The original tutorial can be found HERE

Conditions of use of the material provided
It is forbidden to modify, 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 of the authors.
This is a personal work.
any resemblance with another tutorial would be pure coincidence
it is forbidden to share or distribute 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

Supplies
mask - texture - selections - tubes
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you will have to use tubes from your personal folders
following the theft of tubes, « Chez Douceur » only provides decorations, masks, gradients, selections......
thank you to the tubers for their great work
open the tubes, duplicate and work with the copies
open the mask(s) and minimize to tray
copy / paste selections into the folder « selections » of Corel PSP general Folder
copy / paste the texture into the folder « textures» of PSP general folder
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 both windows are opened (software and font), 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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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

Plugins
FM Tile Tools/Blend Emboss
Factory Gallery J/Reverb
AAA Frame / Foto Frame

Thank you Tine for sharing your plugins page

translator’s note
« Chez Douceur » works with PSP X, I use PSP2019 to create my personal tags 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 different from the example
don’t hesitate to change the blend modes and opacities of the layers to match your tubes and colors

colors

color 1 --> foreground color --> FG --> left click --> #bdd9bd (light color)
color 2 --> background color --> BG --> right click --> #717b59 (dark color)

Realization

1
open a new transparent image 950 * 550 px
flood fill with color 1

2
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with color 2

3
layers => new mask layer => from image => choose mask « masque@nn_23113_mask_320_tdstudio »
layers => merge => merge group
effects => edge effects => enhance

4
open the pattern « bgcamino3 » provided
find it into the materials palette

5
layers => new raster layer
set the opacity of the flood fill tool to 32%
flood fill with the pattern
set the opacity of the layer to 50% - blend mode : Multiply
reset the opacitiy of the flood fill tool to 100%
effects => plugins => FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss / default settings

6
your tag looks like this

7
layers => merge => merge visible

8
selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 1
selections => promote selection to layer

9
effects => plugins => Filter Factory => Gallery J / Reverb / reverberations3

10
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => black

11
highlight « merged »

selections => load-save selection => from disk => selection # 2
selections => promote selection to layer
selections => select none

12
copy / paste as new layer « déco Clémence CD »
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 875 / position Y : - 16

13
layers => duplicate
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 754 / position Y : - 19
layers => merge => merge down
your layers palette and tag look like this

14
copy / paste as new layer « yp_ote bag»
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 78 / position Y : 305

15
copy / paste as new layer « butterfly_parfum »
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 0 / position Y : 235
layers => duplicate
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  60%
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 254 / position Y : 297

16
copy / paste as new layer «tableau_fleurs_blanches_2_tubed_by_thafs »
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » =>  154 px width
copy / paste as new layer
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 106 / position Y : 2
if you want to choose another painting than the one provided, resize to 154 / 201 px
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 / Buttons and Frames (choose the settings you like)
effects => plugins => Xero => Clarity / default settings

17
your layers palette and tag look like this

18
copy / paste as new layer the character tube (Chez Douceur’s tube dimensions => 140 / 427 px)
enable the Pick tool with the following settings, to move the layer acurately => position X : 347 / position Y : 5
(or place elsewhere if you like)

19
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => black (apply to all the tubes)

20
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube

21
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px white
2 px color 2
2 px color 1
40 px white

22
prepare a linear gradient

select the last border with the magic wand tool
set the opacity of the flood fill tool to 40%
layers => new raster layer
flood fill layer with the gradient
reset the opacitiy of the flood fill tool to 100%

23
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame

24
your layers palette and tag look like this

blend mode of the layer :  Multiply
selections => select none
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

25
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => ...
2 px white
2 px color 1
2 px color 2
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 950 px width
save your work as... type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.

My tag with tubes created by Colybrix and Lizzy

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 Rose des Sables

It will be a real pleasure for her to show them in the gallery at the bottom of the tutorial page
Don’t forget to indicate her your name and the adress of your blog or site if you have one

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