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 1. Start a new image 500 x 500 Open your supplies and minimize them in your workspace.

 2. Pick a light color for your foreground and a dark color for your
   background. I used #ea8888 for my foreground, and #9a2222 for my
   background.



3. Flood fill your image with your background color.

4. Go to Layers/new raster layer/ and click ok. Flood fill this with
   your foreground color.

5. Go to Layers/new mask layer/from image and chose sq._fractual2 from the
   drop-down list.

6. In your layers palette, right click on your mask layer and go to merge/merge group.

7.Lets rename those layers, name raster1 background, and merged group as mask.

8.Activate your BG layer, and then right click on the castle tube and copy.

9.Rt click on your Image and paste as a new layer. This will put your castle
  "behind" your mask layer. Make sure you rename your layer. I named mine "castle".

10. I added a drop shadow at this point to my castle layer. With these settings:





11.Right click on your girl tube and copy.

12.Make sure your mask layer is activated, and then right click on image and paste as
   a new layer. Use your move tool to move her to the lower right hand corner of your
   image. Repeat the drop shadow from step 10.
 
    At this point, right click on any layer and go to merge/ merge visible. Add your

    watermark and text to your image at this point. Add the same drop shadow to your
    text as in step 10.

13.Lets add a frame to our picture. go to Image/add borders/ with these settings, make
   your color white.





14. With your magic wand, click on the border you just made and flood fill it with your
    foreground color. Selections/selections none.

15. Image/add borders but this time make your settings for 5 and your color white.

16. With your magic wand, select the new border and flood fill it with your gold pattern.
    selections. selection none.




17. repeat steps 13 and 14, but this time, go to selections/ invert.

18. Go to selections/modify/ contract by 8.

19. Go to effects/ 3 d effects/ cut out and use these settings




20. Selections/ invert then go to effects/3 d effects/ inner bevel with these settings




selections/selection none

21. Image/ add borders 15 all around.

22. Select the new border with your magic wand and flood fill with your background color.

23.With this border still selected, go to effects/ distortion effects/ curlicues with
   these settings




 selections/selections none

24.Repeat from steps 14 and 15.

25.Image/add borders 20 all around this time.

26. Select this new border with your magic wand. Flood fill with your foreground color.

27. With this border still selected, go to Effects/reflection effects/kaleidoscope
    with these settings



28. Add an inner bevel to this border like in step 20. Select/ select none.

29. repeat step 14 & 15.

30. Go to Image/ resize and resize your image to 450 x450 pixels, adjust/ sharpness/sharpen.

31. Save as a jpeg and name it.


Hope you enjoyed this tut.

  Thanks, Nan

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