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Carousel I

This is number 3 in the series of 3 frames in my Carousel Series.
I am unsure of whom the artist is of these lovely pictures as I received them in a graphic share.

Thanks to Blaze and Christine for allowing me to offer the masks for the frame
Please do not change the filenames.

I hope you enjoy this frame.

Materials

Paint Shop Pro
FM Tile Tools
Blaze's Honeycomb Mask
Christine's Geometric Mask
Supplies
Corners


1. Open your graphic, duplicate it (Shift & D), and close the original image
Unzip the supplies and corners and minimize them on your workspace
Set the foreground pattern to the gold pattern supplied
**you may wish to put this gold in your pattern folder if you haven't already done so**
Choose a color from your graphic for your main color - set as the background color
I am using #dca5bc
Choose a dark color from your graphic and add to your swatches
- give it a name so that you will be able to easily find it
I am using #471e24
I chose another color to use with my masks and I went with a mauve color
to match the mauve in Carousel II
Choose a color and add it to your swatches as you did the dark color
- give it a name you can easily find
I am using #9a6d77

color swatch

2. Add 2px border
Select and fill with the gold pattern
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds

blinds

Selections - Invert

3. Effects - 3d Effects - Cutout
Select none

cutout

4. Add 1px border
Click on the color box and find the swatch you saved earlier
I will refer to this now as "dark color"
Click Ok
Select none

5. Add 2px border
Select and fill with the gold pattern
Select none

6. Add 1px border - dark color

7. Add 2px border
Select and fill with the gold pattern
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds
Apply the same settings as in Step 2
Select none

8. Add 1px border - dark color

9. Add 10px border
Select and fill with the background color
Select none

10. Add 1px border - dark color

11. Add 5px border
Selct and fill with the gold pattern
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds
Apply the same settings as in Step 2
Select none

12. Add 1px border - dark color

13. Add 22px border
Select and fill with the background color

Layers - New Raster Layer
Fill the layer with the second color you chose and added to your swatches
Keep selected

14. Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image
Choose ©Blaze Honeycomb_M.jpg from the drop down box

honeycomb mask

Layers - Merge - Merge Group
Layers - Merge - Merge All
Keep Selected

15. Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss
Apply the default settings
Effects - 3d Effects - Inner Bevel
Select none

inner bevel

16. Add 1px border - dark color

17. Add 5px border
Select and fill with the gold pattern
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds
Apply the same settings as in Step 2
Select none

18. Add 1px border - dark color

19. Add 27px border
Select and fill with the background color

Layers - New Raster Layer
Fill the layer with the second color you chose and added to your swatches
Keep selected

20. Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image
Choose m-geometricmask1.jpg from the drop down box
**ensure invert mask data is unchecked**

geometric mask

Layers - Merge - Merge Group
Layers - Merge - Merge All

21. Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss
Apply the default settings twice
Effects - 3d Effects - Inner Bevel
Select none

inner bevel

22. Add 1px border - dark color

23. Add 2px border
Select and fill with the gold pattern
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds
Apply the same settings as in Step 2
Select none

24. Add 1px border - dark color

25. Add 2px border
Select and fill with the gold pattern
Select none

26. Add 1px border - dark color

27. Add 2px border
Select and fill with the gold pattern
Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds
Apply the same settings as in Step 2
Select none



I have supplied some corners which you can use to embellish your image anyway you wish
If you need help with adding the corners, I have written a little tutorial on how I add the corners
You can find that tutorial here

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial



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