~ FOR THIS TUTORIAL YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING ~

Paint Shop Pro (trial version)

September Morn Scrap Kit here (look under September 2008)

Template 025 here (once you download the template, it shows as template 18)

Word Art here

Tube and font of choice

Brushes of choice

Mask of choice (I used Becky's Mask 042; her site is no longer available)

Let's get started on our tag!

1.  Open your supplies in Psp and minimize all but the Template18 to your Psp workspace.  Shift+D to make a duplicate of the template.  Close out the original template so that you will have it for future use.  Activate the Raster 7 layer of the template and go to Image/Canvas Size.  Change the width to 700w and the height to 750h.  Flood fill the Layer 7 with the color #FFFFFF.

2.  Activate the Raster Layer 5 of the template.  See the dotted lines on the left hand side of the canvas (see screen shot below).  Draw a selection around the three lines and hit the delete key on your keyboard.  Selections/Select None.  Raster Layer 5 is still the active layer - Selections/Select All; Selections/Float; Selections/Defloat.  Restore the Paper1 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Selections/Invert.  Hit the delete key on your keyboard.  Selections/Select None.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the dotted lines using the settings shown below.

Vertical 1; Horizontal 1; Opacity 60; Blur 2; Color Black

3.  Activate the Raster1 Layer of the template and follow the same steps as listed in Step 2 EXCEPT change the paper to Paper9.  Apply a drop shadow effect the the paper using the settings shown below.

Vertical 0; Horizontal 0; Opacity 60; Blur 6; Color Black

4.  Use the same steps as used in Step 2 and the drop shadow settings from Step 3 for the remaining layers of the template EXCEPT change the paper for each layer as shown below.

Raster Layer 2 - Paper1

Copy of Raster Layer 1 - Paper11

Copy of Raster Layer 2 - Paper3

Copy (2) Layer - Paper11

Copy (3) Raster Layer - Paper9

Copy (2) Layer - Paper3

Copy (3) Layer - Paper 4

Raster 4 Layer - Paper2

Raster 3 Layer - Paper5

Copy Raster 3 Layer - Paper1 (After you have added this paper, go to Adjust/Brightness and Contrast using the settings shown below)

-38 Brightness; 40 Contrast

5.  Restore the Flower1 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the flower to desired size and position on the right side of the tag (see header tag).  Apply a drop shadow effect to the flower using the same settings as used in Step 3.  Restore the tube that you will be using for your tag - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the tube changing the blur to 10.

6.  Restore the Tag1 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the tag to desired size and position on the bottom part of the bottom right circle of the template.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the tag.  Restore the Bead2 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize to desired size, and apply a drop shadow effect.  Position the bead in the center of the bow part of the tag1.

7.  Restore the FlowerBundle - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the flower bundle so that it fits against the top and middle circle of the template (see header tag).  Apply a drop shadow effect to the flower bundle.  Restore the Butterfly3 - Edit/Copy; Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the butterfly and position between the top 2 circles of the template (see header tag).  Rotate the butterfly by 20 degrees to the left.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the butterfly.  Apply some brush effects to the bottom and large circles of the tag.

8.  Restore the Tag2 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the tag2 to desired size and position at the top center of the top circle (see header tag).  Apply a drop shadow effect to the tag.  Restore the Knot2 - Edit/Copy; back to the tag image and Edit/Paste As New Layer.  Resize the knot2 and position it on the top part of the tag2.  Apply a drop shadow effect to the knot2.  Restore the Color-WordArt by Stepko.  Resize the word art as needed, and position at the top of the canvas (see header tag).  Apply a drop shadow effect to the word art.

9.  Activate the white background layer of the template.  Layers/New Raster Layer.  Flood fill the new raster layer with the color #FCB414.  Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image.  Select the Becky's Mask042 (or mask of choice) from the drop box under the Source window.  Layers/Merge/Merge Group.  Add your text and any copyright info that is needed on your tag.  Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten).  Crop away any excessive white space that may be around your tag.  Resize your tag if needed, and save in desired format.