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

Supplies
tubes -  mask

place the mask(s) into the folder « masks » of Corel PSP folder or open into PSP and minimze to tray (best method)
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 from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by --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
- 2manekenai(tm) / MezzoForce-Ice -
- AAA Frames / Foto Frame -
- Carolaine and Sensibility / CS-LDots -
U n l i m i t e d  2.0
- Simple / Blintz et Half Wrap -
- MuRa's Seamless / Get 1 Tile -

translator’s note
Tine used PSPX2 to create this tutorial and her tag
I used PSP2020 Ultimate 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

Realization
1
open a new transparent image 875 * 575 px

2
selections => select all

3
copy / paste the flowers tube into selection

4
selections => select none

5
adjust => blur => radial blur

6
effects => plugins => 2manekenai(tm) => MezzoForce-Ice

Important Note
This plugin doesn’t work with recent versions of PSP
so ! here is another way to obtain an almost similar result
effects => plugins => Visual Manipulations => Brightness/Distortion

effects => Nik Software => Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete

adjust => Hue and Saturation

adjust => Smart Photo Fix

7
adjust => sharpness => high pass sharpen

8
effects => image effects => seamless tiling => default settings

9
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Simple => Blintz

10
effects => image effects => seamless tiling

11
adjust => sharpness => sharpen more

12
layers => duplicate

13
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Mura’s Seamless => Get 1 Tile

14
selections => select all / selections => float  /  selections => defloat

15
effects => plugins => AAA Frames => Foto Frame

16
selections => select all

17
effects => plugins => Unlimited 2 => Simple => Half Wrap

18
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 0 / 0 / 100 / 20 / black

19
layers => new raster layer
into the materials palette, place White as FG color

20
flood fill layer white

21
layers => new mask layer => from image

22
layers => merge => merge group

23
blend mode of the layer : Overlay / opacity :  78%

24
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 2 / 2 / 60 / 0 / black

25
open « nature_fleurs5_tine_07.2019 »

26
image => resize => tick « resize all layers »  => 575 px height

27
copy / paste as new layer on your tag
don’t move it

28
erase the watermark

29
adjust => sharpness => sharpen

30
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 4 / 4 / 78 / 22 / black

31
highlight bottom layer

32
edit => copy

33
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 2 px white

34
selections => select all
keep selection active untill step 42

35
image => add borders => tick « symmetric » => 50 px white

36
selections => invert

37
edit / paste into selection

38
adjust => blur => gaussian blur / 15

39
effects => plugins => Carolaine and Sensibility => CS-LDots => default settings

40
effects => 3D effects => inner bevel

41
adjust => sharpness => high pass sharpen / 5 / 100 / Overlay

42
selections => select none

43
open the text « texte_flowers_tine »

44
copy / paste as new layer
place qhere you like
Tine enabled the Pick tool to move the layer acurately => position X : 339 / position Y : 343

45
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 1 / 1 / 50 / 5 / black

46
effects => 3D effects => drop shadow => 4 / - 2 / 50 / 5 / black

47
layers => merge => merge all (flatten)
apply your watermark or signature
write your licence number if you used a licenced tube
save your work as... type .jpeg

Your tag is finished.
My tag with my tube

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 Tine

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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