This is my very first tutorial, I hope it will turn out fine for you as it was for me. In this tutorial, you will need PSP7, EYE CANDY 3.0 OR 4000.


STEP 1.
Open up a canvas 400x400 (transparent) or you can create it in any light
color filled background you want. Then set up your
foreground/background color to #CB0D7D. Click on preset shape tool and choose rectangle. Draw a shape on the canvas 150x200 roughly Drag your shape close to the bottom of the canvas so you'll have a space to work on and a space for the wick and light.

STEP 2.
Go back to preshape tool and choose ellipse and draw a shape to the bottom of the rectangle to make the bottom look rounded. Then go to layer and merge them 2 layers visible.
Add a layer and Click on your tool option selections and set it to rectangle. Draw a rectangle on the left side of the image then on the right side and apply an airbrush. Settings for air brush are as follows:

shape - round
size 38
hardness 1
opacity 22
step 1
density 11

Deselect and go to effects and blur, choose average blur and set it to 31. Click ok.

STEP 3.
Click on the preshape tool and choose ellipse, set the foreground to #CB0D7D and the fill color to #FFFFFF, draw an elipse on top of the candle to make it look rounded. You might want to use your deform tool to shape it just right. convert it to raster layer.
Add another layer for the picture or clipart. I used the image I have on the picture tube. Apply it to your candle. Click back on the ellipse you just drew and lets do some smudging. Smudge settings bellow.
shape =round
brush size = 8
hardness= 20
opacity= 60
step= 1
density= 100
Carefully redistribute the pink to the middle of the ellipse just leaving a little rough ellipse white shape on the middle and on the bottom center of the ellipse make a smudge downward to make it look like a candle grease.




STEP 4.
Now lets make a wick. preset tool, rounded rectangle, set your styles and fill colors to black and draw a rounded rectangle on top of the ellipse, convert to raster layer. Choose effect and blur/blur. to make a fire, set your styles and foreground color to #DB9B11, yellow orange color, and draw an ellipse on top of the wick touching the ellipse on the candle, node it and then blur it "average" sets to 27. You might want to draw another ellipse and node it but smaller than the first one, then blur it to 15-20. that's it!! You now have a decorated candle.