See that frosted snowflake up there? Well today I will walk you through the steps that I took in Photoshop CS4 to create it. I have learned the fine art of screen shots so I will be included a couple for your reference later on. I am having problems with the image sizes here so click on the picture for a larger view of it.

You want to create a new 3 by 3 inch document set at 300 dpi’s with a transparent background. Next you will select your Custom Shape Tool which is located on your left Tool bar and looks like a puffy star. Once you have that tool selected you want to change your shape to one of the preset snowflakes for this tutorial, it does not matter which one but I used the first one here.

Pick a color to use, I picked a light blue (it gives the snowflake a bit of reality in my opinion), and create a snowflake in your workspace. You will want to give your layer the Bevel Drop Shadow Style to give it dimension and then Rasterize the Layer. Do this by double right- clicking the layer, which will bring up the menu where you can find this command. You now want to create a duplicate layer by clicking Layer>Duplicate Layer. This button is located on your top Tool Bar.

Now making sure the original layer is selected give it the overspray Text style. Now choose the duplicate layer and change the master opacity to somewhere around 50%, you will find this just above the layers on the lower right corner. Now Merge the layers together, DO NOT MERGE DOWN it will give the top layer the exact same style as the one below. What you want to do is click on one layer and hold down the Shift key while clicking the second. Now double right-click for the menu where you will find the option to Merge the layers.

Now that you have one layer you will want to add the outer glow effect to give the image a little dramatic flair and sparkle. See the Screen Shot below for reference when changing the settings I explain next.

When you double click the space next to your layers name a new command box will pop-up, it should look like the one above. Choose the Outer Glow and then click the acual words Outer Glow to be taken to the screen below.

Once you see the screen above make the adjustments shown (I have circled the areas of interest in red so you will know what needs changed). Now I will not tell you levels or numbers here because I believe that each person has a different idea for their creations. So go ahead and play with the levels and have some fun creating your snowflake. Just remember to change the glow color to something much lighter than your original chosen color to give the snowflake more dimension and realistic feels.

goodnight all, kiss your Babies!

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