Translated into English by Sonel with permission from the creator, Snakelady

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Snakelady's Original Tutorial here in Dutch

What you need for this tutorial:

A tube of your own choice.
The tube used is from Sunzhine.
Download the rest of the Supplies here.

Let's start!

Open all the Supplies in PSP, as well as the Mask (kat_nkda_msk2007_44.jpg).
New Image : 700 x 600 White.
Layers - New Raster Layer.
Choose a bright, colourful colour from your tube and Floodfill the Layer.
Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image :

Layers - Merge - Merge Group.
Activate your Magic Wand Tool with the following settings:

Click on the middle oval part of the mask.
Layers - New Raster Layer
Open your tube.
Activate your Selection tool and with the Rectangle Settings,
choose the head of the tube image and Copy.
Go back to your image and Paste into Selection.

Selections - Select None.
Put the Layer Opacity on 40.
Copy the spiderweb (scrap_elements_Cordelia.pspimage) and Paste as a New Layer.
Move a little bit to the left.

Copy the Ribbon (SE_EyeletRibbon.pspimage) and Paste as a New Layer.
Move to the left.
Copy the Word Tag - Beautiful (Wordstrip.pspimage) and Paste as a New Layer.
Move to the left.
Layers - Arrange - Move Down

Open your tube, and if the part that you selected are still there, go to :
Selections - Select None.
Image - Mirror.
Copy the tube and Paste as a New Layer.
Move to the right.
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow : 2-2-75-10 Black.
Copy elementRasta.pspimage and Paste as a New Layer.
Move to the right.
Place your name and watermark.
The Font used is called RaysHand, size 72.
Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten).

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I hope you had much pleasure in making this tutorial.
Please leave the names and watermarks on the tubes intact.
Do no use anything without Snakelady's permission and NO hot-linking please.
If you want to use her tutorial for other purposes, please ask permission first.
©Snakelady 27-06-08 . All Rights Reserved.