You will find the original tutorial here :

Thank you Laurette for your permission to translate your work
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 Laurette’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

Laurette works with PSPX9 and I work with PSP 2019
you can follow this tutorial with another version of PSP, but the result might be slightly different
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your personal colors and tubes
place the tools provided into the appropriate folders of My COREL PSP general folder
to import presets, double-click on them
this tutorial is the property of Luarette, and the translation is my property

Supplies
masks - tubes - pattern - alpha layer - palette

some tubes are not provided (licensed tubes) - you cans puchase them HERE
duplicate all the tubes and decorations, and alpha layers, and work with the copies to preserve originals
open the masks and minimize to tray
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
Graphic Plus /Cross Shadow
Medhi / Wavy Lab 1.1
Toadies / Suckin Toad Bevel II.2
Toadies / What Are You?
Carolaine and Sensibility / cs_Texture

colors

1
prepare colors 1 and 2 as FG and BG colors into the materials palette

open the alpha layer, duplicate, close the original and work with the copy
flood fill with color 2
effects => texture effects => blinds

2
layers => new raster layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1

flood selection fill with color 2
selections => select none

3
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => cs_Texture

objects => align => center in canvas
or
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 142 / position Y : 0
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
effects => edge effects => enhance

4
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Toadies => What Are You ?... / default settings
effects => edge effects => enhance more
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
blend mode of the layer : Lighten

5
layers => new raster layer
flood selection fill with color 4
layers => new mask layer => from image

effects => edge effects => enhance
layers => merge => merge group
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down
blend mode of the layer : Screen / opacity : 70 %

6
highlight bottom layer / close the eye
layers => merge => merge visible
open the eye
merged layer is highlighted
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 2
hit the DELETE key of your keyboard
keep selection active

7
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste into selection the landscape tube
selections => select none
blend mode of the layer : Overlay
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge visible
your tag looks like this

8
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 1
layers => new mask layer => from image

adjust => sharpness => sharpen more
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 80 / 4 / color 3
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => - 2 / - 2 / 80 / 4 / color 2

9
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 4
3 px color 3
3 px color 1
selections => select all
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1 => colors 2 / 1 / default / 4

selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black
selections => select none

10
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px color 4
3 px color 3
3 px color 1
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 45 px white
selections => invert
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1 => colors 2 / 1 / default / 4

effects => plugins => Toadies => Suckin Toad Bevel II.2 / default settings
selections => promote selection to layer
selections => select none

11
layers => duplicate
image => mirror => mirror horizontal
opacity of the layer :  50%
effects => texture effects => texture

effects => plugins => Graphic Plus => Cross Shadow / default settings

edit => repeat => Cross Shadow
layers => merge => merge visible

12
copy / paste as new layer the decoration déco_Claurette
blend mode of the layer : Hard Light
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 0 / 80 / 1 / black

13
copy / paste as new layer the cluster tube (or another of your choice)
place as you like
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 / 40 / black

14
copy / paste as new layer the woman tube
place as you like
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 / 40 / black

15
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px white
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 900 px width
save your work as... type .jpeg

My tag with my tube (boy and cat) and Ladybird's tube (Bonsaï)

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

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