This tutorial was written by me on March 12, 2021. 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 Adobe Photoshop 2021 but this tutorial should work with any version.

You can download the 7 day trial of PS here.

PTU Tube:  I am using Atarika's gorgeous tube "Pauline".  I am using the extended license tube.  Please do not use this tube without a proper license. 

You can purchase this beauty at Elegance Fly here.

PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous kit called "Dark Fairy Tales" created by Hania's Design.  This kit matches Atarika's gorgeous tube Rosemary.  You can purchase her beautiful kit at Elegancy Fly here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Rebel Dezigns awesome animation 2006 from pack 667.  You can purchase her awesome animations at CDO here and here.

Please see Rene's Animation How-to for PS here.  

Font of choice for your name. 

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 but the resizing will be different :).  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.

Let's get started.

Open a new 800x800 transparent image.  We will resize later.

Go to layers, New fill layer, solid color.  When the pop up window appears type in FFFFFF and click ok.

Drag element 46 into the tag.  Resize 19% and move to the top left of the canvas.  Duplicate and move to the lower right of the canvas.

Hold down the Ctrl key and select the bottom layer of element 46.  Right click and merge layers.

Drag paper 12 into the tag and click the checkmark.  Right click on the paper layer and select create a clipping mask.

Drag element 19 into the tag.  Resize 16% and move to the top left of the mask.

Drag element 22 into the tag.  Resize 11% and move to the top center of the clouds.

Drag element 91 into the tag.  Resize 9% and move to the top right of the mask.

Drag element 23 into the tag.  Resize 9% and move to the lower left of the tree.

Drag element 95 into the tag.  Resize 14% and move to the bottom left of element 91.

Drag element 60 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move to the top right of the rock.

Drag element 54 into the tag.  Resize 7% and move to the top of the rock.

Drag element 25 into the tag.  Resize 7% and move to the bottom right of the rock.

Drag element 56 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom of the rock.

Drag element 8 into the tag.  Resize 7% and move to the left side of the rock.

Drag element 30 into the tag.  Resize 14% and move to the bottom of the rock.

Drag element 24 into the tag.  Resize 7% and move to the bottom right of the mud spray.

Drag element 77 into the tag.  Resize 13% and move to the bottom left of the mud spray.

Drag element 53 into the tag.  Resize 13% and move to the bottom left of the crystals.

Drag element 63 into the tag.  Resize 20% and move to the bottom left of the fire.

Drag element 1 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom left of the fire.

Drag element 10 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move her so it looks like she is sitting on the cauldron.

Drag element 40 into the tag.  Resize 25% and move to the right side of the mask.

Drag element 13 into the tag.  Resize 22% and move to the bottom right of the lower mask.

Drag element 8 into the tag.  Resize 12%, mirror and move to the bottom right of the lower mask.

Drag element 31 into the tag.  Resize 25% and move to the top of element 13.

Drag element 7 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move to the left over element 31.

Drag element 3 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom left of element 7.

Drag element 66 into the tag.  Resize 11% and move to the bottom right of the fallen tree.

Drag element 79 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom left of the branch.

Unhide the layers you would like to use for your tag by clicking on the eyeball on the left side of the layer.

Now hold down the Ctrl key and clicking on each of the visible layers.  Go to Layers>Group layers or hit Ctrl + G on the keyboard.

Drag the group into the tag.  Right click on the group and Convert to Smart Object.  Resize 17% and move to the middle of the tag.

Drag element 71 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move to the bottom of the tube.

Drag element 26 into the tag.  Resize 13% and move to the top of the rock.

Drag element 69 into the tag.  Resize 9% and move to the right of the rock.

Drag element 29 into the tag.  Resize 9% and move to the bottom right of the tube.

Drag element 15 into the tag.  Resize 7% and move to the left of the tree stump.

Drag element 34 into the tag.  Resize 9% and move to the left of the drum.

Drag element 82 into the tag.  Resize 7% and move to the bottom left of the rock.

Drag element 17 into the tag.  Resize 9% and move to the right of the tree.

Drag element 6 into the tag.  Resize 7% and move to the bottom right of the rock.

Drag element 21 into the tag.  Resize 8% and move to the bottom of element 17.

Drag element 3 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move to the bottom left of element 21.

Drag element 14 into the tag.  Resize 7% and move to the bottom left of the rock.

Drag element 2 into the tag.  Resize 6% and move to the bottom right of the jar.

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.  

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 top layer.  Right click and paste layer styles.  

Drop shadow complete :)

Select the tube layer, right click and duplicate.

Standing on the duplicate layer, right click and clear layer style.  Go to Filter, Blur, Gaussian Blur and type in 3.  Click ok.  Change the blend mode to soft light and lower the opacity to 80%.

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 Rebel Dezigns psd file in PS.  You will notice that there is 25 layers in this animation and it does not have the group layer.  

We need to group all odd the 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? 

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.

Select the layer you would like the animation to be placed.  I selected the grassy swamp layer (element 13).

Back to the animation.  Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag.  Ctrl+T and resize 47%.  Move to the right of the tube.  Now standing on the group layer, holding down the Ctrl key, left click on the mask thumbnail on the paper layer.  You should see marching ants.  Still standing on group 1 layer, go to Layers, Layer mask, reveal selection.

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 Timeline viewer is open on the bottom of PS.  I you do not see a row that has Timeline on the bottom, go to Windows, Timeline.

In the center of the Timeline viewer you will see a drop down box.  On the drop down select Create Frame Animations.

Next is animating.

Click on the little icon at the right end of the animation screen (4 lines) then 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 14 and hit the trash can.  Repeat for all the remaining frames.  You should be left with 13 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 13.  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 0.1 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>Export>Save for Web(Legacy).

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.