This tutorial was created in 2006
Any resemblance to other online tutorials is purely coincidence
ŠN@thy 2007

This tutorial was written using PSP 9, but can be done in other versions

~ You will need ~
The bow I used is by Melissa. You can find her awesome work @ Scrappy Expressions
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
My supplies here. The zip includes tubes, mask, pattern and alpha

Put the mask in your Mask Folder
Open everything in psp
Tubes have HIDDEN layers which mean you must unhide to see them
Minimize them all
Set your foreground to pattern nathypinkbg.jpg (Angle 0, Scale 100)
Set your background color to white (#FFFFFF)

~ Step 1 ~

Maximize Misted_filly_ (951) Flower.pspimage
Window, Duplicate and minimize one copy for later
Delete the watermark layer
Layers, New Raster Layer
Fill this layer with your pattern
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom
Activate the flower layer
Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the following settings:



~ Step 2 ~

Set the opacity of this layer to 10
Layers, Merge, Merge All (Flatten)
Image, Resize and use the following settings:



~ Step 3 ~

File, New and set Width to 500 and Height to 472, Transparent background
Set foreground to pattern and find the background we just made (Angle 0, Scale 100)
Fill the layer with the pattern

~ Step 4 ~

Copy Misted_filly_( 1256) Face.pspimage and paste as a new layer
Move it in the right top corner
(Look at my image for placement)
Change the opacity of this layer to 90
Change the Blend Mode to Luminance

~ Step 5 ~

Copy Misted_filly_ (951) Flower.pspimage and paste as a new layer
Image, Resize and use the following settings:



Image, Mirror
Move it in the left bottom corner
(Look at my image for placement)
Change the opacity of this layer to 70
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 6 ~

Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask From Disk
Find CrisTaylor4b and use the following settings:



Layers, Merge, Merge Group

~ Step 7 ~

Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:



Layers, New Raster Layer
Fill this layer with white
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom

~ Step 8 ~

Copy HS_Element_Bows08_1.pspimage and paste as new layer
Layers, Arrange, Bring to Top
Move it in the top right corner
(Look at my image for placement)

~ Step 9 ~

Copy ButtWings Stamp Flourish Corner.png and paste as new layer
Move it in the bottom right corner
(Look at my image for placement)

~ Step 10 ~

Maximize Staples.pspimage
Copy staple 1 and paste as new layer
Copy staple 2 and paste as new layer
You can duplicate those layers to have many as i did
Position them along the gap so it looks like they are
holding the pieces together
(Look at my image for placement)

~ Step 11 ~

Maximize Live_Jaided_6-21-06.pspimage
Copy Live and paste as new layer
Move it in the top left corner, over the small picture's piece
(Look at my image for placement)
Copy Love and paste as new layer
Move it in the top left corner also but position it on the second piece
(Look at my image for placement)
Hide the background layer
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 12 ~

Maximize agiAlpha_sss.pspimage
Using the Selection Tool, select your name's letters and copy them
Paste each letter as new layer and move it down at the bottom of the image
Repeat the process until you have all your name written
***I kept the letters the same size as the original but you can
resize them if your have a long name***
Hide the merged layer
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:



Unhide the merged layer
Crop your image
Unhide the background layer
Layers, Merge, Merge All (Flatten)
Save your work as jpg

Add your watermark and your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.