This tutorial was written by me on February 21, 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 Verymany's beautiful tube "St. Patrick's Day 4".  Please do not use this tube without a proper license. You can purchase it here.

PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous kit called "Emerald Isle Memories" created by Doodle by Design.  You can purchase her beautiful kit here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Kiya Designs awesome animation from her animated tube pack Lucky Too!.  You can purchase her awesome animations here.

Mask: 359 by Mizteeques.  You can download it from her blog here.  Thank you for your awesome masks.  I'm 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 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 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 Rachel's mask into your tag and click the check mark and mirror.

Drag paper 1 into your tag.  Hold down the shift key and pull on the corner until the paper fills the canvas.  Click the check mark.  

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

Drag element 48 into the tag.  Click the checkmark and move to the top right of the mask.

Drag element 52 into the tag.  Resize 43% and move to the lower right of the tree.

Drag element 54 into the tag.  Resize 80% and move to the lower left of the tree.

Drag element 40 into the tag.  Resize 60% and move to the lower right of the treehouse.

Drag element 17 into the tag.  Resize 47% and move to the bottom left of the rock.

Drag element 61 into the tag.  Resize 63% and move to the bottom right of the barrel.

Drag element 43 into the tag.  Resize 35% and move to the bottom center of the rock.  See my example for placement.

Drag element 63 into the tag.  Click the checkmark and move to the bottom of the mask.

Drag element 125 into the tag.  Resize 47% and move to the lower left of the rock.

Drag wordart 4 into the tag.  Resize38% and move to the middle right of element 125.

Drag element 112 into the tag.  Resize 51% and move to the bottom right of element 125.

Drag element 45 into the tag.  Resize 60% and move to the bottom of element 125.

Drag element 56 into the tag.  Resize 27% and move to the bottom right of the house.

Drag element 18 into the tag.  Resize 23% and move to the bottom right of the beer.

Drag element 39 into the tag.  Resize 31% and move to the bottom right of the whiskey sign.

Drag element 108 into the tag.  Resize 18% and move to the bottom right of the rock.

Drag element 80 into the tag.  Resize 30% and move to the bottom of the whiskey sign.

Drag element 19 into the tag.  Resize 13% and move to the bottom left of the fiddle.

Drag element 69 into the tag.  Resize 43% and move to the bottom right of the house.

Drag element 67 into the tag.  Resize 16% and move to the bottom right of element 69.

Drag the main tube into the tag.  Resize 30%, mirror and move to the left of the mask.

Note:  If you would like to use the pot you will need to select both layers and group them.  Once you have placed your tube, right click on the group and convert to smart object.

Drag element 65 into the tag.  Resize 53% and move to the bottom of the tube.

Drag element 75 into the tag.  Resize 40%, mirror and move to the bottom of the sign.

Drag element 117 into the tag.  Resize 29% and move to the bottom right of the sign.

Drag element 83 into the tag.  Resize 26% and move to the bottom left of the sign.

Drag element 36 into the tag.  Resize 25% and move to the bottom of the mouse.

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.

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 :)

I am going to use multiple animations for this tag.

Open Kiya's Keg psd file in PS.  You will notice that there is 12 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.

We need to group all the layers.  Starting from frame layer 12, hold down your control key and select frame layer 1.

Next we need to group these 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 barrel layer.

Back to the animation.  Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag.  Ctrl+T and resize 10%.  Move to the top of the barrel.  Rename this group Keg Animations.  Right click on the group and paste layer style.

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.

Open Kiya's Leprechaun psd file in PS.  You will notice that there is 12 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.

We need to group all the layers.  Starting from frame layer 12, hold down your control key and select frame layer 1.

Next we need to group these 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 Pot of gold layer.

Back to the animation.  Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag.  Ctrl+T and resize 12%.  Move to the top of the pot of gold.  Rename this group Leprechaun Animations.  Right click on the group and paste layer style.

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.

Open Kiya's Rainbow psd file in PS.  You will notice that there is 12 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.

We need to group all the layers.  Starting from frame layer 12, hold down your control key and select frame layer 1.

Next we need to group these 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 bottom tree layer.

Back to the animation.  Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag.  Ctrl+T and resize 25% and mirror.  Move to the top of the tree.  Rename this group Rainbow Animations.  

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.

Next is animating.

In the center of the Timeline viewer, click the drop down and select Create Frame Animation.

Click on the little icon (four white lines) at the right end of the animation screen 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 13 and hit the trash can.  Repeat for all the remaining frames.  You should be left with 12 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 Timeline viewer unless otherwise stated. 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 Rainbow group layer.  Only click on the eyeball beside the Leprechaun and Keg animations.

Select frame 1 in the Timeline and duplicate this frame by hitting the + beside the trashcan.

You should now be on Frame 2.  Standing on Frame 2, expand the Leprechaun and Keg animation groups.  Unhide Layer 1 in each group.

Select Frame 1 and delete it.  You will now have 12 frames again.  This next part is very important to follow the steps.

Select frame 2 in the Timeline.  Now unhide frame 2 in the Leprechaun and Keg animation groups.

Select frame 3 in the Timeline.  Now unhide frame 3 in the Leprechaun and Keg animation groups.

Select frame 4 in the Timeline.  Now unhide frame 4 in the Leprechaun and Keg animation groups.

Repeat the above steps for all the remaining frames and animation layers.

Next, I want to slow down the animation.  With the first frame selected, hold down the shift key and click on frame 12.  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.  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.