This tutorial was written by me on June 2, 2024. 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 PSP.

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 PSP 2018, but this tutorial should work with any version.

PTU Kit:  I am using a gorgeous kit called "Mermaid Kit 16" created by Luna Bella.  This kit contains 2 dolls AI generate by Tamara Scrap Vision, 74 elements and 10 papers. You can purchase the kit here.

Mask:  Mask:  Mask_Vivienne_0092 by Vivienne. 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.

Drop shadow of choice.  I am using Vertical 0, Horizontal 3, Opacity 65, Blur 10, color black.

I use Vivienne’s drop shadows quite a bit as I really like the look of her shadows.  Thank you for letting me use your settings for my tutorials.

Please read all the Artist's/Designer's TOU.

An image can get blurred when you resize an element or tube in PSP.  I use unsharpen mask for each item.  Vivienne has wonderful tips and tricks on how to do this here.

Please read all the Artist's/Designer's TOU.

Let’s get started.

Open a new 800x800 transparent image.  We will resize later.  Flood fill with white.

Remember to sharpen and drop shadow each image as you create the tag.

EL 28 – Resize 30%, mirror and move to the upper right of the tag.  Drop shadow.

EL 19 – Drag this layer under element 28 layer and move under the ship.

EL 60 – Resize 20% and move to the top left of the ship.  Drop shadow.

EL 47 – Resize 20%.  Drag this layer under EL 60 layer and move to the top right of EL 60.  Drop shadow.

Select the white flood fill layer.

Mask_Vivienne_0092 – Resize 83% and move to the top left of the tag.  Select all, float, defloat.  Add a new raster layer.  Open paper of choice.  I am using paper 5.  Copy the paper, standing on the new raster layer, go to Edit, paste into selections.  Select none and delete Vivienne’s original mask layer.

El 41 – Resize 55% and move to the top right so it is under the ship and sand.

EL 4 – Resize 50%, mirror and move to the top left of EL 41.  Drop shadow.

Select EL 19 layer.

AI EL 3 – Resize 50% and move to the lower left of EL 4.  Drop shadow.

EL 64 – Resize 15% and move to the upper right of the mask.  Drop shadow.

Select the ship layer.

EL 4 – Resize 20% and move to the bottom left of the ship.  Drop shadow.

El 22 – Resize 15% and move to the bottom left of the ship.  Drop shadow.

El 5 – Resize 10% and move to the bottom right of the ship.  Drop shadow.

El 57 – Resize 20% and move to the bottom of the ship between EL 22 and EL 5.  Drop shadow.

El 15 – Resize 7% and move to the bottom right of the rocks.  Drop shadow.

El 9 – Resize 10% and move to the top left of the rocks.  Drop shadow.

El 3 – Resize 40% and move to the top left of the mask.  Drop shadow.

EL 18 – Resize 40% and move to the left of EL 3.  Drop shadow.

EL 22 – Resize 40% and move to the bottom left of EL 19.  Drop shadow.

EL 32 – Resize 20% and move to the lower left of EL 22.  Drop shadow.

EL 33 – Resize 15% and move to the lower left of EL 32.  Drop shadow.

AI EL 7 – Resize 15%, mirror and move to over element 3.  Drop shadow.

AI EL 4 – Resize 50% move to the bottom left of EL 3.  Drop shadow.

AI EL 6 – Resize 80% and move to the over to the top left of the tag.  Drop shadow.

El 7 – Resize 40%.  Move to the bottom left of AI EL 4.  Drop shadow.

EL 13 – Resize 15%, mirror and move to the lower left of EL 7.  Drop shadow.

Tube (2) – Resize 20% and move to the bottom of the tag so her hair covers the bottom of EL 3.  Drop shadow.

El 7 – Resize 40%.  Drag this layer under the tube layer and move to the bottom left of the tube.  Drop shadow.

EL 60 – Resize 30% and move to the lower right of element 7.  Drop shadow.

EL 46 – Resize 15% and move to the bottom left of element 60.  Drop shadow.

EL 13 – Resize 15% and move to the bottom left of element 7.  Drop shadow.

EL 61 – Resize 20% and move to the far right of element 7.  Drop shadow.

EL 26 – Resize 20% and move to the right of element 61.  Drop shadow.

EL 16 – Resize 15% and move to the far right of the bottom right of element 16.  Drop shadow.

EL 25 – Resize 15% and move to the bottom of EL 16.  Drop shadow.

Select the tube layer.

EL 59 – Resize 20% and move to the lower left of the tube.  Drop shadow.

AI EL 2 – Resize 20% and move to the bottom left of the tube.  Drop shadow.

EL 38 – Resize 15% and move to the bottom center of the tube.  Drop shadow.

EL 48 – Resize 5% and move to the bottom right of AI EL 2.  Drop shadow.

EL 2 – Resize 10% and move to the bottom left of EL 38.  Drop shadow.

AI EL 1 – Resize 10% and move to the bottom left of AI EL 2.  Drop shadow.

EL 39 – Resize 15% and move to the bottom right of the tube.  Drop shadow.

EL 53 – Resize 10% and move to the upper left of element 39.  Drop shadow.

Select EL 19 and duplicate.  Move to the upper right of the tube.  Duplicate and move to the lower right of the tube.  Duplicate one more time, flip and move to the upper right of the tube.

Add any other elements you would like on the tag. 

Crop and resize your tag.  I resize mine to 650px on the width (if needed) as that is what fits my blog best.

Add your name and copyright.

Hide the white background and save as png.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial.  I would love to see your results.