I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
FM Tile Tools:
Alien Skin Xenofex 2:
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 / 700 x 600 px / transparent

set your FGC to: light colour (#dfd0b7)
and your BGC to: dark colour (#5f4b42)

Effects / Plugins / MuRa's Meister / Cloud:

Effects / Plugins / Fantastic Machines / PaintEngine:

02) Layers / Duplicate

Image / Rotate / Free Rotate:

activate your magic wand tool

select the four corners:

Selections / Invert

Selections / Modify / Select Selection Borders:

flood fill selection with this gradient:

Effects / Artistic Effects / Halftone:

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel:

Deselect

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
0 / 0 / 80 / 20 / colour: black

03) Layers / Duplicate

Image / Rotate / Free Rotate:

once again:

Layers / Duplicate

Image / Rotate / Free Rotate:

Layers / Merge / Merge Down (twice)

04) Layers / Duplicate (merged layers)

Image / Resize: 60% (all layers NOT checked)

Image / Mirror

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

rename this layer: animation

05) open tube: magicr_CU_Valentines_Freebie1.pspimage

Image / Resize: 50% (three times)

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy
close tube again
back to your picture

Edit / Paste as new layer

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
0 / 0 / 80 / 20 / colour: black

set opacity of this layer to: 70

06) open tube: MMD_0252701.pspimage

Image / Resize: 80%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy
close tube again
back to your picture

Edit / Paste as new layer

position left lower corner

Layers / Duplicate

activate layer under it

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius 20

activate top layer

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

07) open tube: MMDesignz_Si 312250.pspimage

Image / Resize: 80%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy
close tube again
back to your picture

Edit / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

Layers / Duplicate (twice)

activate layer under it

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius 20

activate top layer

Layers / Merge / Merge Down (twice)

08) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Select all

flood fill with gradient

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 5

Edit / Cut (delete key)

Selections / Invert

Effects / Artistic Effects / Halftone:

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel:

Selections / Invert

Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout:

Deselect

09) open tube: therese_iloveyou_wa2.pspimage

copy your text

and paste as new layer

position to your liking

add your watermark

10) activate layer: animation

Edit / Copy Merged

open Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / As new animation

back to PSP

11) layer: animation

Image / Rotate / Free Rotate:

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy Merged

back to Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

back to PSP

12) repeat last step 11 (ten times)

Animation Shop:

we have 12 frames now

Edit / Select all

File / Save as... *.gif