Scrap Kit by Kimberly Cameron; Carr Electronic Dingbats; Female Tube by Terry

This tutorial was created on August 8, 2009 and is the property of It's Me Again Tuts by Bonnie.  Please do not remove this tutorial in whole or in part to add to another website unless you have permission from me to do so.  This tutorial can be created using all versions of Psp.

FOR THIS TUTORIAL YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING:

Paint Shop Pro (trial version)

Spring Blossoms Scrap Kit here

Carr Electronic Dingbats here

Ormente's Artistic 1 here

Tube and font of choice

Okay, let's get started on our tag.

1.  Open your supplies in Psp and minimize them to your Psp workspace for now.  Set your foreground/stroke color to null (x out) and your background/fill color to Pattern.  Select the paper1 as your current pattern using the following settings: Angle 0; Scale 100

2.  File/New.  Create a new image 750w x 750h transparent background.  Activate the text tool and select the Carr Electronic Dingbats as your font; Size 500; Vector; Anti-alias.  Type the lowercase letter "g".  Objects/Align/Center in Canvas.  You can make your dingbat higher by pulling on the vector boxes.  Layers/Convert to Raster Layer.  Effects/Plugin Filters/Ormente Filters 11/Artistic 1 using the settings shown below.

Frequency 5; Level 5; Cut Level 50

3.  Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the settings shown below.

Vertical 0; Horizontal 0; Opacity 90; Blur 5; Color Black

4.  Restore the tube that you will be using for your tag and go to Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste/Paste As New Layer.  Position the tube as shown in header tag and apply a drop shadow effect using the same settings as in Step 3 EXCEPT change the blur to 10.  Image/Canvas Size.  Change the width to 800w and the height to 800h.  Click on the center placement arrow.

5.  Restore the vine element and go to Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste/Paste As New Layer.  Image/Resize.  Resize the vine by 50% two (2) times and by 75% one (1) time.  Resize all layers is NOT checked; bicubic resize type is used.  Position the vine on the long rectangle on the left side of your tag (see header tag).  Apply a drop shadow effect to the vine using the same settings as used in Step 3.

6.  Restore the flower2 and go to Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste/Paste As New Layer.  Image/Resize.  Resize the flower2 by 50% for a total of three (3) times.  Resize all layers is NOT checked; bicubic resize type is used.  Position the flower2 on the top circle at the right of your tag (see header tag).  Apply a drop shadow effect to the flower using the same settings as used in Step 3.  Layers/Duplicate.  Image/Flip.  Position the duplicated flower over the bottom circle (see header tag).

7.  Restore the flower1 and go to Edit/Copy; back to the tag and Edit/Paste/Paste As New Layer.  Image/Resize.  Resize the flower1 by 50% for a total of three (3) times.  Resize all layers is NOT checked; bicubic resize type is used.  Position the flower1 on the middle circle at the right side of your tag.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the flower using the same settings as used in Step 3.

8.  Layers/New Raster Layer.  flood fill the new layer with the color #FFFFFF.  Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom.  Restore the green hearts element and go to Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste/Paste as New Layer.  Image/Resize.  Resize the hearts by 50% for a total of two (2) times.  Resize all layers is NOT checked; bicubic resize type is used.  Position the green hearts as shown in the header tag.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the green hearts using the same settings as used in Step 3.  NOTE:  I drew a selection around one of the hearts and positioned it on top of the part of the dingbat that is sticking up behind the female tube (see header tag).

9.  Add your name or some text to the top line of the dingbat (see header tag).  I used paper1 for the text stroke and paper3 for the text fill.  For the font, I used LT Oksana Medium; Size 56; Stroke Width 2; Vector.  Restore the label and go to Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste/Paste As New Layer.  Image/Resize.  Resize the label by 50% for a total of two (2) times.  Image/Rotate.  Rotate the label by 20 degrees to the left.

10.  Position the label on your tag as shown on the header tag.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the label using the same settings as used in Step 3.  Write "Spring Blossoms" or text of your choice on your label.  Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten).  Crop away any excess white space around your tag.  Resize your tag to desire format and save as a jpg.

Below is an example of another tag I created using this tutorial.