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Thursday, January 8, 2026

Ski Life is Better On the Snow Tutorial

 


Animation Tag



Non Movement Tag



Ski Life is Better on the Snow Tutorial


You need the following items below

Winter Wonderland Kit HERE
Cookie Ski HERE and HERE 

Tag Template HERE

Extra Material HERE (extra details on the tut link)




I am using psp x7 and Jasc Animation for this design 


1. Open tag template open psp image it opens from psp x7 to psp 23. If you can't open it then build the layers together by using the png templates and guideline sample page include in the folder now go to your psp image go to Windows>Duplicate close the original now delete the copyright layer 

2. Go into the kit Open Paper 5 add it to your foreground pattern 45 angle, 25 scale click okay now go to 3 small black circles and Circle 1 template (all black templates) go to Selection>Select all>Float then go to Layers>Add new raster layer click your paint can and paint the lavender snowflake paper into the new raster layers of your marching ants then go to Selections>Select None do this to all 4 templates 

3. Go to the 3 small circles go to each layer change down to 75% then with your move tool click on each shadow circle go to the 3d Effects>Drop Shadow of 2 2 50 2 black then again at -2 -2 50 2 black click okay both times each circle it give it depth with the shade of the purple paper 

4. Do the same shadow effect to the big white circle 

5. Open the Mist background go to Edit>Copy now go down to the big white circle go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer (it will fall into place)

6. Open Snow Hill go to Image>Resize 3 times at 70% now go to Edit>Copy now stay on the mist background layer go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool you going to place the snow hill on the snow as shows above 

7. Open Tree 3 go to Image>Resize height 300 pixels click okay then go to Edit>Copy now go above the snow hill go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place it on the left side as shown above 

8. Open Tree 2 go to Image>Resize height 275 pixels click okay then go to Edit>Copy now go down to the mist background and go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the tree behind the snow hill and blue tree as shown above then go to Layers>Duplicate move the 2nd green tree by the snow hill in the background line between ski life as shown above

9. Open Snow 1 go to Edit>Copy now go above the blue tree go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the snow a little on top of the blue tree and the snow hill once happy go down to the mist background go to Selections>Select all>Float then go to Selections>Invert find the snow layer go to Edit>Cut this will remove the snow outside of the purple frame of your image then go to Selections>Select None

10. Open Bow 2 go to Image>Resize 25% now go to Edit>Copy go to the top image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the bow on the upper top circle then go to Layers>Duplicate 2 times then with your move tool move the bow over to the bottoms 2 circles as shown above 

11. Go to the word art move it up just a little then go to Layers>Duplicate then go to the duplicate word art go to Image>Negative turn it white then with your move tool move the white word art a little to the right giving it a stand out with the black being a shadow behind it 

12.Open Cookie Ski 5 go to Image>Resize 65% go to Edit>Copy now go to the top white circle template go to Selections>Select all>Float now go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place Cookie head into the circle once you happy with where she is sitting go to Selections>Select all>Float then go to Selections>Invert go to Cookie Ski 5 layer go to Edit>Cut it will remove the parts of her outside of the circle then go to Selections>Select None. Go to Cookie head go to Overlay then go to Layers>Duplicate then go to Normal on the 2nd head then change the layer go 63 %

13. Open Cookie Ski Coat 5 go to Image>Resize 70% then go to Edit>Copy now go to the top image layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place her on the right side by the word art circle as shown above

14. Open Polar Bear go to Image>Resize 30% then go to Edit>Copy now go to images layers go to Edit>Paste into new raster layer with your move tool place the bear down on top of of Cookie shoes then go to Layers>Duplicate, Image>Mirror and adjust the bear next to the other small circle on the bottom as shown above (this circle put your  name at)

15. Add  copyright as shown below 


Tag by your name or SDC_name (shows whom create it) 


16. Add your name if you like as I did the following below 

Font LittleLordFontleroy

Size 14

Color Black

17. Now if you don't want to Animation it, you can add a few of Cookie Ski posers down the snow hill by simply going to the poser go to Image>Resize 25% Free Rotate left or right 5% add Cookie Ski down the snow hill I made an animation of her ski down  the hill which provide in the tutorial folder to use in the jasc animation. Then you can go to Layers>Merge>Merge Visible save as PNG Format this completes non movement tag.

If you going to Jasc Animation it follow to step 18. I show few of her non movement as show above but I am also show it animation view too of her ski down the hill lol add snow falling 

18. You want to save part of the top tag together to the word art black word art area. then you want to save the other part as your background image. Simply close off the layers go to Layers>Merge>Merge Visible or Go to Layers>Merge>Merge Down to get the 2 tags as I state above then you want to go to Windows>Duplicate then delete one layer and then on other duplicate delete the opposite what you delete go to the following below

Save as PNG format as BG 1 and Tag 1 you will open your background tag, cookie ski animation I create and snow animation, go to step 19 to follow the animation of Frames etc 

19. Open Background go to F:17 then go to F:10 go to Edit>Select all, Edit>Duplicate (several times til get to F:17) then scroll the tag to the last window with your delete key delete the frames til get to reading of F:10 then scroll to the 1st frame window

20. Take the snow animation go to Edit>Select all, Edit>Copy now go to the background image go to Edit>Select all, right click Paste>Into Selection Frame and with your mouse add the snow animation (do this few times cover the mist background )

I did it 3 times top, left and right side 

21. Open Cookie Animation go add it to your tag, when you add it make Cookie on top of the hill once your place her on the hill go to Animations>Frame Properties change to 55 click okay (slow her down )

22. Open the top of the tag image make it F:10 then scroll first frame and add it to your tag 

23. View>Animation see it snowing and Cookie sliding down the hill once happy with watching the effects close it go to the tag we create now if you like me I haven't add my name yet

Then go to Animations>Resize width 700 click okay (optional) 

24. Add your name to the tag as I did with the following below

Font LittleLordFontleroy

Size 36

Color Black

Simply go to File new size 500 x 500 transparent type your name and then crop it and then make it F:10 frame go to the 1st frame and add it to your tag place your name into the small circle 

25. Go to File save as GIF Format this completes this tutorial thank you for purchasing the items all copyright goes to me because I create the lovely posers of Cookie 

Hugs Sunshine

written Jan 8th, 2026 

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