Scrap kit by Teresa's Treasures; Mask by Vaybs; Tube by Adam Street

This tutorial was created on July 27, 2010 and is the property of It's Me Again Tuts by Bonnie.  Please do not remove this tutorial from my website to add to another site unless you have permission from me to do so.  This tutorial was created using Psp vs 9,  but I see no reason why it cannot be created using other versions of Psp.  This tutorial assumes that you have a working knowledge of Psp.

The tube used in this tutorial was created by the wonderful artist ŠAdam Street.  I belong to Shewolf's Doman/Light Side, which has been given a group permission to use his work.  Shewolf's Domain/Light Side is a copyright compliant group.

FOR THIS TUTORIAL YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING:

Paint Shop Pro (trial version)

DBV Mask 111 here

PTU Tropical Scrap Kit here or here

Hawaiian Punk font here

Okay, let's get started on our tag!

1.  Open your supplies in Psp and minimize all but the Paper21 to your Psp workspace.  Shift+D to make a duplicate of the Paper21; close out the original paper so you will have it for future use.  Layer/Promote Background Layer.  Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image.  Select the DBV Mask111 from the drop box under the Source window.  Source luminance is checked; Invert mask data is not checked.  Layers/Merge/Merge Group.  Image/Resize.  Resize the mask layer by 90%.  Resize all layers is NOT checked; bicubic resize type.  Lower the opacity of the mask layer to 45.  Layers/New Raster Layer.  Flood fill this layer with the color #FFFFFF.  Layers/Arrange/Move to Bottom.

2.  Make your mask layer the active layer.  Restore the Frame03 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Activate the Magic Wand tool (Add/Shift; Feather 0) and click in the center of all three of the frames to select.  Restore the tube that you will be using on your tag - Edit/Copy.  Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize your tube if needed.  Position the tube over the selected frame and go to Selections/Invert.  Hit the delete key on your keyboard.  Selections/Select None.  Drag the tube layer under the frame layer.  Reduce the opacity of your tube layer to 60.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the frame layer using the settings shown below.

Vertical 2; Horizontal 1; Opacity 50; Blur 5

3.  Restore the Daisy02 - Edit/Copy.  Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the daisy by 50% two (2) times.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the daisy using the same settings as before.  Layers/Duplicate.  Image/Mirror.  Restore the String04 - Edit/Copy.  Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the string by 50%.  Position the string on the right side of the frames as shown on header tag.  Drag this layer under the duplicated daisy layer.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the string using the same settings as before.

4.  Restore the Surfboard - Edit/Copy.  Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the surfboard by 85%Image/Rotate/Free Rotate.  Rotate the surfboard by 25 degrees to the right.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the surfboard using the same settings as before.  Position the surfboard on the right side of the frames.  Drag this layer under the frame layer.  Restore the Bird - Edit/Copy.  Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the bird by 50%.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the bird using the same settings as before.  Position the bird on the top right corner of the bottom frame.

5.  Restore the BeachSign - Edit/Copy.  Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the sign by 75%.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the sign using the same settings as used before.  Position the sign at the bottom part of the last frame (see header tag).  Restore the SeaShell01 - Edit/Copy.  Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the seashell by 50% one (1) time and by 75% one (1) time.  Rotate the seashell by 20 degrees to the left.  Position the seashell on top of the beach sign (see header tag).  Apply a drop shadow to the seashell using the same settings as before.

6.  Restore the Pineapple - Edit/Copy.  Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the pineapple by 50%.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the pineapple using the same settings as before.  Rotate the pineapple by 15 degrees to the left.  Position the pineapple at the left side of the beach sign.  Restore the Coconut tube - Edit/Paste.  Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the coconut by 50% (1) time and by 55% one (1) time.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the coconut using the same settings as before.  Position the coconut in front of the pineapple (see header tag).

7.  Restore the Butterfly - Edit/Copy.  Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the butterfly by 50% one (1) time and by 75% one (1) time.  Apply a drop shadow to the butterfly using the same settings as before.  Position the butterfly to the top right side of the tag (see header tag).  Restore the Sign - Edit/Copy.  Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the sign by 65%.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the sign using the same settings as before.  Position the sign at the bottom of the tag behind the seashell layer and on top of the beach sign (see header tag).

8.  Restore the tube that you used in your frames - Edit/Copy.  Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer. Image/Mirror.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the tube using the same settings as before EXCEPT change the blur to 9.  Position the tube at the left side of the frames (see header tag).  Restore the BeachBall - Edit/Copy.  Back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the beach ball by 50%.  Apply a drop shadow to the beach ball using the same settings as before in Step 2.  Position the beach ball on the left side of the frames, dragging this layer under the main tube layer of your tag.  Position the ball in the girl's hands so that it will look like she is holding the ball.

9.  Add  your name or some text to your tag.  For my name, I used the font Hawaiian Punk.  I used the Paper07 for the text fill and the Paper04 for the text stroke.  Add any copyrights needed to your tag.  Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten).  Crop away any excess white space that is around your tag and save in desired format.