I just this second signed up to the forums, I've been browsing them for a long time while messing around in Paint.net .
My girlfriend has just let to go to the store & while shes away I thought I'd make her something nice to post on her FB wall ... this is the product of my work having followed this tutorial:
I also made this afterwards:
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l493/SoundKiller777/EyeOfARose.png