I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:
Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:
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:

Thank you Margit for your wonderful tubes:

01) File / New / 500 x 450 px / transparent

set your FGC to: #ecced0 (light colour)
and your BGC to: #b94671 (dark colour)

flood fill your picture with this gradient:

Effects / Distortion Effects / Pixelate:

02) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill with this gradient:

Effects / Distortion Effects / Pixelate:

set opacity of this layer to: 50

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

03) Layers / Duplicate

Selections / Select all

Selections / Modify / Contract to: 40

Edit / Cut (delete key)

Selections / Invert

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel:

Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:

Deselect

set opacity of this layer to: 60

04) activate bottom layer

open tube: chrismist_flw_061028200427_50.pspimage

Image / Resize: 80%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy
close tube again
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position it as shown below:

05) open tube: MMDesignz_Si 220219.pspimage

Image / Resize: 60%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy
close tube again
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

Image / Mirror

position it as shown below:

Layers / Duplicate

activate layer under it

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius 20

activate layer over it

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

06) activate top layer

open tube: schleife.pspimage

Edit / Copy
close tube again
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

Image / Rotate / Free Rotate:

position it as shown below:

Layers / Duplicate

Image / Mirror

Image / Flip

07) open tube: katzerl's-alphas-dangling-05.psp

Edit / Copy
close tube again
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

Image / Resize: 50% (twice)

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

position it as shown below:

08) activate your eraser tool (rubber)

erase a bit of the key as shown below:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #873857

09) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Select all

flood fill with your light FGC

Selections / Modify / Contract to: 1

flood fill selection with your dark BGC

Selections / Modify / Contract to: 1

flood fill with your light FGC

Selections / Modify / Contract to: 1

Edit / Cut (delete key)

Selections / Invert

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel:

Deselect

10) write your text

position it to your linking

add your watermark

11) activate bottom layer

Effects / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:

Edit / Copy Merged

open your Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / As new Animation

back to PSP

12) Edit / Undo Constellation

Effects / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:
hit once on: Random Seed

Edit / Copy Merged

back to your Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

13) back to PSP

repeat last step 12

Animation Shop: File / Save as... *.gif

Background:

01) File / New / 1024 x 400 px / transparent

flood fill your picture with this gradient:

Effects / Distortion Effects / Pixelate:

02) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill with this gradient:

Effects / Distortion Effects / Pixelate:

set opacity of this layer to: 50

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

03) activate tube: schleife.pspimage

Edit / Copy
close tube again
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position it to the left side

04) activate tube: katzerl's-alphas-dangling-05.psp

Image / Resize: 50% (twice)

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

position it as shown below:

activate your eraser tool (rubber)

erase a bit of the key as shown below:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #873857

05) Image / Canvas Size:

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:

back to your Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / As new Animation

back to your PSP

06) Edit / Undo Constellation

Effects / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:
hit once on: Random Seed

Edit / Copy Merged

back to your Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

07) back to PSP

repeat last step 05

File / Save as...*.gif