I have made this tutorial into three pages to save on loading time.

With this tutorial, you can make your own printable stationery to
write to family and friends....and you will have one-of-a-kind!!

This tutorial was written by me, and any similarities to any other tutorial is strictly coincidental.

Please be patient with me on this tutorial. This is the first tutorial
that I have ever written and shared online.

I have tried to write this tutorial so that even beginners could
follow it. If you have any problems please don't hesitate to ask
questions.  I'll be glad to help you any way I can.

Things you will need:

PSP; I'm using PSP 7, but should work fine with version 6.

A Pattern Image.  I used this one.  You are welcome to use it if you'd like.  Just right click on it and save it to your hard drive.  If you aren't sure how to do this, click here.

Texturizer: If you don't have this plug-in, you can download it here
Unzip it and install the plug-in into your "Plug-ins" folder, within PSP. Do this before you open PSP or it might not show up in your plug-ins folder.

Tubes of your choice....one to three, or you can use any number of
tubes you want. You just don't want to make it too cluttered-looking.

If you would like to use the same tube I did, you can download it here .  Unzip it into your "Tubes" folder in PSP.

***Save your work in psp format, often.  PSP has been know to crash and anything you've done since you last saved will be lost.***

Okay. Are you ready? Well, let's get started!

First, open a new transparent image 612 x 792, by clicking on the new image icon.  It looks like this:  , and is in your top tool bar.  A new window will open.  Change any settings that you need to, so that yours looks like this:

Click on your "Selections Tool",   (It's in your left tool bar) using these settings:

Place your cursor at coordinates 40,40 and pull out to 570 wide and pull down to 760 for your height.  Should look like this:

Go to "Selections/Invert" (this is in your top tool bar) .  Now your image should look like this:

See how the marching ants are now all around the outer edges as well as those that you drew?

Click on the arrow on your "textures" and choose the pattern tool
...it's the one with all the little dots. 

Wondering what you do from here?  Oooops.  We have a problem, cause I don't know either.  Just kidding.  :-)

Now click on the "open" folder in your top tool bar.  It looks like this:   

This window will open:

At the top of this image, where it says "Look in", click on the arrow, which I have circled in red.  Click on the "Local Disk C:".  Your folders on your hard drive will open in the window below.

Now click on the arrow that I have circled in blue.  Scroll to the folder in which you saved your pattern tile in.  Double click on that folder.  The images within that folder will now show in the window.  Find the pattern you want, double click on it, and it will open up into PSP.

Okay, once you have your pattern open in PSP, click in the center of of your pattern icon.    Remember, it's the one with the little dots.

A window will open.   Set your Scale % at 100 and Angle at 0.  Click on the arrow that I have circled in red, on the image below. 

Another window will open to the right, showing all your patterns.  At the top you should see the pattern you chose to use.  I have mine circled in red.  Click on your pattern.

Be sure to save your work often.

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