This tutorial was written by me on July 26, 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 "Tonya" created by Alex Prihodko.  Please do not use this tube without a proper license.  

You can purchase this tube at VMArtists store here. 

PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous matching kit called "Tonya" created by Tiny Turtle Designs.  You can purchase the kit at Tiny Turtle Designs Store here.

PTU Animation:   I am using Rebel Dezigns's animation from package 524.  You can purchase her awesome animation here.  

Mask:  Mask 355 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 and minimize in PSP.

Please remember to read the artists/designers TOU.

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 :)

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 7, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Layers, new mask layer, from image.  Locate Misteeques mask in the drop down and click ok.  Merge group.

Open element 7, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Move to the far left of the mask.

Open element 19, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Move to the top of the mask slightly to the left.

Open element 99, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 65% and sharpen.  Move to the top center of the mask.  Using the magic wand, click in the center of the frame.  Selections, modify, expand by 5.  Select the heart scatter layer and add a new raster layer.  Open paper of choice, I am using, paper 19, copy and close the original.  Standing on the new layer, go to edit, paste into selections.  Select none and drop shadow the frame.

We are going to work under the frame and paper layer for now.

Open element 105, copy and close the original.  Select the flower spray layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the upper left of the frame.  Duplicate and move to the lower left of the frame.  Duplicate one more time and move to the right side of the frame.

pen element 103, copy and close the original.  Select the flower spray layer and paste.  Resize 40% and sharpen.  Move to the upper right of the frame.  Duplicate, image, free rotate to the left 90 degrees and move to the middle left side of the frame.  Drop shadow each layer.

Open element 9, copy and close the original.  Select the flower spray layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the upper right of the frame under the flower.  Duplicate and move to the lower left of the frame between the leaf and flower.

pen element 31, copy and close the original.  Select the single top flower layer and paste.  Resize 60% and sharpen.  Move to the upper right of the frame.  Duplicate, image, free rotate to the left 90 degrees and move to the middle left side of the frame.  Duplicate this layer, mirror and flip.  Move up slightly.  Drop shadow each layer.

Open element 76, copy and close the original.  Select the flower spray layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the upper left corner of the frame.  Duplicate and move to the upper left of the frame.  Duplicate one more time and move to the upper right of the frame.

Open element 6, copy and close the original.  Select the top leaf layer and paste.  Move up slightly and drop shadow.

Open element 64, copy and close the original.  Select the top frame layer and paste. Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom center of the frame.

Open element 58, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen, flip and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the inner frame.

Open element 66, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the frame.

Open element 106, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the middle of the frame.

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

Open element 107, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the frame.

Open element 57, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the vase.

Open element 66, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the frame.

Open element 65, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the button.  Duplicate and move to the bottom center of the heart.

Open element 84, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the vase.

Open element 88, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the middle left of the heart.

Open element 39, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the heart just under the butterfly.

Open element 89, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left corner of element 39.

Open element 30, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the heart.

Copy your tube.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 45%, sharpen and drop shadow. Move to the bottom of the mask.

Open element 30, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the tubes where the skirt meets the leg.

Open element 47, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the tube's hip.

Open element 23, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of left wine glass.

Open element 62, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the cup.

Open element 117, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the cupcake. 

Open element 48, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the present. 

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 layer and save 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.

Open Rebel Dezigns 1575 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 mine down to just above the frame.   Resize the Group 1 layer by 40% all layers not checked.  Move to the center of the frame.

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.  

Select all, animation, frame properties and change the speed to 15.  Click ok.

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.