PI Version: 12 (but you can use earlier, and newer versions too)
Level: Intermediate
Featured tools: Transform Tool, Pick Tool,
Additional filters: None
Additional files: 1 tube, 2 scrap elements, 1 background texture, 
1 mask, 1 silver fill and 1 text-file.
You'll get the material in the zip-file.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  
Supplies: The tube is from www.mamen.net, and the scrap elements are from MTM Brigitte/Top Design Tubes - 
thanks to both tuber for your wonderful work! 
The background texture is one I made, the mask and the silver fill are from the internet.
You are allowed to download the material here and use it for your private use, 
but you are not allowed to change the name of the tube/scrap elements/background texture/mask or silver fill,
delete the watermark, neither offer them for sale or download. 
The copyright © belongs ALWAYS to the original artist/designer!
No copyright infringement is intended.

Remember to save often!

Before we start, you should open the mask, and store it into your Easy Palette. 
In case you need to freshen up your memory on how to save a mask into the EP - you can take a look at one of my other tutorials,
  where I explain a little bit more about how to use a mask in PI. You'll find the tutorial here.
Important - in my tutorials my masks fit the chosen background/object ... 
you achieve this by right clicking any mask inside the original category Mask Library in your Easy Palette. 
Now you choose the option Fit Mask. 


Very important: Do NOT merge the pictures before I tell you to do so! 

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New Image, Size: 970 x 700, Color: White.

Right click/All, right click/Border, and use these settings:
Border width: 15 Pixels, Direction: Inward, Shape: Box and Anti-aliasing.
Click OK, and keep the border selected.

Go to Edit/Fill/Image/File and find the downloaded background texture with the name ... ik-texture_0024_02.
Click OK and keep the border (now filled with parts of the background texture) selected. 
Right click/Border, but this time we choose a Border width of 2.
Keep the border selected, go to Edit/Fill/Image/File, but now you have to find 
the downloaded and unzipped silver fill with the name ... silver_o2.jpg. 
Fill the 2 pixels border with this silver fill.
Deselect the border (spacebar). 

This will be our main picture! Minimize it for now ... we'll need it soon again.



Open the background texture ... ik-texture_0024_02, and  duplicate (Ctrl+D) it twice. 
Close the original texture, and minimize one of the duplicates - for now we'll work on the other one.
Go to Adjust/Resize and change the Width of the open texture to 700 Pixels (Height: 525).


Open your Easy Palette/Libraries and double-click the mask ... graphiceden_borderpaint ..., 
which you've downloaded, unzipped and stored into the EP. 

Go to Edit/Fill/Color and fill the mask with the Color: 75/105/134.
Keep the mask activated.

Right click/Invert, right click/Convert to Object. 
Copy (Ctrl+C) the object we made, maximize our main picture (970x700 Pixels), 
and paste (Ctrl+V) the copy of our object on it.
Keep the object on the main picture activated, right click/Properties/ Position & Size, 
and change the Position of the object to: Left: 115 / Top: 54.
Keep the object activated.

Go to Photo/Light/Brightness & Contrast and change the Brightness to - 18. 
We leave the rest of the settings as they are.
Click OK and keep the object activated. 

Right click the object on the main picture/Shadow, and use these settings:
Black + 5.altern. + 50/101/10.
Click OK and deselect the object (Enter).

Minimize our main picture.



Maximize the second duplicate, go to Adjust/Resize and change the Width of the maximized texture to 600 Pixels (Height: 450). 

Open the tube ... joy2 ... copy (Ctrl+C) the tube, and paste (Ctrl+V) the copy on our main picture.
Choose the Transform Tool and use the command Flip Horizontally.
Right click the tube on our main picture/Properties/Position & Size, 
and change the Position of the tube to: Left: 63 / Top: 4.
Keep the tube activated, go to Photo/Enhance and choose Monochrome.
Keep the tube activated.

Go to Edit/Fade Out and use these settings:
Fill type: 3.altern. + Fill color: Two-color: 100% - 40%.
Click OK and Merge All. 



Open your Easy Palette/Libraries and double-click the same  mask as before ... graphiceden_borderpaint. 
Keep the mask activated.

Go to Edit/Fill/Color and fill the mask with the Color: Red: 75 / Green: 105 / Blue: 134.
Click OK and keep the mask activated.
Right click/Invert, right click/Convert to Object. 
Copy our new object (Ctrl+C), maximize our main picture (970x700 Pixels), 
and paste (Ctrl+V) the copy of our object on it.
Keep the object on our main picture activated.

Right click the object on our main picture/Properties/Position & Size, 
and change the Position to: Left: 303 / Top: 178.
Keep the object activated, right click/Shadow, and use these settings:
Black + 5.altern. + 50/102/10.
Deselect the object (Enter).



Open the scrap element with the name ... Mtm-scrap-shapes-14-14 maart 2007 ... 
copy (Ctrl+C) the element, and paste (Ctrl+V) the copy on our main picture.
Choose the Transform Tool and use the command Flip Horizontally.
Right click the scrap element on the main picture/Properties/ Position & Size/Size, and resize the element.
Make sure the box "Keep aspect ratio" is ticked and change the Width to 316.
Now we can change the position of the tube to: Left: 624 / Top: 373.
Click OK and deselect the scrap element (Enter).



Open the scrap element with the name ... Mtm-scrap-shapes-18-14 maart 2007 ... 
copy (Ctrl+C) the element, and paste (Ctrl+V) the copy on our main picture.
Choose the Transform Tool and use the command Flip Horizontally.
Right click the scrap element on the main picture/Properties/ Position & Size,
 and change the position to: Left: 109 / Top: 310.
Click OK and deselect the scarp element (Enter). 

Add some text as you wish, or use the text-file I've added to the zip-file. 
If you want to use the same text as I did ... change the position of the text to: Left: 40 / Top: 72. 
Merge All, and your picture is finished. :))

If you need any help with this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it -
please email me!