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Open your image in PSP. Duplicate the image ("Shift"..."D") and close the original image. Increase color depth to 16 million colors. ("Colors"..."Increase Color Depth"...16 million colors 24 bit) Save as a PSP file.

Promote image to layer. ("Layers"..."Promote to Layer")

Apply Mac's "Remove White" filter. ("Effects"..."Plug-in Filters"..."Mac's"..."Remove White")

**NOTE** If your image turns black at this point, you skipped the "promoting to layer" step. Pay attention now. ~L~

Use your magic wand with these settings:



Click anywhere outside the image. Invert the selection. ("Selections"..."Invert") Now, the rose border should have marching ants all around it. Contract your selection by "1." ("Selections"..."Modify"..."Contract"..."1")

*Add a new raster layer.*

Drag this layer below Layer 1 in your layers palette.

Here is the color palette I used for this stamped image. Feel free to download it to your hard drive and use it for reference as we color our stamp.



In both rows, the first colors on the left are our base colors, the middle colors are our shading colors and the right colors are our highlight colors.

Use your color picker tool to make your foreground color the first pink to the left. Make sure Layer 2 is highlighted. Use your magnifying glass tool to zoom in on your image 2 or 3 times. "Paint" your roses with your paintbrush tool using these settings:




The selection will prevent your painting outside the lines on most of the image. Be careful in areas that are not selected, though. If you make a mistake, simply "undo." ("Ctrl"..."Z")

Keep your image selected and

*Add a new raster layer.*

Pick your middle shade of pink for some shading. Use your airbrush tool with these settings:



to spray all around the areas that look shaded by the stamp outline and I sprayed the edges of my rose petals. When you have shaded all of the roses, use a gaussian blur on this layer with these settings:



I always view my image normal sized at this point, and if I think I need to add more shading, I simply undo the gaussian blur, add more shading, then redo the gaussian blur.

*Add a new raster layer.*

Set your foreground color to the lighter pink, add highlights on your roses using the same settings on your airbrush, then use the same gaussian blur on this layer. Just highlight where it naturally looks like a highlight should be. It's not an exact thing; but you do want your base color and shading to show through. If you find that you have too many highlights or not enough, simply undo and redo.

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