Marja-I am snow cute

 I am snow cute

you wil find the orignal tutorial here

This tutorial is a personal creation.
Marja works with PSP12
I work with PSP20 Ultimate
but you can follow this tutorial with any other version of PSP

Any resemblance with another one would be pure coincidence.
It is stricly forbidden to modify images, to change their name or take off the matermarks,
To present them on your sites or blog,
to make a bank of images, or to use them on lucrative purposes.

Thank you to respect Marja’s work and the tubers work.
Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation
And I’ll fix the problem as soon as I can

Supplies
you can download the supplies on Marja’s original tutorial
OR HERE 
thank you Narah for the lovely masks
tubes were created by Marja (the mark “mpd©”)
open the masks and minimize to tray
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes
this tutorials contains 58 steps

Hints and Tips
TIP 1 -> if you don’t want to install a font -->
open it in a software as « Nexus Font » (or other font viewer software of you choice)
as long as both windows are opened (software and font), your font will be available in your PSP
TIP 2 -> from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by -->
« Mirror »has become  --> image => mirror => mirror horizontal
« Flip » has become  --> image => mirror => mirror vertical

Plugins needed
Unlimited 2
Mehdi
Filter Factory Gallery N
AAA Frames
you can grab filters on Renée’s page of plugins  

Colors

set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in the materials palette

To preserve original files => ALWAYS duplicate the tubes, close the originals and work with the copies

1
Create a WHITE image of 800x500 pixels

2
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all

3
copy / paste « Cute Snowman 2 mpd© » (top layer) into selection

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selections => select none

5
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings EXCEPT Transition => 100

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adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 50
layers => merge => merge visible

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layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

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effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Bkg Designer sf10 II> => Dis Refractor 1
effects => edge effects => enhance

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adjust => sharpness => sharpen
layers => merge => merge visible

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layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2

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layers => new mask layer => from image

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layers => merge => merge group
blend mode of the layer : Dodge
in the materials palette, set FG to White

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layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer FG color

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layers => new mask layer => from image => Narah_mask_0149

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layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge group

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effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 55 / 1 / black
blend mode of the layer : Overlay

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layers => merge => merge visible
in the materials palette, set FG to color 1

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enable the Selection tool / custom selection

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layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color

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effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame

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selections => modify => contract => 10 px
effects => plugins => L en K’s => Zitah

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selections => select none
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Toadies => What Are You ?... 10 / 10 (top sliders)

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effects => distortion effects => Polar Coordinates => polar to rectangular

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image => free rotate => Right : 90

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effects => image effects => offset => H : -50 / V : 275 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

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layers => duplicate
image => flip => horizontal
image => mirror => vertical

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effects => image effects => offset => H : -122 / V : 0 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

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layers => merge => merge down
layers => arrange => move down
blend mode of the layer : Overlay

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effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 15 / black

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highlight top layer
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

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highlight bottom layer
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top

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adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 50
selections => modify => contract => 25 px
layers => new raster layer

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flood fill selection with BG color
selections => modify => contract => 2 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard

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layers => new raster layer
copy / paste « Cute Snowman 2 mpd© » (top layer) into selection

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adjust => sharpness => sharpen
highlight layer « promoted selection »
selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat

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selections => modify = > select selection borders

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layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with BG color (zoom in as much as possible to see properly what you are doing)

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highlight « promoted selection » again
selections => select all / selections => float / selections => defloat

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effects => plugins => Graphics Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings
opacity of the layer :  75%
selections => select none

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highlight top layer
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 55 / 20 / black

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layers => merge => merge down Three times
layers => duplicate

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image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 30%

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effects => image effects => offset => H : -385 / V : 150 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

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layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => offset => H : 45 / V :- 300 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

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copy / paste « Xmas Border 1 mpd© » (top layer) as new layer

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effects => image effects => offset => H : 175 / V : -155 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

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copy / paste « I’m snow cute deco by mpd© » as new layer

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effects => image effects => offset => H : -8 / V : -175 / tick « custom » and « transparent »

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copy / paste « I’m snow cute deco 1 by mpd© » as new layer
place as shown on final result

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copy / paste « Frame text by mpd© » as new layer
place into the large Frame

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layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
edit => copy
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px BG color
selections => select all

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image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 35 px white
selections => invert

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layers => new raster layer
edit => paste into selection
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 35

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effects => plugins => VDL Adrenaline => Snowflakes

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selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 5 / 5 / 55 / 10 / black
selections => select none

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image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px BG color
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 800 px width

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copy / paste « L694 text by mpd© » as new layer
place as shown on final result, or where you like

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Add Marja’s Watermark
apply your watermark
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
Save your work as a jpeg file

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