Supplies
Images: 
Vintage Paper Lace Card Back 2 by Donna
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BetteDBloomers76.DIB
y_easter23.pspimage
EasterBasket.pspimage
Polished Stone Corner-KRC2011.png
Obtained through Internet
If this image was created by you, please let me know
so that appropriate credit can be given.

DeniseD Signature.png

Mask:
basket 1.jpg

Selection:
D.D.Easter2016.1
           
Plugins:
Psychosis
Filters Unlimited 2.0
MuRa's Seamless
Eye Candy 3.0
Graphics Plus
Photo Aging Kit (Import into Filters Unlimited 2.0)
                 
Found here:

http://www.chezviolette17.com/02filtres/Filtres.htm
http://janaly.com/Filtres/Filtre.html
http://www.adromaplace.nl/cert/Filtercode%60s.htm

Notes:
This Tutorial was created in PSP X7.... 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.

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
Place Texture in PSP Texture Folder
Export Photo Aging Kit into Filters Unlimited 2.0
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 #ebdbe6
Set your Foreground colour to #8a8dac

Step One:
Open Mask and minimise
Change Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background/Radial Gradient as follows:



File/New/New Image 700 pixels x 500 pixels as follows:



Selections/Select All
Maximise BetteDBloomers76
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste into Selection
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Psychosis/Streaker as follows:



Step Two:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Custom Selection Tool as follows:





Flood Fill with Background Colour
Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image/basket1 as follows:



For White Baskets                                                                    For Blue Baskets
                                       

Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Selections/Select None

Step Three:
Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Custom Selection as follows:



Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Psychosis/Streaker/Horizontal Steaks 50 Vertical Streaks 60
Effects/Image Effects/Enhance More
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Tile and Mirror/Quadrant Mirror as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Paper Textures/Canvas,Fine as follows:



Step Four:
Effects/3D Effects/Buttonize as follows:



Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise Vintage Paper Lace Card Back 2 by Donna
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste into Selection
Image/Resize/90% as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Change to Target Tool as follows:



Wipe over the lace with Gradient
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow as follows:



Step Five:
Image/Add Border/5 pixels/White
Magic Wand with the following settings:

     

Select border
Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Graphics Plus/Cross Shadow/Default Settings
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
Repeat Drop Shadow Direction 135
Selections/Select None
Promote Background  Layer
Image/Canvas Size as follows:



Selections/Select All
Maximise BetteDBloomers76
Layers/New Raster Layer
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste into Selection
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
Layers/New Raster Layer
Maximise Vintage Paper Lace Card Back 2 by Donna
Image/Free Rotate 90 degrees Right/All Layers Checked
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste into Selection
Change Background Colour to #556191
Wipe over with Gradient using Change to Target Tool
Image/Resize/95%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow

Step Six:
Maximise y_easter23
Edit/Copy    Edit/Paste as New Layer
Layers/Arrange/Bring to Top
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow
Image/Add Borders/50 Pixels Background Colour
Select with Magic Wand
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Photo Aging Kit/Dirt and Dust as follows:



Step Seven:
Selections/Modify/Contract 10 Pixels
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel as follows:



Selections/Select  None
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection D.D.Easter2016.1 from Disk as follows:



Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Graphics Plus/Cross Shadow/Default Settings
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Selections/Select None

Step Eight:
Text Tool with the following settings:





Write:

For I remember it is Easter morn,
And life and love
   and peace are all new born.
                    ~Alice Freeman Palmer


Adjust to Fit.  See my image for placement
Convert to Raster Layer
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow as follows:



Step Nine:
Maximise EasterBasket
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/75%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow

Step Ten:
Maximise Polished Stone Corner-KRC2011
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha
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/800 pixels wide - height will adjust itself
File/Export/JPEG Optimiser/Compression Value 20

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial
A big thank you to the ladies who test my Tutorials

TESTERS' RESULTS


ALICE T.

BETTY H

ELIZABETH

LILLIAN

SHIRLEY



INGE-LORE