This tutorial was written by me on July 22, 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 "Ice-cream 2" 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 "Summer Romance" created by Doodle by Design.  You can purchase the kit here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Kiya Designs animation Gone fishing 1.psd from package Gone Fishing pack 1.  You can purchase her fun animation here.

Mask:  Mask 275 by Misteeques. Thank you for your awesome masks.  You can download it from her blog here. I am using the jpg versions for this tutorial.  Open mirror and minimize in PSP.

Font of choice for your name.

Plug in: None

Drop shadow of choice.

Please read all the Artist's/Designer's TOU.

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 :)

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 800x800 transparent image.  We will resize later.

Add a new layer and flood fill with white.

Open paper of choice.  I am using paper 12, copy and close the original.  Paste as a new layer.  Layers, new mask layer, from image and find the mask in the drop down.  Click ok and merge group. You can close the mask as we no longer need it. 

Open element 123, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Change the blend mode to Luminance (L).  Move up and to the right.

Open frame 6 copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 90% and sharpen   Move up slightly.  

Open Kiya's Gone Fishing 01 animation.  Duplicate and close the original.  

Starting from frame 20, hold down your ctrl key and click on each layer to select it.  When you reach layer 2, click on the eyeball beside this layer to hide all the layers.  Holding down the Ctrl key again, click on frame 1.  We want only frame one visible.  Go to layers, new layer group.  On group 1 layer, select the link icon to link all the layers.  

Standing on group 1, edit, copy.  Select the tag and paste.  The animation will always past to the top.  Click on the white arrow beside group 1 to hide all the sub layers.  Go to layers, arrange, send to the bottom.  Drag group 1 up the layer pallet to just below the frame layer.  Resize 40%, all layers not checked.  Select the pick tool and move your animation into the frame to a spot you like best.

Select the frame layer, using the magic wand, click inside the frame.  Selections, modify, expand by 5.  Select group 1 layer, go to layers, new mask layer, show selection.  Select none.  You will notice there is now a group group 1 layer.  Click on this layer and then click on the link icon.  Click on the little white arrow to hide all the sub layers.

We will come back to this layer when we are animating.

Open element 61, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 60%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top right of the frame.  

Open element 128, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 60%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the right of the frame.  

Open element 111, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the mask. 

Open element 112, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom center of the frame. 

Open element 65, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 70%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top left of the mask.  

Open element 21, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Move to the bottom center of the mask and drop shadow.

Open element 113, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the lower right of the mask by the sand.

Open element 116, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, mirror, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the lower left of the tree.

Open element 64, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 70%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top center of the mask.

Open Wordart 6, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 50%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right.  See mine for placement.

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

Open element 56, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 85%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top left of the sand layer.

Open element 115, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the sand layer.

Open element 50, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the sand layer.

Open element 38, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the bag.

Open element 63, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom in front of the pail.

Open element 60, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left in front of the shells.

Open element 13, 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.

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

Open element 29, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom by her knee.

Open element 18, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, mirror, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right by the shell bottle.

Open element 1, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, free rotate to the right 10 degrees, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right by the shell.

Open element 26, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 18%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left by the lantern.

Open element 49, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left in front of the bottom of the shell.

Open element 52, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right close to her foot.

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.

Make sure your tag is saved as a pspimage as you do not want to loose it if psp crashes.

Non-animated tag.  If you want to keep your tag in layers in case you want to animate at a later date , hide the white background layer and go to file export, png optimizer and export you png tag.

Animating the tag.  

Might want to grab a coffee :)

Open animation shop.

Back to psp.

Scroll down the layer pallet until you see Kiya's animation.  Click on the little white arrow to expand it if the sub layers are hidden.  

With only frame layer 1 of the animation visible, go to edit, copy special, copy merged.

Back to animation shop.

Paste as new animation or Ctrl + V.

***Back to psp.

Click on the eyeball to hide layer one then click on the eyeball next to layer 2 to make it visible.  Go to edit, copy special, copy merged.

Back to animation shop.

Edit, paste, after current frame or Shift+Ctrl+L.***

Repeat from ***to*** until you have 20 frames in animation shop.  I will show you in the bottom right corner of animation shop.

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.