This tutorial is a personal creation.

It is forbidden to Edit / Copy or distribute it without my permission.

Any resemblance to another is pure coincidence.

Please do not remove the watermark from the tubes provided

respect the work of the tubers, thank you.

Translated by  Dennis

Thank you my friend

EQUIPMENT

Tube of Luz Cristina (not supplied)

Cicka misted tube

Decor tube

Flake tube

Tube ribbons

Tube pendant balls

golden texture

FILTERS

Andromeda

Mura's Seamless

Texture

Transparency

I used the following Colors

Blue #8983a1

Cream #f9e6c3

1.

 Open a New Transparent Image 900 x 600 pixels

Flood Fill the Layer with 8983a1 the blue color 

Selections / Select All

Edit / Copy 

Edit / Paste the misted tube (25t.png) into the Selection

Selections / Select None

Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur 20

2.

Effects / Plugins / Texture / Texturizer

Open the Misted Tube (t25.png) 

Edit / Copy 

Edit / Paste as a New Layer

Resize if needed

I Resized 85%

5

Image / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal 

Place on the Left (see Example)

3.

Layers / New Raster Layer

Flood Fill with Foreground Color

Andromeda Designs Filter

choose in Category “Scales”

then in Pattern #1

(to choose, activate the small + and -)

set the values ​​as follows

(if you have any problem with this filter, there is a Layer

in the Materials, which you can colorize afterwards)

Effects / Plugins / Transparency / Eliminate Black

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Effects / Plugins / Mura's Seamless / Emboss at Alpha (default)

Layers / Properties / Blend Mode / Luminance  (or other according to your colors)

(You can lower the opacity of this Layer if you want

so the Misted Tube is Visible)

4.

Edit / Copy the Tube decor

Edit / Paste 

Image / / Mirror / Mirror Horizontal

Place in the Top Left Corner

View / Rulers

Activate the Pick Tool / Drag Down 

Then with the Left Node Drag from right to left to about 550-pixels

Blend Mode of your choice / Normal /Luminance or other

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Effects / Plugins / Mura's Seamless / Emboss at Alpha (default)

5.

Edit / Copy the tube flocons/png (snowflakes)

Edit / Paste as a New Layer

place a little to the left (not too close to the edge / allow for the frame)

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / 0 / 0 / 60 / 40 Black

 Edit / Copy the Tube decoboules.png (hanging ornaments)

Edit / Paste 

Place as on the Example

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / 0 / 0 / 60 / 40 Black

6.

Image / Add Borders of 2 px cream color

Image / Add Borders of 3 px color blue

Image / Add Borders of 3 px neutral color

Select this last border with the Magic Wand

Open the texture.or.jpg

Edit / Copy 

Edit / Paste into Selection

Selections / Select All

 Edit / Copy

Image / Add Borders of 45 px neutral color

Selections / Invert

Edit / Paste into Selection

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur 20

7.

Effects / Plugins / Texture / Texturizer (Sandstone / 100 / 3 / Top)

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Selections / Invert

Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / 0 / 0 / 60 / 40 Black

Selection / Invert

Selections / Modify / Select  Selection Borders

Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / 0 / 0 / 60 / 40 Black

Edit / Repeat Drop Shadow

Selections / Select None

8.

Edit / Copy Edit / Paste your character tube

resize as needed

place to the right

Drop Shadow of choice

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

Image / Add Borders of 2 px Background Color

Image / Add Borders of 3 px Foreground Color

Image / Add Borders of 3 px Neutral Color

Activate the Magic Wand Tool / Select the Neutral Border

Edit / Copy the gold texture

Edit / Paste into Selection

Selections / Select None

9.

Edit / Copy decorative tube ribbon

Edit / Paste

 Image / Resize to 50%, (all layers not checked)

Place in the Top Left Corner

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow / 0 / 0 / 60 / 40 Black

10.

Layers / New Vector Layer

Activate the Text Tool

Choose a font you like, and write

With the Golden Texture in the Materials Palette

Write

“A Porcelain Christmas”

In the Layers Palette convert the Layer to a Raster Layer

Effects / 3d Effects / Drop Shadow of choice

Place where you like it

Sign / Merge / Save

Thank you for doing this tutorial

It will be a real pleasure for me to add

it to the gallery at the end of the tutorial

please send me your creation, as address on blog

Thank you Dennis for this translation

an beautiful creation