Gerrie, thank you very much for your permission that I may translate your tutorials.
This tutorial was made in PSP X2, but can also be made in the other versions.
For this lesson you need the following plugins:
Alien Skin Snap Art - Oil Paint
Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Distortion Filters
Xero - Fritillary
You can download them

you can
download the materials.
It contains: 7 tubes.
The tubes are by @Bibi, Gerry and Maryse.
The other tubes are unknown to me.
If they are yours, please let me know so I can give you the proper credits.
I want to thank all the makers of the beautiful tubes.
Please don't remove the watermark.
The Copyright belongs to the original artist.
Let the credit to the maker.
Step 1
Open the tubes in PSP - minimize them for now.
Step 2
Set your foreground color to #eacd62 (or at your choise).
Set your background color to #b3a761 (or at your choise).
Step 3
Open a transparent image of 1000 x 850 pixels.
Step 4
Set your foreground to gradient Radial - with these settings:

Step 5
Flood fill your image with this gradient.
Step 6
Copy tube 'Image2'.
Paste as a new layer on your working image.
Step 7
Layers - Duplicate.
Layers - Merge - Merge down.
Step 8
Image - Resize - 110% - All layers checked.
Adjust - Brightness/contrast - Brightness - 2.
Step 9
Effects - Plugins - Xero - Fritillary - with these settings:

Step 10
Copy tube 'Image 12'.
Paste as a new layer on your working image.
Step 11
Place it right below - see my example.
Step 12
Copy tube 'Image13'.
Paste as a new layer on your working image.
Step 13
Place it right below - see my example.
Step 14
Activate your background.
Copy tube 'MR_Easter_Woman'.
Paste as a new layer on your working image.
Step 15
Place her on the right side with her foot on the flower - see my example.
Step 16
Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow:
Vert and Hor 2 - Opacity 65 - Blur 6 - black.
If you want, you can remove the tubes.
Step 17
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 3 pixels - background color.
Step 18
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 30 pixels - foreground color.
Step 19
Set your foreground to gradient Sunburst - with these settings:

Step 20
Activate your Magic wand - Outside checked - with these settings:

Select the last border with your Magic wand.
Step 21
Flood fill the selection with the gradient.
Step 22
Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Snap Art - Oil Paint - with these settings:

Step 23
Effects - Geometric effects - Skew Vert stripes - color black - with these settings:

Step 24
Selections - Select none.
Step 25
Click with your Magic wand left below in the black part.
Flood fill the selection with your last gradient.
Step 26
Effects - Plugins - Alien Skin Snap Art - Oil Paint - same settings as
before.
Step 27
Selections - Select none.
Step 28
Copy tube 'MR_Easter_Time'.
Paste as a new layer on your working image.
Image - Resize - 90% - All layers not checked.
Place it totaly to the left - see my example.
Step 29
Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.
Step 30
Copy tube 'gerry-Pasen 2 - 1 maart 2009'.
Paste as a new layer on your working image.
Image - Resize - 90% - All layers not checked.
Place them on the left side - see my example.
Step 31
Effects - 3D effects - Drop shadow - same settings as before.
Step 32
Copy tube 'WordArt_LovelySpring@BiBi'.
Paste as a new layer on your working image.
Put it on a nice place.
Layers - Duplicate.
Step 33
Layers - New raster layer.
Add your watermark.
Step 34
Image - Add borders - Symmetric - 3 pixels - background color.
Step 35
Adjust - Brightness/contrast - Brightness - 2.
Step 36
Image - Resize - Width 600 pixels.
Step 37
Save your crea as a jpg file and you're done!
I hope you enjoyed making this tutorial :-)
This lesson was written by Gerrie on April 19, 2011.
This lesson is and remains the property of Gerrie.
You are not allowed to copy or distribute my lessons without my written
permission.
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Translated by Zial on February 1, 2014
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