This tutorial was written by me on February 1st, 2013 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional.

PSP Version used: PSP X4, but should work in other versions.

This tutorial assumes you have a good working knowledge of PSP.

Supplies:

Tube of choice. I am using the amazing work of VeryMany. You must purchase her work and obtain the proper licensing to use her art. You can purchase this tube here. 

PTU kit Posh Pink Valentines by Inzpired Creationz. You can purchase this kit here. 

Border Mask 1 by me. Just right click and save to your computer.

Font of choice. I am using Larissa Bold.

Filters:

Xero Porcelain

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Open a blank canvas, 600 x 250.

Open paper 9. Copy and paste as a new layer.

Open your tube, resize slightly so it is slightly smaller than the main tube you plan on using. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the left side.

Xero Porcelain. Change the brightness to 155, blue to 0.

Duplicate you tube. Flip horizontal and place to the right side of your canvas. Merge the two tube layers together. Duplicate this layer, gaussian blur 3.00. Set the blend mode to screen, opacity 77. On the original merged tube layer, set the blend mode to overlay, opacity 48.

Open the Scattered Circles. Resize by 91%. Copy and paste as a new layer.

Open Frame 3. Copy and paste as a new layer. Move down so just the top of the frame shows.

Open your tube and resize as necessary. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place at the center of your canvas.

Xero Porcelain with the same settings as before.

Open paper 7. Copy and paste as a new layer. Crop to merged opaque. Apply your mask, merge group.

Open Gift 3. Resize by 40%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the right side.

Open Flower 3. Resize by 40%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the bottom, slightly to the right. Duplicate, flip horizontal, and place to left side. See my tag for reference.

Open Cupcake 3. Resize by 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the bottom left.

Open the Champagne Glass and Pearls. Resize by 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place slightly to the right of the gift.

Open Candy 3. Resize by 40%, flip horizontal. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the bottom of the champagne glass.

Open Sparkles 3, flip vertical. Copy and paste as a new layer.

Add a new raster layer and floodfill with #ee528f. Select all, modify, contract by 5. Press delete, deselect.

Select all, modify, contract by 3. Open paper 1. Copy and paste as a new layer. Press delete and deselect. Add noise, gaussian, 100, monochrome checked. Merge down with the pink frame layer.

Add your name, copyright, and license info. Add a drop shadow of choice and merge visible. Save as a PNG or JPG.

For your avatar, undo the text and frame layers. Apply your drop shadows to your layers and then merge visible. Crop your image to the size of your choice.

Repeat the steps for the frame layers. Add your name or initial, your copyright and license info. Merge visible and save as a PNG or JPG.

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