This tutorial was written by me on May 8, 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 GriAnna's beautiful tube "Evia".  Please do not use this tube without a proper license. You can purchase it here.

I am using the extended license tube for this tutorial

PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous matching kit called "Evia's World" created by Atelier de Minja.  You can purchase her beautiful kit here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Kiya Designs awesome animation 176 from pack 58.  You can purchase her awesome animations here.

Mask: 91 by Vivienne's Paintbox.  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 Vivienne's mask into the tag.  Resize 42.85 x 39.15 and click the check mark.

Drag paper 2 into the tag.  Click the check mark.  Right click on the paper layer and select create a clipping mask.

Drag element 33 into the tag.  Resize 4.23% and move to the top center of the mask. 

Drag Spray 4 into the tag.  Resize 17% and move to the top right of the mask.

Drag frame 2 into the tag.  Resize 12.83% and move to the top left of the mask.  

Drag paper 1 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move under the frame.

Select the frame layer.  Using your magic wand, click on the outside of the frame.  Select>Modify>expand by 3.

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

Select the frame layer.

Drag element 13 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the upper right of the mask.

Drag element 32 into the tag.  Resize 16% and move to the upper right of the frame.

Drag element 1 into the tag.  Resize 14% and move to the upper right of the mask.

Drag element 51 into the tag.  Resize 5.17% and move to the lower left of the frame.

Drag element 84 into the tag.  Resize 17% and move to the bottom of element 1.

Drag element 6 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the lower right of the mask.

Drag element 69 into the tag.  Resize 16% and move to the bottom of element 6.

Drag element 18 into the tag.  Resize 20% and move to the lower left of the mask.

Drag element 57 into the tag.  Resize 7% and move to the upper right of the door.

Drag element 72 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the lower right of the door.

Drag element 65 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move to the top of the tree.

Drag element 19 into the tag.  Resize 8.30%, mirror and move to the bottom of the red flowers.

Drag element 22 into the tag.  Resize 6.33% and move to the top of the tree stump.

Drag element 70 into the tag.  Resize 16% and move to the bottom of the door.

Drag element 5 into the tag.  Resize 8% and move to the left of the hill.

Drag element 60 into the tag.  Resize 13% and move to the upper left so it looks like the birds nest is sitting on the branch.

Drag element 72 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom of the frame.

Drag element 47 into the tag.  Resize 8% and move to the left of the flowers under the branch.

Drag element 16 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move to the bottom of the frame between the flowers.

Drag element 62 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom of the house.

Drag element 38 into the tag.  Resize 5.38% and move to the bottom of the grass.

Drag element 23 into the tag.  Resize 14% and move to the lower right of the house.

Drag cluster 1 into the tag.  Resize 9% and move to the bottom of the tree stump.

Drag element 34 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move to the left of cluster 1.

Drag element 54 into the tag.  Resize 7.38% and move to the left of cluster 1.

Drag element 61 into the tag.  Resize 6.65% and move to the bottom of the easel.

Drag the tube into PS.

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 15% and move to the center of the frame and tree.  See mine for placement.

Drag spray 1 into the tag.  Resize 15% and move to the bottom of the tube.

Drag element 35 into the tag.  Resize 7.43% and move to the bottom right of the tube.

Drag element 8 into the tag.  Resize 4% and move to the bottom left of the tube.

Drag element 48 into the tag.  Resize 9.46% and move to the bottom left of the leaves.

Drag element 82 into the tag.  Resize 10.44% and move to the bottom center of the tube.

Drag element 58 into the tag.  Resize 7.31% and move to the bottom left of the mask.

Drag element 4 into the tag.  Resize 4.77% and move to the bottom right of the caged mushrooms.

Drag element 66 into the tag.  Resize 4.51% and move to the bottom left of the white flower cluster.

Drag element 14 into the tag.  Resize 5%, mirror and move to the bottom of cluster 1.

Drag element 9 into the tag.  Resize 4.50% and move to the bottom of the mushrooms.

Drag element 29 into the tag.  Resize 6% and move to the bottom right of the white flower cluster.

Drag element 7 into the tag.  Resize 6.52% and move to the bottom of the mushroom and rocks.

Drag element 21 into the tag.  Resize 4.41% and move to the bottom right of the teapot.

Drag element 83 into the tag.  Resize 5.61% and move to the bottom of the teapot.

Drag element 30 into the tag.  Resize 3.83% and move to the bottom of the fox.

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 layer under the paper layer.  Right click and paste layer styles.  

Select the Frame layer, holding 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 :)

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.

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.  

We need to group all the layers.  Starting from layer 25, hold down your shift key and select layer 1.  This will select all the layers. 

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 frame layer.

Back to the animation.  Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag.  Ctrl+T and resize 30%.  Move to the center of the frame.  

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 (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 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 Timeline viewer. It will be highlighted in white.

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>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.