Creative christmas cards

November 6th, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Designing

Christmas themed wallpaper from scratch. A Well explained & Easy to follow Tutorial!

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Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3
Create a new file (File>New) that would have 1280×1024 px and 72 dpi.

Now we shall use the Rectangle Tool (U) to draw the background of the picture to be.

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Set the next parameters for the made layer by making a mouse click on this layer on the layers’ palette.
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Next we’ll represent the snow hills, applying the Pen Tool (P) and Convert Point Tool for the corrections on the made elements.

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Inner Glow

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Next choose the Custom Shape Tool (U) and pick up a fir tree’s figure, having the color #003274

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Make seven copies of the tree’s silhouette and select the Free Transform option to change the copies’ sizes, placing them the same way demonstrated below:

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Using the Custom Shape Tool (U), let’s represent a lot of snowflakes, having different sizes:

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

Continue representing the snow hills, selecting the same Pen Tool (P) and Convert Point Tool, having the color #A7FEF6

Create creative christmas cards in Photoshop CS3

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  • AARON MANIO

    11.06.08

    Hi, Just want to ask, where and how I can add to the custom shape in my Photoshop

  • jo

    11.06.08

    this is impossible to do

  • Dirty

    11.06.08

    Not impossible at all, you just have to know a little about photoshop. And you select the custom shape tool under the square that is set to “rectangle tool” by default. Click on the rectangle tool and hold down and the custom shape tool will come up.