Cardinal

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 4th December 2014
written in psp9 but any version should work
Any resemblance to any other works is purely coincidental and unintentional



Supplies Needed:

HERE
A winter image of choice
I have supplied a few in the supplies but please feel free to use your own
A nice script font of choice
I used Mon Amour which is a pay font


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Ok lets begin!!


Note: c/p = copy and paste as new layer
d/s = dropshadow 2,5,50,8 black


open blank canvas 800 x 800
floodfill white
new raster layer
make a red/white gradient
angle 45, repeats 3
floodfill canvas
apply mask



c/p image



c/p frame
using your magic wand
click inside the frame
expand by 20
invert
on image layer, hit delete on your keyboard
deselect
d/s red frame
merge visible
d/s



preset shape tool
rectangle, background white
draw out a small square bottom right of frame
convert to raster
select all, float, defloat, 
contract by 8
new raster layer, floodfill with red
contract by 8, delete
contract by 8, on your white square, hit delete
deslect
d/s red frame



c/p image again
drag below your square frames
using magic wand, click inside your white frame
expand by 5
back on your image
invert, delete
deselect
d/s white frame



hide circle layer
merge visible square layers
unhide circle layer

rotate square layer right 5



c/p cluster 4
resize by 80
position at bottom of tag
c/p white tree
drag below cluster and to the left
so it shows from under the cluster



c/p cluster 3
resize by 80
drag below circle layer
position to the right of tag
so the baubles are showing under the squares layer



Add name and copyright (if needed)
delete white background
merge visible, crop
save as png



thats it your done !!

Thank you for trying my tutorial x