Mine

This tag is made in Paint Shop Pro 9, but will probably work in any version.

It is my own idea, and any resemblance to other tuts is purely coincidental. To make this tag you need the scrap kit "Lust" from Bel Vidotti here, Xero Moodlight and a nice tube. If you choose to animate the tag, you will also need DSB Flux - Bright Noise. I used the font Bostonian Ultra, but you can use any font you like.

Please read my and their TOU before you start.

Open all your supplies and minimize.

Open a new image 500x500, white background.

Copy your frame to the tag as a new layer.

Copy your tube to the tag as a new layer, arrange - move down.

Apply Xero Moodlight to your tube.

I picked my colour (#f88cb6) from the pink ribbon in my tag.

If necessary, select the inside of your frame with your magic wand, expand the selection 5 pixels and add a new layer below the tube layer. Fill the selection with white (or any other color of your choice).

Add a drop shadow to your tube, I used V 2, H 2, Opacity 50, Blur 12 and Colour black. Hide your background layer and merge the three layers. Add a drop shadow.

Add your elements of choice and add drop shadows to them.

Add your copyright if needed.

With your text tool, type your name.

Convert to raster layer. Selections - select all - float - defloat, contract selection by 2 pixels. Add Xero Moodlight with the same settings as for the tube. Deselect.

Rotate your text 90 degrees to the left and place it where you like. I didn't add any drop shadow to my name, but you can do that if you want to.

If you don't wish to animate, just save it now as a.jpg file and you are done.

For animating, choose your selection tool. Set the selection mode to "Add". Draw a rectangle around the dots in the frame.

Now set the selection mode to "Remove" (or simply hold down ctrl while drawing the selection) and draw a selection on the inside of the dots part.

You should now have a selection with only the part of the frame with the dots in it.

Do not deselect!

Add a sparkling effect with DSB Flux. Click on "mix" once.

Deselect. Edit - copy merged.

Now open your Animation Shop. Paste as new image.
Go back to your PSP and undo the deselection and dsb, redo the DSB but this time click the mix twice. Deselct again and copy merged. In AS, right-click and paste after current frame.
Repeat this procedure once again, this time clicking three times on the mix.

Preview your animation in AS with the View Animation button. File - Save as "whatever you want to call your tag" (I assume you have proper settings for a .gif-file) and you're done!

The Story of The Earth

To make this tag exactly as my tutorial, you will need the scrapset, a photo or other image, Paint Shop Pro (I use 9.01, but I’m sure it’ll work in most versions) and Eye Candy 4000.
Open and minimize your supplies. Install your plug-in if you don’t already have it. You will need to close down PSP while you install, or it will not work.
The scrapset I used for this tutorial is made by Tanya and you can find it here. The font is called Radagund and you can find it here. The mask is by Vix and can be fond here.
Please read my TOU before you begin.

Open your supplies and minimize them. Open a new blank image, 50ox500 pixels size, white background.
Copy your photo and paste as new layer on your tag. Edit it to fit the whole tag.
Apply the mask VixMask294. Merge group.
With your raster deform tool, set the position X and Y to 0, then grab the lower right corner of the raster and drag the mask out to stretch over the whole tag.

Minimize the tag.
Open your photo and the frame. Copy the frame onto the photo as a new layer. Now adjust the photo to the frame, using the raster deform tool again.
When you have the photo framed to your liking, merge visible and copy.

Open your tag again and paste the framed photo as a new layer. Resize and position as you like.

Now add your embellishments and place them where you like them.
You may have to resize or tilt them before you are satisfied.

Now with your text tool, type out a nice saying, using the font Radagund in size 16 pixels. Convert to raster layer.
Add a nice gradient to the text using Eye Candy 4000 – Gradient glow.
Do the same with your name, only change the size to 36 pixels. Again add a gradient.

Now, starting from the layer just above your mask layer and working your way up, add a nice drop shadow to all the layers.

Add proper credits and your watermark/signature, and save as .jpg. Done!

A Spot Of Colour

To make this tag exactly as my tutorial, you will need the scrapset, a photo or other image, Paint Shop Pro (I use 9.01, but I’m sure it’ll work in most versions) and Eye Candy 4000.
Open and minimize your supplies. Install your plug-in if you don’t already have it. You will need to close down PSP while you install, or it will not work.
The scrapset I used for this tutorial is made by Bel Vidotti and you can find it here.

Please read my TOU before you start. The font is called Jessamine Script and you can find it here.

Let’s begin!

Open your supplies and minimize them. Open a new blank image, 500x500 pixels size.

Select all, add a new layer. Copy your first paper and paste it into selection.

Add a new layer. Switch to your selection tool and go to the custom selection. Check the little box that says “use current selection as default”, and then change the settings to 150 for top + left and 350 for right + bottom. Copy your second paper and paste into the selection.

Add a new layer and copy and paste your third paper into the selection. De-select. Hide your smaller squares and highlight your firs (bottom) paper. Choose a nice mask for it.

Unhide your other layers again. Move your squares to your liking. Save and minimize for now.

Open your photo or image. Go to Image – Add borders, and give it a border of 5 to 8 pixels symmetrically. I made my border white, but you can of course choose any colour you like.

Copy the image. Open your tag again, and paste the photo as new layer. Move it to where you want it in the tag.

Copy the note paper and paste as new layer. Move it to just above the masked layer. Resize it, tilt it or move it around until you think it looks good.
Now copy and paste the wire mesh as a new layer on the tag. Move it below the note paper. Resize to your liking.

Now you can add other embellishments as you like. I added the two circles and the twigs of leves and flowers. For the twigs I had to do some cropping just where they are supposed to look like they are placed below the photo.

Switch to your text tool and write your name (or whichever name you want). Choose the Jessamine Script font and a nice size for the tag. Apply and convert to raster layer. Move the text to where you want it.

Go to Eye Candy 4000 – Gradient glow and add a nice gradient of your choice to the text.

Now go back to your mask layer. Apply a nice drop shadow to it. I chose R2, L2, Opacity 30, Blur 3 and colour black. Work your way through the rest of the layers and add a drop shadow to all of them. I chose a heavier shadow for the rest of the layers: R2, L2, Opacity 40, Blur 7 and colour black.

Hide the white background layer and choose your crop tool. Chose to crop merged opaque. Unhide your white bg again.

Make sure you add proper credits and your watermark/signature to the tag. Sav as .jpg and you’re all done!

Summer Holiday Tag

To make this tag, you will need the scrapkit called Festival. You can get it at Shabby Princess, and it is FTU. You will also need a nice photo or other picture. Please read my and their TOU before you start.

Open your supplies and minimize them. Open a new image 400x400 pixels, white background.

Copy one of the papers as a new layer onto your tag. Apply a nice mask of your choice and merge group.
Add a new layer. Take your selection tool and draw out a rectangle horizontally. Fill the selection with a paper.
Add a new layer. Now draw out another selection, this time more narrow, like a stripe, also horizontally. Fill with a paper. Repeat this for another “stripe”.

New layer – draw a vertical rectangle this time but otherwise do as before.
Copy the journaltag onto your tag and position it where you like it.
Minimize your tag for now.

Open your photo. Copy the shabby frame/edges onto the photo and adjust it so that you have the part of the photo you want inside the frame. With your magic wand, select the part outside the frame, expand the selection 1 pixel, highlight your photo layer and hit delete. Deselect. You should now have only the frame and the part of the photo inside of the frame. Merge.
Copy this image.

Go back to your tag, paste the framed photo onto the tag. Adjust it to your liking.

Now add embellishments of your liking.
Apply a nice drop shadow to each of the layers, except for the mask layer.
With your text tool, write out a nice text or saying, and apply it to the journaltag. (I played with the settings of the leading to make it look like it’s written on the lines.)

Again wit your text tool, write out your name in a nice script font, use a rather large size and choose one of the papers as fill. Convert to raster layer. Selections – select all – float – defloat. Expand your selection 2 pixels. Add a new layer and move it below your name layer. Fill the new layer with a color that compliments your textfill. Deselect and merge your name layer into the recently filled layer, and you have just given your name a nice “frame”. Add a drop shadow.

Almost done, we only need to put proper credits to our tag, and save it as .jpg.