all finished! Your final image should look like this:
I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial, and the making of this tag. The tutorial is copyrighted to Silver Wolf Designs, and the scrap kit is copyrighted to Stacey's Designs. Please feel free to visit her site at http://staceysdesigns.blogspot.com, or my own site at http://silverwolfdesigns.blogspot.com for some great artwork!
