Greeting Grafik Supplies: PSP (I use version 7) Image & font of choice. My mask, ribbon, staple or those elements of your choosing. > my supplies < Plug ins used: Mura's Meister Copies AlienSkin Xenofex 2 > Burnt Edges *** Select the image of your choice, open and duplicate it (CtrlD), then close the original. Duplicate this layer and hide the original layer. Apply your mask and delete or merge the mask, then give it this shadow: H/V = 1/1, Op = 50%, Blur = 4.9 Hide your masked layer and activate your duplicate layer (this layer should be below your masked layer). Apply the Xenofex 2 > Burnt Edges to this layer. See my settings below: Contract/Expand Selection = -8.00 Burn Width = 10.0 Roughness = 5 Check Hollow Edges & Make Transparent Select a burn colour complimentary to your image. Overall Opacity = 60  *** Duplicate this layer and apply this shadow setting to the duplicate: H/V = 0/0, Op = 60%, Blur = 9.9 Make active your bottom layer and apply Mura's Meister > Copies > Default Afterimage (Rotate random). *** Open the stamp.psp file. The selection area is provided for you. Copy a portion of your image you'd like to have in the stamp. Either past into selection or paste as a new layer and move the image around until you've decided what you want in the selected area. If you've chosen this last option, you'll need to remove the excess image that's outside of the current selected area. Go to Selections > Invert and then hit your Del key. Merge Visible and then copy your stamp and place it where you'd like on the canvas with the full image. (See my samples for placement suggestions.) Open the cb-half-ribbon.psp and the cb-cross-staples.psp files. Colourize the ribbon to match or compliment your image and place the ribbon on top of the stamp layer. Do the same with the cross-staple. See my example for placement. Add a drop shadow if you wish. *** Select a background or fill colour and with your chosen font, add your greeting. All that's left to do is add the appropriate copyright credits and your tagger's watermark and then save as a jpeg. You're done! Hope you enjoyed this tut. Thanks for giving it a try. *** Consider adding another layer with some brushes -- challenge yourself! Here's another example and my inspiration for writing this tut. Terms of use. Webset ©2006CamouflageChick