This tutorial was written by me on April 23, 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 Kiya Designs gorgeous new tube "Memories". You can purchase this beauty at Kiya Designs store here.

PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous kit called "Black Swan" created by Doodle by Design.  This kit is available for purchase at her store here.

Animation:  I am using Kiya Designs awesome animation from pack 52.  You can purchase them here.

Mask:  I am using mask 961 by Rachel Designs. You can download it from her blog here. 

Thank you for your awesome masks.  I am using the png version for this tutorial.

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

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.  

Let's get started.

Open a new 650x650 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 Rachel's mask into the tag.  Resize 125% and click the check mark.  

Drag paper 5 into the tag.  Hold down the shift key and pull up and down on the corners until the paper fills the canvas.  Click the check mark.

Standing on the paper layer, right click the layer and create a clipping mask.

Drag element 13 into the tag. Resize 75% and move into place.

Drag element 21 into the tag. Resize 21% and move into place.  Duplicate, flip and move to the top right of the mask.  Duplicate this layer and mirror.  Move to the left side of the mask.

Drag element 86 into the tag. Resize 49% and move into place.  Duplicate, rotate 90 degrees and move to the right of the mask.

Drag element 8 into the tag. Resize 86% and move into place.

Drag element 101 into the tag. Resize 36% and move into place. Duplicate and move to the lower right of the tag.  Duplicate one more time and move to the top left of the tag.

Drag element 110 into the tag. Resize 36% and move to the top center. Duplicate and move to the right side.  Duplicate one more time, rotate 179 degrees and move to the bottom right.

Drag Frame 3 into the tag. Resize 86% and move over the clusters you made on the top right.

Drag Frame 2 into the tag. Resize 86% and move over frame 3.

Select the layer under the frame layers.  Drag paper 3 into your tag.  Move to the center of the frame.  

Select the frame 2 layer.  Using the magic wand, click in the center of the frame.  Select>modify>expand by 3.

Select the paper layer.  Go to Layers>Layer Mask, Reveal selection.

Select the top frame layer.

Drag element 24 into the tag. Resize 13% and move over the bottom of the frame. 

Drag element 9 into the tag. Resize 9% and move over the bottom right of the frame. 

Drag element 17 into the tag. Resize 13% and move to the top left of the mask. 

Drag element 25 into the tag. Resize 44% and move to the bottom of the butterflies. 

Drag element 52 into the tag. Resize 34% and move to the center of the frame. 

Drag element 11 into the tag. Resize 34% and move to the bottom left of the frame. 

Drag element 135 into the tag. Resize 30% and move over the mirror.  Duplicate and merge the two web layers.

Drag element 126 into the tag. Resize 29% and move into place.  

Drag element 128 into the tag. Resize 42% and move into place.  

Drag element 142 into the tag. Resize 50% and move into place.  

Drag element 126 into the tag. Resize 29% and move into place.  

Drag Wordart 2 into the tag. Resize 66% and move into place.  

Drag element 44 into the tag. Resize 20% and move into place.  

Drag element 146 into the tag. Resize 20% and move into place.  

Drag element 43 into the tag. Resize 16% and move into place.  

Drag element 1 into the tag. Resize 9% and move into place. 

Drag element 74 into the tag. Resize 19% and move into place.  

Drag element 3 into the tag. Resize 24% and move into place.   

Drag element 126 into the tag. Resize 29% and move into place.  

Drag the tube into the tag.  Resize 35% and move to the left of the frame.  See mine for placement.

Drag element 127 into the tag. Resize 30% and move into place.

Drag element 125 into the tag. Resize 30% and move into place.

Drag element 70 into the tag. Resize 9% and move into place.

Drag element 71 into the tag. Resize 50% and move into place.

Drag element 149 into the tag. Resize 35% and move into place.

Drag element 64 into the tag. Resize 40% and move into place.

Drag element 77 into the tag. Resize 15% and move into place.

Drag element 15 into the tag. Resize 34% and move into place.

Drag element 29 into the tag. Resize 35% and move into place.

Drag element 59 into the tag. Resize 5% and move into place.

Drag element 58 into the tag. Resize 5% and move into place.

Drag element 23 into the tag. Resize 18% and move into place.

Drag element 57 into the tag. Resize 7% and move into place.

Drag element 4 into the tag. Resize 12% and move into place.

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.

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, click on the layer under the paper layer of the frame.  Right click and paste layer style.    Drop shadow complete :)

Now click on the layer above and hold down the shift key and click on the top layer.  Right click and paste layer style.    Drop shadow complete :)

Select the Word art layer.  Double click on the FX and add a stroke with the following:  Color white, Size 2, Position: outside, Blend Mode: Normal, Opacity: 100%.

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 :)

Select the tube layer.  Right click and duplicate.  On the duplicate, right click and clear layer style.  Go to Filter, Blur, Gaussian blur set to 3 and click ok.  

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

Starting from layer 25, hold down your shift key and select frame layer 1.  This will select all the layers.

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 paper layer under the frame.

Back to the animation.  Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag.  Ctrl+T and resize 30%.  Move to a spot you like best.  I moved it into the frame.

Close the original animation and don't save changes.

Select the Mask layer on the paper layer under the frame.  Hold down the Alt key and drag the mask onto the group layer.  You should now have two masks.  One on the paper layer and one on the animation layer.

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

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 it 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 in the animation window, 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>Export>Save for Web (Legacy).

A new pop up window will appear.  Please see my screen shot below for the settings. 

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