This tutorial was written by me on March 23, 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 Nocturne's beautiful tube "Liquid Diamond".  Please do not use this tube without a proper license. 

You can purchase this beautiful tube at PFD here.   

FTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous kit called "Lilac Melody" created by Tiny Turtle Designs.  This gorgeous free kit can be found at Tiny Turtle Designs store here.

You will need to register with the store to download the free kit.

PTU Animation:  I am using Rebel Dezigns awesome animation 1003 from pack 334.  You can purchase her awesome animations here.

Mask:  366 by Mizteeques. 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 :).  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).

Let's get started.

Remember to save your tag often in case PS crashes.  I always save my tags as a psd image.  It keeps all the layers and if you make tags for others you will always have the template.

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 Mizteeque's mask into the tag.   Click the check mark and move up slightly to the left.

Drag paper 1 into the tag.  Click the check mark.  Right click on the paper layer and select "Create a clipping mask"

Drag paper 15 into the tag.  Click the check mark.  Right click on the paper layer and select "Create a clipping mask".  Change the blend mode to Linear Burn.

Drag element 124 into the tag.  Resize 43% and move to the upper left of the mask.

Select the layer under the frame and drag paper 7 into the tag.  Resize 27% and move under the frame into a spot you like best.

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

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

Standing on the paper layer, drag the tube into the tag.  Move into the frame.  I used the bottle portion with the liquid diamonds.  

Once happy with placement, hold down the Alt key and select the mask thumbnail on the paper layer.  Still holding down the Alt key, drag the mask onto the tube layer. 

You should now have two mask layers.  One on the paper and one on the tube.  Change the blend mode to hard light.

Select the layer under the paper layer of the frame.  We are going to work under the frame.

Drag element 96 into the tag.  Resize 23% and move to the top left of the frame.

Drag element 26 into the tag.  Resize 14% and move to the lower left of the music paper.

Drag element 86 into the tag.  Resize 24% and move to the top of the frame.

Drag element 88 into the tag.  Resize 16% and move to the right of the frame just slightly down from the top.

Drag element 110 into the tag.  Resize 19% and move to the top left of the frame.

Drag element 12 into the tag.  Resize 16% and move to the bottom of the music paper.

Drag element 10 into the tag.  Click the check mark, mirror and move slightly up and to the left.

Drag element 14 into the tag.  Resize 18%, mirror and move to the bottom of element 12.

Select the frame layer.

Drag element 58 into the tag.  Resize 46% and move to the bottom right of the mask.

Drag element 68 into the tag.  Resize 21% and move to the bottom of the frame.

Drag element 104 into the tag.  Resize 13% and move to the bottom left of the frame.

Drag element 101 into the tag.  Resize 14% and move to the bottom right of the frame.

Drag element 69 into the tag.  Resize 14% and move to the bottom of the frame.

Drag tube of choice into the tag.  Resize 35%, mirror and move to the center of the tag.  Note:  If you want to use the wings you will need to group the tube layer and wing layer first

before dragging into the tag.  To do this, hold down the ctrl key and select each layer you would like to use.  Hit Ctrl + G on the keyboard.  Drag Group 1 into the tag.  Right

click on Group 1 and convert to a smart object.  This will merge your group.

Drag element 76 into the tag.  Resize 33%, mirror and move to the bottom of the tube.

Drag element 30 into the tag.  Resize 13% and move to the bottom center of the tube.

Drag element 116 into the tag.  Resize 27%, rotate -90 degrees and move to the bottom right of the tube.

Drag element 23 into the tag.  Resize 7% and move to the top left of the frame.

Drag element 45 into the tag.  Resize 13% and move to the bottom right of the purple flower.

Drag element 112 into the tag.  Resize 21% and move to the right of the mask.

Drag element 114 into the tag.  Resize 9% and move to the bottom right of the mask.

Drag element 80 into the tag.  Resize 27%, mirror and move to the bottom right of the tube.

Drag element 73 into the tag.  Resize 21% and move to the bottom of the mask.

Drag element 84 into the tag.  Resize 11% and move to the bottom left of the tube.

Drag element 92 into the tag.  Resize 15% and move to the bottom right of the leaf.

Drag element 40 into the tag.  Resize 15% and move to the bottom of the leaf.

Drag element 85 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom of the foot stool.

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.

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, and select the layer under the paper layer.  Right click and paste layer style.  Select the frame layer, holding down the shift key, select the top layer.  Right click and paste layer style.    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.  On the duplicate, right click and clear layer style.  Go to Filter, Blur, Gaussian blur set to 3 and click ok.  Change the blend mode to soft light.

Open Rebel Dezigns 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 odd the layers.  Starting from layer 25, hold down your control key and select each odd layer so the next one will be 23 then 21 etc.  Once all the odd layers are selected (the layers will be highlighted in blue) we need to group them.  All odd layers selected? 

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 close up tube layer under the frame.

Back to the animation.  Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag.  Ctrl+T and resize 30%.  Move move the animation into the frame.  Holding down the Alt key,

click on the mask thumbnail on the close up tube.  Still holding down the Alt key, drag the mask onto the Group 1 animation.  You should now have a copy of the mask on the group.

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 14 and hit the trash can.  Repeat for all the remaining frames.  You should be left with 13 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. 

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 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 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.