Supplies
Paint Shop Pro
Super Blade Pro
Filter Factory A
Super Blade Pro Preset of your choice
I used the Perfect Gold preset from Dee's site which appears to now be down
Zip
I have had this mask for a long time and am not sure where I got it.
If anyone knows, please let me know so I can give proper credit.


1. Unzip the zip file and place the mask in your mask folder.
Open the pattern fill and minimize on the workspace.
Set foreground to pattern and background to white.

2. Add 3px border - select with magic wand.

3. Effects - Plugins - Super Blade Pro.
Apply preset of your choice.
I used the D_perfect gold.q9q which I got from Dee's site.
| Change the shape to the 6th Shape down.
 

4. Selections - Invert. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout.
Repeat Cutout, this time V & H -3.
Select none.

5. Add 10px border - select with magic wand.

6. Flood fill with pattern.
 Select none.

7. Add 3px border - select with magic wand.

8. Repeat Step 3.

9. Choose a colour from your graphic and set as background colour.
I used #994D3F.

10. Add 30px border - select with magic wand.

11. Effects - Plugins - Filter Factory A - Pool Shadow.
Keep selected.

12. Effects - Noise - Add 5% Uniform.
Keep selected.

13. Change your background colour back to white.
 Layers - New Raster Layer.

14. Masks - Load From Disk.
Browse to where you saved the gardenia.msk - Open.
You won't see anything but the mask is there.

15. Flood fill the border with white - there is the mask! Masks - Delete - Answer yes to merge into current layer.
Select none.

16. Selections - Select All.
Selections - Float.
Effects - Plugins - Super Blade Pro - apply your preset.
Keep selected.

17. Effects - 3D Effects - Dropshadow.
 Select none.

18. Layers - Merge - Merge All

19. Add 3px border - select with magic wand.

20. Repeat Step 3.

21. Add 10px border - select with magic wand.

22. Flood fill with pattern (your foreground should still be set to pattern).
Keep selected.

23. Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel.
Select none.

24. Add 3px border - select with magic wand.

25. Repeat Step 3.
Select none.

Thanks for trying this tutorial.
I hope you have enjoyed it.

Tutorial Copyright Marlie© 2002