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Feel free to email me LadyFox

All of my tutorials are written following the steps I used to make my graphic.    

It is fine to make yours exactly as I did mine, but it is my hope that  you will do it your way and make it uniquely yours.

New Image 300 x 300 
File/Save As:  pineneedles.psp 

View/Grid 
View/Change Grid and Guide Properties 
Units: Pixels 
Horizontal spacing: 100 
Vertical spacing:    100 
Line color: default 

Foreground color: null 
Background color: Gradient 
LF_leaf-green-02 
LF_leaf-green-03 
LF_leaf-green-04 
Style: Linear 
Angle: 0, 45, 90 
Repeats: 0 
Invert Gradient NOT checked 
I jumped around between the three gradients and the 3 angle settings. 

Preset Shape 
Flower 7 -  
Antialias: checked

Place one flower in each section 
 
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel 

BEVEL 
 
Width : 8 

IMAGE 
Smoothness: 0 
Depth: 4 
Ambience: -30 
Shininess: 0 

LIGHT 
Color: white 
Angle: 326 
Intensity: 50 
Elevation: 50 

Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow 
OFFSET 
Vertical: 0 
Horizontal: 0 

ATTRIBUTES 
Opacity: 60 
Blur: 3 
Color: black 

Effects/Plug-in Filters/Eye Candy 3/Jiggle 
Bubble size: 35 
Warp Amount: 44 
Twist: 99 
Movement Type: Brownian Motion 

You should have something like this 
 
File/Export/Picture Tube 
Cells across: 3 
Cells down: 3 
Name: pineneedles 
Accept the defaults in the other boxes.

New Image 500 x 500 
File/Save As:  pinetree.psp 

Flood fill  with LF_sky-earth.jgd 
Angle: 0 
Repeats: 0 
Invert gradient: NOT checked 

Add a new layer 

Foreground color: Null 
Background color: pattern 
Phone Pole 
Scale: 100 
Angle: 90 

Preset Shape 
Rectangle 
Antialias: Checked 

Draw a tall thin rectangle for the tree trunk 

Click on the Deformation Tool  
Hold down the CTRL key and click on the top right node. Drag the node towards the center until you almost have a point.  Right click to accept the deformation. 
 

Retouch Tool 
Type: Smudge 
Shape: Round 
Size: 10 
Hardness: 35 
Opacity: 80 
Step: 25 
Density: 65 

Round the bottom of the trunk slightly 

Add a new layer below the trunk 

Picture Tube  
Select your pineneedle tube 

Place some needles. 
I start out at 100% at the bottom, then change to 75%, and 50% as I move up the tree 
 
Add a new layer in front of trunk and add more needles 

If you have any questions or need help,  
feel free to email  LadyFox