Sweet Expedition

Supplies Needed: 

PSP 

Tube of choice. I am using one by Eugene Rzhevskii. Find the tube: here

Cluster frame by me: here

Font here

Open the cluster frame. Duplicate the original file. 

Resize and change the canvas size to make room for your tube.

Make a gradient with two colors from your tube.

Foreground: #988155

Background: #e0d6c0

Style: sunburst

Repeats: 1

Invert: checked

Activate the background layer. selections - All. Float. Defloat.

Flood fill with the gradient. 

Add another layer. Floodfill with the light color (#e0d6c0)

Effects - Texture effects - Blinds:

Effects - Distortion Effects - Twirl:

Degrees: 180

Apply twice. Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur:

Radius: 2 

In the layer palette, change the blend mode: Hard Light. Do not deselect.

Activate the gradient layer. Duplicate 2 more times. Close them.

Select the original layer. 

Effects - Texture Effects - Fur:

Activate the first copy. (you don't have to open it)

Apply fur again but change the blur to: 70

Activate the last duplicate. Apply fur again but change the blur to: 80.

Deselect.

Open the tube, c/p in the canvas, Place it behind the frame. Duplicate.

Move the layer above the frame and start erasing all the excess from the corners and the bottom.

Apply shadow to the original tube layer:

Add drop shadow:

V: 0 H: 2

O: 50 B: 7

Add copyright and your name. 

To Animate, add a background to the tag.

Check that you only have open the first layer with the fur effect applied.

Copy merged.

Open animation shop:

Paste as a new animation, back to psp. Open the first copy of the gradient backgrund.

Copy merged and paste after current frame, back to psp and open the last one. 

Copy merged and paste after current frame. Change the speed to: 15

Play the animation if you like it, save and you're done.