PaintShop Pro X2 (Any version should work)

Tube Of Choice : I used the amazing work of Lady Mishka. I purchased my tube from PTE, however Lady Mishka now sells her awesome tubes @ Scraps And The City

Scrapkit Used : Emo-Girl By Rebellious Scraps @ Scrappin Dollars

Eye Candy 4 - Gradient Glow (Optional)

Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Gradient Glow (Optional)

Impact & Al Sandra

Frame 5

Bow1

Skull Doodle 1

Metallic String 1 & 2

Emo-Bear

Skull Pillow

Brad 3

Box

Lips

Wire

Sparkles 1

**Note ** I use 3 effects quite often in my tutorials so I am going to explain how do to those effects now so that I don't have to explain them every time I use them in the tutorial**

- Go to Effects, Click 3D Effects - Then Click Drop Shadow

(The screen shot below is my own personal settings that I use, you are welcome to use them or change them to your liking :-)

**How To Sharpen** 

Go to Adjust, Click Sharpness, then click Sharpen

Go to Image, Click Re-Size & your re-size menu will open*You can also use your Shift & S key to open your re-size menu as well*

(This screen shot below is for re-sizing elements only, I will post one at the end of the tutorial for re-sizing your completed tag)

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

Now open Frame 5, copy & paste it as a new element onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 50%. Using your move tool position your frame in the center of your canvas.

Now make a new Raster Layer.

Now activate your Magic Wand tool by clicking on it, click the canvas INSIDE your frame. Now go to Selections, click Modify , then click Expand from the slide out menu. Change your Number Of Pixels to 5 & click Ok.

Set your foreground color to Black (#000000) and then using your Flood Fill (paint bucket) tool, click inside your frame again.

Now in your layers pallet, move your new Raster Layer (black circle) below your frame 5 layer.

Now open your tube of choice - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas , now re-size it to 75% (this size will depend on the tube you are using so you might need to adjust your re-size setting to fit your tube) Now using your move tool position your tube so that the part you want inside the frame is centered in the frame. Then go to Selections and click Invert, then on your keyboard press your Delete key 1 time.

Then go to Selections & click Select None.

Now go to your layers pallet, right click on your tube layer, then click Duplicate. Now go to Adjust, click Blur then click Gaussian Blur from the slide out menu. 

Now go back to your layers pallet and change your Blend Mode To Screen (See screen shot below for location)

Now click on your top layer in your layers pallet.

Open your Bow 1 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas. Now re-size it to 30%.

Using your move tool, position your Bow 1 element so it is at the top of your frame in the center.

Now Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now click on the last layer in your layers pallet.

Then open your Splatters element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 50%. Use your move tool and move your Splatters to the left side of your tag. Now go to your layers pallet and right click on your Splatters layer, then click Duplicate. Now to go Image, then click Mirror.

Use your move tool again to adjust the position of your duplicated Splatters element if needed.

Now open your Skull Doodle 1 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas , now re-size to 65%. Use your move tool to position your Skull Doodle 1 at the bottom of your frame.

Sharpen & apply a Shadow.

Now open your Metallic String 1 & 2 elements, copy & paste as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size to 45%. Using your move tool and position your Metallic String 1 to the left side of your frame. Now in your layers pallet move your Metallic String 1 layer down so that it is right above both of your Splatters layers. Now right click on your Metallic String 1 layer and click Duplicate. Then go to Image and click Mirror. 

Now  Sharpen & apply a drop shadow to both of your Metallic String 1 layers.

Now follow the same steps to add your Metallic String 2 element. Except for when you position your Metallic String 2 , position it to the right side of your tag.

Now open your Emo-Bear, copy & paste it as a new layer, then re-size it to 20%. Use your move tool and position your Emo-Bear to the left side of your tag at the bottom left side of your frame.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now go to your layers pallet, right click on your Emo-Bear layer, and click Duplicate. Now to go Image and click Mirror. Go to Image again and click Free Rotate, set to Right , 30.00 and click Ok.

Now open your Skull Pillow, copy & paste as a new layer, then re-size to 20%. Use your move tool and position your Skull Pillow element to the left of your Emo-Bear on the left side of your frame.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now go to your layers pallet and right click on your Skull Pillow layer. Then click Duplicate, go to Image and click Mirror. Using your move tool to adjust the position of your duplicated Skull Pillow element if you need to.

Now open your Brad 3 element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 20%. Use your move tool to position it at the inside end of a spike on your frame..

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now go to your layers pallet,  right click on your Brad 3 layer, and click Duplicate, use your move tool to position your duplicated Brad 3 element to another end of a spike.

Duplicate your Brade 3 element 3 more times for a total of 5 Brad 3 elements and position them to the inside end of your visible spikes on your frame.

Now go to your layers pallet, and right click on the very top Brad 3 layer, then click Merge then from the slide out menu click Merge Down. Continue Merging Down until all 5 of your Brad 3 element layers are merged into 1 layer.

Now Sharpen & apply a drop shadow to that layer.

Now open your Box element, copy & paste it as a new layer, now re-size it to 30%, using your move tool position it to the left of your tag, you want to place it behind your Emo-Bear & Skull Pillow. so once you have it moved over to the left, go to your layers pallet and move your Box layer down below your Emo-Bear & Skull Pillow layers.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Then in your layers pallet, right click on your Box element and click Duplicate, now go to Image and click Mirror. Use your move tool again to adjust the position of your box, again you want it behind your Emo-Bear & Pillow Skull, so if you need to move your duplicated Box element layer below your right sided Emo-Bear & Pillow Skull.

Now in your layers pallet again, click on your top Splatters element layer, then Open your Wire element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,now re-size it to 85%. Position if needed.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now open your Lips element, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas , then re-size it to 10%, then again to 50%. Now position your Lips element to the right side of your frame.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now in your layers pallet, right click on your Lips layer and click Duplicate, now go to Image and click Mirror. Use your move tool and position where you would like it to go.

Now open your Sparkles 1 layer, copy & paste it as a new layer, then re-size it to 80%. Use your move tool and position your Sparkles element to the bottom of your tag, then go to your layers pallet and right click on your Sparkles 1 layer, then click on Duplicate. Now go to Image and click Flip. Use your move tool to adjust the position of your duplicated if you need to.

Now it is time to add your Emo-Girl phrase.

Font I used is : Impact

Size : 60 Pixels

Color : #6a1d4b

Then go to your layers pallet, right click on your Emo-Girl text layer, and click Convert To Raster Layer.

Now go to Effects, click Plug-ins, then click Eye Candy 4, and click Gradient Glow.

You can use my settings below or chose your own.

Now apply a drop shadow.

Now activate your Magic Wand by clicking on it, and then click inside each letter and the - in your Emo Girls text. Then go to Effects, click Plug-ins, then click Eye Candy 5 Impact then click Glass. 

Again you can use my settings or your own.

The color I used is #f655b6

Click Ok. Now go to Selections and click Select None.

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

Now activate your crop tool, and crop off any unused canvas. Be careful not to crop to close to your work. If you do just click your undo button to get back to where you were prior to cropping.

Now re-size your tag if needed. The screen shot below is just to show you where to change the setting and that it needs to be set to Pixels, and Re-size all layers box is checked. 

Now save your tag as PNG & your DONE!!

Thanks for trying my tutorial, I hope you enjoyed it. 

As always I would LOVE to see what you have made, so please email me and include a copy of your design, so that I can not only see it but post it on my blog for others to enjoy as well :-)