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Christmas ornaments lights balls

Represent several more wavy shapes using Pen Tool (P), having the same Layer Styles:

Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4

Put together all the shapes layers into a single layer. Hold Ctrl button, select the layers from Layers panel and press then Ctrl+E to Merge Down. Apply on this layer the next filter: Filter > Blur > Motion Blur.

Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4
Set the Blending mode for this layer to Overlay.

Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4

Select now the Ellipse Tool (U) and draw several ellipses, like on the next picture:

Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4
Apply the same Layer Styles for all ellipses. Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Inner Glow.

Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4
Add Gradient Overlay:
Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.
Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4
We’ve got the next result:
Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4

Download the next set of brushes for Adobe Photoshop, named: r0man_brush7. Create a new layer and select the next brushes from r0man_brush7 set.

Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4

Use this brushes to representing the next ornament above the ellipse as shown. The brush’s color is #F8E63A.
Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click between ellipse’s layer and brushe’s layer in the Layers panel to create a clipping mask.
Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4
We’ve got the next result:
Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4

Set the Blending mode for this layer to Pin light. Apply the discribed method on the next ellipses to decorate them.

Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4

Choose now the Line Tool (U) to represent the threads for the balls, applying the color #FD9D00.

Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4

Download one more brushes’ set, named: stars_and_blinks. Choose the next brush from this set:

Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4

Create a new layer and use this brush to insert a kind of flash on the ball:

Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4
Set the Blending mode for this layer to Overlay.

Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4

Represent on a new layer several more flashes, this time choosing the next color #F8F13B for them.

Create Christmas ornaments lights balls in Photoshop CS4

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!

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