For this tutorial you
will need Paint
Shop Pro 6 or
7 and this zip file 
1. Open a new image 1020x176 transparent background and flood fill with the pattern
with this settings 
2. Open your lace image and edit and copy as a NEW LAYER on your first image.
3. Now position
your mover tool 
exactly at 500,100 look at the bottom left 
and move your lace to the left exactly to 95,100 
,
your image should look like this
4. Make sure you are on your lace layer and go to effects>3Deffects>drop a shadow with this settings
5. For the color of the shadow I'm using #0D7287, but that it depends on the color of your background, repeat the drop a shadow, but this time change the offset to -1.
6. Merge your layers flatten and double click on your
selections tool 
and apply the following settings
7. Go to image>crop to selection, now you can live it like that or you can apply a tube in top of your lace, save as .jpg, and your background is ready.
I hope you enjoyed the Tutorial. :)
If you have any question please email me
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