This tutorial was written by me on June 27, 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 "Sunshine" 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 "Sunshine Vibes" created by Tiny Turtle Designs.  You can purchase the kit here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Rebel Dezigns animation 1660 from package 552.  You can purchase her fun animation at CDO here.

Mask:  Mask 348 by Mizteeques. 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 16, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Go to layers, new mask layer, from image and select Mizteeques mask in the drop down. Apply mask and merge group.  Resize 120%.

Open element 125, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 80% and drag this layer under the mask layer.  Move to the bottom and slightly to the right.

Open element 21, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 70%, sharpen and move to the top of the mask and slightly to the left.

Open element 57, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 90%, sharpen and drop shadow.

Open element 77, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 50%, sharpen and drop shadow. Move to the center of element 21.

Open element 71, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 60%, sharpen and drop shadow. Move to the left of element 77.

Open element 58, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 70% and sharpen.  Using the magic wand click in the center of the frame.  Selections, modify, expand by 10.  Add a new raster layer and drag this layer under the frame.  Open paper of choice.  I am using paper 8, copy and close the original.  Standing on the new raster layer, edit, paste into selections.  Select none and drop shadow the frame.

Open element 37, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen, free rotate to the right 20 degrees and drop shadow.  Move to the right side of the frame about center.

Open element 95, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the right side over the heart.

Open element 68, 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 about midway up.  Duplicate and drag this layer under element 57.  Move to the top left corner.

Open element 62, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the right side over the heart.

Open element 15, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top left so the top butterfly is above the word tag.

Open element 26, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the word tag.

Open element 63, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the word tag.

Open element 25, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 50%, mirror, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the poppy.  Duplicate and move to the left and down slightly.  See mine for placement.

Open element 4, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the frame.

Open element 39, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right covering the stem.

Copy your main tube.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move slightly up and to the left.

Open element 122, 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's leg.

Open element 127, 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's leg.

Open element 103, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the tube's leg.

Open element 81, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom center of the tube's legs.

Open element 17, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the tube's leg.

Open element 144, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the rose vase.

Open element 74, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 45%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom covering the vase and drink.

Open element 78, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the bottle with wings

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 Rebel Dezigns 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 25 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 odd layers.  Starting from layer 25, hold down your control key and select each odd layer so the next one will be 23 then 21 etc.  Once all the odd layers are selected (the layers will be highlighted in blue) we need to group them.  All odd 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 layer.  I moved it down and slightly to the right.  Resize the Group 1 layer by 40% all layers not checked.

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 3 by clicking on the eyeball. 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 13 frames in animation shop.  It will tell you on the bottom right corner how many frames you have.  

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.