Lee's Creationz: HARD CANDY XMAS

Supplies needed:

I am using the amazing art from Deacon Black for this tutorial, which you can find here

Scrapkit: I am using an awesome kit from Rissa's Designs called "Hard Candy Christmas" which you can get by going here

Collab Template from Justine and Nicky which can be found on the Misfits Blog here

Monday Mask 2 from Vix which you can find here

Plugins used: Eyecandy 4000 Glass, Xero-Radiance, Xero-Bad Dream, Lokas 3D Shadow
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This tutorial is written for those who have working knowledge of PSPX2 (any version will do).

This tutorial was written by me on December 11, 2012. Please do not copy or paste on any other forum, website or blog provide link back to tut only. Please do not claim as your own. This tutorial is copyrighted to me. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Ok - let's start and remember to save often.

Open the template and using your shortcut keys on your keyboard (SHIFT+D) duplicate the template as a new image. Close the original and delete the copywrite layer.

Select Wordart layer and delete

Select Snowflake Circle layer

Add new raster layer and flood-fill with color of choice

Reselect Snowflake circle

Select all, float, defloat

Go back and select color layer you just filled

Select invert, delete, select none

Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise (Uniform checked, Noise 75%, Monochrome checked)

Delete/Hide original circle layer

Select Black Circle layer

Select all, float, defloat

Add new raster layer and flood-fill with color of choice

Select none

Apply Eyecandy Glass at Carved default settings

Delete/Hide original black circle layer

Select White Back Circle layer

Select all, float, defloat

Paste RD_paper1

Select invert, delete, select none

Delete/Hide original circle layer

Select Top Black Strip layer

Select all, float, defloat

Paste RD_paper3

Select invert, delete, select none

Delete/Hide original strip layer

Select RD_MerryChristmasOrnaments element - resize by 30%

Paste and postion on top of top strip layer

Select RD_SweetStocking element - resize by 40%

Paste and position on top right of garland element

Select Bottom Black Strip layer

Repeat above steps

Select Top Gray Lft Square layer

Select all, float, defloat

Add new raster layer and flood-fill with gradient of choice (Linear style, Angle 45, Repeat 2)

Select none

Delete/Hide original square layer

Select Bottom Gray Rt Square layer

Select all, float, defloat

Add new raster layer and flood-fill with gradient of choice (Linear style, Angle 45, Repeat 2)

Paste close-up tube of choice on top of gradient and delete

Change closeup to Luminence (Legacy)

Apply Xero Bad Dream at default settings

Drop the opacity on close-up down to about 65%

Apply dropshadow and merge down on top of gradient

Delete/Hide original square layer

Select Light Gray Strip Rt layer

Select all, float, defloat

Paste RD_paper5

Select invert, delete, select none

Delete/Hide original strip layer

Select Halftone layer and delete

Copy and paste tube of choice and position where desired

Apply Xero Radiance at setting of choice

Apply Lokas 3D Shadow at default settings

Select RD_Ribbon3 element - resize by 55%

Paste and position on the bottom above tube layer

Select RD_Tree2 element - resize by 85%

Image, mirror and paste on left side behind tube layer

Select New raster layer and flood fill with color or gradient of choice

Move layer to the bottom of the template

Apply Vix Monday Mask2

Merge group and move to the bottom

Add any additional elements you like.

Add any dropshadows you like

Crop and resize as desired

Add copyright info, license number and name

You're done! Thanks for trying my tutorial!

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