PaintShop Pro X2 (Any version should work)

Font : Dafunk2 Size 48 Color #f30688

Scrapkit : Punk Star By Toxic Desirez @ Scraps With Attitude 

Tube Of Choice : I used the amazing work of Ismael Rac 

(Please do not use the this tube unless you have the license to do so)

Paper 17

Frame 3

Splatter 2

Skull2

Ribbon2

Star2

Sparkles

Lollipop 1 & 3

Lets Begin :

Open a new 800x650 image (don't worry we will crop it later)

Now open Frame 3, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, and re-size it to 90%.

Now open Paper 17.

Now get your magic wand tool, and click inside yoiur frame , then go to Selections, click Modify, then click Expand, and change the number of pixels to 4.

Now copy & paste your Paper 17 as a new layer, position it to your liking, now in your layers pallet make sure your paper layer is active (click on it) and then go to Selections, click Invert, then on your keyboard use your Delete key 1 time.

Still in your layers pallet, move your paper layer below your frame layer.

Now using your keyboard keys Ctrl & D to deselect . (Or you can click on Selections, then click Select None)

Now open your tube of choice, and copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, now using your move tool center your tube in the middle of your frame & re-size your tube. Now the setting on re-sizing your tube all depends on what tube you are using. For the tube I used I re-sized it to 85%. So just play with yours until it is the size you want it.

Again make sure your tube is in the middle of your frame, and also make sure that in your layers pallet that your tube is your very top layer.

Now on your tube layer, right click then click Duplicate. Now move your duplicated layer down so that it is BELOW your frame layer but ABOVE your Paper 17 layer.

Now on your TOP tube layer, use your eraser tool and erase the part of your tube that goes past the bottom of your frame,  see my tag as reference if you need to. You will have to erase a bit from both tube layers, so if you need to once you think you have the parts from the top tube erased, what I do is close out (click on the eye next to the layer) the top layer and then click on the duplicated tube layer and erase the exact same parts of your tube. Now when you get done erasing the parts from your bottom (duplicated) layer and you still see areas that should of been erased, go back up and unhide (click on the eye again) the top tube layer and you will see what you need to erase, so just go back and forth between your tube layers to make sure you got everything :-)

Ok, now right click on your top tube layer again, and click Duplicate. One the top duplicated layer go to Adjust, click on Blur, then click Gaussian Blur, set the radius to 3.00, click ok.

Now change your blend mode to Overlay.

Now go down to your tube layer that is under your frame layer and add a drop shadow. I also added another drop shadow to the original tube layer as well.

Also apply a drop shadow your frame at this time.

Lets start adding some elements. :-)

Click the very last layer in your layers pallet.

Open your Splatter 2 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, now use your move tool and move your Splatter 2 element to the left of your tag, now in your layers pallet, right click on your Splatter 2 layer, then click Duplicate, then go to Image, and click Mirror. Use your move tool again to position your duplicated Splatter 2 layer if need be.

Now in your layers pallet, click on your top layer, 

Open your Skull 2 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, now re-size it to 25%.

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

Now apply your drop shadow, go to Effects, then click 3D,and click on Drop Shadow.

Once you have those things done, go to your layers pallet and right click on your Skull 2 layer and then click Duplicate.

Now go to Image, and click Mirror. Use your move tool if needed to position where you want.

Now open your Ribbon 2 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas,  re-size it to 85%. Then in your layers pallet move your Ribbon 2 layer just below your top 2 tube layers.

Apply a drop shadow to your Ribbon 2 element.

Open your Star2 element, copy & paste it as a new layer, then re-size it to 25%, now use your move tool and position your Star 2 element on the lower left corner of your frame. 

Go to Adjust, click Sharpness then click Sharpen.

Now apply a drop shadow to your Star 2 element.

In your layers pallet, right click on your Star 2 element layer, and click Duplicate, then go to Image, click Mirror. Use your move tool again to position on the lower right corner of your frame if need be.

Open your Sparkles element, copy & paste as a new layer & position as desired.

Open your Lollipop3 element, copy & paste as a new layer and re-size it to 20%.

In your layers pallet move your Lollipop3 layer down so it is below all your layers except for your Splatter 2 layers.

Open your Lollipop 1 element, copy & paste as a new layer onto your canvas, re-size it to 20%.

Go to Image,and click on Free Rotate, set it to Rotate Left , 20.00 click ok.

In your layers pallet, right click  on your Lollipop 1 layer click Duplicate, then go to Image, and click Mirror. Use your move tool to bring your Lollipop 1 duplicated element back to the right side of the frame.

Now you should have 3 seperate Lollipop layers, 1 layer for Lollipop 3, and 2 for Lollipop 1. Now right click on the top Lollipop layer, then click Merge, and on the slide out menu click Merge Down. Do this until ALL 3 Lollipop layers become 1 layer.

Go to Image click Free Rotate, set it to Right 40.00

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

Go to Effects, click 3D, then click Drop Shadow and then click ok. (unless you need to change your settings, if so then change those first, then click ok.)

Now on your merged Lollipo layer, right click , click Duplicate, then go to Image and click Mirror. Now move your second (2nd) group of Lollipops from the top of the left side of your frame,and move them to the bottom like I did on my tag.

Now go to Image, click Free Rotate , set to Left , 40.00 and click ok.

Now is the time to add your name.

The font I used is called Dafunk 2, Size 48, color #f30688

Then once you have your name typed out, go to Effects,click on plug-ins, then find your EyeCandy 5 Imact > Gradient Glow. Set your settings & colors as you would like them.

Go to Effects, click 3D and apply a drop shadow.

Now get your magic wand tool, and click inside each letter of the name you used. Go to Effects, and click 3D, then click Inner Bevel. (Set your settings to your liking) Then click Ok.

Now go to Adjust, click Add/Remove Noise, click Add Noise, set to Uniform, Noise 40, and make sure Monochrome is checked.Then click Ok.

Now go to Effects, click 3D, then click Drop Shadow, and set your settings that you like and click Ok.

Now apply your copyright/credit information

Once all your elements & information have been added, you will want to crop your tag, so click on your crop tool, and make it so that you crop off any access canvas that we did not use, be careful so that you don't crop off any part of your tag. But remember if you do accidently crop to close all you have to do is click your "Undo" button :-) and then try it again.

Once your tag is cropped you may need to re-size it as well, to re-size you can either go to Image, click Re-Size then set it to the size you want. OR you can use your Shift & s key to bring up your re-size menu.

Now save your tag as png & your done!!

(Always remember that if you are going to possibly make more than one of these tags, for friends or family, that before you add the gradient glow or convert your text to a raster layer, that you save your tag as a PSPIMAGE file. Then if you need it again all you have to do is open it and you can start right where you need to add the name :-)

Thank-You so much for trying my tutorial, I really appreciate it & would love to see what you made, so please send me anything you make from any of my tutorials and I would love to display them on my blog!

EMAIL :  DitzyDezigns