This Tutorial was written by Denise D on  4th January, 2017

from my own ideas.
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely co-incidental and unintentional.
You may share my Tutorial with others.
All I ask that permission is asked and credit given to the links below.


http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/Home/homeb.html

Please do not upload any of my completed Tutorial images onto sites such as
Fotki, Pinterest, Photobucket or similar

viNTAGE easter



http://escapingtopsp2.altervista.org/VintageEaster/VintageEaster.html



Thank you Inge-Lore for this German Translation

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

Supplies
   Images:   
cajoline_sepia_pap3.pspimage
You can join this group at:
http://cajoline-scrap.blogspot.com.au/

paper1-0_641.pspimage
AdFastener.pspimage
victorian rabbit.psp image
chickensinbasket.pspimage
stringbow.pspimage
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:
EasterDecoEgg-jodi

Fonts:
Konstytucyja.ttf

Plugins:
Filters Unlimited 2.0
Alien Skin Xenofex 2
MuRa's Seamless
Eye Candy 3.0
           Texture (this is a plugin not Effects/Texture)              
Found here:
http://www.saturnelladesign.fr/pages/filtres.htm
http://janaly.com/Filtres/Filtre.html
http://www.maidiregrafica.eu/paginafiltri/filtri.html
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 Font
Place Mask in PSP Mask Folder
Open graphics in PSP, duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.
Please Note:   Offset settings provided in this tutorial may vary according to size of your image.
Please adjust to suit.

The settings remain the same throughout this Tutorial unless otherwise stated.
Set your Foreground colour to #f9f7eb
Set your Background colour to #e7e1b7

Step One:
File/New/New Image 800 pixels x 550 pixels as follows:



Step Two:
Selections/Select All
Selections/Modify/Contract 10 pixels
Maximise paper1-0_641.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste into Selection
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Convolution/Emboss (strong) as follows:



Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Alien Skin Xenofex 2/Burnt Edges as follows:



Step Three:
Layers/New Raster Layer
Selection Tool/Custom Selection with the following settings:





Maximise cajoline_sepia_pap3.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste into Selection
Effects/Plugins/Filters Unlimited 2.0/Edges, Square/Square Edge07 as follows:



Keep Selected

Step Four:
Selections/Modify/Contract 55 pixels
Layers/New Raster Layer
Change Foreground Colour to Foreground/Background Linear Gradient as follows:



Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects/Plugins/Texture/Texturizer/Burlap as follows:



Layers/Load/Save Mask/Load Mask EasterDecoEgg-jodi from Disk as follows:



Effects/Edge Effects/Enhance More
Layers/Merge/Merge Group
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha/Default Settings
Selections/Select None
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Glow as follows:



Step Five:
Maximise AdFastener.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image Resize 75% as follows:



Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow



OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab as follows:



Layers/Duplicate
Image/Mirror Horizontal    OR     Image/Mirror

Step Six:
Maximise stringbow.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/80%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Layers/Duplicate
Layers/Merge/Merge Down
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow/Direction 315

Step Seven:
Maximise victorian rabbit.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/65%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows;



Change Opacity to 80%
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Glow

Step Eight:
Maximise chickensinbasket.pspimage
Edit/Copy        Edit/Paste as New Layer
Image/Resize/60%
Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen More
Effects/Image Effects/Offset as follows:



Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/DropShadow
OR
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Shadowlab

Step Nine:
Change Foreground and Background Colour in Materials Box to #895b51
Text Tool with the following settings:





Write:

May the gift of Easter, Cause you much delight.
And the sun of Easter, make your pathway bright!

Convert to Raster Layer
Object/Align/Horizontal/Centre
See my image for placement
Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Emboss at Alpha  BUT change  Opaque Emboss Setting to 210
Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 3.0/Drop Shadow

Step Ten:
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 VISIBLE
File/Export/PNG Optimiser