Filters used : Unlimited and Simple

Material needed : a picture and a gold tile.

1 – Open the picture you want to frame.

Duplicate the picture twice (Shift – D).

 

2 – On the first picture, resize to 150 x 150 making sure that « lock aspect ratio» is unchecked.

Filter Unlimited, Distorsion Filter, Cracked, 64.
Filter Simple, Quick Tile.

Select this pattern as your foreground at 45°.
 

3 – On the second picture, Image – Add borders : 3 pixels with any contrasting color.

Select that border with the magic wand and flood fill with the gold tile.

 

4 – Image – Add borders : 15 pixels.

Filter, Unlimited, Paper and Backgrounds, Bear Mat, White.
 

5 – Repeat step 3.

 

6 – Image – Add borders : 30 pixels.

Select that border with the magic wand and flood fill with the tile you created in step 2.

Effets - 3D effects – Inner bevel :

7 – Repeat step 3.

 

8 – Repeat step 4, but with 20 pixels.

 

9 – Repeat step 3.

 

10 – File – New 10 x 10 pixels. Flood fill with gold tile.

File – New 10 x 40. Flood fill with gold tile.

Copy and paste as a new layers in the corner of the framed picture.

Duplicate the second element and apply a 90° rotation.

 

11 – Hide the background layer and Merge all visible.

Layers – Duplicate. Image – Mirror.

Layers – Duplicate. Image – Flip.

Layers – Duplicate. Image – Mirror.

 

12 – Sign and merge all.

File – Export – JPEG optimizer.