Good Ole Time Rock

This tutorial was written on May 25th 2009 by Susan aka Hippiedaze.
The idea for this tag is off my own head lol and any resemblance is purely coincidence.
General Knowledge of psp is required, tutorial was written in psp 9 but will work in other versions.

Supplies Needed

Tube of Choice I used the artwork of Popeye Wong, this artwork is FTU and you can grab Popeye's awesome tubes from - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Rockstar' by Mar @ Scrappin Mar - HERE .
Template Used - Template #24 by Beth @ Blissfully Beth - HERE .
Mask Used - WSL Mask #84 by Chelle @ Wee Scots Lass Creations - HERE .
Plugin Used - Mura Meister, Copies.
2nd Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Fonts of Choice.

(open all supplies and save mask to psp folder before beginning)

Lets Start ....

Open the template, hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template. Delete info layer, go to image, select resize, choose resize 80%, choose smartsize and make surethe box resize all layers is checked, click on the bottom white layer, go to image again and select canvas size and choose 500x500 to give a little extra room to work or if you prefer you can resize later.

Activate the Background Music layer, go to selection, select all, select float, select defloat then paste a paper of choice from the kit as a new layer, resize a bit if needed, go to selections, select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, selections once more and select none. Delete the original layer.

Repeat the same step on the layers named Music Notes & Music, use different papers for each layer and delete the original layers as you work. I resized the smaller notes to suit my tag but the choice is yours.

Now go to effects, select eye candy 4000, gradient glow and use the following settings to give each layer you just created a gradient glow :-
Glow Width - 3.00 .... Soft Corners - 25 .... Overall Opacitiy - 100 .... Colour - White. Add a dropshadow to each layer after the glow.

Activate the Circle 3 layer, grab your magic wand and click the white inner area of the circle so the marching ants are blinking round the white, go to layers, select add new raster layer, grab your floodfill tool and then choose a colour that matches your tag in your foreground colour tab, click inside the marching ants to fill with choosen colour, now go to effects, choose textured effects, blinds and use the following settings :-
Width - 5 .... Opacity - as dark or light as you like .... Colour - to match your tube .... Horizontal - Checked .... Light from Top - Checked, click ok, go to selections & select none.
Add the same gradient glow as before to this layer.

Click back to the circle 3 layer, go to adjust, select hue/saturation/lightness, select colourise and choose a colour that matches your tube, click ok.
Add the same gradient glow as you used before to this layer and then add a dropshadow.

Repeat the last step on the layer named Circle 2, use different colours.

Activate Circle 1 layer, repeat the step but dont add the blinds effects....

Open a new image in your psp workspace 500x500 transparent, grab your text tool and with a small font, colour of your choice type out a phrase, i choose ' rock n roll' click apply, position text in centre of your canvas then go to effects, select mura meister, copies, in the box that pops up leave all settings as they are but change the number to (2), click ok.

Back to your working canvas, copy and paste the text layer your just created, make sure its on the layer above the circle, go to selections, select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, selections, select none, your text should now be inside the circle.

Click back to the circle 3 layer, go to adjust, select hue/saturation/lightness, select colourise and choose a colour that matches your tube again, click ok.
Add the same gradient glow as you used before to this layer and then add a dropshadow.

Activate the bottom white layer, go to layers, choose add new raster layer, make sure its transparent,click ok, grab your floodfill tool and choose a colour that matches your tube, now floodfill new layer with the colour, go to layers, select load mask from disk and find the mask we loaded at the start (WSL #84), settings should be as follows ...
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked .... Hide Mask - checked go to layers, merge group & you can use the deform tool to resize to suit your tag. I simple stretched it out a bit.

Take the music notes shape element and paste as a new layer just above the mask layer, resize to your liking and place where you like.

Activate the top layer now and paste your tube as a new layer, resize to suit and place where you like it, add a dropshadow to this layer.

Time to add any other elements from the kit, decorate how you wish, resize elements as needed and place where you like them, add a dropshadow to each element layer.

Now crop & resize your tag if you wish to

Add your name, artist info & copyright.

Save as jpeg or .png.

And I think thats us done, lol.
Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it would love to see your results, hippiedaze@hotmail.com