I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
Xero / Simplicity:
Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:
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 550 px / transparent

set your FGC to: light colour
and your BGC to: dark colour

flood fill with this gradient:

Effects / Plugins / Xero / Simplicity:
default settings

02) Layers / Duplicate

Image / Resize: 70% (all layers not checked)

Image / Rotate / Free Rotate:

position as shown below:

Layers / Duplicate

Image / Mirror

Image / Flip

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

03) Layers / Duplicate

Image / Rotate / Free Rotate:
Left / 90 degrees

Image / Mirror

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

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

rename this layer: corners

activate bottom layer

Effects / Texture Effects / Fur:

04) open tube: MMDesignz_Si160179.pspimage

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

Layers / Duplicate

activate layer under it

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius 20

activate layer over it

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

05) open tube: Chat-Diamant4.pspimage

Image / Resize: 80%

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste as new layer

Image / Rotate / Free rotate:
right / 90% degrees

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

position as shown below:

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

06) activate top layer again (corners)

open tube: MMDesignz_Si 195209.pspimage

Image / Resize: 60%

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

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

07) open tube: mist6.pspimage

Edit / copy

Edit / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

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

08) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill with this gradient:

Selections / Select all

Selections / Modify / Contract by: 10

Edit / Cut

Selections / Invert

Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:
default settings

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel:

Deselect

09) activate your text tool

activate font: LHF Wolverine.ttf (vector)

write your text

Layers / Convert to Raster Layer

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

position to your liking

add your watermark and name

10) activate layer: corners

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:

Edit / Copy Merged

open Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / As new animation

11) back to PSP

Edit / Undo Constellation

Image / Resize: 103% (all layers NOT checked)

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Constellation:
hit Random Seed

Edit / Copy Merged

back to Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

12) repeat last step 11 (three times)

Animation Shop:

we have five animation frames now

Edit / Select all

Edit / Copy

activate last animation frame F:5

Edit / Paste / After current frame

Animation / Reverse animation

File / Save as... *.gif