So Nice To be a Penguin

This tutorial was written in PSP9 but can be adapted for any version. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
This tutorial requires a working knowledge of PSP.

I'm using a great PTU scrapkit called "So nice to be a Penquin" from Heartbeatz Creations and you can purchase it HERE. She also has a smaller version of this kit for free too. Thanks Jay for this great kit!

Let's get started.

Open my template08 (which can be downloaded here on my blog).
Shift d and close off the original.
Highlight the word winter on the layer palette, go to selections, select all, float, defloat. Pick a paper from the kit, copy and paste as a new layer. Selections invert and hit delete. Selections, none.

*I always delete the template layers after filling it in*

For each of the circle layers use the above method using papers of your choice or coloring them.
I then added a drop shadow to each of the circles and the word winter. The settings I used were: V&H 0,opacity 60, blur 8, color black.

I left the white square as it is and added the above drop shadow to it.
On the grey square, I did select, select all, float then defloat. I chose the penguin paper from the kit and resized it by 70%. Paste as a new layer, selections invert and then hit delete.I added a drop shadow to this as well.

I copy and pasted one of the penguins from the kit and resized it by 70% and placed it ontop of the penguin paper.

For the snowflake templates I colored them to match the hat and beak of the penguin. When coloring the snowflakes go to select, select all, float, then defloat. Add a new raster layer and then flood with your color, then delete the snowflake template. The drop shadow I used for the snowfakes is: H&V 1, opacity 30, blur 2 color black.

Add whatever embellishments you would like from the kit, I chose the heart,daisy, and daisy charm, resize as needed.

Add your name, copyright and save as a jpeg with a white background or as a png with a clear background by deleting the background layer and exporting the merged layers as a png.

That's it! I hope you enjoyed this tut.