This tutorial was written by me on 4 June 2011. Any similarity to other tutorials is not intentional.

Supplies:

Tube of Choice.

For the sample above, I used the art of Chuck Bauman and for the 2nd example at the bottom I used Elias Chatzoudis. If you would like to use either of these tubes, you can purchase both artist's work and licenses to use them from PTE.

Scrapkit - I used an awesome kit called Attitude by the very talented Kristen. You can download it HERE Don't forget to leave some love!

Filters - Mura Meister copies, Penta Jeans and Xero Porcelain

Font of choice, I used New Romantics

Animation of choice, I used one from Missy called Missy_spin_animation, which you can download HERE

Let's start!

Open a new canvas 600 x 250, flood fill white. Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Effects, Mura Meista copies, wallpaper rotate. You might need to adjust the first setting (number) to get the look you want. Crop your canvas. Duplicate, and on the original layer, effects, Penta Jeans, 64, 4. Repeat the jeans effect. Change the blend mode to screen on the duplicate layer. Add some sparkles, duplicate to cover your tag.

Copy and paste your close up, I placed mine towards the left side of my tag. Effects Xero Porcelain. Use the default settings but change the softness to 15 and the blue channel to 0. Duplicate the tube. On the original, apply the same penta effect you used earlier. On the copy, adjust blur, gaussian blur 3. Change the blend mode to screen or overlay, whichever suits your tag best. Drop shadow the original layer.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer & place it towards the right of your tag. I used the close up tube again & re-sized it, as the full size tube looke d too small on my tag. Do whatever looks best with the tube you're using. Apply the same Porcelain effect. Duplicate. On the copy, adjust blur, gaussian blur 3. Change the blend mode to soft light. Drop shadow the original.

Copy and paste a flower and place it in a corner. Drop Shadow. Copy and paste another element, I used a flower but hid most of it lol. You could use a ribbon or butterfly. This goes on the left side of your tag. Drop shadow. Duplicate, image mirror & move down to the bottom corner of your tag.

Make sure you're on your top layer. New raster layer, floodfill with a colour from your tube, select all, modify contract by 3, delete. Don't deselect yet. New raster layer. Selections modify expand by 2. Invert selection & floodfill white or light colour. Deselect. New raster layer, floodfill with a colour from your tube, I chose a light blue. Selections modify contract by 1, delete. Select none.

Copy and paste the kiss! Place in the left bottom corner. Drop Shadow.

Add your name and copyright.

Animation:

Copy merged your bottom 3 layers to ani shop. Duplicate so you have the same number of frames as your animation. The one I used has 12 frames. Edit, select all on both the ani and the tag. Drag the animation onto your tag and place where it looks best. I copied mine a couple of times.

Back to psp, layers, view, invert. Copy merged to ani shop & duplicate till you have 12 (or the number of frames your animation has)

Avatar:

Go back to your tag in psp, and layers, view all. Close your cr and name layer. Copy merged. Open a new canvas, 150 x 150. Paste as a new layer. Image re-size 80%, image mirror. Move it around to place it how you would like it.

New raster layer, selections, select all. Go back to your tag & close all layers apart from your 3 borders. Copy merged, back to the AV, paste into selection. Yes, I do it the lazy way, you can do it however you like!!!

Add your name or initial and copyright, and you're finished!! Or you can animate as you did with the tag if you want to.

Here is another example I made (click to view animation)

This tutorial was written by me on 12 December 2010 and updated on
29 September 2022. Any similarity to other tutorials is not intentional.

Supplies:
Tube and close up of Choice. I used the art of José Cano which I purchased when he sold at MPT. Choose another tube preferably a laying down one!

Scrapkit - I used an awesome kit called Smitten Kitten by Pink Princess which you can download HERE

Filters - Xero Porcelain, Eye Candy 4000 gradient glow.

Font of choice, I used Whisper

Let's start!

Open a new canvas 600 x 250, floodfill white. Copy and paste a paper of choice, I used a striped one, paper 9. Crop. Adjust blur, gausian blur, 15. Effects, texture, sandstone with these settings
Play around with these settings. I tried this with 3 different papers & got totally different results.
Effects, Xenofex2 Constellation with these settings
Copy and paste your tube as a new layer. Effects, mura meister copies, line, default settings. Lower the opacity to 18 - 30 depending on your tube.

Copy and paste your tube again & move it to the left. Effects, Xero Porcelain at the default settings but lower the blue channel. Drop shadow. 
 

Drop shadow your elements as you go

Copy and paste the cat, re-size 40%

Copy and paste the pawprints, re-size 80%

Copy and paste a dark paper of choice for your border. Crop. Selections, select all, modify by 5, delete.
Layers, new raster layer, floodfill with a contrasting colour. Selections, select all, modify by 1 delete.
Add your name. I used a darker pink gradient glow on mine.
Now, add your artists credits and you are finished!!

For your avatar, hide the border layer, credits and your name, copy merged. Open a new canvas 150 x 150 and paste as a new layer. Image re-size 80%, image mirror. Move it around until you like the bits showing! Crop.
Add the same borders.

Add your name and copyright to AV and you're finished!

Please click tag to view full size.

This tutorial was written by me on 12 September 2010 and updated on
29 September 2022. Any similarity to other tutorials is not intentional.

This is an easy copy and paste tut but I love the effect. It was inspired by a tag my friend Puss Puss made, thanks Puss!!!

Supplies:

Tube - I used the awesome art of Verymany which I purchased HERE

Scrapkit - I used an awesome scrapkit called No Drama Haterz by Krisy at Toxic Desirez, you can download it HERE.
Font : I used New Romantics.

Filters - Xero Porcelain, Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

Let's start!

Drop shadow your elements as you go, see my tag for placement of elements.

Open a new canvas 600 x 250. Copy and paste a paper of your choice.

Copy and paste String and re-size 80%

Copy and paste your tube and move it to the left of the canvas. Duplicate, adjust blur, gaussian blur 3. Change the blend mode to soft light. Apply Xero Porcelain on the original layer, drop shadow the original.

Copy & paste the shoes, resize 25%

Copy & paste a skull, resize 15%. Duplicate a couple of times and arrange how you like.

Copy & paste the Horse, re-size 25%.

Layer, new raster layer. Floodfill with a contrasting colour. Selections, select all, modify, contact by 1, delete. Drop shadow.

To make the Avatar, open a new canvas 150 x 150. Copy and paste your banner, re-size 80%, image mirror. Place where it looks best & crop. Make the same border as you did on your banner.

On both your banner and AV, add some sparkles! Add your name & artist's credits and you're finished!!

This is the original sample banner and AV.

This tutorial was written by me on 25 August 2010 and revised on 13 August 2024. Any similarity to other tutorials is not intentional.

Supplies:

Tube of choice. I used the awesome art of Suzanne Woolcott. Unfortunately she is no longer selling her work so choose another tube.

Filters : Mura Meister Copies, L & K's Frederiek Tramages Metal Peacocks Fantastic Machines Paint Engine Xero Porcelain Xenofex 2 constellation.

Font : I used BeauRivage

Let's start!

Open a new canvas 600 x 250. Copy and paste your tube. Effects, Mura Meister copies, Wallpaper rotate with these settings:


Effects L & K Friederick, settings:


Effects Tramages Metal Peacocks (I have this filter in my Filters Unlimited folder, it doesn't show in my Tramages folder) these settings:

Adjust blur, motion blur, angle 45, strength 20. Repeat.

Effects Fantastic Machines Paint Engine, settings:

Choose your rectangle tool, size 2, foreground White, background Null. Draw a thin rectangle something like this:


Convert to raster. Effects, distortion wave - Lower the opacity to about 30.

Copy and paste your tube. I like to play around with filters and blend modes to get different effects. This is what I did for this one - Duplicate tube, and on the copy - effects Xero Porcelain, adjust blur, gaussian blur 3, change blend mode to Overlay. Drop shadow the original.

Copy and paste tube again, place on the right side & lower the opacity, I used 60.

Layer, new raster layer, floodfill white. Selections, select all, modify, contract by 2, delete. Select none. Lower opacity to about 80.

Copy merged, we'll make the Avatar now. Open a new canvas 125 x 180. Paste the merged image, re-size 80%, image mirror. Place where it looks best & crop your tag. Do the same border. Add your name or initial and your artist's copyright.

Back to your main tag, add your name & artist's credits and you're finished!!

To animate:

On your background layer - Effects Xenofex 2 Constellation:

Copy Merged, open animation shop, paste as new animation. Back to psp, undo. Repeat constellation effect but change the random seed. Copy Merged & paste after current frame in ani shop. back to psp & undo, Repeat constellation effect but change the random seed. Copy Merged & paste after current frame in ani shop.