Paint Shop Pro X2 (Any version should work)

Tube of choice : I used the awesome work of Martin Abel, I purchased mine at CILM, but they have sense closed, you can now get his work at CDO

Scrapkit : Angel Or Devil Green By Tamie @ Addictive Pleasures (Scroll about half way down)

Template 87 By Tamie @ Addictive Pleasures (Template Blog) Make sure you leave a thank-you when you download the template :-)

Whoa! 

Size : 65 Pixels

Color : #258302

Eye Candy 5 Impact - Gradient Glow

Xero - Fritillary

Start by opening your template 87

First delete your copyright layer (again make sure you have left a thank-you to Tamie)

Then delete the background layer (which is the last layer at the bottom of your layers pallet)

Now in your layers pallet click on Raster 4 layer, go to Selections, click Select All, then Selections, click Float, then Selections again & click Defloat.

(Now threw out the rest of the tutorial instead of saying everything I said above I will put go to Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat. Then you will know that you have to go to & click on Selections each time to do those steps :-)

Now open your P1, copy & paste it as  a new layer onto your canvas ,go to Selections, click Invert, now on your keyboard press your Delete key 1 time. Now back to Selections & click Select None.

In your layers pallet, delete your original Raster 4 layer.

Now on your new P1 layer apply a Gradient Glow & a drop shadow.

Now follow those same steps for the following layers :

Raster 3 - Use Paper 9 or paper of your choice

Raster 6 - Use Paper 6 or paper of your choice

Raster 7 - Use Paper 4 or paper of your choice.

Now click on Raster 9 layer, Selections - Select All - Float - Defloat.

Now make a new raster layer :

Set your foreground color to : #258302

Set your background color to : #000000 (Black)

Now click on your foreground color box, once it opens click on your Gradient tab, then click Ok.

Now activate your flood fill tool, then click inside the marching ants area.

Now open your tube, copy & paste it as  a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size IF needed. If you are using the same tube I did, I did not have to re-size mine. So it depends on your tube.

Once you have your tube positioned how you would like it go to Selections, click Invert, then on your keyboard, press your Delete key 1 time. Then go to Selections & click Select None.

Now in your layers pallet & click on your new raster layer  that you just flood filled with the gradient colors. Go to Effects, click Plugins, then click Xero then click Fritillary .

You can use my settings or your own.

Click Ok.

Now open Ribbon 2, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then use your move tool & position it to the right of your template. Now go to your layers pallet & right click on your Ribbon2 layer, then click Duplicate. Now go to Image & click Mirror.
Then back in your layers pallet, right click on your duplicated Ribbon 2 layer & click Merge, then from the slide out menu click Merge Down.
Go to Adjust, click Sharpness, then click Sharpen.
Apply a drop shadow.

Then open your wingswithheart element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then re-size it to 80%. Using your move tool position your element so that it is on your tube. Then go to your layers pallet, and move your wingswithheart layer below BOTH of your tube layers. Then adjust the position as you need so that your tube looks like she has wings.
Adjust, click Sharpness, then click Sharpen.
Apply a drop shadow.

Open your Harp2 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 40%. Use your move tool & position it to your liking.
Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.


Now open your Harp element, copy & paste as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 40%.  Using your move tool position your harp element to your liking.
Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Open your Halo element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 40%. Using your move tool position your halo so that it is above your tube's head.
Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now open your Heart element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 40%. Position your heart to the right side of your template.
Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.
Now go to your layers pallet, right click on your heart layer & click Duplicate. Then go to Image & click Mirror. Now position your duplicated heart element to your liking.

Now copy & paste your Ivy element again onto your canvas ,then use your move tool & position it to the left of your template to your liking.
Sharpen & apply drop shadow.
Go to your layers pallet, right click on your Ivy layer, then click Duplicate. Now go to Image & click Mirror. Use your move tool to adjust the position of your duplicated Ivy element if needed.

Open your barbedwire element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then using your move tool position your barbedwire element to the bottom of your template.
Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now open your ribbonnbow element, go to Image & click Mirror. Now copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 85%. Use your move tool & position your element to the top of your tag.
Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.
In your layers pallet, move your ribbonnbows layer down below both of your full size tube layers.

Now open your Ribbon3 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then go to Image & click Mirror. Use your move tool to adjust the position if you need to.
Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Open your Lightening element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then go to Image & click Flip. Then Image again & click Mirror. Now position it to your liking.
Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Open your heart2 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then re-size it to 30%. Now use your move tool & position it to your liking.
Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now open your Wingswithheart element, copy & paste it as new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 30%.Now using your move tool position it to your liking.
Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now activate your text tool, click on your template & your text box will open. Set your font to what you would like & also the color.

The font I used is :
Whoa!
Size : 65 Pixels
Color : #258302
(This was just my personal preference but you are welcome to use any font,size & color you would like :-)
Once I added my name, I went to Effects, clicked Plugins then Eye Candy 5 Impact - Gradient Glow. Then set your colors & settings to your liking.
Below is my personal settings, you can use them or your own, its totally up to you, The second color I used was Black for my name. The green was used for my copyright/credit information. (I took the screen shot after I added my copyright lol)
Click Ok
Now apply a drop shadow to your name.

Now add your copyright & credit information.
Font I used for that is :
Pixelette
Size : 13
Color : #000000 (Black)
Then I also used the Eye Candy 5 Impact - Gradient Glow for my copyright/credit information so that it stands out a bit more as your copyright info must be readable at all times.

Now once you have everything where you want it, go to your layers pallet & right click on any layer, then click Merge, then from the slide out menu click Merge Visible.

Now activate your crop tool & crop off any access canvas that we did not use.
Then re-size your tag :

Click Ok.
Then go to Adjust, click Sharpness, then click Sharpen.

Save your tag as PNG & you have completed this tutorial!!