This tutorial was written by me on October 3, 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 PS.

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 CS5 but this tutorial should work with any version.

You can download the 7 day trial of PS here.

PTU Tube:  I am using a beautiful tube called "Indian Summer" 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 "Autumns Walk" created by Doodle by Design.  You can purchase the kit here.

FTU Animation:  My leaf animation here.   Please read my TOU.

Mask:  87 by Vivienne's Paintbox. Thank you for your awesome masks.  You can download it from her blog here. I am using the png 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.

To open an image, I click on the element or paper in the file folder and drag it into PS.

To transfer an element or paper in PS to my tag, I left click and drag it into my working canvas.  

The other way is to left click and drag the element from the folder right onto your tag. 

Either way you will get the same results :).  I will be using the both method for this tutorial.

For resizing and rotating I use the Ctrl+T command.

To mirror or Flip go to Edit, Transform, Flip Horizontal (mirror) or Flip vertical (Flip).

Remember to save your tag often in case PS crashes.  I always save my tags as a psd image.  It keeps all the layers and if you make tags for others you will always have the template.

Let's get started.

File>new 800x800 px transparent image.  We will resize later.

Add a new layer and flood fill with white.

Select mask 87 and drag it into the tag.   Click the check mark.  

Drag paper 7 into your tag.  Holding down the shift key, pull the top left corner and bottom right corner of the paper until it fits the canvas.  Click the check mark. 

Standing on the paper layer in the layers pallet, right click and select create a clipping mask.  

Drag Frame 8 into your tag.  Holding down the shift key, pull the top left corner and bottom right corner of the frame until it is at a size you like.  Click the check mark. Move to the top left of the mask.

Select the layer under the frame.   Holding down the shift key, pull the top left corner and bottom right corner of the paper until it is at a size you like. Click the check mark. Move the paper into a spot you like best under the frame.

Select the frame layer.  Using the magic wand, click inside the frame.  Select, modify, expand by 3.

Select the paper layer, go to Layer, Layer mask, Reveal selection.

Drag element 55 into your tag.  Drag this under the frame layer. Pull up on one of the top corner and the sides until it is at a size you like. (It should fit nicely under the frame).  Click the check mark. Move to the top of the frame.

Select the frame layer.

Drag element 44 into your tag.  Holding down the shift key, pull up on one of the top corner until it is at a size you like.  Click the check mark. Move to the top right of the frame.

Drag element 24 into your tag.  Holding down the shift key, pull up on one of the top corner until it is at a size you like.  Click the check mark. Move to the top left of the frame.

Drag element 133 into your tag.  Holding down the shift key, pull up on one of the top corner until it is at a size you like.  Click the check mark. Move to the top right of the frame.

Drag element 118 into your tag.  Click the check mark. I left it were it was.

Drag element 13 into your tag.  Click the check mark. Move to the bottom right of the frame.

Drag element 7 into your tag.  Click the check mark. Move to the bottom left of the frame.

Drag element 33 into your tag.  Click the check mark. Move to the left of the clock.

Drag element 123 into your tag.  Click the check mark. Move to the right of the bird house.

Drag element 5 into your tag.  Holding down the shift key, pull up on one of the top corner until it is at a size you like.  Click the check mark. Move to the bottom left of the frame.

Drag element 31 into your tag.  Click the check mark. Move to the bottom left of the clock.

Drag element 45 into your tag.  Holding down the shift key, pull up on one of the top corner until it is at a size you like.  Click the check mark. Move to the bottom of the clock.

Drag element 42 into your tag.  Holding down the shift key, pull up on one of the top corner until it is at a size you like.  Click the check mark. Move to the bottom of the frame.

Select the main tube.  click and drag it over to your tag.  Hit Ctrl + T on the keyboard.  Click the link icon between the W and H and resize 40%.  Click the check mark. Move to the bottom right of the mask.  Holding down the ctrl key, click on the mask icon in the layer pallet.  Select, invert.  Standing on the tube layer, using the eraser tool, erase the bottom right corner of the tube.  Select none.

Drag element 49 into your tag. Click the check mark. Move to the bottom left of the tube in front of the cluster.

Drag element 114 into your tag. Click the check mark. Move to the bottom left of the tube.

Drag element 114 into your tag. Click the check mark. Move to the bottom right of the tube.

Drag element 50 into your tag. Click the check mark. Move to the bottom left of the tube.

Drag element 58 into your tag.  Holding down the shift key, pull up on one of the top corner until it is at a size you like.  Click the check mark. Move to the bottom right of the tube.  See mine for placement.

Drag element 16 into your tag. Click the link icon between the W and H and resize 40%.  Click the check mark. Move to the bottom right of the basket.

Drag element 23 into your tag. Click the check mark. Move to the bottom left of the tube.

Drag element 57 into your tag. Click the check mark. Move to the bottom left of the flowers.

Drag element 47 into your tag. Click the check mark. Move to the bottom of the mail box.

Drag element 63 into your tag. Click the check mark. Move to the bottom left of the mail box.

Add any other elements you like and make any adjustments to the layers.

Crop away any extra space.  

Image, Image Size and resize 650 on the longest side.  See my settings below.

Oh almost forgot we need to drop shadow all of our elements.  I actually do the drop shadow at the end :)

Select the element on the bottom of your tag in the layer pallet and double click it.

A layer style window will pop up.  Click on Drop shadow. and use the following settings.

Now right click on the layer you just applied the drop shadow.  Click copy layer style.

Now click on the layer above and hold down the shift key, select the layer just under the paper layer.  Right click and paste layer styles.  

Select the frame layer hold down the shift key, select the main tube layer.  Right click and paste layer styles.  

Select the layer above the Gaussian blur tube, hold down the shift key, select the top layer.  Right click and paste layer styles. 

Drop shadow complete :)

Add your copyright and name.

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 my animation psd file in PS.  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 odd the layers.  Starting from layer 25, hold shift key and select frame 1.  Once all the frames are selected (the layers will be highlighted in blue) we need to group them.  

Go to Layers, Group layers or Ctrl + G on the Keyboard.  You will see group 1 folder at the top.  Make sure Group 1 is selected.

Go to Edit, Transform, flip horizontal.

Select the layer you would like the animation to be placed.  I selected the clock layer.

Back to the animation.  Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag.  Ctrl+T and resize 60%.  Move to a spot you like best.  I moved it over the right side of the clock.

Close the original animation and don't save changes.

Click on the little white arrow beside Group 1 to expand it.  Click on the eyeball of each layer to hide it but leave frame layer 1 visible.  Click on the arrow beside group one to hide it as we do not want to accidentally make any changes.

Next make sure your animation viewer is open on the bottom of PS.  I you do not see a row that has Animation (Frames) on the bottom, go to Windows, Animation.

Next is animating.

Click on the little icon at the right end of the animation screen then select make frames from layers.

When the pop up shows select  Make Frames from Layers

You are going to see a big mess in the animation window but we are going to fix this.

Click on the first frame and click on the trash can in the animation window.  Repeat this until you reach the first frame of the animation.  

Now you should be at the first frame of the animation.  Click on frame 26 and hit the trash can.  Repeat for all the remaining frames.  You should be left with 25 frames in the animation window.  This is the amount of frames for our animation.

This next step is very important.  Any changes you do from here you must be on frame 1 in the animation window. It will be highlighted in blue.

Go to the bottom of your tag in the layers pallet.  Make sure you have animation frame 1 selected.

Click on the eyeball beside each layer to make it visible.  For the white base layer you may have to click on the eyeball a couple of times to make it visible in all the animation frames.  It's a Photoshop thing.  Do not touch the group layer.

Next, I want to slow down the animation.  With the first frame selected, hold down the shift key and click on frame 25.  This will select all the frames.

Next, click on the little black arrow beside the 0 sec as we want to change the speed.  A pop up window will appear.  

I selected 0.2 Sec.  Now click on the play button to view the animation.  Click on it again to stop it.

Click frame 1 again so we don't accidentally make any changes.

Now to save our tag as a gif.

Go to File, save for web device.

A new pop up window will appear.  Change the settings to my screen shot below.  Click on the image to enlarge it if needed.  Click save.  My screen shot will look different but the settings are the same.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial.  I would love to see your results.