This tutorial was written on Sunday, July 1st 2012 by Mystery Designs. It was written in PSP X2 and assumes a good, working knowledge of the program. Any similarity to other tutorials is purely coincidental and not done intentionally. Please do not copy or claim the tutorial as your own. Please link to my blog should groups or forums use it in challenges, and please leave me a comment with a link to where it is being used. Thanks :)
**Supplies Needed**
Tube of choice. The one I am using is by PinUp Toons and you can purchase it here
Scrapkit of choice. I'm using a PTU kit by WitchysHeart called “Rustic Garden” which you can purchase here
Font of choice
**Plugins**
None
Ready? Then let's begin :)
Open up your tube
Press shift+d to duplicate
Close the original
New Image – Canvas Size 800 x 600 Pixels
This may seem a bit large, but we can resize it later on if needed :)
Open up “WH-Frame#8” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “frame”
Image – Resize – 80%
Grab your Magic Wand Tool with these settings :
Select the inside of the frame
Selections – Modify – Expand – 4 Pixels
Highlight layer “Raster 1” and rename “bg”
Open up “WH-Paper#21” from the kit
Copy – Paste – Into Selection
Selections – None
Highlight your “frame” layer
Add a drop shadow
Open up “WH-Wheel#2” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “wheel”
Image – Resize – 40%
Arrange over on the right-hand side of the frame like so :
Add a drop shadow
Open up “WH-Pail#1” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “pail”
Image – Resize – 15%
Arrange over on the right-hand side of your tag in front of the wheel like so :
Add a drop shadow
Open up “WH-Flower#1” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “flower1”
Image – Resize – 15%
Arrange over on the bottom-right of your tag in front of the pail and wheel we just placed like so :
Add a drop shadow
Open up “WH-Butterfly#1” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “butterfly1”
Image – Resize – 15%
Image – Free Rotate with these settings :
Arrange over on the top-left of your tag so that the butterfly is resting on the blue flower
Layers – Duplicate and rename “butterfly2”
Image – Mirror
Arrange on the bottom-right of your tag so that the butterfly is resting on the yellow flowers we placed earlier
Add a drop shadow to both butterfly layers
Highlight your “butterfly2” layer
Open up “WH-Duck#1” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “duck”
Image – Resize – 15%
Arrange over on the bottom-right of your tag like so :
Add a drop shadow
Open up “WH-Leaf#5” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “leaf1”
Image – Resize – 35%
Arrange it over the top-right edge of the frame like so :
Layers – Duplicate and rename “leaf2”
Image – Free Rotate with these settings :
Arrange the leaves along the right-hand edge of the frame like so :
Drag this layer down in your Layer Palette until it is below your “wheel” layer
Add a drop shadow to both leaf layers
Highlight your “leaf1” layer
Open up “WH-Rake#2” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “rake”
Image – Resize – 35%
Arrange it over on the left-hand side of your tag like so :
Add a drop shadow
Open up “WH-Well#1” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “well”
Image – Resize – 35%
Arrange over on the left-hand side of your tag by the rake we just placed like so :
Add a drop shadow
Open up “WH-Plant#1” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “shrub”
Image – Resize – 15%
Arrange over on the bottom-left of your tag by the well we just placed like so :
Add a drop shadow
Open up “WH-Plant#2” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “pots”
Image – Resize – 15%
Image – Free Rotate with these settings :
Arrange over on the bottom-left of your tag like so :
Add a drop shadow
Open up “WH-Water Can#2” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “can”
Image – Resize – 35%
Arrange over on the bottom-left of your tag in front of the pots we just placed like so :
Add a drop shadow
Open up “WH-Grass#2” from the kit
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “grass1”
Image – Resize – 75%
Arrange along the bottom-edge of the frame
Drag this layer down in your Layer Palette so that it is below your “leaf2” layer
Layers – Duplicate and rename “grass2”
Image – Mirror
Move the grass down and slightly to the left
Layers – Duplicate and rename “grass3”
Image – Mirror
Move the grass down and slightly to the right
Drag this layer up in your Layer Palette so that it is below your “duck” layer
Grab your tube
Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “tube”
Arrange your tube to your liking on your tag
Add a drop shadow
**If you would like to resize your tag, now is the time to do so**
Add your name and all copyrights.
Save your finished tag and you’re done!
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