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
Rose de Sables is happy to share her work with you
she hopes it will help you dream and get away from your eveyday life

Material
decoration tubes - color palette

thank you to the tubers for their great work
open tubes, duplicate them and work with the copies
to prevent the theft of tubes, they are no longer provided in the material ZIP
the only material provided is : decorations, masks and selections
you will have to use your personal collection
following this tutorial, you will need a character tube (boy or girl) (not provided)
and a landsccape tube (winter scenery)

Filters Used
Alien Skin Impact/Glass - Graphics Plus/Cross Shadow
AAA Frame Works -Xero /Clarity


translator’s note
Rose des Sables works with PSP X, I use PSPX9 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 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 --> #c7c7c7
color 2 --> background color --> BG --> right click --> #ffffff
color 3 --> #4b3739
translator’s note : I chose other colors matching my character’s tube

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

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 952 * 550 pixels
2
selections -> select all

3
selections -> select all

4
copy / paste into selection « AD Gentle Twilight »
selections -> select none

5
layers -> new raster layer
selections -> select all

6
copy / paste into selection « AH Vorlage 1108 »
selections -> select none

7
blend mode of layer : Luminance (Legacy)  -  opacity : 25%

8
effects -> edge effects -> enhance

9
open « ScrapHH-Fallen »
image -> resize -> 80% -> uncheck « resize all layers »

10
copy / paste as new layer

11
image -> sharpness -> sharpen
don’t move it

12
your layers palette and your tag look like this

13
highlight Raster 3 (frame) and close the eye of all other layers
select inside this frame with magic wand tool
translator’s note : I prefered to make this selection with Freehand tool / point to point

14
layers -> new raster layer

15
copy / paste into selection your landscape tube

16
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 - Impact / Glass

17
selections -> select none
layers -> arrange -> move down
highlight top layer

18
layers -> merge -> merge down
open all layers

19
copy / paste as new layer « Winter Tree 2 »
resize to 120%

20
effects -> image effects -> offset

21
copy / paste a character tube of your choice
resize if necessary
move it to the right
layers -> arrange -> bring to top

22
copy / paste as new layer snow tube
move it bottom left
layers -> duplicate and move it to the right (use arrows keys of your keyboard)
redo 2 or 3 times to fill bottom of your tag (see final result)

layers -> merge -> merge all snow layers together

23
in layers palette, move your character tube above this « snow tube »

24
character tube is highlighted
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow

drop the same shadow under frame and tree
highlight top layer

25
open « Silent Winter »
resize to 50% TWICE

26
copy / paste as new layer

27
effects -> image effects -> offset

28
close all layers except Raster 1 and Raster 2
highlight raster 2

29
edit -> copy special -> copy merged
edit -> paste as new image
minimize to tray for a later use

30
open all layers
copy / paste as new layer Text tube - move it as shown on final result
colorize if necessary
layers -> merge -> merge all -> (flatten)

31
image -> add borders -> check « symmetric » -> ...
2 pixels color 1
2 pixels color 2
2 pixels color 1
25 pixels color 3

32
select this border with magic wand tool

33
selections -> promote selection to layer
highlight this new layer

34
copy / paste into selection the image you set aside in step 29

35
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow / default settings

36
effects -> edge effects -> enhance

37
effects -> plugins -> AAA Frames -> Frame Works

38
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Graphic Plus / Cross Shadow / default settings

39
selections -> select none
layers -> merge -> merge visible

40
apply your watermark

41
effects -> plugins -> Xero -> Clarity

file -> save as... type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.
Thank you for following this tutorial

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