Christmas Tree Ornament with Shapes
A tutorial by Mar ©2002

You only need PSP.
If you don't have the shapes, you can download here.
Save often!

Let's begin. Good luck!

Open new image 250 X 350 > Transparent.
Shapes  > Cone.
Draw the cone on your image. Convert to raster.
Effects 3D > Drop shadow H. 2 and V. 2.



Duplicate this layer.
Image > Resize.
Put 75% in the box, all layers unchecked!



Repeat 3 times, you must have 5 layers.



Shapes, pick the necklace.
Make a festoon, using the necklace on your bottom cone.
Convert to raster. Shuffle below your next cone.



Duplicate and move below your third.
Image > Resize. It's still 75%. Apply.
Effects > Sharpen > Sharpen.
Repeat these steps, so each of your cones has a festoon.
Your top festoon is to big, so let's adjust that.

Take the lasso tool select the piece that points out
and hit delete. Selections > None.
Repeat on the other side as well. Save.
Save again with a different name,
comes in handy to use again or to colorize.
Layers merge visible.

New raster layer.  

Shapes  > Drop. Draw a little ball.
Convert to raster. Copy.....
Colors > Colorize > 150 and 255. Repeat 2 times.
Zoom in.



Paste the ball, that you did copy as a new image.
Repeat colorize, this time 100 and 255.
Move this ball to any place.

Paste once again as a new image.
Colorize this one also but now 200 and 255.

Repeat once again but now colorize, 255 and 255.

You must have 4 different colors now. Copy each one.
Paste upon your tree. You can make as many colors as you like
 Experiment!



Open new image 50 X 50
Zoom in.
Shapes  > Star3. Draw it on your blanc image.
Convert to raster.
Selections > All.
Selections > Floating.



Fill with color #FEFFA9. Leave selection.
Effects > Texture effects > Sculpture.
Apply.

Copy and paste on your tree. 
Layers > Merge visible.



Foreground color black.



Draw tool   this setting.



Draw a little noose. Convert to raster.
Eraser> erase some, so your star is hanging
on the little noose settings:





Make a little black hole in the star..
Shapes > Ellipse. Draw a tiny ellipse.
Layers > Merge > Merge visible.
Now you can use your ornament in an image.
Great..........You're done!!!!

Suggestions......
1. Instead of the 'drop' use some buttons.
 2.  Colorize your festoon and pull it to one side
-examples below!
3. Use tubes..... but most of all your imagination.

Experiment!!!!!