PaintShop Pro X2 (Any version should work)

Tube of choice : I used the beautiful work of Lady Mishka @ Scraps and the City (License # Required To Use)

Scrapkit : Kawaii Gurl By Rieka_Rafita @ Scraps With Attitude

Mask Of Choice

Font Of Choice

Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Gradient Glow (Optional)

Sparkle 3

Bag

Brad

Skull1

Skull2

Ribbon1

Ribbon3

Glitter Frame

Glitter Splash2

Butterfly

Ribbon4

HeartString

Badge2

Bow1

Frame3

Papers 7 & 20

Start by making a new 800 X 650 transparent canvas (Don't worry we will crop it later)

Now open Frame 3, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then activate your magic wand and click inside each of the 3 frames.

Go to Selections and click Modify then click Expand and change your number of pixels to 3 and click Ok.

Now open Paper 7, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,go to Selections and click Invert, then on your keyboard press your delete key ONE time.

Now open your tube, copy & paste your tube, re-size it to 65%. Position it in the middle frame as you would like it, then hit delete on your keyboard one time.

Copy & paste your tube again, and position it in your right frame as you would like it, press delete on your keyboard one time.

Copy & paste your tube one more time, position it in your right frame as you would like it, then press delete on your keyboard one time.

Now use your Ctrl & D keys to deselect.

Now in your layers pallet, right click on your top tube layer, then click Merge, then click Merge Down from the slide out menu. Now right click on the next tube layer, click Merge, then click Merge Down on the slide out menu. Now all 3 of your layers should be in one layer.

Change your Blend Mode to Luminance (L)

In your layers pallet click on your frame3 layer, and go to Effects, click 3D Effects and then click Drop Shadow from your slide out menu. Set your settings the way you would like and click Ok.

Now copy & paste your main tube (Full length) as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 50%, then re-size it again to 80%.

Use your move tool and position your full length tube towards the middle of your frame.

Now go to your layers pallet, right click on your full length tube layer, then click Duplicate, go to Adjust, click Blur, then click Gaussian Blur , set to 3.00 and click Ok.

Now change your Blend Mode To Overlay.

On your bottom full length tube layer apply a drop shadow.

Now in your layers pallet, click on the very last bottom  layer in your pallet, then open Paper 20, copy & paste it as a new layer, now go to Layers, click Load/Save Mask, then click Load Mask From Disk from the slide out menu. Now choose which mask you would like to use, and click Ok.

Now in your layers pallet right click on your mask layer, and click Merge, then from the slide out menu click Merge Group.

I re-sized my mask to 90%, you can decide if your mask needs re-sizing, it all depends on the mask you are using.

Now open your Glitter Frame, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 80%. Position it in the middle of your frame.

Go to your layers pallet and move your Glitter Frame down so it is just below both of your full length tube layers.

Now go to Adjust, click Sharpness then click Sharpen

Apply a drop shadow.

Now open your Butterfly, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 20%. Position your butterfly where you would like it to be.

Now go to Adjust, click Sharpness, then click Sharpen.

Apply a drop shadow.

Go to Image,and click Free Rotate, set it to Left 30.00 and click Ok.

Now in your layers pallet, right click on your Butterfly layer and click Duplciate, then go to Image and click Mirror. Use your move tool to position your duplicated Butterfly element if needed.

Open your Bow1 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 15%. Now go to Adjust, click Sharpness then click Sharpen.

Go to your layers pallet and right click on your Bow1 layer, click duplicate, then go to Image and click Mirror. Position using your move tool if needed.

Apply a drop shadow.

Now open your Skull2 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 20%. Use your move tool and position your Skull2 to the lower left corner of your frame.

Go to Adjust, click Sharpness, then click Sharpen.

Apply a drop shadow.

In your layers pallet, right click on your Skull2 layer, click Duplicate , then go to Image and click Mirror and place as you desire. Now I duplicated my Skull2 element for a total of 5 times, and placed them through out my tag.

 Now open your Ribbon 2 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 80%. Use your move tool and position your Ribbon2 element on the left side of your frame, then go to Adjust, click Sharpness then click Sharpen.

Apply a drop shadow.

Now open your Ribbon1 layer, copy & paste as a new layer onto your canvas, then go to Adjust, click Sharpness then click Sharpen. Apply a drop shadow.

Now go to your layers pallet and right click on your Ribbon 1 layer and click Duplicate. Go to Images and click Flip. Adjust the position if you need to.

Now open your Ribbon 3 element, copy & paste as a new layer onto your canvas ,use your move tool and position your Ribbon 3 at the top of your frames. Go to Adjust, click Sharpness then click Sharpen. 

Apply a drop shadow.

Now open your Glitter Splash 2 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas , using your move tool, position your Glitter Splash 2 element to the left side of your tag so it is hanging off a bit. Now go to your layers pallet and move your Glitter Splash 2 layer down so that it is right above your mask layer.

Now right click on your Glitter Splash 2 layer and click Duplicate. Then go to Image and click Mirror. Use your move tool to adjust the position if you need to.

Open Badge2 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 15%. Use your move tool and move your Badge2 to the left end of your frame. Go to Adjust, click Sharpness then click Sharpen.

Apply a drop shadow.

Now in your layers pallet, right click on your Badge2 layer, and click Duplicate, then go to Image and click Mirror.

Use your move tool and adjust the position of your duplicated badge to the right end of your frame.

Now open your HeartString element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,now re-size it to 30%. Use your move tool and position it to the middle frames upper left corner. Now go to Adjust, click Sharpness and then click Sharpen.

Apply a drop shadow.

Now open your Skull1 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 20%. Using your move tool position your Skull1 element at the top of your middle frame. 

Go to Adjust, click Sharpness then click Sharpen.

Apply a drop shadow.

Now open your Brad element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 30%. Use your move tool and move your Brad element so that it is on top of your HeartString element, covering the staple.

Now go to Adjust, click Sharpness, then click Sharpen.

Apply a drop shadow.

Now open your Bag element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 20%. Using your move tool, move your Bag element to the left of your tube and place at the bottom of your frame.

Go to Adjust, click Sharpness then click Sharpen.

Apply a drop shadow.

Now it is time to add your name.

Font I used : Pussycat

Size: 80 Pixels

Color: #24eff1

Once you have your name the way you want it, I applied a gradient glow to mine, if you would like to do the same, go to your layers pallet, right click on your name layer, then click Convert To Raster Layer.

Now go to Effects, click 3D Effects,  then click Plug-ins, find your Eye Candy 5 Impact - and click on Gradient Glow. Now you can either use my settings below or you can use your own settings, I just post mine to give you an idea, but if you would like to use the same settings is completely fine.

The color I used for my second color in my gradient glow is #fd007f.

Click Ok.

Now apply a drop shadow to your name.

Now open your Sparkle3 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then use your move tool and move your Sparkles down towards the bottom of your tag. 

Then go to your layers pallet, and right click on your Sparkle 3 layer, then click Duplicate. Now go to Image and click Flip. Use your  move tool again to adjust the position of your duplicated sparkles as you don't want a bunch of them on your tubes face. So adjust them as needed.

Now add all your copyright & credit information.

Then go to your layers pallet and right click on any layer, then click Merge , then from the slide out menu click Merge Visible.

Now activate your crop tool, then crop off any access canvas that we did not use. Be careful not to crop to closely , as you don't want to crop off any of your elements, tubes or drop shadows. If you do make an error just click your undo button (or press Ctrl & Z on your keyboard) and try it again.

Now you may want to re-size your tag, once your tag is re-sized go to Adjust, click Sharpness then click Sharpen.

Now save as PNG!!

Thats it!! Congrats on completing my Kawaii Gurl tutorial! I hope you enjoyed it!

As always I would love to see what you have made using any of my tutorials, so please feel free to shoot me an email with a copy of your creation and I will display it on my blog!