The original tutorial can be found HERE

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Supplies
tubes - word art - 2 mask - palette

open the mask 301 and minimize to tray
place the 2020 mask into the dedicated folder of PSP General Folder
if you choose another image than the one provided, resize to 738 px height
duplicate the tubes and work with the copies to preserve originals
don’t hesitate to change blend modes and opacities of the layers according to the colors you chose

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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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 » --> mirror -> mirror horizontal
« Flip » --> mirror -> mirror vertical

Plugins
- Mehdi / Sorting Tiles et Wavy Lab 1.1 -
- Carolaine and Sensibility /CS HLines
U n l i m i t e d  2.0
- Simple / Diamonds -
- Willy /Takinami Bamboo Web -

translator’s note
Tine used PSPX2 to create this tutorial and her tag
I used PSP2019 to create my tags and write my translations
but this tutorial can be realized with any other version
according to the version of PSP you use, the results might be slightly different

colors

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 875 * 575 px

2
selections => select all

3
copy / paste into selection the « Ecureuils »  image (squirrels)

4
selections => select none

5
adjust => blur => radial blur

6
effects => image effects => seamless tiling / Side by Side

7
effects => edge effects => enhance more

8
adjust => sharpness => high pass sharpen
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9
layers => duplicate

10
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Sorting Tiles

11
effects => image effects => seamless tiling / Side by Side

12
blend mode of the layer : Screen

13
effects => artistic effects => halftone

14
layers => new raster laeyr

15
effects => plugins => Mehdi => Wavy Lab 1.1

16
adjust => blur => gaussian blur / 15

17
layers => new mask layer => from image => choose « creation.tine_masque301 »

18
effects => edge effects => enhance

19
layers => merge => merge group

20
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CS HLines / default settings : 3 / 0 / 10

21
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

22
blend mode of the layer : Lighten

23
open the « Ecureuils » image

24
window => duplicate
close the original layer

25
layers => new mask layer => from disk => choose the  «2020» mask

26
layers => merge => merge group

27
redo steps 25 and 26

28
edit => copy
back to the main work => edit => paste as new layer

29
image => resize => untick « resize all layers » => 80%

30
enable the Pick Tool (mode Scale) to move the layer accurately : Position X : -52,00 / Position Y : -80,00
hit the M key of the keyboard to disable the Tool

31
layers => duplicate

32
highlight Raster 2 (layer below)

33
effects => texture effects => weave / colors 1 and 2

34
adjust => sharpness => high pass sharpen / same settings as before

35
highlight top layer

36
layers => merge => merge down

37
edit / copy

38
layers => new raster laeyr

39
enable the selection tool / rectangle / custom selection

40
edit => paste into selection

41
selections => select none

42
adjust => sharpness => high pass sharpen / same settings as before
your layers palette looks like this

43
highlight bottom layer

44
edit / copy

45
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px color 4

46
selections => select all

47
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 35 px color 1

48
selections => invert

49
edit => paste into selection

50
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Simple / Diamonds

51
adjust => blur => gaussian blur / 15

52
selections => promote selection to layer

53
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Willy => Takinami Bamboo Web

54
blend mode of the layer : Screen

55
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

56
selections => invert

57
effects => 3D effects => Chisel / color 1

58
selections => select none

59
copy / paste the Text as new layer
place where you like
Tine chose to use the Pick Tool to move the layer accurately : Position X : 47,00 / Position Y : 484,00

60
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 4 / -2 / 50 / 5 / black

61
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 1 px color 4

62
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)

Your tag is finished.
My tag with another image

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