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 without permission
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission to the authors.
This is a personal work.
any resemblance with another tutorial would be pure coincidence
it is forbidden to share it or distribute it on the Web,
to present it in a group or forum without the author’s permission
« Chez Douceur » is happy to share her work with you
she hopes it will help you dream and get away from your eveyday life

Material
tubes - selection

Thank you to Isa - Gabry - DBK - for their beauriful tubes
thank you to the tubers for their great work
open tubes, duplicate them and work with the copies
copy / paste selection into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP Folder

Filters Used
Eye Candy/Impact / GLASS
- Graphis Plus/Cross Schadow
AAA Frames / Foto Frame


translator’s note
« Chez Douceur » works with PSP X, I use PSPX9 to create my personal tags and write my translations
but this tutorial can be realized with another version
according to the version of PSP you use, the results might be slightly differents
don’t hesitate to change the blend modes of the layers to match your tubes and colors

colors
color 1 --> foreground color --> FG --> left click --> #c4d1d8 (light vcolor)
color 2 --> background color --> BG --> right click --> #7f716c (dark color)

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

Realization
1
open the background « fonblanche », duplicate and work with the copy

2
layers -> promote background layer

3
copy / paste « Cluster b38604a7 » as new layer

4
effects -> image effects -> offset

5
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal

6
your work looks like this

7
cloe the eye of « Raster 2 »
activate the eraser Tool with the following settings

8
erase the superfluous (indicated below)

highlight RAster 2, close the eye of Copy of Raster 2
do the same work on the other decoration

9
open the eyes of all layers, highlight top layer

10
your works looks like that

11
layers -> merge -> merge down

12
adjust -> sharpness -> sharpen

13
close the eye of the Background layer

14
highlight Raster 2
activate Magic Wand tool with the following settings

15
left click inside the first circle

16
copy / paste Gabry’s misted tube inside selection

17
effects -> plugins -> Eye Candy 5-Impact / Glass / Clear

18
selections -> select none

19
redo the same work on the other side of your tag
(same plugins with same settings)

20
your work looks like this

selections -> select none

21
open Decoration RS provided

22
copy / paste as new layer

23
effects -> image effects -> offset

24
copy / paste the woman tube as new layer

25
resize if necessary and place in the middle of the tag

26
effects -> 3D effect s-> drop shadow on both woman and decoration

redo changing Horizontal and Vertical by (-5)

27
top layer is highlighted
open the Vase Tube (by DBK)

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copy / paste as new layer

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image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 60%

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effects -> image effects -> offset

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layers -> duplicate
image -> resize -> 60%

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effects -> image effects -> offset

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highlight Raster 1 (background), open the eye
edit -> copy

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image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> ...
1 pixel color 1
1 pixel color 2
1 pixel color 1
30 pixels color #000000 (black)

35
select this border with the magic wand tool (tolerance : 0)

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in the material palette, prepare a linear gradient

flood fill selection with this gradient

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effects -> plugins -> Graphic Plus -> Cross Shadow / default settings

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selections -> invert
effects -> 3D effect s-> drop shadow

drop shadow again changing Vertical setting by (-10) and Horizontal setting by (10)

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selections -> select none

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image -> add borders -> tick « symmetric » -> ...
1 pixel color 1
30 pixels black

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select this black border

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edit -> paste into selection (the background still in the clipboard)

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effects -> plugins -> Graphic Plus -> Cross Shadow / default settings

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effects -> AAA Frames -> Foto Frame

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selections -> select none

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adjust -> sharpness -> unsharp mask


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

Don’t  hesitate to send  your creations to"Chez Douceur"

It will be a real pleasure for her to show them in the gallery at the bottom of the tutorial page
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