Button Elf

This tutorial has been created in the Nordic Psp forum

after a challenge _2024

Many thanks to Dennis Robinson for translating my Tutorial.


Selection must be in the Selection Folder

Textures in the Texture Folder

Gradients in the Gradient Folder

Presets in the Preset Folder

The rest are opened in PSP

Foreground color #82aa79

Background color #e2b268

Color 3 #fbc1a4


Open an image of 900 x 600-pixels

Selections / Select All

Edit / Copy divers_0174_lisat


Edit / Paste into Selection

Selections / Select None


Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling  Default

Adjust Blur Gaussian Blur 60

Effects / Plugins / Filters Unlimited / Italian Editors Effect / Picture in Picture


Results


Effects / Mehdi / Weaver


Layers / New Raster Layer

Flood Fill with the Foreground color

Layers / New Mask Layer from Image nik/mycuprunnethover


Layers / Merge / Merge Group


Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance More


VM Extravaganza / Stay in Line


Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance

Layers / New Raster Layer

Fill with the Background color

Selections / Select All

Selections / Modify / Contract by 5

Press Delete

Selections / Select None


Effects / Geometric Effects / Skew


Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling 


Effects / Edge Effects / Erode



Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow / Preset Shadowtodark_kniple


Image / Add Borders 3-pixels / Background Color #e2b268

Image / Add Borders 1-pixel / Foreground Color #82aa79

Inage / Add Borders 4-pixels / Color 3 #fbc1a4

Activate the Magic Wand

Select the 4-pixel Border

Effects / Plugins / Filters Unlimited / Italian Editors / Picture in Picture


Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel


Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow (default)

Selections / Select None

Edit / Copy / Corner tw_flowers36

Edit / Paste as a New Layer

Place in the Upper Left Corner

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow (default)

Edit / Copy Text or create your own

Edit / Paste as a New Layer

Edit / Copy / divers_0174

Edit / Paste as a New Layer

Image / Resize 75%

Place it where you think it looks best

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow Default

Edit / Copy the flare butterflies

Edit / Paste as a New Layer

Image / Free Rotate Left 35

Image / Resize 85%

Put in place

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow (your choice)

Layers / Merge / Merge All

Add your name/watermark

I Hope you found it fun to make.