This tutorial is my own design and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. It was created in Paint Shop Pro V8. © 2010 - Yorkshire Lass Designs - All rights reserved. You will need the following to complete this tutorial: PSP Brushes yp_daisy_brush yp_flowerbasket02_brush Open in PSP and export them as Custom Brushes Tubes jet-woman25-november-2007 yp_wordart_flowerbasket Open and minimise in your PSP workspace The above can be downloaded here Plugins Filters Unlimited 2.0 Available from PSP Designers Studio Download and extract to your Plugins folder ****************** Drag this arrow with you to mark your place in the tutorial Drag and Drop Script from Dynamic Drive ***************** INSTRUCTIONS Open a new canvas 400 x 400 pixels background white Layers >> Promote Background Layer In the Materials Palette load Black #000000 into Background Select Paint Brush Tool Find brush tip yp_flowerbasket02_brush Position brush in centre of canvas Click right mouse button once Effects >> Plugins >> I.C.NET Software >> Filters Unlimited 2.0 Special Effects 1 >> Aged Film Click Apply In the Materials Palette load background with #918170 Effects >> Plugins >> I.C.NET Software >> Filters Unlimited 2.0 >> Edges, Square >> Square Edge 17 Use Background Color unchecked Click Apply Layers >> New Raster Layer Flood fill with background colour Layers >> Arrange >> Move Down Layers >> Merge >> Merge Visible This is what you should have now Save as a PSP image I saved mine as flower_basket01.pspimage Minimise Open a new canvas 800 x 600 pixels background white Layers >> Promote Background Layer Layers >> New Raster Layer In the Materials Palette Load #EDE2CD Beige into Foreground Make a Foreground-Background gradient Style = Radial with the following settings Flood fill canvas with gradient Maximise flower_basket01 Edit >> Copy Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer on working canvas Image >> Resize 75% Resize All Layers unchecked Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen Image >> Mirror With the Move Tool re-position so that top left-hand corner is at the co-ordinates x:50 y:100 (refer to status bar at bottom of screen) Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Click OK Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Change Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to -2 (minus 2) flower_basket01.pspimage should still be on your clipboard Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer on working canvas Image >> Resize 65% Resize All Layers unchecked Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen With the Move Tool re-position so that top left-hand corner is at the co-ordinates x:500 y:290 Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Click OK Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Change Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to -2 (minus 2) flower_basket01.pspimage should still be on your clipboard Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer on working canvas Image >> Resize 55% Resize All Layers unchecked Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen With the Move Tool re-position so that top left-hand corner is at the co-ordinates x:500 y:50 Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Click OK Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Change Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to -2 (minus 2) This is what you should have now Maximise jet-women25-november-2007 Edit >> Copy Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer on working canvas Image >> Resize 90% Resize All Layers unchecked Adjust >> Sharpness >> Sharpen With the Move Tool move down slightly (see finished image for placement) Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Click OK Effects >> 3D Effects >> Drop Shadow Change Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to -2 (minus 2) In the Layers Palette highlight Raster 2 Layers >> new Raster Layer Select Paint Brush tool Change brush tip to yp_daisy_brush Position brush where desired Click right mouse button once Re-position brush as many times as desired clicking right mouse button once each time Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten) Image >> Add Borders Click OK Layers >> Promote Background Layer In the Materials Palette change Foreground to Colour #EDE2CD Layers >> New Raster Layer Flood fill layer with #EDE2CD Effects >> Texture Effects >> Blinds Click OK Layers >> Arrange >> Send to Bottom In the Layers Palette highlight Raster 1 Image >> resize 90% Resize All Layers unchecked Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten) Image >> Add Borders Click OK Image >> Add Borders Click OK In the Materials Palette change the Foreground Style back to Gradient Change Repeats to 13 With the Magic Wand select the yellow border Flood fill with Gradient Effects >> 3D Effects >> Inner Bevel Click OK Selections >> Select None Image >> Add Borders Click OK Maximise yp_wordart_flowerbasket Edit >> Copy Edit >> Paste >> Paste as New Layer With the Move Tool place in bottom left-hand corner Add your name and/or watermark Layers >> Merge >> Merge All (Flatten) Resize if desired Save as a jpg I hope you enjoyed this tutorial If you have any questions or would like to show me your result EMAIL ME BACK TO TUTORIALS - PAGE 1