I made it with PSP: & &

Supplies:

Important:
- put the GabeeChristmas11148.jpg into the PSP folder: masks

Filters / Plugins:
FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss:
VDL Adrenaline - Snowflakes:
Animation Shop:

You are welcome to take this nice sunflower with you, it shows you always where you are (just click and drag) Have Fun!

tutorial tested by:

01) File / New / 700 x 600 px / transparent

set your FGC to: #e7e8ed
and your BGC to: #6c70a0

flood fill your image with your dark BGC

02) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill this layer with your light FGC

Layers / Load/Save Mask / Load Mask from disk:

go to your layers palette and activate the layer: Mask - Raster 2

activate your magic wand tool:

click once into the circle:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

keep selected

03) Layers / New Raster Layer

open the tube: scrap.pspimage

Edit / Copy
don't close it
back to your selection

Edit / Paste / Paste into selection

Selections / Modify / Contract to: 10 px

Edit / Cut

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

Selections / Invert

Effects / Plugins / FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss

keep selected

04) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Invert

Selections / Modify / Expand to: 5 px

open the tube: JC_HLincoln-Christmas 2.png

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your selection

Edit / Paste / Paste into selection

change the blend mode of this layer to: Luminance

Effects / Plugins / FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss

Deselect

Layers / Arrange / Move Down

activate the top layer again: Raster 2

05) back to your minimized tube: scrap.pspimage

activate layer: Raster 02

Edit / Copy
don't close it
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place it as shown below:

make the three upper layers invisible

activate layer: Group - Raster 2

06) back to your minimized tube: scrap.pspimage

activate layer: Raster 03

Edit / Copy
don't close it
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place it as shown below:

Layers / Duplicate

Image / Mirror

Image / Flip

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

07) make the layer over it visible again: Raster 3

activate your eraser tool

activate layer: Raster 5

erase the through-resplendent branches away:
  

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

make all layers visible again

activate the top layer again: Raster 4

08) activate the tube: scrap.pspimage

activate the layer: Raster 04

Edit / Copy
don't close it
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place it as shown below:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

09) open the tube: tube63LK.png

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place it as shown below:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

10) activate the tube: scrap.pspimage

activate the layer: Raster 05

Edit / Copy
close it now; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place it as shown below:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

Layers / Duplicate

place it like me here:

11) activate your text tool

write your text: Snow Bunny

place it to your linking

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

add your watermark and name

make the layer: Raster 2 and the bottom layer invisible

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

make both layers visible again

12) activate the layer: Raster 2 (circle frame)

activate your magic wand tool

click into the centre of the circle

Effects / Plugins / VDL Adrenaline / Snowflakes:

Deselect

13) Edit / Copy Merged

open your Animation Shop (A/S)

Edit / Paste / As new animation

back to your PSP

Edit / Undo Select None

Edit / Undo Snowflakes

14) Effects / Plugins / VDL Adrenaline / Snowflakes:
same settings

change Random Seed to: 10

Deselect

15) Edit / Copy Merged

back to your A/S

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

back to your PSP

Edit / Undo Select None

Edit / Undo Snowflakes

16) Effects / Plugins / VDL Adrenaline / Snowflakes:
same settings

change Random Seed to: 20

Deselect

17) Edit / Copy Merged

back to your A/S

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

File / Save as.... *.gif

I resized my animation to: width: 525 px