This tutorial was written by me on February 27, 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 Tubes:  I am using Misticheskaya's beautiful tube "Priscilla".  Please do not use these tubes without a proper license.  Misticheskaya has this beauty on her site but she is now called "Polina"

You can purchase this beauty here.

PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous kit called "Patrissa" created by Hania's Design.  You can purchase her beautiful kit here.  This kit also includes two gorgeous tubes.

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

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 element 94 into your tag.  Resize 20% and move to the center of the canvas.  

Drag wordart 4 into your tag.  Resize 14% and move to the top left of the mask. 

Drag element 122 into the tag.  Resize 14% and move to the top left of the mask just under the wordart.

Select the layer under the frame and drag paper of choice into the tag.  I am using paper 11.  Resize by 11% and move under the frame.

Select the frame layer.  Using the magic wand, hold down the shift key and click in each of the window openings.  Go to Select>Modify>Expand by 3 and click ok.   

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

Select the layer under the paper layer as we are going to work under the frame.

Drag element 103 into the tag.  Resize 16% and move to the top right of the mask.

Drag element 66 into the tag.  Resize 44% and move to the left side of the frame.

Drag element 73 into the tag.  Resize 24% and move to the left side of the frame.

Drag element 116 into the tag.  Resize 22% and move to the top right of the mask.

Select the frame layer.

Drag element 120 into the tag.  Resize 15% and move to the upper left of the frame.

Drag element 105 into the tag.  Resize 18% and move to the bottom left of the frame.

Drag element 02 into the tag.  Resize 15% and move to the bottom right of the frame.

Drag element 37 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move to the upper left of the frame.

Drag element 65 into the tag.  Resize 16% and move to the bottom left of the frame.

Drag element 67 into the tag.  Resize 9% and move to the bottom right of element 65.

Drag element 88 into the tag.  Resize 16% and move to the bottom left of element 67.

Drag element 04 into the tag.  Resize 11% and move to the bottom right of mask.

Drag element 115 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom right of element 04.

Drag element 118 into the tag.  Resize 25% and move to the bottom of the mask.

Drag element 101 into the tag.  Resize 29% and move onto the grass hill.

Drag element 69 into the tag.  Resize 27% and move to the bottom right of the grass hill.  Duplicate.  Select the original element 69 and move down slightly.

Drag element 48 into the tag.  Resize 11% and move to the bottom right of the grass.

Drag element 72 into the tag.  Resize 9% and move to the bottom left of element 48.

Drag element 43 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move to the bottom right of element 48.

Drag element 45 into the tag.  Resize 8% and move to the bottom of element 48.

Drag element 15 into the tag.  Resize 15% and move to the bottom of the grass.

Select the layers you would like to use on your tube by clicking on the eyeball to make the layers visible.  

Click on the eyeball of a visible layer to hide it.  Holding down the Ctrl key, Select each visible layer. 

Once all layers are selected hit Ctrl+G on your keyboard to group the layer.  Select your move tool and select group 1.  

Drag this into your tag.  You can close the original and do not save the changes.  

Standing on group 1 in the layer pallet, right click and convert to smart object.  Your group layers are now one single layer.  

Hit Ctrl+T on the keyboard and click on the link between the H & W.  I resized the tube by 25% and move top of the grass so it looks like she is sitting on it.  See mine for placement.

Drag element 29 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move to the bottom left of the grass.

Drag element 85 into the tag.  Resize 6% and move to the top left of the heart.

Drag element 80 into the tag.  Resize 7% and move to the bottom right of the heart.

Drag element 33 into the tag.  Resize 13% and move to the top right of the heart.

Drag element 68 into the tag.  Resize 14% and move to the bottom of the heart.

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 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.

Repeat the above step for the second tube.

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 Kiya Designs Gold psd file in PS.  You will notice that there is 10 layers in this animation and it does not have the group layer.  

We need to group all the layers.  Starting from frame 10, hold down your shift key and select frame 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 tube layer.

Back to the animation.  Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag.  Ctrl+T and resize 25%.  Move to the bottom right of the tube so it covers her foot.  Right click on the group layer 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.

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 window there is a drop down box.  Click on the box and select Create Frame Animations.

Click on the little icon (4 lines) 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 11 and hit the trash can.  Repeat for all the remaining frames.  You should be left with 10 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 10.  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.