To do this tutorial you will need a working knowledge of PSP. If you are new to PSP, or have a problem doing this tutorial, you can find me at Raven's PSP Forum, be happy to help you out. 

I used a rose tube I made from a photo at Designs by Donna. 
Click here to download the zipped tube, extract it to your tube folder.

This is an easy tutorial, I've included many screen shots to try to show each step in detail. 

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Step 1

Open a new image 600 X 600
Set the background to Transparent.  

Go to your Tool Options Palette ( F4 will open it ), find the "donna rose3" tube.

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Step 4

Go to Layers>Duplicate.
Go to Effects>Artistic Effects>Topography.
Use these settings.

Note: For different images experiment with the Density setting.
Somewhere between 3 and 8 seems to give the best results.

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Step 5

Open your layer palette.
Go to Copy of Raster 1, click the small arrow next to "Normal".
You'll see a drop down menu of the Layer Blend Modes, go to "Lighten".

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Step 6

Go to Adjust>Add/Remove Noise>Edge Preserving Smooth.
Click on the eye icon so you can see the effect preview on your image.
You want to soften the Topography effect just a bit. 

To get rid of the edge, go to Selection>Select All.
Click on the flower with Magic Wand.
 
You'll see your selection change to hug your flower.
Go to Selections>Defloat.
Go to Selections>Modify>Inside/Outside Feather.
Set it to Inside 2

Go to Selections>Invert.
Go to Edit>Clear.
Go to Selections>Select None.
That dark edge should be gone, if not repeat the feather and clear again.

At this point you could add a drop shadow and call it done..:)

Step 9

Go to Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow.
Use whatever settings look good to you.
Make sure to check "Shadow on new layer" so you can change it easily.

That's it, you're done..:)

Click here for tips on dealing with Darker Colors and this effect

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