This tutorial was written by me on September 27, 2020. 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 CS5 but this tutorial should work with any version.

You can download the 7 day trial of PS here.

PTU Tube:  I am using a beautiful tube called "Enamorte 73-1" created by Enamorte.  Please do not use this tube without a proper license.  

You can purchase this tube at CDO's store here. 

PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous kit called "Seeing Red Mega" created by AoRK.  You can purchase the kit at CDO here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Rebel Dezigns animation 1078 from package 359.  You can purchase her fun animation at CDO here.

Mask:  455 from pack 10 by Rene Kunert. Thank you for your awesome masks.  You can download it from Rene's blog here. 

Please see Rene's tuts on how to convert the jpg mask into a png 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 :).  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 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.

Let's get started.

Drag Seeing Red Template into PS.

Image, Duplicate.  Close the original.

Image, Resize 650.

Image, Canvas size 750 and fill the background with white.

Delete the copyright layer.

Starting from the bottom.

Drag your mask onto the background layer.  Resize it so it fits the canvas.  

Drag paper of choice over the mask layer.  I am using paper 17.  Resize to fit the canvas then right click and create a clipping mask.

Select the Squares and drag paper 22 into the tag.  Right click and create a clipping mask.

Circles, Drag paper 25 into the tag.  Right click and create a clipping mask.  We are going to repeat the above steps for the remainder of the template.

Dots:  Paper 1

Shape: Paper 14

Oval:  Paper 18

Frame:  Paper 17

Next, standing on paper 18 layer drag the following into the oval  Don't worry if it is outside the frame as we will fix this.  See mine for placement.

Element 79

Element 9

Tube

Now holding down the ctrl key select each layer in the layer pallet.

Go to Layers, Group layers.  

Next,

Standing on the group layer, hold down the ctrl key and click on the oval thumbnail.  You should see marching ants.

Make sure the group layer is highlighted, go to Layers, Layer mask, reveal selection.

Select the background layer.

Drag element 45 into the tag and resize 40%.  Now duplicate three times for a total of 4 leaf layers.  Move them around the tag into a spot you like best.  I placed mine at the top, right, left and bottom.

Select paper 17 layer.

Drag element 54 into the tag.  Resize 60% and move to the bottom right of the oval frame.

Drag element 61 into the tag.  Resize 50% and move to the bottom left of the shoe box.

Drag element 80 into the tag.  Resize 50% and move to the bottom left of the oval frame.

Drag element 28 into the tag.  Resize 50% and move to the bottom left of the white leaf.

Drag element 68 into the tag.  Resize 40% and move to the bottom right of the heart.

Drag element 8 into the tag.  Move to the bottom of the oval frame.

Drag element 35 into the tag.  Resize 40% and move to the bottom right of element 61.

Drag element 31 into the tag.  Resize 40% and move to the bottom left of element the crystal ball.

Drag element 40 into the tag.  Resize 30% and move to the bottom right of spilt bottle.

Drag element 88 into the tag.  Resize 40% and move to the bottom right of the red rose.

Drag WA1 into the tag.  Resize 50% and move to the top left of the tag.  Right click on this layer and choose blend options.  Select stroke.  

Size: 3

Position: Outside

Blend Mode: Normal

Opacity: 100

Color:  330901

Drop shadow: with the following settings:

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.  See my settings below.  Note:  The size for Width will be different depending on the cropping.

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 just under the Squares layer.  Right click and paste layer styles.  

Select the Group layer hold down the shift key, select the Frame layer.  Right click and paste layer styles.  

Select the layer above the paper 17, hold down the shift key, select the layer just under the Wordart.  Right click and paste layer styles. 

Drop shadow complete :)

Add your copyright and name.

I used the name style from Rene's tut here.  I just used deeper red colors.

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 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.  That is ok as we are going to learn how to do this so it matches the animation layers of the tube.

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? 

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 Paper 18 layer.

Back to the animation.  Click on Group 1 and drag it into your tag.  Ctrl+T and resize 50%.  Move to a spot you like best.  I moved it into the center of the frame.  Rename this group Fire.

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.

Standing on the animation Group, Holding down the ctrl key, click on the mask icon in group 1.  Now go to Layers, Layer Mask, Reveal selection.

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.

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 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 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 0.1 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, 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.