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 a-dozi's-halloween'kit-06 I used is by Dozi. You can download it here (2nd theme-kit from the top) ***

Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
My supplies here. The zip includes the tubes, patterns and font

Open the tubes and patterns in psp
Tubes have HIDDEN layers which mean you must unhide to see them
Minimize them all
Double click to open the font "Miss Stanfort" and minimize it on your desktop
Set your Foreground color to #E4DBF6
Set your Background color to #2F1E61

~ Step 1 ~

File, New
Width 420, Height 420, Transparent background
Set your foreground to pattern, find winni.bg.xmas14.17.jpg
and use the following settings:
Angle: 0, Scale 100
Fill the layer with the pattern

~ Step 2 ~

Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom selection and use the following settings:



Layers, New Raster Layer
Maximize a-dozi's-halloween'kit-06.jpg
Resize 40%
Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize and use the following settings:
Hue: 180, Saturation: 142
Set your foreground to pattern, find a-dozi's-halloween'kit-06.jpg
and use the following settings: Angle: 0, Scale 100
Back to our working area
Fill the selection with the pattern
Selections, Select None

~ Step 3 ~

Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom selection and use the following settings:



Stay on the same layer
Fill the selection with the same pattern
Selections, Select None

~ Step 4 ~

Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:



Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 5 ~

Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom selection and use the following settings:



Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your foreground to pattern, find agi_lavishlavender-paper01.jpg
and use the following settings:
Angle: 0, Scale 50
Fill the selection with the pattern
Selections, Select None
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 6 ~

Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom selection and use the following settings:



Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your foreground to pattern, find inkStained-FallPaper04.jpg
and use the following settings:
Angle: 0, Scale 50
Fill the selection with the pattern
Selections, Select None
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 7 ~

Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom selection and use the following settings:



Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your foreground to color (#E4DBF6)
Fill the selection with the color
Selections, Select None
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 8 ~

Copy Kat_0469.pspimage and paste as new layer
Position it just so the left bottom corner of the tube fits
the left bottom corner of the square we just made
(Look at my image for placement)
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 9 ~

Copy ChristmasHappyHolidays.pspimage and paste as new layer
Position it so Happy is in the middle of the top square
(Look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:



Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 10 ~

Copy kirstendiv.pspimage and paste as new layer
Position it so so its on the line between the middle and bottom squares
(Look at my image for placement)

~ Step 11 ~

Copy bodhi-creations-scrapset-33-leaf-3.pspimage and paste as new layer
Move it up and to the right a little bit
(Look at my image for placement)
Activate the divider layer
Delete the part that shows on the right side of the leaf's tube
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 12 ~

Copy Joy_Gentle_Friends.pspimage and paste as new layer
Move it up in the right corner
(Look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:



Change the Blend Mode of this layer to Soft Light
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 13 ~

Copy goldwireandbeads_gh.pspimage and paste as new layer
Move it down in the right corner and make sure the left side of the wires touch the border
(Look at my image for placement)
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible

~ Step 14 ~

Set your foreground to NULL
Set your background to color (#2F1E61)
Activate Text Tool and use the following settings:



Type your name or whatever you want
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Layers, Duplicate
Activate the first text layer (not the copy)
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 5
Layers, Merge, Merge All (Flatten)

~ Step 15 ~

Image, Add Borders, 5 pixels using color black
Save your work as jpg

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