This tutorial was written by me on June 28, 2020. The results are of my own imagination.  Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental.  

Please DO NOT claim this tutorial as your own.

This was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

Please keep in mind that I write the tutorial as I am creating it.

Sometimes I may not explain properly where to place things so please see my example if you are ever in doubt :)

Supplies needed

I am using PSP 2018 but this tutorial should work with any version.

Animation shop (optional)

PTU Tube:  I am using a beautiful tube called "Steampunk 37" created by Verymany.  Please do not use this tube without a proper license.  You can purchase this tube at Verymany's store here. 

PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous matching kit called "Steampunk 37" created by Kizzed by Kelz.  You can purchase the kit here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Kiya Designs animation 32 & 33 from package 11.  You can purchase her fun animation here.

Mask:  Mask 81 by Vivienne's Paintbox. Thank you for your awesome masks.  You can download it from her blog here. I am using the jpg versions for this tutorial.  Open and minimize in PSP.

Font of choice for your name.

Plug in: None

Drop shadow of choice.

Vivienne's Paintbox has awesome drop shadow settings that I use a lot.  You can find the settings here and check out her awesome tutorials :)

Please remember to read the artists/designers TOU.

Anytime you resize an element or tube you should sharpen it.  Go to adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

Let's get started.

Remember to save your tag often in case psp crashes.  I always save my tags as a pspimage.  It keeps all the layers and if you make tags for others you will always have the template.

Open a new 750x800 transparent image.  We will resize later.

Add a new layer and flood fill with white.

Open paper of choice.  I am using paper 7, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Go to layers, new mask layer, from image and select Vivienne's mask in the drop down. Apply mask and merge group.  Resize 95%.

Open element 77, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 50%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top right the mask above the clock.  Duplicate and move to the far left by the clock hands of the mask.

Open element 6, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 70%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top left the mask.

Open element 146, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top left over element 6.

Open element 53, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste and drop shadow.  Move to the top left of the clock.

Open element 119, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste and drop shadow.  Move to the top center the mask.

Open element 58, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 70% and sharpen.  Move to the far left by the clock hands on the mask.  Using your magic wand, click in the center of the frame.  Add a new raster layer and drag this under the frame layer.  Open paper of choice.  I am using paper 13, copy and close the original.  Select the new raster layer.  Edit, paste into selections.  Select none and drop shadow the frame.

Open element 14, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the left of the frame.

Open element 34, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 50%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the right of the frame.

Open element 35, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom side of the frame.

Open element 69, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 60%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the right side of the frame.

Open element 134, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of element 69.

Open element 140, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of element 69.

Open element 139, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of element 69.

Open element 142, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Move to the top between the clock and cog cluster.  Drop shadow.

Open element 63, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 70%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top center of the frame.

Open element 132, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 45%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the mask.

Copy your tube.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move up and to the right slightly.

Open element 55, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the tube so it covers the edge.

Open element 90, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top right of element 55.

Open element 91, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the tube.

Open element 83, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the right of element of the hat box.

Open element 76, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of element 55.

Open element 149, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the watch.

Open element 115, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 50%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the watch.

Open element 28, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the tube so it covers the edge.

Open element 37, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the tube so it covers the edge.

Open element 93, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the bag.

Open element 108, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the bag.

Open element 118, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right in front of the wordart.

Add any other elements you like and make any adjustments to the layers.

Crop away any extra space.  Resize 650 on the longest side, all layers checked.

Add your copyright and name.

If you do not want to animate.  Hide the white background layer Save your tag and export as png.

Animating the tag.  Make sure your tag is saved as a psp image file as you do not want to loose it if psp crashes.

Might want to grab a coffee :)

Open Kiya Designs psd file in psp.  Shift + D to duplicate it and close the original.  Do not save any changes as a psd file will merge into one layer.  We do not want this to happen.  You will notice that there is 16 layers in this animation and it does not have the group layer.  That is ok as we are going to learn how to do this so it matches the animation layers of the tube.

We need to group all the layers.  Starting from layer 16, hold down your control key and select each layer so the next one will be 15 then 14 etc.  Once all the layers are selected (the layers will be highlighted in blue) we need to group them.  All layers selected? 

Next we need to group these layers.  Go to Layers, New layer group.  Scroll all the way to the top and you will see Group 1 with all the odd layers as sub layers.  

Select group 1, copy and close the original.  Select your tag layer and paste.  When you paste grouped layers it will always go to the top.  Standing on group one select the link icon to link all the layer.  Click the arrow beside the new group to hide all the sub layers.

Drag this group down the layer pallet to a spot you like.  I dragged it down to just above the tube.  Resize the Group 1 layer by 30% all layers not checked.  Move to the bottom middle of the tube.  Select the group 1 layer if you have not already.

Repeat the above steps for animation 33.  Drag this group down the layer pallet to a spot you like.  I dragged it down to just above the mask layer.  Resize the Group 1 layer by 30% all layers not checked.  Move to the right side of the mask appox middle of the tube.  Select the group 1 layer if you have not already.

Ok we are now finished our tag and ready to animate.

Open Animation shop and go back to psp.

With only frame 1 of the animations visible, edit, copy special, copy merged.

Back to Animation shop.

Edit, paste as new animation or keyboard shortcut Ctrl+V.

**Back to psp.

Hide Frame 1 by clicking on the eyeball and unhide frame 2 by clicking on the eyeball of each animation. Edit, copy special, copy merged.

Back to Animation Shop.

We need to paste after current frame.  Go to edit, paste after current frame.  Keyboard shortcut  Shift+Ctrl+L**

Repeat from **to** until you have 16 frames in animation shop.  It will tell you on the bottom right corner how many frames you have.  

Select all, Ctrl+A on the keyboard.  Animation, Frame properties and change the animation speed to 15.

Go to file Save as, gif and click next and next until you hit finished.  I use the default settings.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial.  I would love to see your results.