Blue Pearl Frame
(PSP 8
, 9 & 10 -- no filters)
A  tutorial by Mar © 2004.

What you need:
PSP 8. Download a 30
day trial here.
 ZIP with materials: download here.
Open all materials in PSP.

The Fairy tube I use in this tutorial, I bought at 
BJ Heaven site. She gave me the permission to use these
tubes in my tutorials. Do you like them and want them?
You can buy on her site, they're really cheap.
You can get them for less than 5 dollar for a hole set of tubes.

Even though I did buy these tubes, the  copyrights
remain with BJ and you cannot share, sell or distribute the
Fairy or the Ornament I made using the tube.

Let's go.....
Good luck!!

1. Open a new image 500 X 500 transparent.
Foreground style to pattern.
Find MD-redpat.jpg, it was in the zip.
Texture > unchecked (see blue hand).

2. Background style on pattern.
Find MD-bluepat.jpg.


Fill your image with the red pattern (=foreground).

3. Selections > All.
Selections > Modify > Contract  > 50 Pixels.
Selections > Invert.

4. Effects > Artistic Effects  > Halftone.

5. Effects > 3D-effects > Inner bevel > Color: #3A4554.

6. Effects > 3D-effects > Drop shadow


Repeat but Horiz. and  Vert. at - 6.

7. Repeat the inner bevel.
Selections > Invert.

8. Selections > Modify > Contract > 35 Pixels.
Selections > Inside-outside feather.

9. Layer > New rasterlayer.


Fill your image with your background pattern.

10. Effects > Texture-effects > Weave.
Color  1: #3F4D69  -  Color 2: #390001.

11. Repeat but change: Gap size  to 25 and width  to 350.

You must have this now:

12. Select the square like on the screenshot below (feather 0).

13. Selections > Modify > Contract 30 Pixels.

14. Layer > New raster layer.
Fill your selection with the red pattern.

15. Effects > Artistic Effects > Halftone  as before.

16. Effects > inner bevel but use this shape:

17. Effects > 3D-effects > Drop shadow.

18. Repeat the inner bevel.
Selections > None.

19. Open the  BJ-Fairy.psp and copy.
Paste as a new layer.
In your layer palette, change the blend mode
 to "Overlay" and the opacity to 50.

20. Paste BJ-Fairy.psp again.
With place a little to the left with her toe on your border.

21. Repeat same drop shadow.

22. Open  BJ-Ornament PSP and copy.
Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.
With move to the corner where the red squares are.

23. Repeat same drop shadow.

24. Layers > merge > Merge all flatten.

Your  Blue Pearl Frame is done.
I hope you did like it.
Thanks for doing my tutorials.

All tubes used in the below samples are by BJ Heaven.

This tutorial is written and designed by Mar and therefore her property.
 

This tutorial may not be downloaded for any purpose other
than to follow the tutorial. If you're a Moderator of a group,
please e-mail me before adding this tutorial to any lessons, etc.
When you do have my permission..... only a text link is allowed.
My tutorials are never ever to be sent over any mailing list or to leave my site.

Translation into English with help of my best friends, Trudie.
Thanks sweetie! Couldn't do it without you.



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