Happy mother’s Day

Original can be found here


Franie works with PSP 13, and I use PSP 18
But this tutorial can be realized with another version of PSP

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The tubes Franie uses have been sent by the authors in different sharing groups
And she has their permission to use them
she also creates her own tubes
If you see a tube that belongs to you, contact Franie or myself
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Filters used
TRAMAGE – Gradient/Spokes Ratio Maker…
VM TOOLBOX - Blast
FM TILE TOOL – Blend Emboss
AFS IMPORT - Borfilm
PENTA.COM – Dot and Cross
TWO MOON – RotoBlades..


Material
1 tube by Franie - 1 tube by Lisa T
selections (install them into the folder « selections » of « My PSP Files »


Tubers’ authorizations 

Franie’s colors
Don’t hesitate to change them and to change the blend modes of the layers
According to your tubes and images
color 1 -> foreground color --> FG --> e9d4e2
color 2 -> background color --> BG -> 7d272d
color 3 -> ffffff


Use the pencil to follow the steps
left click to grab it

Realization
open a new transparent image 800 * 800 pixels

prepare the colors into the materials palette
if you change them, choose 2 colors in your main tube : FG color : light and BG color : dark

in the materials palette, prepare a linear gradient

flood fill layer with this gradient
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 20
selections -> load/save selection -> from disk -> sélection-franie
selections -> promote selection to layer
selections -> select none
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
effects -> distortion effects -> twirl

layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror vertical
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
layers ->  merge -> merge down
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow

effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Tramages / Gradient / Spokes Ratio Maker

activate Raster 1
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> VM Toolbox / Blast

keep Raster 1 active
selections -> load/save selection -> from disk -> sélection-franie 2
selections -> promote selection to layer
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow as before (don’t change the settings)
selections -> select none
effects -> plugins -> FM Tile Tool / Blend Emboss / default settings
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> AFS IMPORT / Borfilm

selections -> load/save selection -> from disk -> sélection-franie 3
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill selection Swith color 2
selections -> modify -> contract -> 2 pixels
flood fill selection with color 1
selections -> modify -> select selection borders

effects -> 3D effects -> inner bevel

selections -> select none
copy / paste as new layer the flower tube
move it as shown on the final result
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
layers -> merge -> merge down TWICE
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen
effects -> 3D effects > drop shadow

drop shadow again changing (3) by (-3)
layers -> merge -> merge down
selections -> load/save selection -> from disk -> sélection-franie 4
selections -> modify -> select selection borders

flood fill selection with color 2
effects -> 3D effects -> inner bevel as vbefore
selections -> select none
selections -> load/save selection -> from disk -> sélection-franie 5
activate « Raster 1 »
selections -> promote selection to layer
selections -> select none
effects -> plugins -> PENTA.COM / Dot and Cross

selections -> select none
activate top layer
effects -> 3D effects > drop shadow -> color 2

drop shadow again changing (5) by (-5)
selections -> load/save selection -> from disk -> sélection-franie 6
activate « Raster 1 »
selections -> promote selection to layer
selections -> select none
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> TWO MOON / RotoBlades

effects -> 3D effects > drop shadow

activate top layer
copy / paste as new layer the character tube
move it to the right (see final result)
effects -> 3D effects > drop shadow

layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
move it to the left and set the opacity of the layer on 30%
in the materials palette, set color 1 as FG color, and color 2 as BG color
activate the Text tool (font provided)

write « Happy Mother’s Day » (or another text of your choice)
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Seamless / Emboss at Alpha as before
image -> add borders -> ....
2 pixels color 2
2 pixels color 1
2 pixels color 2
don’t forget to apply your watermark
Your tag is finished

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