This tutorial was written by me on February 28, 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 a beautiful tube called "Yuriko Shirou 23-1".  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 "IB-Yuriko Shirou 23-1" created by AoRK.  You can purchase the kit at CDO here.

PTU Animation:  I am using Rebel Dezigns animation 1980 from package 659.  You can purchase her fun animation at CDO here.

Mask:  647 from pack 13 by Rene Kunert. Thank you for your awesome masks.  You can download it from Rene's blog here. 

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

Font of choice for your name.  I used Anemouth.  You can purchase it here 

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 paper 1 into the tag.  Click the checkmark.

Drag mask 647.jpg onto the background layer.  Resize it so it fits the canvas.  

In the layer's pallet, select the Channels tab.  You will see for layers.  We will be working with the RGB layer.

Holding down the Ctrl key, left click on the RGB thumbnail.  You should see marching ants.

In the layer's pallet, select the Layers tab.  Select the paper layer and go to Layers>Layer Mask>Reveal selection.

Delete the mask above the paper as we no longer require it.

Drag tube 1 into the tag.  Move into a spot you like best over the mask.  I moved mine up and slightly to the right.  Hold down the Alt key and select the Mask thumbnail one the paper layer below.

Still holding down the Alt key, drag the mask thumbnail onto the tube.  You should now have two mask layers.  One on the paper and one on the tube.  Lower the opacity to 60% or a setting you like.

Drag element 19 into the tag.  Resize 18%, mirror and move to the top left of the mask.

Drag element 17 into the tag.  Resize 24% and move to the right of the moon.

Drag Wordart into the tag.  Resize 20% and move to the top right of the door.

Drag element 6 into the tag.  Resize 12%, rotate 180 degrees and move to the right of the door.

Drag element 2 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom right of the door.  Duplicate, mirror and move to the bottom left of the mask.

Drag element 10 into the tag.  Resize 18% and move to the right of the door over the leaf.

Drag element 12 into the tag.  Resize 37% and move to the far left of the door.

Drag element 20 into the tag.  Resize 18% and move to the bottom of the lamp post.  Duplicate and move to the bottom right of the mask.

Drag element 8 into the tag.  Resize 23% and move to the bottom of the lamp post.

Drag tube 3 into the tag.  Resize 65% and move to the bottom left of the mask.

Select the layer under the tube.  Drag frame 1 into the tag.  Resize 24% and rotate 90 degrees.  Move to the bottom right of the tube so the edge of the skeleton lines up with the inside right of  the frame.

See my example for placement.

Select the layer under the frame and drag paper 3 into the tag.  Resize 15% and move under the frame.

Select the frame layer.  Using the magic wand, click in the center of the frame.  Select>Modify>Expand by 3.

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

Select the tube layer.

Drag element 13 into the tag.  Resize 24%, rotate -80 degrees and move to the right side of the frame.

Drag element 1 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom right of the frame over the ropes.

Drag element 14 into the tag.  Resize 11%, rotate 35 degrees and move to the top right of the frame.

Drag element 3 into the tag.  Resize 7% and move to the top of the T in the wordart.

Drag element 11 into the tag.  Resize 14% and move to the bottom inside right corner of the frame.

Drag element 7 into the tag.  Resize 17% and move to the bottom of the frame.

Drag element 15 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom right of the frame.

Select layer 8 and duplicate it.  Drag this layer above the tube layer.  Move to the bottom right of the frame.

Drag element 18 into the tag.  Resize 12% and move to the bottom of the hay.

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

Select the frame layer hold down the shift key, select the top 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 :)

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.  

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 Tube 1 layer just above the mask 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 top center of the mask.  

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 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 Timeline 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>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.