The original tutorial can be found HERE

Conditions of use of the material provided
It is forbidden to modifiy, change the name, take off the watermarks or alter tubes provided.
It is forbidden to share them in groups or offer them on your site, blog or forum,
you are allowed to use them in another creation for your personal use
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission to the authors.
this tutorial is a personal creation. Any resemblance with another would be pure coincidence
this tutorial can be followed with another version of PSP, but the results might be slightly different

Material

http://belledenuitgraphisme.free.fr/noel2018/noel.2018.html

open the tubes, duplicate and work with the ocpies to preserve originals
open the masks and minimize to tray
save selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP general folder
save gradients into the folder « gradients » of PSP general folder

Filters Used

Unlimited 2 - Mura’s Mesiter - Mehdi
Thaznk you Tine for sharing your plugins' page

translator’s note
« Belle de Nuit »  works with PSP X, I use PSPX9 to create my tag and write my translations
but this tutorial can be realized with any other version of PSP
according to the version of PSP you use, the results might be slightly differents
don’t hesitate to change blend modes of layers matching your tubes and colors

Colors

color 1 --> foreground color => FG => left click => #ffffff (white)
color 2 --> background color => BG => right click => #942e2c
if you change colors, keep <hite as FG color

Hints and Tips
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by -->
image -> Mirror  --> image => mirror => mirror horizontal
image ->  Flip  --> image => mirror => mirror vertical

Use the pencil to follow the steps hold down left click to grab and move it

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 900 * 500 px

2
selections => select all
copy / paste into selection « Kreen Kreation (21) »

3
selections => select none
effects => image effects => seamless tiling / default settings

4
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

5
layers => promote background layer

6
adjust => blur => radial blur

7
effects => edge effects => enhance

8
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

9
layers => duplicate

10
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Toadies => Botches Crystal

11
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 50%

12
effects => distortion effects => wind => from left

13
image => free rotate

14
enable the Pick Tool to move the layer properly
position X : -12 / position Y : -22

15
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 49 / 25 / black

16
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal

17
layers => merge => merge down

18
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 49 / 25 / black

19
layers => new raster layer => flood fill with color 1

20
layers => new mask layer => from image

21
layers => duplicate

22
layers => merge => merge group
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
blend mode of the layer : Soft Light

23
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection « bdn-noel2018 »

24
DELETE on your keyboard

25
keep selection active
highlight Raster 1 (Bottom layer)

26
adjust => blur => radial blur => same settings as before

27
selections => promote selection to layer
selections => select none

28
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Perspective Tiling

29
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror vertical

30
layers => merge => merge down

31
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection « bdn-noel2018_1»

31A
DELETE on your keyboard
selections => select none

32
highlight Raster 1

33
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection « bdn-noel2018_2»

34
selections => promote selection to layer

35
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Toadies => Blur’em

36
keep selection active
layers => new raster layer

37
copy / paste into selection the misted image by Corinne Vicaire

38
blend mode of the layer : Lumin ance
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

39
selections => select none
your work looks like this

40
highlight top layer
copy / paste the element « agnesingap_Winter_el9 » as new layer

41
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
enable the Pick Tool to move the layer properly
position X : 19 / position Y : 6

42
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal

43
copy / paste the element « bee_noel_el121 » as new layer

44
enable the Pick Tool to move the layer properly
position X : -94 / position Y : 429

45
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal

46
layers => merge => merge visible

47
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
3 px color 1
10 px color 2

48
select the large border qith the magic wand tool / tolerance and feather => 0

49
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Graphic Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings

50
selections => select none

51
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 50 px color 1

52
copy / paste as new layer « Kreen Kreation (21) »

52a
enable the Pick Tool to move the layer properly
position X : 236 / position Y : 373

53
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

54
copy / paste as new layer « White_christmas_molemina_scrapel33 »

55
enable the Pick Tool to move the layer properly
position X : 8 / position Y : 2

56
copy / paste as new layer the word art « catherinedesigns_ EspritdeNoelWAJN2 »

56a
enable the Pick Tool to move the layer properly
position X : 352 / position Y : 42

57
apply yuour watermark or signature

58
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 2

59
image => resize => tick « resize all layers » => 950 px width

60
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

My tag with my tubes

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Thank you for following this tutorial
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