Images:                           
la tente des elixirs-art.cornacchia.jpg
la tente des elixirs-art.cornacchia1.png
gnome-art.JB.Monge
Daniel-Merriam_Moon-Song1.png
You can join this Group at:

libellulegraphisme_reine_mer.png
You can get these images at:
http://tutoriels-libellule.e-monsite.com/livre-d-or/

DeniseD Signature.png

Presets:
D.D.castles in the sky3
Double Click on the    icon to install this Preset in your Plugin.
     
          
Plugins:
MuRa's Meister
MuRa's Seamless
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5
Eye Candy 3.0 OR Eye Candy 4000
CPK Designs
                   
Found here:
http://espace.tine.free.fr/filtres/filtres.htm
http://janaly.com/Filtres/Filtre.html
http://www.adromaplace.nl/cert/Filtercode%60s.htm

Notes:
This Tutorial was created in PSP X9..... other versions may need adjustment
Some of the graphics may be from Free to Use sites or Share Groups. 
If you are the creator of one of these please let me know so that appropriate credit can be given. 
No infringement of copyright is intended or intentional.

Some helpful information:

You can change the blend mode, opacity and drop shadow, as well as colourise the materials,
according to the tubes/colours you are using.

When applying the Resize with the All Layers option checked, this will be informed in the tutorial,
otherwise, apply the resize with this option unchecked.

Remember always to save your work.

Whenever you reduce an image, apply Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen, to maintain the sharpness of the image.

Some tools or features have other names in earlier versions of the PSP.


Before opening PSP, download plugins and install
Install Preset
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.

The settings remain the same throughout this Tutorial unless otherwise stated.
Set your Foreground colour to #e9d6d2
Set your Background colour to #d4e09c

Step One:
File/New/New Image 700 pixels x 593 pixels as follows:



Selections/Select All
Maximise la tente des elixirs-art.cornacchia.jpg
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste into Selection
(don't worry about the designers name)
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Simple/Centre Tile
Change Opacity to 75%

Step Two:
Selection Tool/Custom Selection with the following settings:




Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Copies/Perspective Tiling as follows:



Selections/Select None

Step Three:
Select the Pen Tool using the Dash-Dot line as follows:




Starting on the left side draw a line across to the right side with Foreground Colour as shown below:



Convert to Raster Layer
Effects/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Deselect Pen Tool

Step Four:
Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 8 pixels
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow as follows:

 OR   

Repeat Drop Shadow with Direction 135
Selections/Modify/Contract 25 Pixels
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
Repeat Drop Shadow with Direction 315
Selections/Modify/Contract 8 Pixels
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
Repeat Drop Shadow Direction 135

Step Five:
Selections/Invert
Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Selections/Invert
Layers/New Raster Layer
Effects/3D Effects/Cut  Out as follows:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Repeat Cut Out with -1 Vertical and Horizontal settings
Selections/Select None

Step Six:
Maximise la tente des elixirs-art.cornacchia.png
Edit/Copy      Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/90% as follows:



Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow OR Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:

 OR  


Step Seven:
Maximise Daniel-Merriam_Moon-Song.png
Edit/Copy      Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/45%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image/Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Step Eight:
Maximise libellulegraphisme_reine_mer.png
Edit/Copy      Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/65%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Image/Mirror/Horizontal OR Image/Mirror
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow/Direction 135 OR Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:

 OR  

Step Nine:
Maximise gnome-art.JB.Monge.png
Edit/Copy      Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/40%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/Alien Skin Eye Candy 5/Perspective Shadow D.D.castles in the sky3

Step Ten:
Image/Add Borders/1 pixels/Foreground Colour
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Resize/90%
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy/Drop Shadow/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab
Repeat Drop Shadow with Direction 135
Select Raster 1
Effects/Art MediaEffects/Brush Strokes as follows:



Effects/Plugins/CPK Designs/Stars as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Image/Add Borders/3 pixels Foreground Colour

Step Twelve:
Maximise DeniseD Signature.png
Edit/Copy   Edit/Paste as New Layer
Place at bottom of Layer
Layers/New Raster Layer
Add your Watermark
Layers/Merge All Flatten
Image/Resize/750 pixels wide - height will adjust itself
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
File/Export/JPEG Optimiser/Compression Value 20