French Translation
Many thanks to Lucie for translating the Trinket Box into French.
 

Inspiration for this tutorial came from an advertisement in a magazine
- it kept calling out to me - pick me, pick me!!!

As a member of the Team Spirit Tutorial group, a branch of PSPMadeEZ, I was used to working in a team and coming up with different ideas from a given criteria.

I contacted the other two Aussie team members, Angel from Adelaide and Glynis from Melbourne and asked if they would like to be involved in an Aussie Team Challenge. I suggested we also contact another Aussie, Sandy from Cairns who does beautiful artwork, to see if she would like to be part of our group effort.

Variations of the basic tutorial by each team member are included to inspire you to experiment and make your own trinket box. As you will see, the possibilities are endless!

In the first part of this tutorial you will learn how to build up the basic trinket box, using selections. The second part of the tutorial shares ideas to inspire you to decorate your trinket box in any manner you choose. By using separate layers for each of the selections you can easily change your decorating ideas without having to re-do the whole tutorial.

REQUIREMENTS

PAINT SHOP PRO - you can download a free 30-day trial HERE.

EYE CANDY 4000 - download the demo version from HERE.
The Glass & Shadowlab filters are both included as workable demos.

SUPER BLADE PRO - optional. Download a trial version HERE.

My selections zip file

Decorative dingbat - I used Borderbat Fleur2, which is included in the zip file. Load into the Windows/Font folder. If unsure how to do this go here.

Unzip & copy the Selections to your Selections folder in PSP.

Copy the SBP preset & bitmap to the Textures & Environments folder in Super Blade Pro

Select the left leg layer, darken around the knob of the leg, the back of the leg,
under the rim at the top of the leg and along the join between the leg and the frame.

STEP 5
On the right leg layer repeat this process to define the leg.

STEP 6
Swap to Lighten RGB in the Retouch Tool options, using the same settings as above.
Select each of the leg layers in turn and lighten the curve
and the knob of the leg.

SAVE YOUR WORK.

Your trinket box outline should now look like this.

SHIFT D to duplicate your trinket box and close the original file.

Now it's time to decorate your trinket box!

If you wish to use this image to decorate your trinket box, click on the picture to open a larger image.

Right click on the image and save the picture to your hard drive.

STEP 7
Open the pink camellias in PSP. CRT+C to copy the image. Minimise the Pink Camellias.jpg.

STEP 8
Activate the Trinket Box. Add a new Raster Layer named centre front.
 Selections/Load from Disk/ 04-centre front Edit/Paste into Selection (SHIFT+CTRL+L)

Do not deselect.

STEP 9
We are now going to apply the glass. Effects/Plug-in Effects/ Eye Candy 4000 /Glass.
F5 to select the Factory Defaults and change the colour to #E3FFFF (pale blue)

Click on the picture for a larger view. 

You may wish to save these settings to use later. 
Click OK to apply the filter.

MAKING CHANGES TO THE BASIC DECORATION.

If you decide you want to change a part of your trinket box click on the relevant layer (e.g. the frame outline) hit the Delete button to remove the original image. Load the desired selection again and re-do, following the basic instructions.

To change the picture part of the trinket box remove the layers containing the pictures and repeat the instructions from Step 8. 

It may be necessary to Modify/Expand or Modify/Contract the insert panel selections depending on the type of effect used for the frame to avoid a jaggy edge. Alternatively, soften the edge using the Retouch Tool set to Smudge.

TRY  VARIATIONS IDEAS FROM THE TEAM MEMBERS

We hope you have as much fun creating your own trinket box as we did coming up with the variations to the  basic idea. We look forward to seeing your results. If you have any suggestions or queries about these basic instructions please EMAIL me

Please respect the time I have taken to create basic tutorial. Do not place any part of this tutorial on any other site without written permission from me. You may copy to your hard drive and print for your own personal use only.

Diamond Innovations
Adelaide, Australia
Copyright ~ February 2002 - Champagne Collection Team Members