Christmas Cutie -FTU supplies included

This tutorial was written by Nora E. on Nov 16, 2008
any similarities to any other tutorials is purely coincidental.

I used the awesome work of Elias Chatzoudis which you can find HERE
and use with appropriate Lic

Supplies needed:
Mask: WSLMask_218 HERE
Everything else made by me is included
Please don't redistribute, share or include in any other tutorials.
SUPPLIES HERE

LET'S BEGIN!
-Open a new canvas 600x600
flood fill with white

-copy and paste the brown tag and resize it by 85%
Selections>select all>selections>float
selection>modify>expand by 6px click ok

-Click on your bottom white layer
Layer>add new raster layer
Flood fill this layer with paper of your choice from supplies
I chose the maroon paper6
Selections>select none

-Add a drop shadow of
V=0, H=0, Opacity 60, Blur 5, color=#000000 (black) click ok

-Click on your brown tag layer and add the same drop shadow as above

-Copy and paste the tree and resize by 70%
and position it to the right, like I did mine.
add the same drop shadow as above

-Copy and paste the bow, resize by 30%
Image>flip and bring it up to the top of the tree
Add the same drop shadow as above

-Copy and paste the doodle of your choice from the supplies provided
(I chose the green) and bring it down under your tag
Adjust>Add/remove noise>add noise
with the settings as follows:
Gaussian, Noise 76%, Monochrome checked. Click ok

Right-click on this layer and duplicate
Image>flip, Image>mirror

-Click on your brown tag layer

-Copy and paste your "HoHOHO" wordart and add the same drop shadow

-Click on your bottom white layer and
Layer>add new raster layer
Floodfill with the green paper
-Layer>Load/save mask>Load mask from disk and choose the mask (WSLMask_218)
Right click>merge group
-Choose the pick tool and stretch the mask out to the sides
and adjust from the top and bottom
-Effects>plugins>Alien Skin Xenofex2> Constellation with these settings:



-Now copy and paste your tube, move it to the top and resize to your liking

-Add your name and all appropriate copyrights and
That's it! You are all done!
Thank you for trying my tutorial and I hope you found it easy to follow.

*If you have any questions leave me a message and I'll get back to you*