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You will Need:

You will need Paint Shop Pro to create this tag or Photoshop.  I used PSP XI but any version will work.

You will need a tube of choice. I used the gorgeous artwork from Sue Rundle-Hughes to create this forum set.  You will need to purchase her images from PSP Tube Stop and you will need a license to use them in your tag creations.

You don't need a scrap kit for this tutorial, I just grabbed some elements I had on my PC to add to the tag.  If you would like to use a kit, I have a FTU kit here on my blog which is called Spring Delight and can be found HERE.

Filters used: - Foto Frames AAA Frames & Filters Unlimited - Toadies - Weaver.

Font used was Baroque Script.  You can get it HERE.

Lets Start:

Open a new canvas 600 x 200 and flood fill with a colour that compliments your tube.

Open your tube and copy and paste to your canvas. Duplicate your tube layer and hide the top layer.

Select your bottom tube layer and go to your Filters Unlimited - Toadies - Weaver.  Default settings.

If your background doesn't meet the edges, duplicate this layer and position so that the background is covered.  Merge these two layers together and duplicate once again.  

Select the bottom layer and change the Blend Mode to Darken. Now select the top layer and change the blend mode to soften.  Hide all other layers and then merge visible.

Unhide the tube layer and apply a drop shadow of choice.  I applied the following settings.

Position the tube where you like and apply your elements to your tag.

Add your © information in a clear font.  I used Ambitsek.  You can download it HERE.

Add your name to your tag and apply whatever filter you choose to it, I applied a drop shadow as applied to the tube.

Move your © Layer so that it is visible on your tag.  You can hide this layer till we have applied the Foto Frame filter to your tag.  

Merge all visible layers and then go to Effects - Plugins - AAA Frames. Using the following settings.  As shown in the image below.

Unhide your Copyright layer and position where you can see it clearly.

Now save your tube as a JPG.

You are now finished.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

This tutorial was written by me on 17th May 2012. 

Any resemblance to other tutorials is purely coincidental.  Do not claim this tutorial as yours and do not post anywhere else. Please direct others to my blog.

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You will need:

Paint Shop Pro. I used PSP XI but any version will work just as well.
Tube of choice.  I used the artwork of Arthur Crowe.  You will need a license to use his art. You can purchase his tubes from Arthur Crowe's Factory and once you have purchased his art, you can apply for a license.
Filters Used: VM Experimental, Xenofex 2 - Electrify & AAA Frames - Foto Frame.
Font used: Baroque Script.

Lets begin:

Open a new canvas 600 x 250  Flood fill with a colour to match your tube. Rename this layer Background.
Open your tube and copy to your tag.  Duplicate this tube and hide the first tube layer.

Select your second tube layer and place in the center of your tag.  Go to Effects - Plugins - VM Experimental - Needles and Pins with the default settings.  Name this layer Needles&Pins.

Duplicate your Needles & Pins layer and select the top layer.  Go to Effects - Texture effects - Sandstone with the following settings.

Change the colour to one that compliments your tube.  I chose #8d7d77. Then reduce the opacity on this layer to 35. Apply noise to the top layer.  Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise - Uniform selected and Noise at 35% with Monochrome selected.

Keep the top layer selected and now go to Effects - Xenofex 2 - Electrify with the following settings.

Unhide your tube layer and duplicate so that there are three images.  Move the two duplicates to either side of the centre image, arrange so that they are positioned differently. Merge these two copies down and then change the blend mode to Dodge. Now position the middle tube where you like.

Go to Layers - Merge - Merge All (Flatten).  

Copy your tag by holding the Ctrl & D together.  Select your Crop tool and crop the duplicate tag to the size of roughly 150 x 150.  Using your ruler to do this. 

Once you have the selection to where you desire, crop your tag.

Now apply your AAA Frames filter with the following settings.

Apply the AAA Frame to both the signature tag and the Avatar.

Add your © copyright information and position so it is clearly legible.

Now add your name and save as either PNG or JPG.

You are now finished.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

This tutorial was written by me on 4th May 2012. 

Any resemblance to other tutorials is purely coincidental.  Do not claim this tutorial as yours and do not post anywhere else. Please direct others to my blog.

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Paint Shop Pro - I used PSPXI but any version will work just fine.

Artist of choice.  I used the fabulous artwork by Ismael Rac.  You will need a license to use his artwork and you can purchase his tubes from Here.  You will need two tubes for this tut or you can use the same tube twice.
Cluster frame made by Irene Alexeeva and it can be found Here
Filters Used:  Penta Dot & Cross; Alien Skin Impact; Textures - Weave.
Mask of choice. I used dmsk0670.
Font of choice.  I used Impact for the wordart which is supplied below & Kraash for the name.

Lets Begin:

Open a new canvas 600 x 600 and flood fill with a colour of choice to match your tag.
I used #98a660, apply your mask to this layer. Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask from Disk - Select your mask.  Source Luminance selected, fit to canvas and hide all mask and Load, merge layers.

Duplicate your mask layer and name the top one dot. Select the top mask layer and apply the following effects to your mask layer.  Effects - Dot & Cross - Colour Dot.  Reduce the opacity on this layer to 55%.

Copy the frame and paste to your tag and reduce to 75% apply a drop shadow.  My settings were 2, -2, 70, 2 black.  I mirrored the frame. 

Copy one of your tubes and paste under the frame, use your lasoo tool and draw just on the edge of the frame and make sure the tube layer is selected and go to Selections - Invert - Hit the delete button on your keyboard.

Select your rectangle tool and draw out a rectangle, convert to raster and apply texture effects.  Effects - Texture Effects - Weave,  with the settings below.

 Select your Pick tool and rotate so that it is behind the frame layer and fits just beyond the edge of the frame.  Move below the frame layer.

Now copy your tube to your tag and position where you want her to be under the frame, add a drop shadow to it.  Effects - Plugins - Lucas Software - 3D Shadow.

Select your eraser tool and remove any excess tube from around the frame.

Copy and paste your second tube to your tag and apply the same drop shadow and position where you like. Click on the wordart and right click and Save As.

Position the wordart where it looks best and then go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat - Modify - Expand, expand by 4 and create a new raster layer, move this layer below the wordart and flood fill with a colour of choice, I chose white.  Apply noise if you desire or leave plain. Deselect.

Make sure the wordart layer is highlighted in your layers panel and go up to selections again and repeat the selection process and instead of expanding the font, open a new layer and open up a scrap paper or use the tube and position so that the words are covered.  Go to Selections - Invert and then hit the delete button on your keyboard till you have your wordart to the desired effect.  Deselect.

Add your copyright to the tag making sure it is clear and legible.

Add your name to your tag and apply a gradient glow.

Save as a PNG or JPG.

You are now finished making your tag.

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

  

You can email me HERE with your results.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

This tutorial was written by me on 22nd February 2012.

Any resemblance to other tutorials is purely coincidental.

Do not claim this tutorial as yours and do not post anywhere else. Please direct others to my blog.

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Paint Shop Pro. I used PSPXI but any version will work just as well.

Tube of choice. I am using the fabulous artwork of Ismael Rac, you will need a license to use his artwork. Please do not use his artwork without one. You can purchase his tubes from HERE.

You can use a scrap kit if you like, but you dont need to.  I used a kit from Foxys Designz called Whisper of Passion. Thank you Foxy for allowing me to use your gorgeous kit.  You can purchase the kit from HERE.

Filters Used: Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Distortion filters - Twister, Gaussian Blur, Andrew's Filters1 - Circular Noise, MuRa's Meister - Copies.

Font of choice.  I used Caesar Open.  You can get it HERE.

First off open a blank canvas 550 x 200 you can either make it transparent or any colour you like.

Open your tube and copy and paste to your canvas. Edit - Copy.

Open your new tag background and Edit - Paste as a New Layer.

Copy this layer.  Layers - Duplicate. Move one of then tube layers to the right of your tag.  Hide this layer.

Select your other copy of the tube and go to your filters and apply MuRa's Meister Copies with the following settings.

Now we need to blur the copies image. Go to Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur with the following settings.  Unhide your tube layer and position where you think it looks best.  I left mine to the right of the tag.

Once you have your image blured, go to Edit - Plugins - in your list of filters select Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Select Distortion Filters - Twister, with the default settings as seen below.

Select your move tool and move the image around till you have the desired image in the centre of your tag. Once you have it as you desire. Go to Effects - Plugins - Andrew's Filters1 - Circular Noise.  This is what you should now see.

Now add your elements if you desire.  I used a flower and some rose petals for effect.  I changed the colour of the flower petals to a colour that was complimentary to the tube. Adjust - Hue & Saturation - Colourise with the following settings. This will vary with the different coloured tube or background you have of course.

Apply a drop shadow to the tube with the settings as below.

You can copy your tube or use another one and paste to your tag.  Mirror the image if you are using the same tube. Image - Mirror.  With this image selected, reduce the Opacity to 50% and change the Blend Mode to Luminance (Legacy).

Add the copyright © information so that it is clear and easy to read.

Now add your name to your tag and save as a JPG or PNG.  Apply a filter effect if you desire or just a drop shadow to the name.

Once your name is on your tag, add a small border to it.  Image - Add Borders. With the following settings.

You are now finished making your tag.

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

You can email me HERE with your results.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

This tutorial was written by me on 22nd January 2012.

Any resemblance to other tutorials is purely coincidental.

Do not claim this tutorial as yours and do not post anywhere else. Please direct others to my blog.

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You will need:

Tube of Choice. I am using the gorgeous artwork of Mitzi Saco-Wiuff which can be purchased from PSP Tube Stop. Please do not use this artwork unless you have purchased it. You can buy it Here.

Scrap kit of Choice. Im using Lisa Cree's fabulous New Years kit from PSP Tube Stop. You can purchase it from her store which can be found Here.

Filters Used – Xenofex – Constellation,  Lucas software - 3D Shadow


Font of choice. I used Amazone BT

Supplies Here

Open a 500 x 500 canvas

Open your elements up and use one of the Textures for your background colour. I used IceAndGlitterBlue copy your texture and paste to your canvas, reduce by 85% and then apply your mask. Go to Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask from Disk – Open your drop down options and choose the mask you would like to use.

Open your Star1Blue and copy and paste to your tag. Reduce by 65% and place under the top mask circle. Duplicate (Layers - Duplicate) the star and then flip (Image - Flip) so that it appears under the second circle on the mask.

Select your clock element and reduce by 45% and copy and paste to your tag. Where you position it is up to you. I placed mine in the top circle.

Copy and paste a champagne flute to your canvas and duplicate. On the second flute rotate your flute so that it has a slight angle to it. See settings below

Copy and paste your appropriate elements to your tag.

I recoloured the frame confetti to purple to match my tube with the above settings. Apply a drop shadow to your frame.


 Copy and paste your tube and place behind the frame, with this layer selected.  Highlight the sides of the frame using your Selection Tool.


Selections - Invert - Delete. This removes any unwanted tube from the outside of the frame you dont like.  Add another layer while the frame is still selected and flood fill with a colour of choice.  I used one to match my tube.

Paste your tube layer to your tag and add your copyright information to your tag. Make sure this is clear and easily read. I used a Pixelette font for this.

Add your wordart. I have supplied mine if you want to use it.

Add your name to your tag. Finish it off with either a drop shadow or a Gradient Glow.

You are now finished making your tag.

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

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

This tutorial was written by me on 1st January 2012.

Any resemblance to other tutorials is purely coincidental.

Do not claim this tutorial as yours and do not post anywhere else. Please direct others to my blog.

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Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop.  I used PSP XI but earlier or later versions will work as well.

I used the gorgeous artwork of Ismael Rac. You need to purchase the artwork from Ismael and have a license to use his artwork. You can purchase the tubes from here.

Scrap Kit of choice. I used the gorgeous creations by René Kunert. I didnt just use one in particular, I chose elements from three of her kits. You can purchase her kits from Rebel Dezigns here.

Font of choice. I used Beyond Wonderland. You can get it here.

Filters used. Alien Skin - Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Gradient Glow

Open a 600 x 400 blank canvas.

Select a paper from your kit.  I chose RD-WeddingBells_paper2.  Select the paper to show up in your foreground colour palette.

Select your Ellipse tool and hide the background colour in your materials palette. Using the following settings.

Do this twice and place them close together. Now select your rings and apply an inner bevel with the following settings.

Use one of the elements to join the circles together or create some staples to join them up.  I used the laces (RD-WeddingBells_element1) I erased the parts that didnt fit on the frames and moved them about so that they fitted just right.  I reduced mine by 60%.

Once you have your frame as you like it, apply a drop shadow to your frame and laces and then merge visible. Layers - Merge - Merge Visible. Position where you like the frame.

Open your tube or tubes that you want to use in your frame and copy to your canvas. Reduce to the size you are happy with.  Apply a drop shadow to the tubes. Using the settings below.

Select your magic wand and click in the inside of the frame. This will give you the dancing ants on the inside of the frame but it wont be fully on the side of your frame.  Go to Selections - Modify - Expand and expand by 15.  If the inside of the ribbon string is still empty, hold your shift key down and click your magic wand inside till the centre is empty.

Position your tube to be inside the frame and make sure that the tube layer is still selected, go to Selections - Invert and hit your delete key.  This should have removed the tube that was on the outside of the frame. Go to Selections and Select None.  Do the same for the other frame.

Once you have the tubes in the frame. You can either add a paper or plain coloured background on the inside of the circle.  Either use your ellipse tool and select the colour or paper you prefer making the background of the circle a colour that is complimentary to your tube.

Add your copyright information to your tag and position where you can see it clearly.

Use other elements from the kit or ones you have made and position on the tag where you desire. Add a drop shadow to them using the same settings above.

Add your name to your tag and for effect, use the Gradient glow to bring it out and apply the same drop shadow to your name.

Save your tag as a PNG or JPG.

You are now finished. 

Here is another version using my exclusive tube from Tony Tzanoukakis.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

This tutorial was written by me on 27th December 2011. 

Any resemblance to other tutorials is purely coincidental.  Do not claim this tutorial as yours and do not post anywhere else. Please direct others to my blog.

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Paint Shop Pro.  I used PSPX2 but any version will work just as well.

Tube of choice.  I used the fantastic work of Renee Lavoie which can be purchased from PSP Tube Stop. You must have a license to use this artwork and the PSP Tube can be purchased  Here.

Scrap kit of choice.  I used the fabulous Ice Angel kit which is the work of Hungry Hill Scraps. You can purchase the kit here.

Mask of choice.  I used dmsk0670. Im not sure where this mask came from but if it is yours, please tell me it is yours and I will give proper credit.

Filters Used: Eye Candy 5 - Nature - Snow Drift & Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Gradient Glow.

Font of choice.  I used ChaseCallasSH which is a FTU font, you can get it here.

Open a blank canvas 500 x500 with a transparent background.

Open one of the papers and reduce, flood fill your canvas with your paper or a colour of choice.  I chose to use Paper6.  In your colour palette, select from the drop down box in your pattern section with the following settings.

Apply your mask to this layer with the following settings.

Close off your mask layers.  Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask from Disk. Then go to Layers - Merge - Merge Group.

Open Frame 2 and copy and paste to the canvas. Reduce by 55%

Copy your tube and place on top of the frame. Apply a drop shadow to your tube.

Select your Selection tool set to the settings below.

Select the parts of the tube that is showing at the bottom of the frame. Once you have selected the area you want removed, hit the delete button.

Copy and paste your elements to your canvas and position where they look best.  Reduce the size as desired.  I used some word art from another scrapper but you can use your own.

Using your selection tool again, and select a little larger than the inside of your frame.  Open a new raster layer. Go to Layers - New Raster Layer and name this layer Snow.  

Open a different paper or use a matching colour to your tag and flood fill your snow layer with this colour/paper.  Don't deselect the selection yet.

Go to Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 5 - Nature - Snow Drift with the following settings.

Deselect your selction on the snow layer.  Move this layer to be just below your frame.

Apply your © information to your tag.  You can add a gradient glow to the copyright info or you can add a drop shadow.

Now add your Name and apply a gradient glow.

Save your tag as a PNG or JPG.

You are now finished. 

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

This tutorial was written by me on 3rd December 2011. 

Any resemblance to other tutorials is purely coincidental.  Do not claim this tutorial as yours and do not post anywhere else. Please direct others to my blog.

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You will need:

Paint Shop Pro. I used PSPXI but any version will work just as well.

Tube of choice. I am using the fantastic art by Ismael Rac.  You will need to have a license to use his work. You can purchase it from here.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using the wonderful kit FTU Holly In Snow (Sampler) from Scrap CandyStore which can be found here.

Mask of choice.  Im using this gorgeous mask MB&SW-mask12 by Moonbeams and Spiderwebs. You can get it here.

Filters used: Alien Skin Xenofex 2 Constellation.

Lets begin:

First off open a blank canvas of 500 x 500

Flood fill with a colour of choice matching your tube or as I did, I used 3PD_HIS_Sampler paper3 reduced by 75%.  Apply your mask. Copy your mask and hide the second one for now.

Open your frame of choice, I chose the 3PD_HISSampler_Frame1 and reduced by 65%. Apply a drop shadow. O2, H-2, O50, B2 Black.

Paste your tube to the canvas and reduce to fit your frame.  Apply a drop shadow as above.  If you wanted to place your tube so that the top part was sitting on the top of the frame select your Selection tool with  the settings as below.

Carefully remove the parts of the tube you dont want showing above the frame. Or you can duplicate your tube, placing one above the frame and the other below and just erase the parts on the top layer you dont want showing.

Add your elements. I added my own creation of Holly Berries along with the elements supplied in the kit.

To save it, click on the image and right click and save to your computer.

Now unhide your second mask layer and move it under the first layer.

Select your mask and go to Effects - Plugins - Xenofex 2 - Constellation with the following settings.

Add your © Information to your tag and your name.

Save your tag as either a PNG or JPG.

You are now finished. 

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

This tutorial was written by me on 2nd December 2011. 

 

Any resemblance to other tutorials is purely coincidental.

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I wrote this tutorial for those who have a working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro (PSP)
Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop
Animation Shop (If you want to animate).
I used PSP XI but can be made in any version.
Tube of choice.  I used the fantastic work of Ismael Rac.  Dont use his art unless you have purchased a license first. You can purchase his work Here.
Scrap kit of choice. I used the HD Pack for my tag.  You can purchase it with the tube or just buy it on its own. You can get it Here.
Filters Used - Xenofex 2 Constellation, Eye Candy Gradient Glow, Textures, Weave.
Font used: AdineKirnberg-Script

Lets Begin:
Open your template and hold Shift and D to copy. Close the original.  Open Paper 7 from HD Pack and flood fill the background of your tag. Apply the mask supplied. Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image - Select the mask from the drop down box as seen in diagram below.

(This step is optional.)  Add a new raster layer and flood fill with a colour that will compliment your tag.  I used #88a32e and add another mask layer if you desire. Otherwise leave it with just the one layer of masks.  I liked the effect of another mask behind the supplied one. Or you can use an element that is supplied in the kit.

Select the top layer of the smaller rectangle to the side of your oval shape, paste your tube and place where you like and go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat -  (make sure your tube layer is selected) Invert - Delete and this should remove any unwanted tube you dont want showing on your tag.  Do the same to the other side if you desire.

Select your tube and go to Effects - Texture Effects - Weave. See image below.

Select your oval layer and apply a texture to it. You can recolour to match your tube or add a totally different pattern to it. 

The settings I used were,  Effects - Texture Effects - Textures - DDTexture 43 & 7 with the default settings.  As seen below.

 

Paste your tube onto your template and position it where you want it. Reduce by 85%.  Apply a drop Shadow to your tube layer. Using the following settings.

Change the colours of your rectangles and oval shape backgrounds with the noise and add a sparkle to your noise layer on the larger rectangle noise layer.  Apply the Alien Skin Xenofex 2 - Constellation using the settings shown below. 

 

You can either close off your tag now to have a static tag or you can apply effects to animate it.

Apply your copyright ©information and your name using either a drop shadow or Gradient Glow effects.
Merge all layers and save as a PNG or JPG.

If you want to animate your tag, before merging your tag, copy your layer that you have added the effects to so that you have 3 of the original layer and follow this step for each layer but change the Random Seed for each layer.  Once you have applied this effect to your layer, hide the layer and select the one below it.

Hide the layers below these layers including them and merge visible. Layers - Merge - Merge Visible.

Duplicate this part of your tag two more times and place above each of the layers with the effect applied to it.
Select your top layer and merge down so that it now has the sparkle effect on the tag. Hide this layer and do the same for each of the other layers till you have three tag layers with the Xenofex Constellation applied to it and you should also have the bottom layers still hidden.

Unhide the bottom layers to the tag, leaving the main part still hidden, merge these layers and duplicate so you also have three of them.

Move each background layer below one of the tag layers and unhide each one and merge down so that the final result will be three tag layers.

Save your tag as a psd file and close it.  This is where you will either take it to Animation Shop or Photoshop to apply the animations.

Open Animation shop and open your tag.  Highlight all three layers of your tag by holding down the Ctrl key and A.

At the top of your window, go to Animation - Frame Properties - Change the display time to 20 select OK.

Save your tag and you are done.

Thank you for trying my tutorial.

This tutorial was written by me on 11th November 2011. Any resemblance to other tutorials is purely coincidental.

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