Patterned Paper Tutorial
by PCArt Creativity
Paintshop Pro
I opened a 600 x 600 pixel 300 pixels per inch canvas
Used my shapes tool to draw out a few coloured butterflies
Applied a texture to the butterflies
Used Simple filter Diamonds to make a seamless pattern.
Opened a 12 inch x 12 inch 300 pixels per inch canvas
Flood filled with white
Used the flood fill tool and selected the butterfly
pattern from the menu at size 200
flood filled my "paper"
merged and saved as .jpg
To Show the sample here
I saved the image again as namepreview
re sized 78 pixels per inch
600 x 600 pixels
smart size
all layers checked
added name to image
and SAVED AS namePreview
Try other patterns, colours, shapes, brushes,
try lowering the opacity or changing the layer options
of your pattern layer before merging and
see what happens!
enjoy!
As with so many of our Christmas traditions, the idea of hanging a stocking up on Christmas Eve, was popularised by the Victorians. The first representation to achieve mass distribution is believed to be the illustrations by Thomas Nast, who in 1886 illustrated the George Webster story Santa Claus and his Works. The illustrations showed stockings hanging on the mantleplace by the fire.
The tradition actually goes back much further. Many people trace it to 16th century Holland where Dutch children would leave their clogs by the fireplace in the hope that Sinterklaas would fill them with treats.
There is a story of unknown provenance that tells of a father who had three daughters. Since the father couldn't afford dowries, the daughters remained single. One winter St Nicholas decided to help and dropped three gold coins down the chimney of the house. The coins were caught in the stockings which the girls had hung up to dry by the fireplace. The next day they discovered the coins, were soon married and lived happily ever after.
Today
Today there are many variations on the Christmas stocking tradition. Sometimes it is placed by the fireplace (warning: be very, very careful if you are lucky enough to have a real fire). Other children place them at the foot of the bed - this has the advantage of keeping the kids occupied for a while when they first wake up!
http://www.wyrdology.com:80/festivals/christmas/stockings.html
