Heron
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Jeanette's original Dutch tutorial can be found here

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Click on the example above  to view the working script

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The images and tubes were made by
Yvonne, Gini and Kat.
Save the brush top 'Bubbels' in your PSP - brushes folder.



Download the supplies here
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FILTERS NEEDED:
Greg's Factory Output II
Unlimited.

 Change your foreground color to #E2F6FF,
background to #6F8A9D,
Both foreground and background on gradient,
as seen below:

 

Foreground

Background



1. Open a new transparent canvas, size 395x395.
 Fill with the foreground gradient.

2. Activate the Brush Tool and fins the 'Bubbles;'- brush.
Right-click once in the center of the canvas.


3. Effects --> Image effects --> Enhance More.
4. Open the cat tube.
Paste onto the canvas.
Move it to the center of the circle.
Sharpen 1x.


5. Merge layers visible.

6. Effects --> Image Effects --> Page Curl:
Make sure you change the color to your background color.

 


7. Filters Unlimited:
Edges, Square --> Square Edge 11 - standard.
Minimize the image for now.

8. Open a new transparent canvas, size 600x450.
Fill with the foreground gradient.

9. Open the tube 'SnowySormy'.
Copy and paste onto the canvas.

10. Mirror the tube.
Paste it onto the image as well.
Move it to look like this:





11. Set the layer opacity of the tree on the right
on 48% in the Layers palette.


12. Merge layers visible.

13. Activate your smaller image.
Copy and paste onto the bigger canvas.
Move it to the right.


14. Effects --> 3D Effects --> Drop Shadow: 2 2 60 15,00.

15. Merge layers visible.

16. Add a 1 px border in the foreground color.

17. Add border: 'Symmetric' - not checked:
Top and Bottom - 25
Left and Right - 45
color - background color.


18. Select the border with the Magic wand.

19. Filter Greg's Factory-->  Poolshadow:
all slidebars on 50 except for the
bottom two on 128 ( standard settings).

20. Selections --> Modify.
Add a drop shadow:  2 2 60 15,00.
Deselect.

21. Open the heron tube.
Resize to 400 pixels in height.

22. Copy and paste onto the canvas and fit it
precisely into the left bottom corner.


23. Effects --> 3D Effects --> Drop Shadow: 2 2 70 15,00
Repeat with V & H on minus 2.

24. Merge layers visible.

25. Add a 2 px black border, select and fill
with the background color.


26. Effects --> 3D Effects --> Inner Bevel
with these settings:



27. Deselect.

28. Add some text in a nice font.
Image --> Rotate --> Free Rotate: 43 degrees to the right - 'Rotate single layer around center'= checked.


29. Move the text into the page curl.

30. Effects --> 3D Effects --> Drop Shadow: 1 1 90 2,00.
Deselect.
Merge layers.

To use the script you need to make 2 more backgrounds.

Have fun !!

Download the empty script here.

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