This tutorial was written by me on March 7, 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 Amber's beautiful tube "Alice and Bunny".  Please do not use this tube without a proper license. You can purchase this tube at VM Artists here.

PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous kit called "Lost in Wonderland" created by Doodle by Design.  You can purchase this beautiful kit here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Kiya Designs awesome animation 55 from pack 18.  You can purchase her awesome animations at here.

Mask:  959 by Rachel Designs. Thank you for your awesome masks.  You can download it from her blog here. I am using the png versions 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 Rachel's mask into the tag.  Click on the checkmark and move to the top right of the canvas.

duplicate and move to the bottom left of the first mask.  Once happy with placement, holding down the ctrl key, select the original mask layer.

Right click and merge layers.

Drag paper 20 into the tag.  Holding down the shift key, Pull up and down on the corners until it fits the canvas and click the checkmark.

Standing on the paper layer, right click and select create a clipping mask.

Drag element 90 into the tag.  Click the checkmark and move to the top left of the mask.

Drag element 40 into the tag.  Resize 28% and move to the top right of the tree.

Drag element 38 into the tag.  Resize 13% and move to the top of the clock.

Drag element 24 into the tag.  Click the checkmark and move to the bottom right of the tree.

Drag element 48 into the tag.  Resize 31% and move to the bottom right of the door.

Drag element 75 into the tag.  Resize 41% and move to the top of the door.

Drag element 87 into the tag.  Resize 84% and move to the left of the door.

Drag element 42 into the tag.  Resize 57% and move to the bottom of the door.

Drag element 56 into the tag.  Resize 27% and move to the left of the door.

Drag element 23 into the tag.  Resize 40% and move to the bottom left of the door.

Drag element 9 into the tag.  Resize 61% and move to the top of the table.

Drag element 12 into the tag.  Resize 29% and move to the bottom right of the mushrooms.

Drag element 95 into the tag.  Resize 48%, mirror and move to the bottom right of the door.

Drag element 161 into the tag.  Resize 65% and move to the left over the trees.

Drag element 3 into the tag.  Resize 14% and move to the left of the blue crazy tree.

Drag element 16 into the tag.  Resize 29% and move to the left of the heart shrub.

Drag element 160 into the tag.  Resize 64% and move to the center of the mask.

Drag element 39 into the tag.  Resize 24% and move to the lower left of the mask.

Drag element 17 into the tag.  Click the check mark and move to the bottom left of the heart shrub.

Drag element 19 into the tag.  Resize 17% and move to the bottom center of the sparkle spray.

Drag element 130 into the tag.  Resize 28% and move to the bottom of the sign.

Drag element 21 into the tag.  Resize 22% and move to the bottom of the hat.

Drag element 64 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom left of the hat.

Drag element 5 into the tag.  Resize 31% and move to the bottom right of the caterpillar.

Drag element 110 into the tag.  Resize 27% and move to the bottom of the sign.

Drag the main tube into the tag.  Resize 25% and move between the sign and hat.

Drag element 94 into the tag.  Resize 27% and move to the bottom left of the tube.

Drag element 34 into the tag.  Resize 8% and move to the top right of the book.

Drag element 35 into the tag.  Resize 7% and move to the bottom left of the book.

Drag element 36 into the tag.  Resize 6% and move to the bottom right of the teapot.

Drag element 141 into the tag.  Resize 26% and move to the bottom right of the book.

Drag element 57 into the tag.  Resize 10% and move to the bottom of the tall grass.

Drag element 67 into the tag.  Resize 16% and move to the bottom right of the tall grass.

Drag element 10 into the tag.  Resize 5% and move to the bottom left of the open book.

Drag element 52 into the tag.  Resize 5% and move to the bottom left of the bottle.

Drag element 88 into the tag.  Resize 34% and move to the bottom of the tall grass.

Drag element 76 into the tag.  Resize 25% and move to the bottom of the mushrooms.

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 and 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.

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 psd file in PS.  You will notice that there is 16 layers in this animation and it does not have the group layer.  

We need to group all the layers.  Starting from layer 16, hold down your shift key and select frame layer 1.

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 layer 161.

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

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 animation viewer is open on the bottom of PS.  I you do not see a row that has Animation (Frames) on the bottom, go to Windows, Animation.

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 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 17 and hit the trash can.  Repeat for all the remaining frames.  You should be left with 16 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.

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 16.  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, save for web device.

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.