SNOW WHITE ROSE RED FTU

Written by Gwenda on December 15^th 2014

Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

You will need:

Font of choice – I used Xmas Dad

HERE

Scrapkit is a lovely FTU Christmas called Christmas White, by scrapindesigns.

You can download this kit

HERE

Tube of choice. I used Krissy by Keith Garvey. You can purchase these beautiful tubes from Keith’s store.

HERE

Mask of choice – I used 0Mask 046

I’m not sure where I got this mask, so if it is yours, please let me know and I will either remove it, or give credit.

You can download this mask.

HERE

New canvas 700 x 700

Fill white.

Layers – new raster layer.

Selections – select all. Paste Paper 8 into selection.

Deselect.

Apply mask 0Mask046

In layers palette, merge group.

Duplicate mask – mirror

Merge both mask layers together

Frame 1

Resize 90%.

Paste above mask layer.

Click inside frame with magic wand. Selections – modify – expand 4. Layers – new raster layer. Paste Paper 2 into selection. DO NOT DESELECT.

New raster layer. Paste Element 79 into selection.

Deselect.

In layers palette, move paper below frame, and move element 79 to sit between paper and frame.

Sharpen frame

Dropshadow.

Element 79 – Layers – Properties – Soft light

Sharpen paper.

Element 25 (jewel)

 Resize 75%

Paste above frame layer and slide to bottom left corner.

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Element 72 (white poinsettia)

Paste above element 25 layer and slide to bottom center.

Sharpen.

Duplicate. Slide this copy to the right

Dropshadow both.

Element 104 (Sparkle)

Paste above element 72 layer and slide to top.

Sharpen.

Duplicate. Mirror - Flip

Dropshadow both.

Element 69 (White Branch)

Flip

Paste between the two sparkle layers and slide to bottom right.

Sharpen.

Duplicate. Mirror. Free rotate Left 90

Slide this copy to the bottom right corner

Dropshadow both.

Tube

Paste above element 69 layers

Sharpen

Dropshadow.

Erase excess later

Element 78 (Flower branch)

Resize 65%

Paste above tube layer

Free rotate Left 90 and slide to bottom left

Sharpen.

Dropshadow.

Element 74 (Flower cluster)

Paste above element 78 layer and slide right.

Sharpen.

Duplicate. Mirror. Free rotate Left 90.

Slide to bottom center

Dropshadow both.

Next layer should be the top copy of sparkles – element 104

Element 37 (White tree branch)

Resize 70%

Paste above top sparkles layer

Free rotate Left 90 and slide to bottom right corner

Sharpen.

Dropshadow

Element 50 (Grey ribbon)

Mirror

Resize 75% twice

Paste above element 37 layer

Slide to the left

Sharpen.

Dropshadow

Element 115 (white branch with ribbon)

Paste above element 50 layer

Slide to bottom right

Sharpen.

Dropshadow

Add any other embellishments of choice

Crop and resize if desired.

Add copyrights.