Right click and duplicate your shape. In the Attribute Toolbar change the Mode to: Selection.



Right click:Expand/Shrink - Shrink the selection with one pixel.



Convert to Object. Right click: Arrange - Bring to Front.



In your Layer Manager the top layer is selected. Click on the layer that is under it to select it



and fill it with your gold fill image. With your Control button pressed, select the two top layers and Merge as a Single Object. Right click: Duplicate. Move it under the first shape. Keep selected. Change to your Object Paint Eraser Tool . In the Attribute Toolbar use these settings: Make sure you use the square brush.

 

Click on the square on the left to erase it. Also erase the one next to it. We should have 5 squares now. Keep selected.



Duplicate the active shape, move it down a bit and erase another 2 squares from the third row of blocks.



In your Layer Manager select all three rows: Right click: Align - Right. Right click: Align - Space Evenly with these settings:



Right click: Merge as a Single Object. Right click: Properties: Positions and Size tab - Left: 241. Top: 32.



Your image should look similar to mine:



Duplicate the object and with the Transform Tool , flip it Vertically

Right click: Properties. Positions and Size tab. Left: 241 . Top: 281. Deselect.




Pick up your Path Drawing Tool again. Same shape, Color: any for now. Change the mode to 2-D. and draw a shape of any size. Right click: Properties and please use these settings:




( Optional: If you would like to get the same results as I have, go into Path Edit Mode again and delete the 3 paths that are on the right side of the shape. You may have to zoom in on it).

Fill the object with your gold fill and send it to the back. Deselect.


Path Drawing Tool: Shape: Square, Mode: 2-D, draw a square of 130 pixels. It should be filled with the gold image. Duplicate this shape and change the Mode to Selection again. Shrink the selection with 1 pixel. Convert to Object. Arrange: Bring to Top. Fill with the same gradient as your background in the first steps. Select these two shapes and Merge as a Single Object. Right click: Align - Center Vertically and put in place like this and deselect.



Duplicate your flower object. Resize it to 35% using these settings:



Using the Transform Tool, flip the small flower horizontally and put in place on your square:



Select both the square and the flower and Merge as a Single Object. Keep selected. Press the Control key and add the top squares, the bottom squares and the gold lines on the left (not the frame object and the big flower) to the selected layers and Merge as a Single Object. Right click: Shadow and use these settings:



Right click: Arrange - Send to Back and deselect. Select the big flower - right click: Shadow with the same settings, but this time change the Soft edge to: 7. Deselect. Your image should look similar to this:



Let's jazz up the background a bit. Effect: Simple Filters: Blintz. Effect Simple Filters: Pizza Slice Mirror. Photo - Focus - third thumbnail on the top row. Right click: Merge All. Using the Elegance font put your name or tect on the image, fill it with the gold and use the same shadow settings for it.

That is all, I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial as much as I liked writing it for you.



This is another gorgeous example made by Jeri. Thanks for allowing me to share this beautiful image.