I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
Artistic / Watercolor:
FM Tile Tools / FM Tile Tools:
Alien Skin Eye Candy: 5 Impact:
Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:
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 (#f4007d)
and your BGC to: dark colour (black)

flood fill with this gradient:

Effects / Plugins / Artistiques / Aquarelle
or:
Artistic / Watercolor:

Effects / Plugins / FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss:
default settings

02) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Select all

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 40

flood fill with your dark BGC

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 10

flood fill with your light FGC

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 10

flood fill with your dark BGC

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 10

Edit / Cut (delete key)

Deselect

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Eye Candy: 5 Impact / Glass:

03) open tube: B57_xmas_gloves_11_09.pspimage

Window / Duplicate

close the original

change your FGC to: light colour

activate the: Change to Target Brush

PSP 9: PSPX2:

with the following settings:

go over the gloves as shown below:

Image / Resize: 50%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste as new layer

position left side

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

04) open tube: MMDesignz_307_161009.pspimage

Image / Resize: 40%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy

activate bottom layer

Edit / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

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

rename this layer: deco

05) activate top layer again

open tube: MMDesignz_Si_280239.pspimage

Image / Resize: 80%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste as new layer

position right side

activate selection tool / rectangle

select as shown below:

Edit / Cut

keep selected

activate layer: deco again

Layers / New Raster Layer

Edit / Paste into selection

Deselect

06) activate top layer again

Layers / New Raster Layer

Selections / Select all

flood fill with dark BGC

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 5

flood fill with light FGC

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 5

flood fill with dark BGC

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 5

Edit / Cut (delete key)

Deselect

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Eye Candy: 5 Impact / Glass:
same settings (Clear)

07) write your text or use tube: Schriftzug.pspimage

and don't forget your watermark

Edit / Copy Merged

open Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / As new animation

back to PSP

08) activate bottom layer

Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:

Edit / Copy Merged

back to Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

File / Save as.. *.gif