Hello Friends

This tutorial was written on May 16th 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 Suzanne Woolcott, you will need a proper license to use her work and can get one by visiting - HERE .
FTU Scrap Kit 'Esmeralda' by Lacarolita @ Lacarolitas Designs - HERE .
Template Used - #1 by Annu (from the template challenge @ Creative Misfits Creations) - HERE .
Masks Used - Vix Mask #143 & Vix Mask #15 - HERE .
Plugin Used - Eye Candy 4000, Gradient Glow.
Font of Choice.

(Open all supplies and save mask to psp folder before you begin)

Lets Get Started

Open the template, hit shift & d on your keyboard,this pastes the template as new image, close the original template. I resized all layers by 80% smart size at this point. ( optional) Delete info layer, activate the bottom white layer, go to image, select canvas size, choose 500x500, click ok, if theres any transparent canvas showing grab your floodfill tool and fill white.

Activate the layer named 'layer 2 copy', go to selections, select all, select float, select defloat then paste a paper of your choice from the kit as a new layer, resize a little if you need to then when happy, go to selections, select invert then hit delete on your keyboard, go to selections and select none. Delete the original layer.

Repeat the above step for the layers named 'Rectangle 1, Rectangle 2, Rectangle 3, Heart & all 4 Small Rectangle layers ' use different papers from the kit for each layer and then delete the original layers as you go along.
Go to effects, select eye candy 4000, gradient glow and use the following settings to add a gradient glow to all the above layers you created :-
Glow Width - 3.00 .... Soft Corners - 25 .... Overall Opacitiy - 100 .... Colour - Dark Brown . I noticed after I'd added the gradient glow that some Frame layers were closed off.

Activate the Small Frame 1 layer, i left this white but added the gradient glow with same settings as before, repeat this on the other 3 small frame layers.

Click on your bottom white layer, go to layers, select add new raster layer, check that layer is set to transparent, go to layers again, load mask from disc, then find the first mask we loaded at the start (Vix Mask #151) Make sure the following settings are set...
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked Hide Mask - checked. Go to layers, merge group & resize to suit your tag using the deform tool if needed till you get it how you want it.

Now activate bottom white layer again, paste a paper of choice from the kit as a new layer, go to layers again, load mask from disc, then find the first mask we loaded at the start (Vix Mask #15) Make sure the following settings are set...
Fit to canvas - checked .... Source luminace - checked .... Invert transparency - unchecked Hide Mask - checked. Go to layers, merge group.

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

Add any elements from the kit, resize elements as needed and add a dropshadow or the same gradient glow as before.

Crop or resize your tag if you want to to your preffered size in the usual way. I resized at start but cropped a little at this point.

Add you name, artist info & copyright info.

Save as jpeg or .png. and we're done lol.

Thanks for trying my tutorial and i hope you enjoyed it would love to see your results, hippiedaze@hotmail.com