This tutorial was written by me on February 17, 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 "Chelsea".  Please do not use this tube without a proper license. You can purchase it here.

PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous kit called "It's My Life" created by Doodle by Design.  You can purchase her beautiful kit here.

My pattern file.  Left click to enlarge then right click and save as.  Open in PS then go to Edit>Define Pattern and click ok.

Do not Share this pattern it is meant to be used for this tutorial.

Mask:  I am using mask 364 created by Mizteeques.  Thank you for sharing your awesome masks.  You can download it here.

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

Font of choice for your name. 

Plug in: No outside filters were used

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 Mizteeques mask into the tag and resize 45%.

Drag paper 1 into the tag and click the checkmark.  Standing on the paper layer, right click and create clipping mask.

Drag frame 8 into the tag and resize 30%.  Move to the upper left of the mask.

Select the layer under the frame.

Drag paper 7 into the tag.  Resize 60% and move into the frame.

Select the frame layer.  Using the Magic wand, click inside the frame.  Select>Modify>expand by 3.

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

Drag element 137 into the tag.  Resize 190% and move to the top left of the frame.  It should start at the top left and end about 3/4 down on the right side.

Go to Filer>Sharpen>Unsharpen mask and use the following settings:

We are going to work under the frame and paper layer.

Drag element 117 into the tag.  Resize 45% and move to the top left of the mask.

Drag element 121 into the tag.  Resize 37% and move to the lower right side of the mask.

Drag element 122 into the tag.  Click the checkmark move to the top left of the mask.  Duplicate this layer x3.  Move to the top right of the frame, bottom left of the frame.  The last duplicate, mirror and move to the middle left of the frame.

Drag element 67 into the tag.  Resize 29%, free rotate -25 degrees and move to the top left corner of the frame.

Drag element 64 into the tag.  Resize 28% and move to the bottom left of the white flower cluster.

Drag element 61 into the tag.  Resize 45% and move to the top left of the frame.

Drag element 108 into the tag.  Resize 62% and move to the top left of the frame just over the lilacs.

Drag element 102 into the tag.  Resize 44% and move to the bottom left of element 64.

Drag element 99 into the tag.  Resize 41% and move to the top right of frame.

Drag element 68 into the tag.  Resize 20% and move to the top right corner of frame.

Drag element 98 into the tag.  Resize 20% and move to the bottom of white leaves.  Duplicate and move to the top center of the frame.

Select element 61 and duplicate it.  Drag this layer above element 98.  Free rotate 50 degrees and move to the bottom left of element 98.

Duplicate one more time.  Mirror and move to the top right of the frame.

Drag element 97 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move to the bottom left of element 61 on the left corner of frame.

Drag element 83 into the tag.  Resize 8% and move to the bottom of element 97.

Select the frame layer.

Drag element 28 into the tag.  Resize 46% and move to the bottom left of the frame.

Drag element 10 into the tag.  Resize 43%, free rotate 13 degrees and move to the bottom right of the mirror.

Drag element 23 into the tag.  Resize 60% and move to the left of the mirror.

Drag element 63 into the tag.  Resize 23% and move to the bottom left of the musical note.

Drag element 40 into the tag.  Resize 23% and move to the bottom right of the mirror.

Drag element 11 into the tag.  Resize 23% and move to the bottom left of the foot stool.

Drag element 1 into the tag.  Resize 15% and move to the top of the foot stool.

Drag element 6 into the tag.  Click the checkmark, mirror and move to the right of the frame.  (The tube will cover the top of the curtain).

Drag element 13 into the tag.  Resize 73% and move to the top right side of the frame.

Drag element 5 into the tag.  Resize 25% and move to the bottom left of the curtain.  See my tag for placement.

Drag Wordart 3 into the tag.  Resize 51% and move to the top left of the frame.

Drag the main tube into the tag.  Resize 40% and move to the bottom right of the mask.

Drag element 99 into the tag.  Resize 34% and move to the bottom right of the tube.

Drag element 62 into the tag.  Resize 33%, mirror and move to the bottom of the leaves slightly to the left.

Drag element 37 into the tag.  Resize 25% and move to the left of the lilac heart.

Drag element 27 into the tag.  Resize 23% and move to the top right of the jean pocket.

Drag element 67 into the tag.  Resize 20% and move to the bottom of the lilac heart.

Drag element 41 into the tag.  Resize 24% and move to the bottom right of the lilac heart.

Drag element 21 into the tag.  Resize 8% and move to the bottom left of the lilac heart.

Drag element 17 into the tag.  Resize 21% and move to the bottom right of the hour glass.

Drag element 4 into the tag.  Resize 23% and move to the bottom left of the hour glass.

Drag element 3 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom right of the book.

Drag element 18 into the tag.  Resize 20% and move to the bottom left of element 3.

Drag element 31 into the tag.  Resize 6% and move to the top of the F in the wordart.

Drag element 26 into the tag.  Resize 18% and move to the left of the frame at the bottom of the wordart.

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, I started with element 122, 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 element 137 layer, holding down the shift key, select the top layer.  Right click and paste layer styles.  Drop shadow complete :)

Now select element 137 and double click on the drop shadow to bring the FX box open.  On the bottom left hand corner you will see a FX click on this and select the Stroke.

Apply the following settings and click ok:

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 and lower the opacity to 80%.

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:

If your timeline it not open on the bottom of PS, go to Windows>Timeline.

In the timeline window click on Create animated frames.

You will see one frame in the timeline.  Now click on the + on the bottom of the timeline.  It will be next to the trashcan.

You will have 2 frames.  Now select frame 2 in the timeline.

Open the FX effects on later 137.   With the FX window open, hover over element 137 until you see a black arrow with a 4 point arrow next to it.  Swipe the mouse about 3 or for times.  You should see the sparkle pattern move.

Click ok on the FX box to close it.  Now the fun part.

Select frame 1 in the timeline.

On the top right corner of the timeline you will see an icon with four lines.  Click on the icon and select Tween.

Apply the following settings:

You should not have 5 frames.

Standing on frame 1, hold down the shift key, select frame 5.  This will select all the frames.

Next, click on the little black arrow beside the 0 sec of the frame as we want to change the speed.  A pop up window will appear.  

I selected 0.1 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.