Misses BeeHaven Scrapbooking

Glass Blind Frame with Background IncrediMail Tutorial written by: Jody’s Incredimail Creations permission granted to share at www.missesbeehaven.com

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Tools You will Need

• Corel Paint Shop Pro - Get it HERE
• A graphic of your choice

** Image Used in this tut is Copyrighted by Disney **

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Getting started:

Choose a light color & a dark color from your graphic and set them as your foreground & back ground colors.

Header

Step 1. Resize you graphic to no more than 350×350 pixels. Sharpen if needed.

Step 2. Edit-copy (we will use this later)

Step 3. Image-Add border- 1 pixel symmetric in your light color

Step 4. Image-Add border- 10 pixels symmetric in white

Step 5. Select your border using your magic wand

Step 6. Edit-paste into selection

Step 7. Adjust-Blur-Radial Blur with the following settings: Twirl, 50, 27, Elliptical checked, 0, 0, 0

Step 8. Image-flip

Step 9. Effects-Texture Effects-Blinds with the following settings: 2, 35, Your light color, Horizontal & Light from left/top both checked

Step 10. Repeat blinds except uncheck Horizontal

Step 11. Effects-3D Effects-Inner Bevel with the following settings: #2, 2, 15, 2, 4, 10, White, 315, 35, 40

Step 12. Effects-3D Effects-Drop Shadow with the following settings: 3, 3, 75, 15, Your light color

Step 13. Repeat Drop Shadow with -3, -3

Step 14. Selections-select none

Step 15. Image-Add border- 2 pixels symmetric in your light color

Step 16. Image-Add border- 2 pixels symmetric in your dark color

Step 17. Image-Add border- 2 pixels symmetric in your light color

Step 18. Image-Add border- 2 pixels symmetric in your dark color

Step 19. Image-Add border- 2 pixels symmetric in your light color

Step 20. Selections-Select all

Step 21. Selections-Modify-Contract-10 pixels

Step 22. Selections-Invert

Step 23. Effects-3D Effects-Inner Bevel with the following settings: #2, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, White, 315, 50, 30

Step 24. Selections-select none

Step 25. Image-Add border- 20 pixels symmetric in white

Step 26. Select the border with your magic wand

Step 27. Edit-paste into selection

Step 28. Effects-Texture Effects-Mosaic Glass with the following settings: 100, 100, 26, 0, 3, 3

Step 29. Effects-3D Effects-Outer Bevel with the following settings: #1, 8, 0, 20, 0, 0, White, 315, 50, 30

Step 30. Selections-select none

Step 31. New raster layer & add your watermark

Step 32. Export as jpg

Background

Step 33. Edit-paste as new image

Step 34. Resize to 200×200-sharpen if needed

Step 35. Effects-Texture Effects-Mosaic Glass with same settings as earlier

Step 36. Repeat Mosaic Glass

Step 37. Effects-Image Effects-Seamless Tiling at Default settings

Step 38. Lower opacity to about 35%-50% to make it test friendly

Step 39. Layers-Merge All(Flatten)

Step 40. Export as jpg and assemble in Letter Creator

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Please link back to be at http://taggersheaven.iwarp.com

Thank you to the following people from CCC Testers who tested this tutorial for me: Rozie, Emanuele, Trudi, and Cathy.

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