This tutorial was written by me on August 10, 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 39" 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 "Steamy Autumn" created by Doodle by Design.  You can purchase the kit here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Rebel Dezigns animation 1659 from package 552.  You can purchase her fun animation at CDO here.

Mask:  197 by Mizteeque. Thank you for your awesome masks.  You can download it from her blog here. I am using the jpg versions for this tutorial.  

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 750x800 transparent image.  We will resize later.

Add a new layer and flood fill with white.

Open paper of choice.  I am using paper 8, copy and close the original.  Paste as a new layer.  Layers, new mask layer, from image and find Mizteeque's mask in the drop down.  Click ok and merge group. You can close the mask as we no longer need it.  

Open Wordart 4, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  

Open element 80, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 60%, flip, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top left of the mask.

Open element 64, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top left of the mask on the right side of the chain.

Open element 47, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 50%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top right of the cog.  Duplicate and move to the left of the cog slightly down from the other light.

Open frame 1, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 60% and sharpen.  Move to the upper right side of the mask.  Using the magic wand, click inside the frame.  Selections, modify, expand by 5.  Add a new raster layer and drag this under the frame.  Open paper of choice, I am using paper 10, copy and close the original.  Select the new raster layer and paste into selections.  Keep selected.  Copy the close up tube and paste as a new layer.  Resize 70% and move into a spot you like inside the frame.  Once happy with placement, selections, invert and hit delete on your keyboard.  Select none.  Change the blend mode of the tube to overlay and drop shadow the frame.

Open element 71, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 50%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the left side of the mask about midway down.

Open element 165, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Drop shadow and move to the bottom of the frame and slightly to the left.

Open element 147, 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 23, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of element 147.

Open element 82, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 60%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the frame slightly to the right.

Open element 29, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the right side of element 82. (See mine for placement).

Open element 46, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 50%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move over the top of element 82.

Open element 149, 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 103, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the frame.

Open element 89, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 50%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the frame.

Open element 104, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the white flower cluster.

Open element 128, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top left of the of the mask.

Open element 30, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the frame.

Open element 68, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the center of the wheel.

Open element 123, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the books.

Open element 17, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the flowers.

Open Wordart 6, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the books.

Open element 87, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 40%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the left side of the clock. (See mine for placement)

Open element 70, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the clock. (See mine for placement)

Open element 26, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the clock.

Open element 105, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 25%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the clock.

Open element 101, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the top right of the sunflower.

Open element 99, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the left of the brown flower and slightly down.

Open element 98, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the sunflower.

Open element 67, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the sunflower.

Copy your tube.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 35%, sharpen and drop shadow. Move to the left of the frame.

Open element 132, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the tube.

Open element 6, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 30%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom of the tube.

Open element 111, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the heart.

Open element 83, 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.

Open element 119, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 15%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom left of the pumpkin.

Open element 77, copy and close the original.  Select the top layer and paste.  Resize 20%, sharpen and drop shadow.  Move to the bottom right of the pumpkin.

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.

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

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 frame.  Resize by 35%.  Select the pick tool and moved it to the left behind the tube.  See mine for placement.  I changed the blend mode to hard light on the Group 1 layer.

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.