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4. Snowflakes & Text

We’ll start by making the snowflakes.
First find and get the Custom Shape Tool:

Load up all of the default shapes and find the snowflake shapes.

On different layer every time, draw out a different/different sized snowflake.

Now lower the opacity for each one from about 20% to about 70%. Then apply the following layer styles:
• Inner Shadow
• Stroke
Your snowflakes should look something like mine:

Now for the text. Add your text in the top left corner somewhere. I used a script font called Cornet. After I wrote out my text, I applied the following layer styles:
• Drop Shadow
• Outer Glow
• Gradient Overlay
• Stroke
Your text should look similar to this now:

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Posted on Sunday, November 19th, 2006 at 9:14 pm in Drawing, Graphic Effects.