You will find the original tutorial here :

This tutorial is a personal creation.
Any resemblance with another one would be only pure coincidence.
It is stricly forbidden to modify tubes, to change their name or take off the matermarks,
To present them on your sites or blog,
To share them in groups,
to make a bank of images, or to use them on lucrative purposes.

Thank you to respect Animabelle’s work and the tubers work.
Don’t hesitate to warn me if you have any trouble with this translation,
and I’ll try to fix the problem as quickly as I can

Animabelle worked with PSP12 and I worked wwith PSP2020 Ultimate
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different

Supplies
tubes - selections

TIP 1 -> if you don’t want to install a font -->
open it in a software as « Nexus Font » (or other font viewer software of you choice)
as long as both windows are opened (software and font), your font will be available in your PSP
TIP 2 -> from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by -->
« Mirror »has become  --> image => mirror => mirror horizontal
« Flip » has become  --> image => mirror => mirror vertical

Plugins needed
Mehdi
Freeware Filters
FM Tile Tools
Carolaine and Sensibility
[AFS IMPORT]sqborder2
&<Background Designers IV>
Mura’s Seamless
Penta.com
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact
Thank you Renée Salon for sharing you plugins page

duplicate all the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
save your work often in case of problems with your psp
use the Dropper tool to pick up your colors into your tubes and misted images
Animabelle chose these :

don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes
open the mask and minimize to tray
place selections into the folder « selections » of PSP general folder
doubli click on the preset to install

1
set FG to color 1 and BG to color 2 in materials palette
open a new image => transparent =>  900 * 600 px
flood fill layer with the following linear gradient

adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Melt 1-1

effects => texture effects => blinds

2
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

layers => new raster layer
flood fill selection with the following linear gradient

effects => plugins =>  Freeware Filters => Faceter

opacity of the layer :  65%
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste the deco tube into selection
selections => select none
layers => merge => merge down
layers => duplicate
 image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down

3
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

layers => new raster layer
layers => arrange => move down
flood fill with color 2
opacity of the layer :  55%
selections => select none

4
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection #1

flood fill selection with color 1
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => cs-texture

selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel

5
layers => new raster layer
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

flood fill selection with color 1
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => cs-texture ( same settings as previously )
selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel ( same settings as previously )
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => offset => H :  0 / V : -255 / tick « custom » and « transparent»

layers => merge => merge down

6
layers => new raster layer
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

flood fill selection with color 1
effects => plugins => AFS IMPORT => sqborder2

selections => select none
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down

7
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection #2
flood fill selection with the following linear gradient

selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel ( same settings as previously )
effects => plugins => Mura’s Seamless => Emboss at Alpha => default settings

8
highlight bottom layer
layers => new raster layer
enable the Selection tool / custom selection

flood fill selection with color 1
selections => modify => contract => 70 px
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
selections => select none
effects => 3D effects => Inner Bevel ( same settings as previously )
image => rotate Right

opacity of the layer :  75%
your layers palette looks like this

9
highlight bottom layer
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection #3
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Background Designers IV> => sf10 Square Bumps

selections => select none
effects => plugins => Mura’s Seamless => Emboss at Alpha => default settings

10
close the eye of bottom layer and highlight any other layer
layers => merge => merge visible
open the eye of bottom layer but leave top layer active
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -6 / 6 / 50 / 15 / color 1
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 6 / -6 / 50 / 15 / color 1

11
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
3 px color 1
60 px color 2
select the 60 px border with the Magic Wand tool
selections => promote selection to layer
flood fill seletion with the gradient of step 7
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
adjust => blur => gaussian blur => 20
effects => plugins => Penta.com => Dot and Cross

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -8 / 8 / 100 / 15 / color 1
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 8 / -8 / 100 / 15 / color 1
selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => -20 / 20 / 60 / 40 / color 1
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 20 / -20 / 60 / 40 / color 1
selections => select none

12
layers => new raster layer
selections => select all
effects => 3D effects => cutout / color 1

selections => select none
layers => duplicate
 image => mirror => mirror horizontal
 image => mirror => mirror vertical

13
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 85 %
place as shown on final result
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow => preset « Shadow 7_animabelle »

14
copy / paste the flowers tube as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 35 %
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow => preset « Shadow 7_animabelle »
place as shown on final result
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 6 px color 1

15
write a text if you wish
apply your watermark or signature on a new layer
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
file => save your work as... type .jpeg optimized

Another version with my tubes

Don't hesitate to write to me if you have any trouble with this tutorial
If you create a tag (using other tubes than those provided) with this tutorial
and wish it to be shown, send it to Animabelle !
It will be a real pleasure for her to add it to the gallery at the end of the tutorial

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