In this tutorial, you are going to learn the methods for creating a simple ornament using Adobe Photoshop. First create a new .psd document. You can do this by going to File --> New. Preset of your choice with a background color other than white.
Now set the Foreground Color swatch to White . Click the 'Ellipse Tool (U)' from the Toolbar. Now set Options Bar Properties. Activate Shape Layers icon command for the currently selected Ellipse Shape Tool (U).
Select the Geometry Options drop down arrow. Then set the Fixed Size property to 250 x 250, as captured below.
Then click once inside then document to create the fixed size shape, as captured below. Then in the Layers Palette rename 'Shape 1' to something user friendly, like 'Ornament'.
Now Add Blending Styles. From the Layers Palette, right click the 'Ornament' layer and from the context list choose Blending Options as shown below.
From the Blending Styles Control Panel, tick and select the Drop Shadow and set its properties as given below.
Next, tick and select the Inner Shadow Style using Blend Mode color of Dark grey and set the other options as captured below. Next, tick and select the Inner Glow Style and set its properties.
Then tick and select the Bevel and Emboss style and set the following properties. Then set the Bevel and Emboss/Contour sub style as captured in the last picture (lower right). Once all styles are set, click OK to commit.
And you should have a simple ornament looking effect as shown.
Activate the 'Pen Tool (P)' with Shape Layers Options Bar feature enabled and draw a small 'hanger' piece. Place the 'hanger' top piece layer below the ornament layer in the layer stack. Use the same style (right click, 'Copy Layer Style' from ornament) and right again to 'Paste Layer Style' unto this one. (Right click again on this style to 'Scale Layer Effects' to suit the color scheme of the overall ornament.)
For a real ornate effect, copy a picture of a snowman from the web and scaled into position in the centre of the ornament. And as a final touch you can add a frosted snow effect behind the snowman picture layer using the color white, brushed on, Filter/Blurred and a reduced Opacity level of 62%.
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