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This Tutorial was written on January 2^nd, 2012 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.

Do not translate or script.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of Pinup Toons

Which you can purchase for use HERE

Kit of choice.
I am using a Scrapkit called, “Caroling” by Desings by Sarah

You can find this HERE @ Pimp My Tags With Scraps

Mask of Choice.

I am using gemsmask21

Which you can find HERE

Filters Needed
Xero – Porcelain

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Open up a new canvas

600px x 600px.

Flood fill with white

Open frame 3

Copy and paste into your canvas

Resize by 75% and rotate 40 degrees

Add a drop shadow

Open pp12

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste into your canvas

Drag below the frame layer

Use your magic wand tool and select inside each of the frame windows

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5

Invert the selection and on the paper layer press delete.

Deselect

Open pp11

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste into your canvas

Drag to just about the white background layer

Apply your mask to this layer
Change the opacity to 50%

Add your tube to the top of your canvas

Resize and position to your liking.

Add a drop shadow

Filter → Xero → Porcelain

All at default, except the blue channel to 0

Filter → Sharpen → Unsharp Mask

All at default

Add your tube into each of the frames

Resized and one flipped horizontally.

Erase any parts outside of the frame

Change the blend mode of each to luminosity and the opacity to 50%

Embellish to your liking

Add drop shadow of choice and resized as you want

I used the following, in this order, from the bottom up, with a drop shadow unless specified

glitter 3 (no drop shadow)

glitter 1 (no drop shadow)

glitter 1 (no drop shadow)

bow 4

ribbon 2

branch 1

branch 1

bow 3

lights

present 1

music notes 2

beads 1

bow 1

flower 2

bow 7

flower 1

bow 2

button 3

button 3

button 2

button 1

Add your name

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color, all boxes checked

Resize if you'd like to

*****Most Important*****

Add your copyright information

If you're happy with your results save to your liking and you're done!!