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House
This tutorial was written using PSP7, but can probably be done in earlier versions with a few adjustments.
** Remember to save your work often! **
1. Open a transparent image 600 x 550. Set your foreground to #EEEAE2 (or a color of your choice) and your background to Pattern  and select the "jd-rooffill" pattern (scale 100% - angle 0).
2. Add a new Raster Layer (all layers will be Raster layers) and name it "sides". Load the "jd-housesides" selection (Selections - Load from Disk). Flood fill  with your foreground color. Go to Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel and use these settings (you may want to save these settings as "house" since we will switch between two settings throughout the tutorial.
3. Keep selected and go to Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds and use these settings (you may want to change the color if you are using a different fill color than the one I am using).
Width 8
Opacity 35
Color #907F5C
Horizontal checked
4. Selections - Select None. Add a new layer and name it "side roof". Load the "jd-sideroofs" selection. Fill with your background pattern and add the following Inner Bevel (save these settings as "roof" for later use).
5. Selections - Select None. Add a new layer and name it "front". Load the "jd-housefront" selection. Fill with your foreground color and add the same Inner Bevel. Apply the Blinds as before - but change the width to 10.
6. Selections - Select None. Add a new layer and name it "roof". Load the "jd-roof" selection. Flood fill with your roof pattern and apply the Roof Inner Bevel.
7. Selections - Select None. Add a new layer and name it "top". Load the "jd-housetop" selection. Fill with your foreground color and apply the same Inner Bevel. Apply the Blinds with the last settings used.
8. Selections - Select None. Add a new layer and name it "top roof". Load the "jd-toproof" selection. Flood fill with your roof pattern and apply the Roof Inner Bevel. Selections - Select None.
9. Change your foreground to #B1A283. Add a new layer and name it "chimney". Load the "jd-chimney" selection and fill with the foreground color. Go to Image - Texture Effects - Texture and apply the Brick 2 preset with the following settings (mine is #4 but yours may be different).
10. Keep selected and add the Roof Inner Bevel but change the Width to 6 and the Depth to 9. Selections - Select None.
11. On the same layer, load the "jd-chimneytop" selection and flood fill with #907F5C. Apply the last Inner Bevel. Selections - Select None. Go to Layers - Arrange - Move Down to move this layer below the "top roof" layer.
12. Add a new layer and name it "windows". Load the "jd-windows" selections and fill with White. Selections - Invert. Go to Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Color Black
Opacity 38
Blur 15
Vertical and Horizontal 0.
13. Selections - Select None. Add a new layer and name it "window trim". Load the "jd-windowtrim" selection. Change your background to a wood pattern (the one I have included in the zip file matches the door). Flood fill the selections and add the "roof" Inner Bevel. Selections - Select None. Add a Drop Shadow with these settings:
Color Black
Opacity 35
Blur 5
Vertical and Horizontal 0.
14. Add a new layer and name it "doors". Activate the "jd-door" and Edit - Copy. Edit - Paste as New Selection onto your house and position it between the two bottom windows. Copy the "jd-door2" and paste it between the two top windows. Copy the "jd-lamp" and paste beside each door. Selections - Select None. Add the same Drop Shadow used in the previous step.
15. Add a new layer and name it "boxes". Load the "jd-windowboxes" selection and fill with your wood pattern. Add the following Inner Bevel:
16. Selections - Select None. Add the same Drop Shadow.
17. Add a new layer and name it "rail". Load the "jd-rail" selection and fill with your wood pattern. Add the Roof Inner Bevel. Selections - Select None. Add the previous Drop Shadow. Layers - Arrange - Move Down to move this layer below the "top roof" layer.
18. Add a new layer and name it "steps". Load the "jd-step1" selection and fill with #B1A283. Apply the same Texture effect used on the chimney. Apply the Roof Inner Bevel. Selections - Select None. On the same layer, load the "jd-step2" selection. Apply the same Texture and Bevel. Repeat for the third step.
19. Save in psp format with all layers in tact. This way you will be able to change colors or add decorations later.
Here is one that I decorated for Christmas.
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