Paint Shop Pro X2 (Any version should work)

Animation Shop

Scrapkit : Paint Your Dreams @ Creative Scraps By Crys

Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow (Optional)

Start by opening a new 800 X 650 canvas.White I had to use white background on mine because once I saved it in Animation Shop, the Flower Bundle had a really bad outline on it.  (Don't worry we will crop it later)

Open your Frame element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then re-size it to 50%.Use your move tool & position your frame to the center of your canvas.

Activate your magic wand tool - Click inside your frame , go to Selections, click Modify, then click Expand from the slide out menu.

Set your number of pixels to 3 & click Ok.

Open your Paper 9 - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then re-size it to 50%. Then use your move tool to position your paper so that the area showing is what you would like.

Then go to Selections - click Invert.

On your keyboard press your delete key 1 time.

Now go to Selections & click Select None.

Go to your layers pallet & move your Paper9 layer below your frame layer.

Now click on your frame layer & go to Adjust, click Sharpness then click Sharpen.

Then go to Effects - click 3D Effects - then click Drop Shadow. (Set your settings to your liking & click Ok.

Open your House element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 50%.

Use your move tool & position your house element to the lower right corner of your frame.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Open your Grassy Hill element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 50%.

Position your grassy hill to the bottom of your frame, then in your layers pallet, move your Grassy Hill element below your frame layer but keeping it above your paper 9 layer.

Sharpen & apply a slight drop shadow.

Go to your layers pallet & click on the very bottom layer -

Open your Swirl element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 75%.

Now using your move tool position your Swirl element to the upper right corner of your frame.

Go to your layers pallet, right click on your Swirl layer, then click Duplicate. Go to Image & click Mirror, then Image again & click Flip.

Now in your layers pallet, right click on your duplicated Swirl layer, then click Merge then from the slide out menu click Merge Down.

Now go to Adjust, click Sharpness then click Sharpen.

Open your Flower Bundle element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then re-size it to 50%. 

Use your move tool to position your Flower Bundle to the left side of your frame.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Go to your layers pallet, right click on your Flower Bundle layer & click Duplicate.

Now go to Image & click Mirror. Now use your move tool to adjust the position of your duplicated Flower Bundle if needed.

Open your Butterflies 2 element - Copy & paste as a new element onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 50%.

Use your move tool & position your butterflies 2 element inside your frame.

Go to your layers pallet & move your Butterflies 2 layer below your frame layer only.

Sharpen & apply a slight drop shadow.

Open your Bottle2 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 30%. 

Go to Image & click Free Rotate set to Left 20.00 & click Ok.

Position your Bottle 2 element to the bottom left corner of your frame so it looks like your flower bundle is growing out of the bottle.

Go to your layers pallet, right click on your Bottle 2 element, then click Duplicate. Now right click on your duplicated Bottle 2 layer & click Merge, then click Merge Down. This will make your bottle more solid verses see threw.

Now sharpen & apply a drop shadow to your Bottle 2 element.

Open your Dreamingirl element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 30%. 

Now go to your layers pallet, right click on your Dreamingirl layer, click Duplicate. Now go to Adjust, click Blur - then click Gaussian Blur from the slide out menu, set to 5.00 & click Ok.

Now change your Blend Mode to Overlay.

Then on your original Dreamingirl layer, apply a drop shadow.

Open your Wordart 5 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 40%.

Position your wordart 5 element to the lower right corner of your frame & position it on the clouds of your house.

Now go to Effects - click Plugins - then click Eye Candy 4000 then Gradient Glow. Set your settings to your liking & click Ok.

Apply a drop shadow to your wordart element.

Open your Star2 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 15%. Now position your Star2 element to your liking.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Go to your layers pallet, right click on your Star2 layer & click Duplicate, position your duplicated element on your canvas to your liking.

Now duplicate your Star2 layer a couple more times & position each one in different places on your tag.

Open your Bow5 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas , re-size it to 35%. Position your Bow5 element to the top of your frame & place it in the center.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Open your Falling Stars element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then position your Falling Stars to the left side of your frame.

Go to your layers pallet & right click on your Falling Stars layer then click Duplicate. Go to Image & click Mirror. Use your move tool to adjust the position of your duplicated Falling Stars element if you need to.

Now activate your text tool, set your font, size & color of choice.

The font I used is :

Jellyka BeesAntique Handwriting

Size : 100 Pixels

Color : #5e47c4

Now add your copyright & or your credit information.

Activate your crop tool & crop off any access canvas you did not use.

Now go to your layers pallet & right click on your name layer, then click Convert To Raster Layer.

Now go to Adjust, click Add/Remove Noise then click on Add Noise, set to Uniform, 60  & make sure your Monochrome box is checked.

Click Ok.

Now go to Effects - Click Plugins - Then click Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow set your settings to your liking & click Ok.

Apply a drop shadow.

Open your Animation Shop :

Go back to PSP, go to Edit  , click Copy Special, then click Copy Merged, go to Animation Shop, right click in the grey area & click Paste As New Animation.

Go back to PSP, click your Undo button 3 times,

Go to Adjust, click Add/Remove Noise , then Add Noise - this time set it to 65 & click Ok.

Go to Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow, use the same settings as before & click Ok.

Now apply a drop shadow. (Remember to keep all settings the same as the first time , otherwise your animation will be jumping all over. The only setting that will change is your noise settings)

Go to Edit - Copy Special - Copy Merged.

Go to Animation Shop, right click in the first frame you just put there, then click Paste, then click After Current Frame.

Go back to your PSP, click Undo 3 times, then go to Adjust, Add Noise, set to 70 & click Ok.

Go to Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow same settings & click Ok.

Apply a drop shadow.

Go to Edit - Copy Special - Copy Merged .

Go to Animation Shop - Right click in the 2nd frame you just put there & click Paste, then click After Current Frame.

Now view your animation, if your happy with it, re-size your tag to a desired size . (To re-size your tag in animation shop, press your Shift & S keys on your keyboard & it will bring up your re-size menu. Set your setting to your desired size & click Ok)

Now save your tag as a Gif file & you have completed this tutorial!!♥