This tutorial was written by me on May 12, 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 Fiodorova Maria's beautiful tube "Young Artist".  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 "Making Art" created by Doodle by Design.  You can purchase this beautiful kit here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Kiya Designs awesome animation 260 from pack 86.  You can purchase her awesome animations here.

Mask:  85 by Vivienne's Paintbox. 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 Vivienne's mask into the tag.  Resize 31.16% and move to the bottom right of the canvas.

Drag paper 13 into the tag.  Click the checkmark and move over the mask.

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

Drag element 151 into the tag.  Resize 42.44% and move to the bottom right of the canvas just above the mask.

Drag element 142 into the tag.  Resize 54.51% and move to the top left of the canvas.

Drag element 25 into the tag.  Click the check mark and move to the upper right of element 142.

Drag element 152 into the tag.  Click the check mark and move to the top left of element 142.

Drag element 141 into the tag.  Resize 38.43% and move to the top center of element 142.  Duplicate and move to the lower right of element 142.

Drag element 125 into the tag.  Resize 50.82%, mirror and move to the bottom left of the tag.

Drag element 56 into the tag.  Resize 64.75% and move to the upper center by the paint spray.

Drag element 71 into the tag.  Resize 42.72% and move to the lower left of the tag over the bush.

Drag element 133 into the tag.  Click the check mark and move to the bottom of the crate.

Drag element 35 into the tag.  Resize 41% and move to the right side of the crate.

Drag element 65 into the tag.  Resize 31.51% and move to the bottom right of the stool.

Drag element 1 into the tag.  Resize 33.33% and move to the bottom left of the stool.

Drag element 130 into the tag.  Resize 36.70% and move to the bottom right of the paint spray.

Drag element 64 into the tag.  Resize 79.58% and move to the top center of the tag.

Drag element 20 into the tag.  Resize 37.23%, rotate 15 degrees and move to the left of element 64.

Drag element 21 into the tag.  Click the check mark and move to the upper left over the stool.

Drag paper 22 into the tag.  Resize 30% and move under the frame.

Select the frame.  Using your magic wand, click inside the frame.  Select>modify>expand by 3.

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

Select the frame layer.

Drag element 133 into the tag.  Click the check mark and move to the bottom of the paint spray.

Drag element 12 into the tag.  Resize 54.10% and move to the center of element 64.

Drag element 57 into the tag.  Resize 54.14% and move to the bottom right of the frame.

Drag element 40 into the tag.  Resize 28.96% and move to the upper right of the mask.

Drag element 11 into the tag.  Click the check mark and move to the top right of the frame.

Drag Wordart 2 into the tag.  Resize 81.42% and move to the top center of the tag.

Drag element 124 into the tag.  Resize 32.62% and move to the bottom left of the frame.

Drag element 59 into the tag.  Resize 53.47% and move to the bottom right of the tag.

Drag element 60 into the tag.  Resize 33% and move to the bottom of the flower ball.

Drag element 22 into the tag.  Click the check mark and move to the bottom right of the wood doll.

Drag element 67 into the tag.  Resize 27.50% and move to the center of element 22.

Drag element 10 into the tag.  Resize 63.93% and move to the top right of element 22.

Drag element 13 into the tag.  Resize 27.69% and move to the top right of the bottom mask.

Drag element 63 into the tag.  Resize 34.43% and move to the bottom of element 22.

Drag element 50 into the tag.  Resize 30% and move to the bottom right of element 63.

Drag element 3 into the tag.  Resize 30.52% and move to the bottom of the book.

Drag element 61 into the tag.  Resize 19.40% and move to the bottom of the pencil jar.

Drag element 23 into the tag.  Resize 44.86% and move to the bottom right of element 22.

Drag element 52 into the tag.  Resize 23.50% and move to the bottom of the dog.

Drag element 124 into the tag.  Resize 32.62% and move to the bottom left of the frame.

Open the tube into PS.  Select the layers you would like use by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the layer.  Drag it into the tag.  Right click on the tube and convert to smart object.

Resize 30% and move to the bottom of the mask.

Drag element 4 into the tag.  Resize 12.57% and move to the bottom right of the red paint tube.

Drag element 38 into the tag.  Resize 11.20% and move to the bottom left of the sharpener.

Drag element 72 into the tag.  Resize 45% and move to the bottom left of the tube.

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, holding down the shift key, select element 38 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.

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.  Change the blend mode to soft light.

Open Kiya Designs 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, 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 large paintbrush layer.

Back to the animation.  Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag.  Ctrl+T and resize 65%.  Move to the top right of the wordart. 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 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 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 animation window. It will be highlighted in white.

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.