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This tutorial was
written for those who have a working knowledge of Paint
Shop Pro.
It was written by me on December 4, 2010 and comes from
my own creativity. It is meant to be
a guide and you may make make changes to it make a tag that is uniquely yours. I retain the copyright to
the tutorial, but any tag you make is your own,
and you can do with it as you wish.
Any resemblance to another tutorial is coincidental.
Supplies needed:
PSP 9 (any version
will work)
Tube of choice or
use supplied tube by Valerie Tabor Smith
Here
with permission from the artist
Template #103 by Yvette at
http://essenceofcreativity1.blogspot.com/ (in
the December, 2009 archive)
Scrap Kit Elegant Christmas
Here
(On the left side under labels click on
Freundschaftskit - Sylvie und
Sanie
Montis Blindsmask
Here
Fonts of choice. I used Copperplate Gothic
Bold and Vivaldi
Plugin: Penta
Garbage Collection Jeans (optional)
Here
Open the template in
Paint Shop Pro. Shift and small d to duplicate and
delete the original. We will work on the copy.
Open mask and tube and minimize for now. Hide all
layers except the background layer, right click and
promote to raster.
Copy paper 10 from
the kit and paste as a new layer
Layers, new mask layer
from image, find Monti's Blindsmask in the dropdown
and apply,
Source Luminance Selected, Invert Mask Data checked
Layer,
delete, yes to the question and apply. Delete Mask Layer, merge
group
Select glittered
rectangle, Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow

Select large
rectangle with the magic wand. Copy paper 11
and paste as a new layer. Selections, Invert, hit
delete. Delete large rectangle
Select glitter
rectangle, Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow as above
Select red rectangle
2 with the magic wand. Copy paper 30 and
paste as a new layer. Selections, Invert, hit
delete. Delete red rectangle 2
Select the remaining
glitter layer and drop shadow as above
Select red raster
rectangle 1, flood fill with color #7c1100
Select the brackets
layer, flood fill both brackets with color #6dc78d
Effects, Plugins,
Penta, Jeans

Effects, 3D Effects,
Drop Shadow as above
Selections, Select
all. Copy tube, paste as a new layer as shown.
Selections, Invert, Delete.
Drop Shadow as
before.
With the text tool
and stroke color #173a22 and fill color #ffffff,
settings as follows

type the words "The
Best Gifts Come", placement as shown. Drop Shadow
as above.
With the text tool
and stroke and fill both white, settings as follows

type the words
"In Small Packages", apply as shown. Image,
Rotate. free rotate, left by 28, this layer only.
Drop shadow.
With the text tool
and stroke and fill both color #173a22, add your name at
same settings
If desired
accessorize kit with elements of choice (see tag below)
Resize tag to 600
pixels by 508 pixels
Add copyright
information
Hide the white
background layer in the layer palette. Merge
remaining layers visible.
Save as a png image

Thank You for
trying my tut!
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