Thank you Rita ( english),
 Violette (french) Anja (german), and annarella (italian)
for the translations

used plug-ins:
Alien Skin Nature
Alien Skin Impact
Toadies
Eye Candy 4000
Distort
AAA Frames

other example
 from  Rita ( Friemelien)

supplies:
 

Preparation:
Foreground color WHITE
Background color: 849438
Make a gradient  -Blur

1.
Open a White image 775x500
New Raster layer
 

2.
selection –selection adjust



Flood fill selection with your gradient
Select none
 

3.
Effects - - plug–in effects -Toadies - Weaver



Effects - - plug–in effects -Toadies - Rasterline


 

4.

Effects - - plug–in effects -Alien Skin Nature _ Rust
Find Preset Gerry-My Holiday



Image flip
Pull this layer down
Make sure the green line is below

 

5.
New raster layer
Selection load from disk Gerry-My Holiday 1

Flood fill with: #849438


Select none

Effects - - plug–in effects  -Distort - Ocean Ripple


Effects - - plug–in effects -Eye Candy 4000 - Jiggle


Move it to the left corner below

6.
Layers - duplicate
Move it a bit to the right and a bit lower than the first one

Layers – merge down
Duplicate - mirror
Layers – merge down – Layer opacity 80

7.
This is what we have up to now

8.
New Raster layer
Foreground color: d8df41
Load selection from disk Gerry-My Holiday 2
Flood fill selection with foreground color
Select none
 

9.

New Raster layer
Your fore ground color is still: d8df41
background color: 849438

foreground  Gradient Gerry-My Holiday

Select brush tool and find brush
Gerry-My Holiday
Brush it left on your image, duplicate and mirror the brush
Layers – merge down
This is what we have

Give it a drop shadow

Rename this layer: Brush

10.
New raster layer
Click in your keyboard : P (= Presets)
Find in the preset shapes window the  e

Foreground null , background: #849438
View : rulers
Make a shape starting left and go to the right
Start at  100-30 and stop at
this is what you see at the bottom in your screen

Now you have this



Layers – convert to Raster layer
Selection – select all
Selection Float – selection defloat
Selection Modify – selection contract  2
Hit the delete button
Go to your brush layer and hit the delete button
Go back to your top layer
Selection modify -  Contract: 2
Hold selection!

11.

New Raster layer
Foreground color: 849438
check Texture and find your texture  - Corel_15_001

Flood fill selection
Hold selection!!

11.
New Raster layer 
Open misted tube- PAY JLL2007
Copy and paste in to selection
Blend mode overlay
select none
 

12.

Lock all layers except the upper 3 layers
layers-merge visible layers

Lock this merged layer and open the other 3 layers
Layers – merge visible layers
Open both layers
Now we have this

Highlight top layer
 

13.
Open tube Gerry bloemetje paars
copy and paste as new layer
Copy your color number: 849438 now it’s in your memory
Effects - - plug–in effects - Nik software - Color efex Pro 3.0
At the left, highlight 
To the right click on the colors and paste the number what’s in the memory

Move the tube to the lower right corner (see example)
Layers -Duplicate - Mirror
Resize 80% - all layers not checked.
Move it to the lower left corner
Layers – merge down
 

14.
Open  tube Gerry - ring - groen
Copy- paste as new layer
Move the ring to the left on the preset shape, see example

Zoom  a lot
Make a free hand selection - feather 0 and hit the delete button


Repeat point 14 but move the ring to the right upper preset 

15.
New raster layer

Background color: 849438 – Foreground color null
Texture unchecked
Repeat preset shape as in point 10

Select text tool
Start where the hand is till you see a cross and an A  like this  (A
Click with the left mouse button ( in the middle)
Write   My Holiday  using the font Daffodil


Click apply
 

16.
Click in your layer pallet on the cross +


je hebt nu dit

The bottom is the  e  ,  lock this with the eye
Layers – convert to raster layer
Give it a drop shadow

Move the text a bit up

Layers – merge visible layers ….at last :-))))

17.
Copy tube Gerry vectorwomen 13
Paste as new layer

Move her to the left and a bit down
Effects - plug–in effects- Alien Skin Eye candy 5 impact - perspective shadow

18.

Add borders
1 pixel color:849438
10 pixels white
1 pixel color: 849438
Effects – plug–in effects -  AAA Frames


Add watermark  and we’re done.

 

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