I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
VDL Adrenaline / Snowflakes
FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss
Filters Unlimited 2.0
Animation Shop

You are welcome to take this nice sunflower with you, it shows you always where you are (just click and drag) Have Fun!

tutorial tested by:

01) open the tube: design_by_eclipse_tis_the_season_misted.png

change your FGC to: #103d5c

Edit / Copy

close the tube again; we don't need it anymore

02) File / New/ 650 x 500 px / transparent

flood fill with your FGC: #103d5c

03) Selections / Select all

Layers / New Raster Layer

Edit / Paste / Paste into selection

Deselect

04) activate the bottom layer: Raster 1

Effects / Plugins / VDL Adrenaline / Snowflakes:

(the snowflakes were too big to me, I changed the: Size range end to: 10)

05) activate the top layer again

Effects / Plugins / FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss: Default settings

Image / Add borders / 2 px / colour: white

06) open your FGC and write down these both values:

(H => Hue / S => Saturation)

Adjust / Hue and Saturation / Colorize:

07) Layers / Duplicate

Image / Mirror

Image / Resize: 85% (all layers NOT checked)

08) Effects / Plugins / I.C.Net Software / Filters Unlimited 2.0:
Paper Textures / Canvas, Fine

09) activate your selection tool / custom selection:

Edit / Cut

Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill the selection with your FGC: #103d5c

Deselect

10) activate the layer under it: Copy of BG

Selections / Select all

Selections / Float

Selections / Defloat

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel:

keep selected

11) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill with: white

Selections / Modify / Contract to: 2 px

Edit / Cut

Deselect

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
&

12) activate the top layer again: Raster 1

open the tube: tubes tinnad (35).png

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

change the blend mode of this layer to: Luminance (Legacy)

place it like me here:

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

activate your selection tool / custom selection:

Selections / Invert

Edit / Cut

Layers / Arrange / Move Down

keep selected

13) open the tube: chris657.png

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

move it like me here:

Selections / Invert

Edit / Cut

Deselect

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

 Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

14) activate the top layer again

open the tube: TINA (58).png

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

move it like me here:

change the blend mode of this layer to: Luminance (Legacy)

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

15) open the tube: sternen_deco.png

Edit / Copy
close the tube again; we don't need it anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

Layers / Merge Down

add your watermark and name

16) activate the layer: Raster 2 ( woman layer)

make both bottom layers invisible:

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

make all layers visible again

17) activate layer: Raster 1:

Selections / Select all

Selections / Float

Selections / Defloat

Effects / Plugins / VDL Adrenaline / Snowflakes:

Deselect

Edit / Copy Merged

open your Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / As new animation

18) back to your PSP:

Edit / Undo Select None

Edit / Undo Snowflakes

Effects / Plugins / VDL Adrenaline / Snowflakes:
same settings /  change Random Seed to: 1

Deselect

Edit / Copy Merged

back to your A/S

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

Edit / Select all

Animation / Frame Properties: Display time: 25

File / Save as... *.gif

show me your work:

subject line: 05 - Snow at christmas time - your name