Creative christmas cards - part 1

Create a new file (File>New) that would have 1280x1024 px and 72 dpi. Now we shall use the Rectangle Tool (U) to draw the background of the picture to be

Set the next parameters for the made layer by making a mouse click on this layer on the layers’ palette. Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Gradient’s parameters:

Next we’ll represent the snow hills, applying the Pen Tool (P) and Convert Point Tool for the corrections on the made elements.

The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Inner Glow

Blending Options>Gradient Overlay Gradient’s parameters: Next choose the Custom Shape Tool (U) and pick up a fir tree’s figure, having the color #003274 Make seven copies of the tree’s silhouette and select the Free Transform option to change the copies’ sizes, placing them the same way demonstrated below:

Using the Custom Shape Tool (U), let’s represent a lot of snowflakes, having different sizes:
Continue representing the snow hills, selecting the same Pen Tool (P) and Convert Point Tool, having the color #A7FEF6