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 the tubes.
It is forbidden to share them in groups or offer them on your site, blog or forum.
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission to the authors.
the tubes used for this tutorial have been received in sharing groups
Béa has the permission of the tubers to use them

respect the tubers’ work : never use tubes without a watermark or a signature : they are stolen tubes
the tubes you find « on the web » without the tuber’s name are ALWAYS stolen tubes
if you think Bea used one of your tubes, please let her know,
and if this proves to be true, a link to your site or blog will ba added.
Or if you prefer, the tube wil be removed from the material’s folder

Tips and Hints
TIP 1-> if you don’t want to install a font -->
open it in a software as « Nexus Font » (or other font viewer software of you choice)
as long as the software’s window is opened, your font will be available in your PSP
TIP 2 -> from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by -->
« Mirror » -->     image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
« Flip » -->     image => mirror => mirror vertical

Supplies
palette - mask - tubes

duplicate the tubes, work with the copies to preserve original files
open the mask and minimze to tray

colors

set colors 1 and 2 as FG and BG colors into the materials palette

Plugins needed
Alien skin eye Candy 5 Impact
Ap Lines
Carolaine & Sensibility
Fm Tile Tools
Graphic  Plus
  Mehdi
Unlimited 2

translator’s note
I use PSP2019 to create my tag and write my translation
but this tutorial can be realized with another version
according to the version of PSP you use, the results might be slightly different
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your tubes and colors

Realization
1
open the alpha layer, duplicate, close the original and work with the copy

2
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1 => colors 3 into the last box

effects => edge effects => enhance more

3
layers => duplicate
effects => distortion effects => pixelate

effects => edge effects => enhance more
blend mode of the layer : Multiply - opacity : 50%
layers => merge => merge visible

4
layers => duplicate
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Bkg Dresigner sf10 I> => Cruncher

blend mode of the layer : Hard Light - opacity : 50%
effects => edge effects => enhance more(optional)

5
layers => merge => merge visible
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1
selections => promote selection to layer
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => Cs_Texture => default settings

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => black

selections => select none

6
layers => duplicate
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down

7
layers => duplicate
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => Side by Side

blend mode of the layer : Overlay
effects => plugins => FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss / default settings
layers => merge => merge visible

8
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 2
selections => promote selection to layer
adjust => blur => gaussian blur / 30
effects => plugins => AP Lines => Lines Silverlining

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => black / 3 / 3 / 70 / 30 / black
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => black / -3 / -3 / 70 / 30 / black
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / settings « Clear »
selections => select none

9
layers => duplicate
  image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => &<Bkg Dresigner sf10 I> => Cruncher (same settings as before)
edit / repeat « Cruncher »
effects => image effects => offset

10
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge group
effects => edge effects => enhance
blend mode of the layer : Screen
layers => duplicate
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down
opacity of the layer : 50%

11
open « tube decor_nmcriacoes_57 »
edit => copy special => copy merged / paste as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  50%
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 75 %
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 5 / position Y : 5
enable the brush « change to target »

set color 2 as FG color
brush the balls to change their color
layers => duplicate
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
image => mirror => mirror vertical
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => black / 1 / 1 / 50 / 1 / black

12
copy / paste « tube decor_nmcriacoes_84 » as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  85% TWICE
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 644 / position Y : 25
image => negative image
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => black / 1 / 1 / 50 / 1 / black

13
copy / paste the title tube as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 760 / position Y : 268

14
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px color 2
3 px color 1
1 px color 2
10 px white
1 px color 2
3 px color 1
1 px color 2
25 px white
1 px color 2
3 px color 1
1 px color 2
selections => select all
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 50 px white
selections => invert
prepare a linear gradient / colors 1 & 2 as FG and BG colors

flood fill layer with the gradient
effects => plugins => Graphic Plus => Cross Shadow => default settings

effects => plugins => Graphic Plus => Quick Tile 1 => default settings

selections => invert
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => black / 0 / 0 / 80 / 40 / black
selections => select none

15
copy / paste the woman tube as new layer
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
place bottom left
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Perspective Shadow / settings : Drop Shadow Blurry
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

16
apply your watermark or signature
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px black

17
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 950 px width
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask

save your work as... type .jpeg

another version with LadyBird's tube

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Thank you for following this tutorial
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