If you did my Simple Egg Tutorial, you will already have the basic egg to work with.
If not, I suggest you do that tutorial first, then come back and do this one.



Let's get started



    You will need the following items for this tutorial....
  • your egg tube (from the Simple Egg tutorial)
  • a floral image or floral tube


#1 Open a new image 250X350. Locate your egg tube that you saved
from the Simple Egg tutorial place it on your canvas.

#2 Locate your decorative image and minimize it, we will use it later.
I am using a lovely daffodil image from SusieB. (thank you Susie
for your most gracious permission.) Make sure that your image is
Royality Free or that you have written permission to use it.


#3 Working with your egg image, go to Select All....
then Selections/Float. Now you have Marching Ants around your egg.


#4 Maximize the floral image that you will be using. Edit/Copy.
Activate your egg image, Edit/Paste into Selection. Your image is
now nicely fitted into your egg shape.


NOTE: Now, before I go any farther, if you do not want to use the whole
floral image for your egg, you can use the Selection Tool and select a part
of the image. Then you can do Step 4 above. See example below.

   

#5 Still keeping the egg selected, go to 3D Effects/Inner Bevel and use these settings.



#6 I still prefer a little more roundness to my egg, so I used these cutout settings.
I used a grey to give it a softer effect. You can use black, white or a different
color, depending on the floral image you use and your own personal tastes.



#7 That's all there is too it. Now you can make lovely fabrege-type eggs for yourself.
Be sure to resize (I resize my eggs to 250) and export as a tube.





Here are some eggs that I made using Susie's lovely floral photos.







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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
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