This tutorial was written by me on January 6, 2024. 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 2024 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 "Fairy 12". The wings are on a separate layer.  Please do not use this tube without a proper license. You can purchase it here.

PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous matching kit called "Fairy Castle" created by Curious Creative Dreams.  You can purchase his beautiful kit here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Rebel Dezigns awesome animation 2132 from pack 709.  You can purchase her fun animations here.

Mask:  Mask Vivienne_0091 by Vivienne's Digital Tagging. 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 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.

Add a new raster layer.

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 31.76% and move to the top center.

Drag paper 13 into your tag.  Resize 54.68%.  Move over the mask to a spot you like best. 

Right click on the paper layer and select "Create a clipping mask".  Merge these two layers together.  Duplicate, Resize the W: 92.75% H: 35.75% and move down to the bottom center of the tag.  

Drag element 100 into your tag.  Resize 34.04% and move to the top center of the mask slightly to the right.

Drag element 98 into your tag.  Resize 26.67% and move to the lower center of the mask slightly to the left.  Duplicate and move to the lower right.  Duplicate one more time and move to the far left.

Drag element 99 into your tag.  Resize 25.59% and move to the upper right of the mask.  Duplicate, mirror and move to the top left corner of the mask.

Drag element 49 into your tag.  Resize 71.05% and move to the upper right over element 99.

Drag element 38 into your tag.  Resize 86.97% and move to the upper left of the mask.  Duplicate, resize the duplicate 41.35% and move to the top right.  Now select the original element 38 layer in your tag.  Click on the FX and select color Overlay.  Change the color to 5ba2b1 and change the blend mode to color.  Right click on this layer and convert to smart object.  You will now have one blue and one pink tree.

Drag frame 4 into your tag.  Resize 46.11% and move to the upper right over the pink tree.  

Drag paper 2 into the tag.  Resize 10.12%.  Drag this layer under the frame layer and move into a spot you like best.  Select the frame layer, using the magic wand, click in the center of the tag.  Select, modify, expand by 3.  Select the paper layer and go to Layer, Layer Mask, reveal selection.

Drag element 9 into your tag.  Resize 65.62%, mirror and move to the upper left over the blue tree.

Drag element 90 into your tag.  Resize 30.99%, mirror and move to the top left of the frame.  Duplicate and move to the lower left of the house.  Duplicate one more time, mirror and move to the lower right of the frame.

Drag element 81 into your tag.  Resize 11.94% and move to the upper right middle of the frame.  

Drag element 72 into your tag.  Resize 21.87%, mirror and move to the upper left of the frame. 

Drag element 47 into your tag.  Resize 12.78% and move to the lower middle left of the mask. 

Drag element 7 into your tag.  Resize 34.18%, mirror and move to the center of the frame slightly to the right. 

Drag element 22 into your tag.  Resize 41.40%, mirror and move to the lower right of the Pegasus. 

Drag element 20 into your tag.  Resize 23.04% and move over the house.

Drag element 31 into your tag.  Move to the far left of Pegasus.  

Drag element 15 into your tag.  Resize 52.63% and move to the upper center of the tag. 

Drag element 42 into your tag.  Resize 23.51% and move to the lower left of the house. 

Drag element 39 into your tag.  Resize 52.23% and move to the lower left over the butterflies. 

Drag element 45 into your tag.  Resize 32.53% and move to the lower left of element 39. 

Drag element 35 into your tag.  Resize 5.50% and move to the right of the umbrella. 

Drag element 13 into your tag.  Resize 22.75% and move to the lower left of the jar. 

Drag element 25 into your tag.  Resize 26.76% and move to the lower right oof the house. 

Drag element 65 into your tag.  Resize 72.55% and move to the bottom left of element 25. 

Drag element 64 into your tag.  Resize 34.75% and move to the bottom of the fairy jar. 

Drag element 16 into your tag.  Resize 26.67% and move to the right of element 65. 

Drag element 61 into your tag.  Resize 25% and move to the bottom left of the purple flower. 

Open your tube in PS.  Select the wing layer, hold down the ctrl key and select the girl.  Hit Ctrl + G on your keyboard to group these to layers.  Make sure Auto-Select on the move tool is not checked when you are working with groups.  Select the group layer and drag it into your tag.  You can now close Verymany's tube and do not save changes.  Right click on the group layer and select convert to smart object.  Resize 25% and move to the lower left of the house.  See mine for placement.

Drag element 91 into your tag.  Resize 15.78% and move to the bottom of the tube. 

Drag element 90 into your tag.  Resize 30.60%, rotate 90.81 and move to the bottom left of the tube. 

Drag element 65 into your tag.  Resize 45.10% and move to the bottom center of the tube. 

Drag element 46 into your tag.  Resize 6.22% and move to the lower left of the tube. 

Drag element 77 into your tag.  Resize 3.33% and move to the right of the purple fairy jar. 

Drag element 69 into your tag.  Resize 8.58% and move to the right of the blue flower. 

Drag element 27 into your tag.  Resize 9.69% and move to the right of the tube. 

Drag element 44 into your tag.  Resize 27.80% and move to the bottom of the lamp. 

Drag element 63 into your tag.  Resize 34.31% and move to the bottom right of element 44. 

Drag element 5 into your tag.  Resize 27.52% and move to the right of element 65. 

Drag element 34 into your tag.  Resize 22.65% and move to the bottom left of element 5. 

Drag element 66 into your tag.  Resize 14.22% and move to the bottom left of element 44. 

Drag element 12 into your tag.  Resize 22.15% and move to the left of the fairy dust jar. 

Drag element 79 into your tag.  Resize 2.93% and move to the bottom of the purple fairy jar.   Duplicate and move to the lower left of the unicorn.

Drag element 70 into your tag.  Resize 3.37% and move to the right of first blue upside down flower. 

Drag element 41 into your tag.  Resize 20.78% and move to the lower left of the purple fairy jar. 

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

Crop away any extra space.  

Resize the tag to your liking if needed.  I usually resize mine by 650 on the width side unless it is already smaller than 650.

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.  I started with element 38.

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

Click on image to enlarge

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

Now click on the layer above, 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.

Animation:

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.  Holding down the Ctrl key, click on the original tube layer in the layer's pallet.  You will see marching ants.  Standing on the duplicate layer, go to Layers, Layer mask, reveal selection.  Duplicate the layer.  Change to top blurred tube to Screen and lower the opacity to 30%.  Select the bottom duplicate blur tube and change the blend mode to soft light and lower the opacity to 40%.

Open Rebel Dezign's 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 ctrl key and select each odd layer.  So the next one would be 23, 21, 19 all the way down to 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 in your tag.  I selected the top element layer 15.

Make sure Auto-Select on the move tool is not checked when you are working with the animation.

Back to the animation.  Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag.  CTRL + T and resize 42.14%.  Move to the top of the house.

Close the original animation and do not 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.  You should now see frame one in the timeline.

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, hold down the shift key and select the frame layer (animation frame 27) and click on the trash can in the timeline window.  

Now you should be at the first frame of the animation.  Click on frame 14 and hold down the shift key and select the last frame layer.  Click on the trash can in the timeline window.  This will leave you with 13 frames.

This next step is particularly 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 layer’s pallet.  Make sure you have animation frame 1 selected.

Click on the eyeball beside each layer to make it visible.  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 other and change it to 0.15 Sec.  Now click on the play button to view the animation.  Click on it again to stop it.

Click frame 1 again so we do not 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.  My screen shot will look different, but the settings are the same.

Click on the image to enlarge it.

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