This tutorial was written by me on August 7, 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 Animated tube:  I am using a fabulous new Barbara Jensen tube "Gothic Charm" from pack 117.   You purchase this beauty at Barbara's store here.

PTU Kit:  I am using an awesome kit called "Pizzeria Brunch" created by Pink Paradox Productions.  You can purchase this kit at Barbara Jensen's store here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Kiya Designs gorgeous animation 82 from pack 26.  You can purchase her animation at Barbara Jensen's store here.

Mask:  Mask 29 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 in PSP, mirror and minimize.

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 read all the Artist's/Designer's 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 21, copy and close the original.  Paste as new raster layer then go to Layers, new mask layer, from Image and locate the mask in the drop down.  Apply the mask and merge group. 

Open element 37, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30% and move to the top right corner of the mask.  Change the blend mode to overlay.  Duplicate and move to the far left side of the mask about midway.

Open element 138, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top left corner of the mask.

Open element 197, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top right of the leaning tower.  Duplicate and move to the left of the tower and down slightly.

Open element 187, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top right of the mask by the pizza.  

Open element 168, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top right over the leaf.  

Open element 116, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the flower. 

Open element 34, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top right of the stamp. 

Open Pizzeria Brunch X (8), copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the stamp. 

Open element 43, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the pepper sign. 

Open frame 3, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30% and sharpen. Move to the bottom right of the leaning tower.  Using the magic wand, click in the opening of each frame.  Selections, modify, expand by 5.  Add a new raster layer and move under the frame.  Open Pizzeria Brunch X (1).  Copy and close the original.  Select the new raster layer, edit, paste into selections.  Select none and drop shadow the frame.

Open element 188, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the right upper side of the frame. 

Open element 7, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right corner of the frame. 

Open element 12, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom center of the frame. 

Open element 36, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the frame. 

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

Open element 42, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the pasta cluster. 

Open element 50, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the onion. 

Open element 104, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the left of the mask covering the bottom of the pizza overlay. 

Open element 71, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the oils. 

Open element 91, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the oils. 

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

Select the layers you would like for your tube.  Edit copy special, copy merged.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 60%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move her to the lower left of the mask.  See mine for placement.

Open element 90, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the tube. 

Open element 96, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the yum sign. 

Open element 176, 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. 

Open element 11, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the flowers. 

Open element 52, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the bottles. 

Open element 65, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the tomato slice. 

Open element 46, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the tomato slice. 

Open element 77, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the flowers. 

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

Open element 28, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the wine bottle.

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 psp image file as you do not want to loose it if psp crashes.

Might want to grab a coffee :)

If you do not want to animate, hide the white background layer and export as png.

Open Kiya's animated 82 in animation shop.  

Go to animation, resize by 45%.

Back to psp.

We need to prepare our tag to take into animation shop.

Starting from the bottom, hold down your ctrl key and click all the layers up to and including the vine layer above the frame.  Layer, new layer group.

ok we are now ready to start to animate.  

Select group 1 and go to edit, copy.

Back to animation shop.

Edit, paste as new animation or Ctrl + V.

There are 16 frames in Kiya's animation so we will need 16 frames for our tag.

Holding down the Shift + Ctrl tap the L on your keyboard 15 times.  We now have 16 frames.  It will show you how many frames you have in the bottom right corner of AS.

Go to edit, select all.

Back to Kiya's animation, select all, edit, copy.

Back to the base tag.  

Go to edit, paste into selected frames.  

The animation will be handing off your mouse pointer.  Move to the left side of the frame.

View your animation by going to view, animation.  If you are happy with placement continue to the next step.  If you do not like the animation placement, hit ctrl + Z on your keyboard to undo the last step then ctrl + E to paste into selected frames.

You can close Kiya's animation as we no long need it.  Do not save changes.

Back to psp.

Select the group 1 layer and click on the eyeball to hide the group.  Now we will only have the top of the tag visible.  Go to Edit, copy special, copy merged.

Back to animation shop.

Edit, paste as new animation or Ctrl + V.

Holding down the Shift + Ctrl tap the L on your keyboard 15 times.  We now have 16 frames.  It will show you how many frames you have in the bottom right corner of AS.

Go to edit, select all, edit, copy.

Back to the base tag.  

Go to edit, paste into selected frames.

I lined the waiter to the right side of the frame.

View your animation by going to view, animation.  If you are happy with placement continue to the next step.  If you do not like the animation placement, hit ctrl + Z on your keyboard to undo the last step then ctrl + E to paste into selected frames.

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.