My Blue Christmas
This tut assumes your have a Good working knowledge of PSP.

Kit: My Blue Christmas by CuddleBees Designs you can purchase this kit at LollipopsNGumdrops.
This is a full sized kit so papers will have to be resized before using them.
Resize your papers to 800x800 pixels, elements should be resized 35% and sharpened once before following each step that involves an element from the kit.

Tube: Elias Chatzoudis pte-1663, you can purchase here
Mask: HorsePlay's Pasture Mask 19, you can download it here.
Template: by Designs by Vaybs, Vaybs_MisfitXmas5 you can download here near bottom of page.

Fonts: JellyK Delicious Cakes you can download here
Shadow: 2,2, 36, 6
Filters:
PSP Filters used: Noise filter

sa-f-df-nl= Select All, Float, Defloat, New Raster Layer.
sa-f-df= Select All, Float, Defloat.
c/p= copy & paste
sa=select all
sn=select none

See finished tag for placement of tube/elements.

Let's begin.
Open your tube, mask & template, duplicate the template and delete the credits & wordart layers.

Select the background layer and add a new layer, sa, (resize paper 800x800 pixels and sharpen once) c/p paper 6 into selections, sn, apply your mask and merge group.

Select Raster 1 layer, sa-f-df-nl, open paper 13 resize to 800x800 pixels, sharpen, c/p into selection on your new image, sn, add your favourite noise filter settings, I used Gaussian, Monochrome setting it at 45.

Open paper 10, resize 800x800 pixels.
In your template select Raster 2, go to Adjust, Hue & Saturation, settings at 0, sa-f-df, selections modify contract by 8.
Add a new layer, c/p paper 10 into selections, sn.

Repeat the above steps for the Raster 4 layer using paper 10.

Repeat again for rasters 3 and 5 using paper 7, remember to resize paper 7 first.
Select Raster 7, go to Adjust, Hue & Saturation settings at 0.

Select Raster 6, sa-f-df, c/p paper 10 as new layer, selections invert and hit delete, sn, hide your template layer for now.

Select Raster 8, sa-f-df-nl, c/p paper 8 into selections, sn.

Select Raster 9, go to Adjust, Hue & Saturation, settings at 0.

Select Raster 10, go to Adjust, Hue & Saturation, settings at 0.

While still in Raster 10, sa-f-df, selections modify contract by 8, add a new layer, c/p paper 10 into selections, sn.

Ok now you're ready to add your tube.
Select Raster 6 layer, sa-f-df, c/p the close up of your tube as a new layer, selections invert and hit delete, lower the opacity to 50.

C/P your tube as a new layer, positon.

Time to add your elements, I used the following:
Hanging Ornament @35% x2
Flower1 @35% x2
White Branch @ 35% x2, duplicate and mirror image.
Flower2 2 35% and then 50%


Add your copy right and text.
All done.