I’m using the beautiful art of Rachael Huntington.
You can purchase her art at CILM.
This tutorial was entirely created by me,
any resemblances to any other tutorials are purely coincidental.
This tutorial was created on 24th of October 2008

Supplies needed:
I use Paintshop Pro 9,
other versions can be used too.

Trick or treat blog train 1^st of Oct HERE

EyeCandy4000 – Gradient Glow HERE

Alien Skin Xenofex 2 – Constellation HERE 

WSL_mask236 HERE

Font: Enland Hand DB HERE

Open 500x550 white

You can resize later if necessary

Add a new layer

Floodfill a colour from your tube

Layers > Load/Save mask > Load mask from disk > WSL_mask236

Layers palette >  Merge > Merge group 

Add embellishments

If you add gradient glow on some of the embellishments

3.0

25

100

white
Drop shadow
V&H: 3
Opacity: 75
Blur: 5

Add your tube

Drop shadow as above

Duplicate your tube layer twice, so you have three tube layers

Use the Freehand selection tool and draw around the flowers

Add Constellation on tube layer 1

Add Constellation on tube layer 2

Click on Random seed

Add Constellation on tube layer 3

Click on Random seed

Deselect (CTRL + d)

Add copyright

Add your name

Drop shadow as above

If you’re not animating, do not duplicate the tube layer

Merge all layers
Save as .png

 

Unhide tube layer 2, hide tube layer 1 and 3
Unhide orange background layer 2, hide background layer 1 and 3
Layers palette > Merge > Merge invisible
Copy (CTRL + C)
In AS, paste after current