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Creative christmas cards

Next we’ll use the Ellipse Tool (U) to represent a snow ball reserved for a snowman.

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3
Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Inner Glow.

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Add Gradient Overlay:
Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

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 creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3
We’ve got the next result:
Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Make two copies of the layer containing the snow ball and select the Free Transform (Ctrl+T) command to minimize the copies’ sizes, placing them as it is represented next image:

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Applying the Ellipse Tool (U), it’s possible to draw the buttons on the snowman.

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Set Fill to 0% for this layer and click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Drop Shadow.

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Add Gradient Overlay
Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

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 creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Settings for Stroke:
Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Select Fill Type – Gradient and 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 creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3
We’ve got the next result:
Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Make two copies of the layer containing the button and choose Free Transform (Ctrl+T) command to change the copies’ sizes, placing them the way demonstrated next picture:

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Using the previous tool, it’s possible to draw the snow man’s nose:

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Set Fill to 0% for this layer and click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Inner Shadow.

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Add Gradient Overlay

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

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 creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3
We’ve got the next result:
Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Create a new layer and select the Hard Round brush from Brush Tool (B). The Foreground color is black.

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3
Use this brush to draw the eyes and the mouth, belonging to the same snowman.
Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Using the Line Tool (U), it’s time to draw a twig that will represent the snow man’s arm. The color in this case is black too.

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Put together all the layers composing the twig into a single layer. Hold Ctrl button, select the twig’s layers from Layers panel and press then Ctrl+E to Merge Down. Next we’ll make a copy of the new layer that we got and apply Free Transform (Ctrl+T) command to turn over the copy, make the copy smaller and put it on the picture the same way shown below:

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3
We’ve got the next result:
Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!

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