Here is what we are making!

Created May 15, 2002 © Copyright Cloudstorm Designs

Property of Cloudstorm Designs

This tutorial requires Paint Shop Pro (you can download a trial

version here , and Eye Candy 4000 which you can get here.

You will also need my selection files and decorations

which you can get here.

Please note that I have not included a lot of screen shots as I feel

this is a relatively simple tutorial that mainly requires screenshots

for settings only.

Lets begin!!!

1. Open a new document 500x500. Set your foreground

color to #6C6AA3 and your background to #9DB8DA.

2.Add a new layer and call it basket. Go to

selections-->load from disk and navigate to

where you unzipped your selections and load righthandle.sel.

3. Floodfill your selection with your foreground color.

Go to Effects, Filter, EyeCandy and select Weave.

Apply settings shown below.

If you only have Eye Candy 3.0 the settings are similar

and if you have neither go to Effects-->

texture affects-->weave in PSP with Gap-2, Width-20 and

Opacity 73.You can play with the settings and

your fill colors for different looks :)

4. Go to Effects, 3D Effects, Inner bevel and apply the settings

shown below and deselect.

5. Add a new layer and call it left handle.

Load the lefthandle.sel. Flood fill with your foreground color.

Add your Eye Candy weave with the same settings as before

and then apply your inner bevel with the same settings as before

then deselect.

6. Add a new layer and call it right handle. Load the

righthandle.sel. Once again floodfill, apply the weave

and the inner bevel and de-select.

You may want to move your right handle just slightly

in towards the left if you feel it is looking to

thin where they both meet. Move your basket

layer above your two handles. :)

7. Activate your basket layer and add a new layer calling it birthday

sign. Open up the birthdaysign.psp that was included

in download. Copy this image and paste it as a new

selection on to your basket.

Congratulations!! You have a basket all ready to decorate.

I recommend adding a new layer for each decoration as this

will allow you to re-arrange them to your liking and also

to place things in between your handles.

Don't forget that PSP has a few useful tubes such as

streamers that can be used to "line the bottom of basket"

before placing items on it. :)

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial !!!

**Tutorial written and created by Mandy Lamb for Cloudstorm Designs. These Tutorials are copyrighted by law. You may LINK to them only. You may not remove any of the graphics, zip files or html within these pages to reproduce these Tutorials, without the expressed permission of Cloudstorm Designs. These pages may not be removed from this website and sent via e-mail, nor saved, stored or archived in files in YahooGroups or other mailing list sites, nor may they be translated and placed on another site without permission. Creations made from these tutorials are your creations. Cloudstorm Designs holds the copyright to all selections, original tubes and original images that I have created and provided for use within my tutorials. Page backgrounds and images are created exclusively for this website and may not be downloaded or used without written permission. If you would like to use any of my tutorials for group lessons please contact me.

Thanks to Patti from Moons designs for all the encourgament

and for all her help she has provided!!! :)