I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:
MuRa's Meister / Cloud:
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:

Thank you Sharlimar for your wonderful tubes:

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

set your FGC to: light colour (#cfc49c)
and your BGC to: dark colour (#736541)

flood fill your picture with dark colour

Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:

02) Layers / New Raster Layer

Effects / Plugins / MuRa's Meister / Cloud:

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance More

03) open tube: mou_swanes flight.pspimage

Image / Resize: 70%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position it as shown below:

Layers / Duplicate

activate Layer under it

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius 20

activate top layer

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

04) open tube: calguismistoeil30119.pspimage

Image / Resize: 80%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position it as shown below:

05) open tube: MMDesignz_Si 242229.pspimage

Image / Resize: 70%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position it as shown below:

Layers / Duplicate

activate Layer under it

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius 20

activate top layer

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

06) Layers / New Raster Layer

activate your selection tool / custom selection:

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 1 px

Effects / Plugins / MuRa's Meister / Cloud:

Deselect

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
0 / 0 / 100 / 20 / black

Effects / Plugins / Tramges / Tow the Line:
default settings

Layers / Duplicate

Image / Flip

07) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Select all

flood fill selection with this gradient:

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 10

Edit / Cut (delete key)

Selections / Invert

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel:

Deselect

08) open tube: mistycato_ltbeads_tag.pspimage

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

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

don't forget your watermark

09) Edit / Copy Merged

open your Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / As new animation

back to PSP

activate layer: Raster 6

Effects / Image Effects / Offset:
80 / 80 / transparent

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
5 / -5 / 100 / 20 / black

Edit / Copy Merged

back to Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

back to PSP

10) activate layer over it: Copy of Raster 6

Effects / Image Effects / Offset:
-80 / -80 / transparent

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
-5 / 5 / 100 / 20 / black

Edit / Copy Merged

back to Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

back to PSP

11) repeat step: 9 & 10 (same settings)

we have five animation frames

back to PSP

once again:

repeat step: 9 & 10 (same settings)

we have seven animation frames

back to PSP

and once again:

repeat step: 9 & 10 (same settings)

we have nine animation frames

12) Animation Shop:

Edit / Select all

Animation / Frame properties: display time: 30

select last animation frame:

Animation / Frame properties: display time: 150

File / Save as *.gif