This tutorial was written by me on April 22, 2010 using PSP 9.  All my tutorials assume you have some working knowledge of PSP and/or Animation Shop.

Supplies:

Tube of choice - I'm using the art of Keith Garvey.  You can purchase his tubes and a license at MyPSPTubes.

Scrap Kit - I'm using Sweet Indulgence's portion of the "Foreplay" store collab from Underground Scraps. 

Template - I'm using Template #20 from Cheri at Wild Creationz.  You can download this template from her blog here.

Mask of choice

Font of choice - I'm using Ribbons 

Filters:  Eye Candy 4000 gradient glow, Redfield Lattice Composer Riffles Needled

To begin open your mask, tube, and template in PSP - minimize your tube and mask

1.  On your template - image - canvas size - 700 x 700 white background - using magic wand click inside dark grey rectangle - copy/paste Paper 3 as new layer - selections - invert - delete - effects - Eye Candy 4000 gradient glow - fat - color from kit - with magic wand click inside the gradient area - adjust - add/remove noise - add noise 100% uniform monochrome - dropshadow

2.  Click inside left grey rectangle with magic wand - copy/paste Paper 2 as new layer - selections - invert - delete - selections - select none - effects - Redfield Lattice Composer - click on present dropdown choose Riffles Needled default - enter - repeat for right grey rectangle - choose 2 word art elements from kit - resize - rotate as needed - colorize if needed - copy/paste as new layers - position one over one rectangle layer - repeat for the other side - apply an inner bevel of choice to each word art layer - dropshadow (See my tag for reference)

3.  On rectangle frame layers - click with magic wand - copy/paste Paper 1 as new layer - selections - invert - delete - dropshadow

4.  On grey circle layer - click with magic wand - copy/paste Paper 1 as new layer - apply same Redfield effect as above - on Circle frame layer - click with magic wand - copy/paste Paper 2 as new layer - selections - invert - delete - apply same noise filter - dropshadow

5.  Copy/paste your tube as new layer - duplicate - move duplicate layer below frame layer - with eraser tool erase any parts of tube hanging below frame - dropshadow this tube layer - on top tube layer - erase any parts you don't want showing - DO NOT dropshadow this layer

6.  Copy/paste Element 3 as new layer - resize - position and dropshadow

7.  On background layer - copy/paste paper of choice as new layer - resize to cover canvas - layers - new mask layer - from image - find your mask - apply - merge group - resize mask if needed - apply same noise filter as above

8.  Close white background - crop/resize tag - add copyright/license and name - save as .png.