It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.

This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

*Supplies Needed*

 Program of choice

I used Photoshop CS5

Tube of Choice:

I am using the work of Elias Chatzoudis

You must purchase a license as well as the image to use it

You can do so HERE at PTE

Kit of Choice:

I'm using the E.T. Bundle Package by Designs by Sarah.

It comes with 9 different Photoshop Styles

6 different word art

12 Papers & 51 Elements

You can get all of this HERE at PMTWS

Masks of Choice:

I used

Triangles1 by Me (Ashly) which you can download HERE

Sparkle 2 by Jascie which you can download HERE

***Filters Needed***

Xero – Porcelain

Xero - Radiance

*~* Remember that all tutorials are guidelines!! Add your own spin on this and make it your own creation*~*

~Let's Get Started~

Before we open our program open up the Folder that's is containing the photoshop styles.

Find the .asl file.

Right click on it and copy and then paste it into your adobe photoshop styles folder.

I am using Win7 and mine is located:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5\Presets\Styles

Now open your program and it should load them automatically for us now that we've added them

Open a new Canvas 600px x 600px, transparent background.

Flood fill with white.

Open frame_2, copy and paste into your canvas.

Scale down to 80% and rotate 25 Degrees.

Center on your canvas.

Add a drop shadow.

Open Paper of your choice.

I used pp3.

Resize to 600px x 600px

Copy and paste onto your canvas and move below your frame.

Select inside your three frame windows.

Select ---> Modify ---> Expand.

Expand by 3 pixels.

Select Inverse and with your paper layer selected, press delete and then deselect.

Copy and Paste the closeup or your tube and resize and position in one of the two end frame areas.

Once you're happy with where it's at, duplicate, Edit ---> Tranform ---> Flip Horizontal.

Move this new layer to the other end frame.

Ctrl + Click on the frame paper background invert your selection and then click on each of your tube layers and press delete.

Change the blend mode of each to Luminosity.

Copy and paste your full tube to your canvas.

Resize and Position to your liking.

Filter ---> Xero ---> Porcelain

All settings at default except the blue channel, slide all the way to the left to 0.

Filter ---> Xero ---> Radiance

Use something subtle here that just brightens up your tube a bit.

Filter ---> Sharpen ---> Unsharp mask.

All Default settings here.

Open pp5.

Resize to 600px x 600px.

Copy and Paste onto your canvas and move to just above your white background layer.

Apply the Triangles 1 mask to this layer.

Open pp6

Resize to 600px x 600px

Copy and Paste into your canvas and move to just above your white background layer

Apply the Sparkle 2 mask to this layer.

Open beads.

Copy and paste into your canvas.

Move to just above both of your masked paper layers.

Scale down by 50%

Position at the upper left corner of your frame

Duplicate.

Edit ---> Transform ---> Flip Horizontal

Edit ---> Transform ---> Flip Vertical

Position at the bottom right of the frame.

Open Sun.

Copy and Paste into your canvas.

Leave as is but, change the opacity to 70%

Open Stars 1

Copy and Paste into your canvas

Scale down to your liking, I did about 55%

Open Planet 2

Copy and paste into your canvas

Scale down to 40%

Add a drop shadow

And a bevel & emboss and contour with the following settings:

Open Star

Copy and paste into your canvas

Resize down to 29% and rotate 52 Degrees

Add Drop Shadow

Reposition on Canvas

Open Space Ship 3

Copy and paste into your canvas

Resize down to 25% and rotate -18 Degrees

Add Drop Shadow

Repostion on Canvas

Open Alien 2

Copy and paste into your canvas

Edit ---> Transform ---> Flip Horizontal

Resize down to 32%

Add Drop Shadow

Repostion on Canvas

Open Star

Copy and paste into canvas

Resize down to 16% and rotate 52 Degrees

Add Drop Shadow

Reposition on canvas

Open Planet 3

Copy and paste into canvas

Resize down to 30% and rotate -13 degrees

Add Drop shadow

Reposition on Canvas.

Click on your frame layer in your layers pallate.

Open Sparkles 2

Copy and Paste into your canvas

Open knot 1

Copy and Paste into your canvas

Resize down to 28% and rotate 75 degrees

Add a drop shadow.

Open up Word Art 6

Copy and paste onto your canvas and move just about your main tube layer.

Resize down to 68%

Add a Drop Shadow.

I also added a bevel and emboss at default settings but the soften to 3px

I added an outer glow as well.

Light blue, the blend mode on the glow set to normal, opacity 100%, Range 25% with everything else at default.

Type out your name and position in the upper left corner of the frame.

Click on your Styles tab

(if you can't see this go to Windows ---> Styles)

Find our newly added styles at the bottom.

I clicked on the pink dotted one.

Now open up the effect box (double click of effects that is now under your text in the layers)

Add a Drop shadow to what's already there.

Click on the inner shadow and change the opacity to 15% but, nothing else

Click on Bevel and Emboss and slide the soften all the way to the right to 16px

Add a stroke. I did a black one at 4px.

Leave the Pattern overly as is :)

Go up to Image ---> Trim

Top Left Pixel Color and all boxes checked, click okay

Resize if you'd like to.

*****Most Important*****

Add your copyright info

And your tagged by info if you'd like to.

Hide your white background layer and save your image.

You're Done!

Awesome job!

I'd love to see the results so feel free to send them in to me!!