This tutorial was written for those

Who have a working knowledge of PSP

Supplies Needed:

PSP – I used X3 but any version should work

Tube of Choice: I used one from Barbara Jensen which requires a license and you can get her tubes here

Scrap kit of Choice or the one I used: Irish Charm by Moody Designs which you can get at Mystical Scraps

Template of choice or the one I used by Millie

Textures of choice

Font I used is Calendary Hands

Plugins: Xero – Fritillary, Penta.Com – Dot and Cross, Eye Candy 4000 Gradient glow

Shift D to duplicate the template, close the original and delete the copyright layer

Select layer 1-selections-select all-float-defloat

Copy and paste a texture of your choice into selection

New Raster layer – copy and paste paper of your choice

Selections-invert-delete on your keyboard

Lower the opacity to 60 and change the blend mode to overlay

Make sure “2” is active and flood fill with a color of your choice

Xero-fritillary- with settings of your choice or the ones I used below

Activate 3 – selections select all – float – defloat

Copy and paste another texture of your choice or the one I used here

Copy and paste paper of your choice as a new layer – selections – invert – select none

Lower the opacity to 60 and change the blend mode to soft light

Repeat the above steps for “4”

Select “6” – selections – select all – float – defloat

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer – position where you want it – selections –invert – delete on the keyboard

Position the word art where you want it

Add drop shadows as needed

Add elements of choice and drop shadow as needed

Background layer with a color of choice – load mask of choice – merge group

Resize your tag – add cr info

Then add your name

Finished!