by BeetleCraft

This tutorial is written for Paint Shop Pro 8.

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Any image should work.
Plugins needed:
Simple
VM Toolbox - Instant Tile filter
VM - Lightsplash filter
Filter Factory Gallery A - Holidays In Egypt filter

 

1.  Open Image and resize to no larger than 300 in height.
Shift/D - close out original image.
2.  Select a light color and a dark color from your image.
3.  Image/Add Borders - 2 Symmetric using dark color from image
4.  Selections/Select All - Selections/Contract by 2.
5. Effects/3D Effects/Cutout using the settings below. 

6.  Selections/Select None.  Image/Add Borders - 5 Symmetric using light color from image
7.  Selections/Select All
8.  Selections/Modify/Contract by 5
9.  Selections/Invert
10.  Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel - apply the settings below.

11.  Selections/Select None
12.  Image/Add Borders - 2 Symmetric using dark color from image
13. Image/Add Borders - 15 Symmetric using light color from image
14. Selections/Select All
15.  Selections/Modify/Contract by 15 - Selections/Invert
16.  Effects/Plugins/Filter Factory A/Holidays In Egypt using the settings below.

17.  Selections/Select None
18.  Image/Add borders - 2 - symmetric checked - dark color
19.  Image/Add borders - 5 - symmetric checked - light color
20.  Selections/Select All
21.  Selections/Modify/Contract by 5
22.  Selections/Invert
23.  Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel - apply same settings as #10 above.
24.  Image/Add borders - 2 - symmetric checked - dark color
25.  Image/Add borders - 30 - symmetric checked - light color
26.  Selections/Select All - Selections/Modify/contract 30 - Selections/Invert
27. Effects/Plugins/VM Toolbox/Instant Tile using the default settings.
28.  Tools/Magic Wand with the below settings.

29.  Click on the light color of the border to select.
30.  Effects/Plugins/VM/Lightsplash with the below settings.

31.  Effects/3D Effects/Cutout using the same settings as #5 above.  Selections/Select None.
32.  Image/Add borders - 2 - symmetric checked - dark color
33.  Image/Add borders - 5 - symmetric checked - light color
34.  Selections/Select All
35.  Selections/Modify/Contract by 5
36.  Selections/Invert
37.  Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel - apply same settings as #10 above.
38.  Image/Add borders - 2 - symmetric checked - dark color
39.  Add watermark if you want then save as .jpg.  Set aside.

 

1.  Selection Tool/Rectangle and select from the top left corner over to right for about 44-45 pixels.
This should select it in the middle of the second set of borders you added.  See example below.

2.  Edit/Copy -Selections/Select None - Edit/Paste/Paste As New Image.
3.  Image/Canvas Size - double the width but keep the same height..
make sure you hit the arrow toggle pointing to the left.  See example below.

4.  Layers/Duplicate
5.  Image/Mirror
6.  Layers/Merge/Merge all flatten
7.  Image/Resize : 75% Bicubic - all layers checked
8.  Save as .jpg - Set aside.

 

1.  New image - Transparent - 100 x 100
2.  Selections/Select All
3.  Go to sideborder you have setting aside - Edit/Copy
4.  Back to your new image and Edit/Paste/Into Selection - Selections/Select None
5.  Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur using 10.00 for the radius.
6.  Adjust/Blur/Motion Blur using 90 for the angle and 50 for the strength.
7.  Effects/Plugins/VM/Lightsplash with the below settings.

8.  Effects/Plugins/Simple/4 Way Average
9.  Effects/Plugins/Simple/Quick Tile
10.  Save as .jpg

 

Put together in Incredimail's Letter Creator or any other stationary program you use.

 

 

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