Carolyn Frame

Materials:
PSP (I used version 8, but this tutorial should be able to be done in most other versions as well).
Image of your choice or the one I used HERE.
The mask HERE .

Plug-Ins:
Graphics Plus

Careing, thoughtful, and kind hearted are a few words that describe the woman I wrote this tutorial for.  Carolyn is one of the sweetest people you will ever find.

1.  Open your image.
2.  Shift + D and close the original.
3.  Resize if necessary, if you do Adjust> Sharpness> Sharpen also.
4.  Select a light color from your image for your foreground (I chose DEBDA7).
5.  Select a dark color from your image as your background color (I used C39799).
6.  Change your foreground to gradient and choose the foreground/background gradient.  Angle and Repeats set at 0, Invert NOT checked, and style Linear.
7.  Change your background to pattern and select a gold or silver pattern.
8.  Image> Add Borders> 5 in a color NOT in your image.
9.  Select with the Magic Wand (Tolerance and Feather set at 0).
10.  Flood fill with your gold or silver pattern.
11.  Selections> Invert.
12.  Effects> 3D Effects> Cutout.  Vertical & Horizontal set at 0, Opacity 75, Blur 25, and color black.
13.  Image> Add Borders> 10 in a color NOT in your image.
14.  Select with the Magic Wand and then flood fill with the gradient.
15.  Effects> Plug-Ins> Graphics Plus> Cross Shadow with the default settings.
16.  Selections> Select None.
17.  Image> Add Borders> 5 in a color NOT in your image.
18. Flood fill with your gold or silver pattern.  Selections> Select None.
19.  Image> Add Borders> 40 in a color NOT in your image.
20.  Select with the Magic Wand and then flood fill with the gradient.
21.  Layers> New Raster Layer.  Flood fill with your gold or silver pattern.
22.  Layers> Load/Save Mask> Load From Disk.
23.  Select the Deecornerart1, with the settings below.

24.  Selections> Select None.
25.  Delete the mask layer.
26.  Click "Yes" when it asks if you want to merge.
27.  Adjust> Sharpness> Sharpen.
28.  Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow.  Vertical & Horizontal set at 2, Opacity 100, Blur 4, and color #808080.
29.  Repeat but set V&H at -2 this time.
30.  Layers> Merge> Merge All.
31.  Image> Add Borders> 5 in a color NOT in your image.
32.  Select with the Magic Wand.
33.  Flood fill with your gold or silver pattern.
34.  Selections> Select None.
35.  Image> Add Borders> 8 in a color NOT in your image.
36.  Select with the Magic Wand.
37.  Flood fill with the gradient.
38.  Effects> Plug-Ins> Graphics Plus> Cross Shadow with the default settings.
39.  Selections> Select None.
40.  Image> Add Borders> 5 in a color NOT in your image.
41.  Select with the Magic Wand.
42.  Flood Fill with your gold or silver pattern.
43.  Selections> Select None.
44.  Resize your image if you wish.  If you do Adjust> Sharpeness> Sharpen.

You're done!

Thank you so much for trying out my tutorial!

This tutorial is written by me and should not be shared in any way without my permission.  Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental.  My tutorials are written for learning purposes only.