This tutorial was written
by Sarah Fiack on
December 20th, 2013
Any resemblance to another
tutorial is purely coincidental.
I am using a tube by Amy Brown.
You can purchase this tube at
CDO.

I am also using the PTU Scrap Deck The Halls
by Hungry Hill which can also be purchased at
CDO

Tresemask0035
Blog here

Animation 397
by Simone Scrappy Bit Of Fun
here

Open a 700x700 new image.
Open a tube and scrap supplies.

Choose a tree element of choice.
Resize 85%. Copy and paste
as a new layer.

Open hanging ornaments.
Resize 20% and 70% once each.
Paste as new layers & position
on tree as wanted. I used 3 differnt
color ornaments & did 3 layers of each
one. I then arranged to make the tree
look decorated.

Copy your tube layers of choice.
Paste as a new layer.
Position along the base of
the tree.

Open a piece of candy element.
Resize 25%.
Position on the tag long your tube
layer as you want it.

Open a horse element.
Resize 65% & Mirror.
Paste as a new layer.
In your layer palette,
move this layer underneth
the tree layer. Have the
horse so its peeking out
from behind the tree.

Open a leaf cluster.
Resize 35%.
Paste on the left side
of the tag. Position so it is
behind the tree & peeking out
from the side slightly.
Duplicate once & mirror.
This way you have leaves on both
sides of the tree.

Paste a scrap paper of choice
as a new layer - making sure
it is below the previous layers.
Apply the mask
Tresemask0035. Merge group.

Open a star element.
Resize 25% and 50% once each.
Rotate - free rotate -left 25.00
Paste as a new layer.
Move to the left side of the tree
& on the mask layer.
Duplicate the star once & mirror.
Move the copy up slightly on
the right side.

Open a branch element.
Resize 40%. Paste above the
masked paper layer. Position
on the left side near the bottom
of the tree.

Duplicate the branch layer once.
Mirror. Move up slightly on the
right side.

Merge layers visible. Crop to
desired size. Add artist copyright
information and name.

Now if you don't wish to animate, you
can save your tag now.
To animate, please continue.
Add a white background to the tag.

Copy your tag as copy merged. Now go to Animation shop
and paste as a new animation.
Duplicate for the required number of frames
as your animation has.

For the animation I am using, it has 11
frames. This means I have to duplicate
the tag image for a total of 11 frames.
To duplicate, hold down Ctrl and repeatedly
press the L button.
Down on the bottom right corner of AS,
it will show how many frames you have.

Once you have all the frames needed,
edit - select all.
Now on your animation, select all - copy.
Drag onto your tag image.
Select all - view animation.
If happy, save as gif