Very Merry Christmas

This tutorial was written on October 31, 2013
Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental


PSPX5 (but any version should work)
Tube by Ty Wilson at Artistic Dreams Imaging
FTU kit "Christmas Tweet" by Gimptastic Tuts
This Gradient HERE (place in your gradient folder)


**IL = In layer palette




New Image 600x250
Open Paper7
Copy - Close
Paste As New Layer
Open tube
Copy and minimize
Paste as new Layer on canvas
Add dropshadow
Open branch
Resize 45%
Copy - Close
Paste As New Layer
Mirror
Position top right corner of canvas
Add dropshadow
Crop Merged Opaque
Select All
Set Foreground cg-xmas-3 gradient
Change angle to 45
New Raster Layer
Flood Fill
Contract selection 5
Delete
Merge Visible
Add Copyright and Lic #
Merge Visible
Add name desired and save as .png


AVATAR:
Duplicate banner
Using crop tool set at 150x150
position selection in desired spot
Crop
Select all
Flood fill gradient
Contract selection 3
Delete
Add Copyright and Lic #
Merge Visible
Add name desired
Save as .png