I made it with PSP: & &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
Alien Skin / Xenofex 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) File / New / 700 x 550 px / transparent

change your FGC to: #943a82
and your BGC to: #000000

change your FGC to gradient:

flood fill your picture with the gradient

02) Layers / Duplicate

Image / Mirror

Image / Flip

change the opacity of this layer to: 50

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

03) open the tube: HauntedMansion_MistedByGini_09-30-05.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: Overlay

and the opacity to: 82

04) Layers / Duplicate

move it like me here:

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

and the opacity to: 100

Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen

05) open the tube: Lamp.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:

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

06) open the tube: SKF_Clock013[1].07.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:

07) Layers / Arrange / Move Down

Edit / Repeat Move Layer Down

change the blend mode to: Luminance (Legacy)

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

08) activate the top layer

open the tube: Branch.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 to: Luminance (Legacy)

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:

09) open the tube: element.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:

Layers / Arrange / Move Down

change the opacity of this layer to: 62

activate the top layer again

10) open the tubes: bats1.png & bats2.png

Edit / Copy
minimize them
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place them wherever you want

11) activate the bottom layer

open the tube: 2035.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)

12) Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

Image / Picture Frame:

13) change your FGC to this gradient:

 activate your Magic Wand Tool: Tolerance: 20

select the white border

flood fill the selection with the gradient

Selections / Invert

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #eabbdd
&

Deselect

14) Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

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

15) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill this layer with the gradient:

Layers / Arrange / Move Down

activate the top layer again

16) open the tube: 20Fev-carmen-By-Lory.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 if you want, i didn't move it anymore

17) activate the minimized bats again

Edit / Copy
close them now, we don't need them anymore
back to your picture

Edit / Paste / Paste as new layer

place them wherever you want

your picture could look like this now:

hide all layers just not the bats layers

Layers / Merge / Merge visible

make all layers visible again

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow:
colour: #eabbdd

18) Layers / New Raster Layer

activate your text tool

write your text

add your watermark

19) put the bottom layer: invisible

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible

activate the bottom layer

make it visible again

Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill this layer with this colour: #eabbdd

Layers / Load/Save Mask / Load Mask From Disk:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

20) change your FGC to: #000000

and your BGC to: #956d85

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Electrify:
Radiate From Center: not checked!!!!

21) Edit / Copy Merged

open your Animations Shop

Edit / Paste / As a new Animation

back to your PSP

22) Edit / Undo Electrify

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Electrify:

same settings but hit once on: Random Seed!!!

Edit / Copy Merged

back to your A/S

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

back to your PSP

23) once again:

Edit / Undo Electrify

Effects / Plugins / Alien Skin Xenofex 2 / Electrify:

same settings but hit once on: Random Seed!!!

Edit / Copy Merged

back to your A/S

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

Edit / Select all

Animation / Frame / Properties:

File / Save as.... / *.gif