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.
If you want to use them to create a tutorial, you must ask the permission of the authors.

Odette has the permission of the creators to use their tubes, masks and decorations
Thank you to all of them.
Without their beautiful creations, no tutorials could be written.

Odette uses PSPX8 and I use PSP2018 to create the tags of her tutorials
but you can follow this tutorials with any other version of PSP
according to the version you use, the result might be slightly different

Matérial
tubes - mask

open all tubes
window/duplicate. Close the originals and work with the copies to preserve the originals
don’t forget to erase tubers’ watermarks before using them
open the mask(s) and minimize it(them) to tray
install all plugins needed
install gradients, patterns.... into the dedicated folders into PSP general folder

Hints and Tips
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 

no plugin needed

Colors

foreground color -> color 1 -> #e80210
background color -> color 2 -> #ffffff (white)

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

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 900 * 600 px
flood fill with color 1

2
layers => new raster layer
flood fill white
layers => new mas layer => from image

layers => merge => merge groupd
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

3
layers => duplicate
layers => merge => merge down
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

4
layers => new raster layer
flood fill with the following gradient

effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

adjust => blur => gaussian blur / 30

5
layers => ararnge => move down
blend mode of the layer : Screen  -  opacity : 75%
layers => merge => merge down

6
copy / paste the landscape as new layer
move slightly upward
blend mode of the layer : Luminance (or other)
layers => merge => merge down

7
copy / paste the woman tube as new layer
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80% TWICE
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
move right (see final result)
adjust => sharpness => sharpen
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 65 / 4 / black

8
copy / paste the balls as new layer
move to upper left border
apply a shadow of your choice
make sure all the elements are in the right place
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

9
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » =>...
2 px white
2 px red
20 px white
select the large border with the magic wnd tool
flood fill selection with the gradient
effects => texture effects => weave

selections => select none
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px red

10
write « merry Christmas » or another text of your choice
apply your watermark
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

your tag is finished
Thank you for following this tutorial
save as... type .jpeg

My tag with another tube
(you can find it on my site => special occasions)

if you have any problem,
or to show her your creations,
Don’t hesitate to write to Odette

It will be a real pleasure for her to present them at the end of this tutorial

your   creations

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