You will need

FM Tile tools

Graphics Plus

Simple Top Left Mirror.

My zip file HERE

The lady tube came from Maxyran HERE

1: Set your foreground to 4b338c and your background to 8a80c6. Then set your foreground to the dmspurplepassion gradient. Angle 45, repeats 3, style linear. Invert is not checked.

Settings will stay the same throughout unless noted.

2: Open the dmspurplepassionbg.

Layers new raster layer. Fill with the gradient.

3: Layers, load/save mask. Load mask from disk. Locate the gh_grungeframe11mask_bunnysatticdotcom mask and apply with the following settings.

Layers, merge. Merge group.

Effects, edge effects, enhance.

4: Effects, 3D effects drop shadow with the following settings.

5: Open the Misted_Tulip_Scenic_RM tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer. Image mirror. Move up a little as in the main graphic.

Change the blend mode to Luminance legacy.

6: Effects, plugins, FM Tile Tools, Blend Emboss with the default settings.

Repeat bland emboss once.

7: Open the flowertube01 tube.  Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Lower the opacity to around 90%.

Change the blend mode to luminance legacy.

Apply the Blend Emboss once.

8: Image duplicate. Image mirror.

9: Open the Maxyran_16_09_09 Women86 tube. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Image resize 80% making sure all layers is not checked.

Position as in the main graphic.

10: Apply the same drop shadow as in 4.

Repeat the drop shadow, but change the vertical and horizontal to - (minus) 5.

11: Image add borders 3 #8a80c6.

12: Image add borders 15 white. Select with the magic wand, feather and tolerance set at zero.

Fill with the gradient.

Leave selected.

13: Adjust, add remove noise, add noise uniform 6. Monochrome is checked.

Leave selected.

14: Effects, plugins, Graphics Plus, Cross shadow. Use the default settings, but lower the intensity to 100.

Select none.

15: Open the dmsicediamonds corner. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top Copy. Back to working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Image, resize 80% making sure all layers is not checked.

Position in upper left corner.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

16: Apply both drop shadows 10.

17: Effects, plugins Simple, Top Left Mirror.

18: Repeat step 11.

Merge all, flatten.

19: Add your watermark and any text you require. Save as a jpg. You are all done.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on September 20, 2009

No copyright infringement is intended as this is purely for the learning experience gained through creating this tag.

This tutorial must not be passed through e-mail, groups or by any other method without written permission from myself.

Thank you to Cat for testing this tutorial.

© D.M.S Creations 2009