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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
tubes - decorations and landscape misted image - mask

the angel tube is not provided => Bea used a licenced tube created by « Verymany »
I used one of my tubes (Special occasions n°194)
open the tubes and duplicate. Work with the copies to preserve originale files
place selections, gradients, textures, patterns... etc... into the appropriate folders or My Corel PSP general folder
open the mask(s) and minimize to tray
double click on presets to install (or import)

colors

set colors 1 & 2 as fG and BG colors

Plugins needed
Alien skin eye Candy 5 Impact -
Alien skin eye Candy 5 Nature - Mehdi -
Unlimited2

translator’s note
I used PSP2019 Ultimate 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 2 / 1 / 3 / 4 ( boxes from left to right)

adjust => blur => radial blur

layers => duplicate

3
highlight Raster 1
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Funhouse / Maelström

adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

4
highlight top layer
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Funhouse / Loom

adjust => sharpness => sharpen more TWICE

5
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  75%
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings
effects => edge effects => enhance

6
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => white / tick « shadow on new layer »

now, shadow’s layer is highlighted
effects => texture effects => blinds / black

layers => merge => merge visible
layers => duplicate

7
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 1
selections => promote selection to layer
adjust => blur => gaussian blur / 30

8
layers => new raster layer
copy / paste the landscape tube into selection
selections => modify = > select selection borders

flood fill selection white

9
effects => texture effects => blinds / BG color

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 /50 / black / untick « shadow on new layer »
selections => select none

10
layers => merge => merge down

11
highlight bottom layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 2
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => move up
adjust => blur => gaussian blur / 30
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Funhouse / Circus Maximus

selections => select none
effects => edge effects => enhance

12
layers => duplicate
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal
layers => merge => merge down
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 /50 / black / untick « shadow on new layer »
your layers palette looks like this

13
highlight bottom layer
selections => load-save selection => from alpha channel => selection # 3
selections => promote selection to layer
layers => arrange => bring to top
effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact / Glass / « Clear »
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 /50 / black
selections => select none

14
copy / paste the « deco_neige 1 » tube as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 111 / position Y : 124
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool
layers => arrange => move down
layers => merge => merge down
edit => copy
edit => paste as new image / set aside for a later use

15
back to your main work => highlight top layer
copy / paste the « deco_neige 2 » tube as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 180 / position Y : 6
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool

16
image => canvas size

highlight bottom layer
objects => align => left
highlight layer above (copy of merged)
objects => align => right

17
open the image set aside in step 14
image => resize

edit => copy

18
back to your main work => highlight top layer
paste as new layer
objects => align => left
layers => duplicate
image =>  mirror => mirror horizontal

19
layers => merge => merge visible
layers => duplicate
image => canvas size

20
highlight top layer
effects => plugins => Mura’s Meister => Perspective Tiling

effects => plugins => Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 => Nature => Snow Drift

effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 50 /50 / black

21
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
layers => new mask layer => from image

layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge group
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 1 / 50 /0 / black

22
copy / paste « deco 1 » as new layer
don’t forget to erase the watermark
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 98 / position Y : - 18
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool

23
copy / paste « deco 2 » as new layer
don’t forget to erase the watermark
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 35 / position Y : 40
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool

24
copy / paste « deco 3 » as new layer
don’t forget to erase the watermark
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 30 / position Y : 442
hit the « M » key of your keyboard to disable the tool

25
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
resize if necessary
place as you like
drop a shadow of your choice

26
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px white
3 px color 1
1 px white
3 px color 4
10 px white
3 px color 2
10 px white
3 px color 2
1 px color 2
30 px white
1 px color 2
45 px white

27
copy / paste the title tube as new layer
place as shown on final result
use the color chager tool if you chaged the colors

28
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
copy / paste Béa’s watermark as new layer

29
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
1 px color 2
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 950 px width

30
adjust => sharpness => unsharp mask

save your work as... type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.

My tag with one of my tubes (fantasy toons n° 173)

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

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