I made it with PSP: &

Supplies:

Filters / Plugins:
Graphics Plus / Cross Shadow:
MuRa's Meister / Cloud:
FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss:
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:

Thank you Luz Cristina for your wonderful tubes:

Thank you Gismo for your wonderful tubes:

01) File / New / 700 x 600 px / transparent

set your FGC to: light colour (#bf9340)
and your BGC to: dark colour (#4d3018)

Effects / Plugins / MuRa's Meister / Cloud:

02) open tube: footsprintsinthesand_peperina05052010a.pspimage

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

03) open tube: calguismistedartdigi15109.pspimage

Image / Resize: 50%

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

set opacity of this layer to: 60
and blend mode to: Luminance (Legacy)

04) open tube: 2450-luzcristina.pspimage

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

05) Layers / New Raster Layer

flood fill with this gradient:

Layers / Load/Save Mask / Load Mask from Disk:

Layers / Merge / Merge Group

Effects / 3 D Effects / Drop Shadow:
1 / 1 / 60 / 1 / black

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

06) Layers / Duplicate

Image / Mirror

Image / Flip

position as shown below:

Layers / Merge / Merge down

Layers / Duplicate

rename this layer: Animation

Layers / Arrange / Send to Bottom

Layers / Arrange / Move up

Effects / Texture Effects / Mosaic - Glass:

07) activate top layer again (Group - Raster 6)

open tube: kTs_2010_01-17.psp

Image / Resize: 70%

Image / Mirror

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste as new layer

position as shown below:

Layers / Duplicate

activate layer under it

Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: Radius 20

activate layer over it

Layers / Merge / Merge Down

08) Layers / New Raster Layer

Selection / Select all

flood fill with your gradient

Selection / Modify / Contract by: 40

Edit / Cut (delete key)

Selections / Invert

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel:

set opacity of this layer to: 50

Effects / Plugins / Graphics Plus / Cross Shaqdow:
default settings

Edit / Repeat Cross Shadow

Selections / Invert

Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout:

Deselect

09) open tube: Schriftzug.pspimage

Edit / Copy

Edit / Paste as new layer

position to your liking

add your watermark and name

10) activate layer: Animation

Edit / Copy Merged

open Animation Shop

Edit / Paste / As new Animation

back to PSP

11) layer: Animation

Adjust / Brightness & Contrast / Brightness/Contrast:
Brightness: 20 / Contrast: 0

Edit / Copy Merged

back to A/S

Edit / Paste / After Current Frame

File / Save as... *.gif