"Red Hot" - Tutorial (PTU Kit)

**Supplies Needed**

Tube & Kit of choice. I'm using a new release by Roman Zaric called “Larisa” and the matching kit. You can buy them over at his store here

Mask by Cat – 30InsatiableDreams here

Wordart – Mine “Red Hot” here

**Plugins**

Eyecandy 4000 Gradient Glow (optional)

Open up your tube of choice

Shift + d to duplicate

Close the original

Minimize your copied tube for the moment

Open a new image – 650 x 650 pixels

Open up element 14 from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “14”

Image – Resize 85%

Image – Free Rotate

Arrange over on the left-hand side of your tag

Layers – Duplicate – Image – Mirror

Rename “14 copy”

Highlight layer “14”

Grab your Magic Wand Tool

Select inside the three circles

Selections – Modify – Expand – 2 pixels

Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “small circles inside1”

Open up paper 7 from the kit and minimize it

Grab your Floodfill Tool

Change your Background to paper 7

Angle = 0, Scale = 100

Floodfill your selection

**Do Not Deselect**

Grab your tube we minimized earlier

Copy – Paste – As New layer and rename “tube1”

Arrange over the selected area

Selections – Invert – Delete

Selections – None

Change the Blend Mode to Hard Light and lower the Opacity to around 73

Layers – Merge – Down

Drag the merged layer down in your Layer Palette so that it is below layer “14”

Highlight layer “14 copy”

Grab your Magic Wand tool

Select inside the three circles

Selections – Modify – Expand – 2 pixels

Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “small circles inside2”

Grab your Floodfill Tool – Background still set on paper 7

Fill the selections

**Do Not Deselect**

Grab your tube

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “tube2”

Arrange over the selected circles

Selections – Invert – Delete

Selections – None

Change the Blend Mode to Hard Light

Lower the Opacity to around 73

Layers – Merge – Down

Drag this layer down in your Layer Palette so that it is below layer “14”

Your tag should now look something like this :

Highlight layer “14 copy”

Open up element 13 from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “13”

Image – Resize – 75%

Grab your Magic Wand Tool

Select inside the large circle

Selections – Modify – Expand – 2 pixels

Layers – New Raster Layer and rename “inside”

Open up Paper 4 from the kit and minimize it

Grab your Floodfill Tool

Change your Background to Paper 4 from the kit

Angle = 0, Scale = 100

Fill your selection

Selections – None

Drag this layer down in your Layer Palette so that it is below layer “13”

Highlight layer “13” again

Grab your tube

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “main tube”

Arrange in the center of your tag

Once happy with the placement

Layer – Duplicate and rename “main tube copy”

Drag this layer down in your Layer Palette so that it is below layer “13”

Hide layer “main tube copy” for a minute

Highlight layer “main tube”

Grab your Eraser Tool

Carefully erase any of your tube which overhangs the circle frame

Unhide layer “main tube copy”

Grab your Eraser Tool

Again, carefully erase any of your tube which overhangs the bottom of the circle frame

Highlight layer “Raster 1” and rename “mask”

Grab your Floodfill Tool

Change your Foreground to #b22f1f

Floodfill the mask layer

Layers – Load/Save Mask – Load Mask From Disk

Choose “30InsatiableDreams” with these settings :

Adjust – Add/Remove Noise – Add Noise

Uniform, Monochrome, 59%

Add a drop shadow to the following layers :

main tube copy, 13, 14 and 14 copy

Highlight your “main tube” layer

Open up element 12 from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “12”

Arrange over the bottom center of your tag

Add a drop shadow

Open up element 4 from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “4”

Image – Resize – 55%

Arrange over on the bottom-right of your tag

Add a drop shadow

Open up element 27 from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “27”

Arrange along the bottom edge of your tag

Add a drop shadow

Open up element 17 from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “17”

Image – Resize – 55%

Arrange over on the left-hand side of your tag like so 

Layers – Duplicate and rename “17 copy”

Image – Mirror

Layers – Merge – Down

Add a drop shadow

Open up element 16 from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “16”

Image – Resize – 45%

Arrange over on the right-hand side of your tag on the stem of the cherries we just placed

Layers – Duplicate – Image – Mirror and rename “16 copy”

Layers – Merge – Down

Add a drop shadow

Open up element 3 from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “3”

Image – Resize – 75%

Arrange over on the bottom-left of your tag

Add a drop shadow

Open up element 1 from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “1”

Image – Resize – 45%

Arrange over on the bottom-left of your tag by the pole we just placed

Add a drop shadow

Layers – Duplicate and rename “1 copy”

Arrange the copy over on the bottom-right of your tag

Highlight layer “1” again

Open up element 19 from the kit

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “19”

Arrange over on the right-hand side of your tag. The largest bubble should overlay the top-right circle.

Open up your wordart

Copy – Paste – As New Layer and rename “wordart”

Arrange it along the bottom of your tag

Effects – Eyecandy 4000 – Gradient Glow with these settings :

Glow Width = 3

Soft Corners 25%

Overall Opacity 100%

Draw Only Outside Selection Checked

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!