FB Timelines and avatars !!!

Made these awhile ago and forgot to post them - OOOPS!!!!!

To save - click on image - right click and save to folder of your choice!!!

Autumn Beauty

Country Inn

October 31st 

Winter's Frost

FAN-tastic !!!!

Supplies:

Tube of choice

Mask of choice

Filters:

Radial Blur 

(if you need this filter - you can download it HERE)

Flaming Pear - Flexify 2

Blend Emboss 3 

Let's Begin:

Open a new image 700 x 350 (we will resize later)

From your tube (or complimentary colors) choose a dark color for your foreground and a lighter shade for your background

Set your foreground to Gradient:

Fill canvas with gradient

Select all - copy and paste your tube into selection - deselect

Blur - Radial Blur

NOTE:  Some people had issues installing this filter.  If you encounter the same thing - you can use the built in Radial blur:

Effects - User Defined Filter - Blend Emboss 3

Effects - Texture - Blinds 

Flaming Pear - Flexify 2

Image - Flip

With UP arrow - move your image to the center of your canvas

Selections - select all - float - defloat - modify - selections select border

Selections - expand by 2

Add a new layer - fill with color choice

Adjust - Add Noise 

Deselect

Copy and paste your tube - resize and position to your liking

Remove excess if necessary

Add drop shadow of choice to tube and layers 

Merge visible

Resize 85%

Select all - float - defloat - crop to selection

Image - Canvas size - 550 x 550 - center checked

Add a new layer - send to bottom - fill with gradient or color choice

Apply mask - merge group

Add your copyright and license information and name.

Merge and save

Here is one I made where I used Mura Clouds for the background and also applied a snow animation