The original tutorial can be found HERE

Conditions of use of the material provided
It is forbidden to modifiy, change the name, take off the watermarks or alter tubes provided.
It is forbidden to share them in groups or offer them on your site, blog or forum,
you are allowed to use them in another creation for your personal use
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission to the authors.

Material
color palette - image - scraps elements - decoration tubes - selection - masks

character tube is not provided
open masks and minimize them to tray

Filters Used
UNLIMITED 2.0
VM Distortion / slicer
VM Toolbox / Instant tile
AP [Lines] Lines/ SilverLining
Thank you Tine for sharing your Plugins page


translator’s note
« Belle de Nuit »  works with PSP X, I use PSPX9 to create my tag and write my translations
but this tutorial can be realized with any other version of PSP
according to the version of PSP you use, the results might be slightly differents
don’t hesitate to change blend modes of layers matching your tubes and colors

Colors

color 1 --> foreground color --> FG --> left click --> #c9d4e6
color 2 --> background color --> BG --> right click --> #b8bf7b
color 3 --> #ffffff

Use this pencil to follow the steps
hold down left click to grab it and move it

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 900 * 500 pixels

2
selections -> select all
copy / paste image 21 into selection
selections -> select none
copy / paste as new image
minimize this copy to tray for a later use (in step 12)

3
adjust -> bur -> gaussian blur / 20
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> VM Distortion / slicer

4
effects -> edge effects -> enhance
layers -> duplicate

5
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> VM Toolbox / Instant Tile

6
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling / default settings

7
selections -> load-save selection -> from disk -> selection « bdn_pamela »

8
selections -> promote selection to layer

9
effectzs -> plugins -> AP [Lines] / Silverlining / Dotty Grid

10
selections -> select none
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
layers-> merge -> merge down

10/1
effects -> reflection effects -> kaleidoscope

10/2
image -> resize -> uncheck « resize all layers » -> 80%

11
select inside the circle with the magic wand tool / tolerance 0

12
layers -> new raster layer
copy / paste image set aside in step 2 into selection
layers -> merge -> merge down
selections -> select none
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

13
layrs -> new raster layer
flood fill with color 3

14
layers -> new mask layer -> from image

15
layrs -> merge -> merge group
effects -> texture effects -> Weave

16
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror vertical

17
highlight « copy of Raster 1 »

18
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with color 3
layers -> new mask layer -> from image

19
layers -> duplicate

20
layers -> merge -> merge group
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

21
image -> add borders -> symmetric ->...
1 pixel color 1
1 pixel color 3
1 pixel color 2
selections -> select all
add borders -> 30 pixels color 3

22
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow

23
selections -> select none
copy / paste « deco_fleurs » as new layer - don’t move it
in the materials palette, prepare a linear gradient 45 / 3

24
select white part inside decoration with magic wand tool
flood fill selection with the gradient
selections -> select none

25
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow

26
move decoration top left (see final result)
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
image -> mirror -> mirror vertical

27
image -> add borders / 5 pixels color 3

28
copy / paste character tube as new layer
resize it if necessary
move it bottom right
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

29
layrs -> duplicate
highlight the original layer
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 5

30
copy / paste element « BS20-flores-azulkzq-png »
move it bottom left
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

31
image -> add borders / 1 pixel color 1

32
apply your watermark and save as... type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.
Thank you for following this tutorial
Don’t forget to sign (to avoid plagiarism) and save file as… type JPEG

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