For this tutorial you will need the following:
Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X7, you should be able to use any version.
which you need a license to use.
Font of choice, I am using Ballerina Script
Mask: Becky Mask 23 which is no longer available online
if you don't have it, you could use something else, any mask you like will do
Plugins: no outside plugins
Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.
Add a drop shadow of your choosing to tubes & elements throughout. I usually use 1, 1, 50, 5 unless otherwise noted.
Let's get started!
Open a new canvas 950 x 950 pixels with a white background
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, resize by 45%
add the following elements from your kit:
element 1 resize 60% arrange on left behind tube, duplicate, drag right, erase where they overlap
then merge the two layers together
element 53 arrange in front of fence arrange on left, duplicate & mirror
element 9 arrange below tube, duplicate about 4 times, arrange around canvas below the tube & elements 53 so the canvas has a nice grassy area
element 7 resize 45% arrange on right between fence and grass
element 32 resize 55% arrange on left between grass and fence
element 34 resize 25% arrange by tube
element 69 resize 25% arrange in front of tube to the left of the flower
element 5 resize 25% arrange on left side of tube
element 29 resize 30% arrange on bottom right
element 39 resize 30% arrange by grass & fence on left
element 23 resize 25% arrange on left, erase the small flower at the top
element 30 resize 75% arrange on right side above the white background
Apply paper 4 above the white background layer,
apply your mask, merge group
If you used the same mask as me, resize it 90%, drag to the left, duplicate, mirror, and merge together
crop and resize
add your copyright and credits as needed
add your text and save