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Merry Christmas Greeting Card

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Using the earlier described method and the same layer’s parameters, try to picture another ornament of the same kind.

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Take the Pen Tool (P) to represent one more ornament on the toy, drawing firstly its outside edges and then after changing the tool’s regime, cutting out the inside elements.

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Drop Shadow

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Select now the Custom Shape Tool (U) and press SHIFT button to draw several stars of different sizes and white color for painting the blue toy decoration.

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Using the Ellipse Tool (U) on this stage, it’s possible to represent a half-moon of white color, creating for the beginning the moon’s basis and only after that pressing Alt button for moving off the unnecessary elements.

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Let’s decorate now the violet toy by choosing the Pen Tool (P) of white color too.

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Make a mouse click on Add a Mask option on the lowest part of the layers’ panel and select the Brush Tool (B) of black color to erase the coming outside the edges some ornament’s parts.

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Select the Rectangle Tool (U) to insert another ornament on the violet toy decoration, having the white color.

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Use again Add a Mask selection when choosing the Brush Tool (B) to erase the unnecessary ornament’s parts, coming outside the toy’s edges:

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Select again the Rectangle Tool (U) for drawing two small stripes of white color. In this case we’ll apply the same described method above for erasing those parts coming outside the toy’s edges:

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Each element of the violet toy has the same layer’s parameters: Fill 70%

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Let’s choose again the Ellipse Tool (U) and represent a highlight on the red Christmas toy decoration.

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Make two copies of the layer containing the highlight and select the Free Transform option to make the copies’ sizes according to the toys they are situated on.

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Let’s represent now a kind of brilliance on the red toy, applying the Pen Tool (P) and then the Convert Point Tool for introducing the necessary changes on the element’s shape. The color in this case is white.

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

Make three copies of the last made layer and select again the Free Transform option to turn the copies over, making them smaller and trying to get the shape of a star.

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

The brilliance’s layers have the same layer’s parameters: Fill 50%

Create Merry Christmas Greeting Card in Photoshop CS3

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