**Supplies
Needed**
Tube
& Kit of choice. I'm using a new release from Arthur Crowe &
the matching kit called “Purple Shadow”. Both can be purchased
here
Template
– Mine "Not A Label" here
Mask
by Insatiable Dreams – 138InsatiableDreams here
**Plugins**
Penta.com
– Jeans
EyeCandy4000
– Gradient Glow
Open
up your tube of choice
Shift
+ d to duplicate
Close
the original
Minimize
your copied tube for the moment
Open
up the template
Shift
+ d to duplicate
Close
the original
Delete/hide
the credits layer
Highlight
layer “large rectangle”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “large rectangle copy”
Open
up paper 1 from the kit
Minimize
it for the moment
Grab
your Floodfill Tool
Change
your Background to Pattern – choose paper 1
Angle
= 0, Scale = 100%
Floodfill
your selection
Selections
– None
Effects
– Texture Effects – Fine Leather with these settings :
Effects
– Plugins – Eyecandy4000 – Gradient Glow with these settings :
Glow
Width = 3
Soft
Corners = 25%
Opacity
= 100%
Draw
Outside Selections Checked
Add
a drop shadow
Delete
layer “large rectangle”
Highlight
layer “small rectangle”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “small rectangle copy”
Grab
your Floodfill Tool
Change your Foreground to #785b89
Fill
your selection with the colour
Selections
– None
Effects
– Texture Effects – Fine Leather
Use
the previous settings again
Delete
layer “small rectangle”
Highlight
layer “circle1”
Adjust
– Brightness & Contrast
Brightness
= -255, Contrast = 10
Adjust
– Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise
Uniform,
Monochrome, Noise 71%
Add
a drop shadow
Highlight
layer “circle2”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “circle2 copy”
Grab
your Floodfill Tool
Change
your Foreground colour to #c68ff3
Fill
your selection
**Do
Not Deselect**
Layers – New Raster Layer and rename
“pattern”
Open
up paper 8 from the kit
Minimize
it for the moment
Change
your Background to paper 8
Floodfill
your selection
Change
the Blend Mode to Overlay
**Do
Not Deselect**
Grab
your tube
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “tube closeup”
Arrange
over the selected area
Once
happy with the placing
Selections
– Invert – Delete
Highlight
layer “background”
Selections
– Select All
Image
– Crop To Selection
Highlight
layer “tube closeup” again
Adjust
– Hue & Saturation – Colorize
Hue
= 0, Saturation = 0
Change
the Blend Mode to Hard Light
Delete
layer “circle2”
Highlight
layer “circle3”
Selections
– Select All – Float – Defloat
Layers
– New Raster Layer and rename “circle3 copy”
Grab
your Floodfill Tool
Foreground colour to #785b89
Fill
your selection
Selections
– None
Effects
– Texture Effects – Fine Leather
Use
the previous settings again
Effects
– Plugins – EyeCandy4000 – Gradient Glow
Use
the previous settings from above
Add
a drop shadow
Delete
layer “circle3”
Highlight
layer “square”
Adjust – Brightness & Contrast
Brightness
= -255, Contrast = 10
Effects
– Plugins – Penta.com – Jeans with these settings
Amount
= 62, Border Width = 6
Repeat
with the same settings again
Effects
– Plugins – Eyecandy4000 – Gradient Glow
Use
the previous settings
Highlight
layer “Me”
Effects
– Plugins – Penta.com – Jeans
Use
the previous settings, but only apply them once this time
Effects
– Plugins – Eyecandy4000 - Gradient Glow
Use
the previous settings
Grab
your Change To Target Brush
Change
your Foreground colour to #b78cd2
Recolour
the word Me
Add
a drop shadow
Highlight
layer “label”
Effects
– Plugins - Eyecandy4000 – Gradient Glow
Use
the same settings
Add
a drop shadow
Highlight
layer “not a”
Effects – Plugins – EyeCandy4000 –
Gradient Glow
Use
the same settings
Add a drop shadow
Highlight
layer “I'm”
Effects – Plugins – EyeCandy4000 –
Gradient Glow
Use
the same settings again
Add a drop shadow
Highlight
layer “background”
Layers – New Raster Layer and rename
“mask”
Grab
your Floodfill Tool
Change
your Foreground colour to #3e4a54
Fill
the mask layer
Layers
– Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk
Choose
“138InsatiableDreams” with these settings :
Highlight
layer “square”
Grab your tube
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “tube main”
Arrange
over on the right-hand side of your tag, behind the wordart
Once
happy with the placement, add a drop shadow
Your
tag should now look something like this
The
following steps are for guidance only. They are for the elements I
chose to add to the tag.
Please
feel free to add whichever elements your creative mojo chooses :)
Highlight
layer “tube main”
Open up the “beads” element from the
kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “beads”
Arrange
over on the bottom-right of your tag, in front of your tube
Layers
– Duplicate and rename “beads copy”
Image
– Free Rotate with these settings :
Arrange
over on the top-left of your tag
Drag
this layer down in your Layer Palette until it is below your
“circle1” layer
Add
a drop shadow to both beads layers
Highlight
layer “tube main” again
Open
up element “wire1” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “wire1”
Arrange
over on the top-right of your tag, over by your tube
Drag
this layer down in your Layer Palette until it is below your “large
rectangle copy” layer
Highlight
layer “I'm”
Open
up element “book” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “book”
Image
– Resize – 45%
Arrange
over on the bottom-left of your tag by the small square
Add
a drop shadow
Open
up element “cross” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “cross”
Image
– Resize – 75%
Arrange on the bottom-left of your tag, by
the book and in front of the small square
Add
a drop shadow
Open
up element “decor” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “decor”
Arrange
in front of the cross we just placed
Open
up element “leaves” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “leaves”
Image –
Resize – 65%
Arrange
along the bottom edge of your tag, in front of the cross and the
wordart
Add
a drop shadow
Open
up the element “candle” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “candle”
Image
– Resize – 30%
Arrange
over on the bottom-left of your tag, by the cross and book placed
earlier
Add
a drop shadow
Open
up element “crow” from the kit
Copy
– Paste – As New Layer and rename “crow”
Image
– Resize – 30%
Arrange
so it looks like they are sat on the cross placed earlier
Add
a drop shadow
Open
up element “flower2” from the kit
Copy
– Paste -As New Layer and rename “flower2”
Image
– Resize – 25%
Arrange
along the left-hand side of your tag, overlapping the beads and edge
of the cirle
Duplicate
and mirror the flower several times, and place at points on your tag
wherever you feel they look best
Add
a drop shadow to all flower layers
**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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