Paint Shop Pro X2 (Any version should work)

Scrapkit : Raindrops By Polkadot Scraps @ Pimp My Tags With Scraps

Font Of Choice

Mask Of Choice

(The elements above are not in any specific order)

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

Now open Frame 1, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 65%.

Now activate your magic wand tool, click inside your frame, now go to Selections, then click Modify, then from the slide out menu click Expand, set your number of pixels to 10 & click ok.

Now open Paper 4, copy & paste as a new layer onto your canvas ,then go to Selections & click Invert, now on your keyboard press your delete key 1 time.

Now go to Selections & click Select None.

In your layers pallet, move your Paper 4 layer below your frame layer.

Now apply a drop shadow to your frame.

Open Element 1, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 45%. Using your move tool position your Element 1 to the left side of your frame.

Now sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

(If needed move element 1 layer to the top of the layers pallet)

Open Element 31, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then use your Pick tool and gradually drag in each side until its closer to fitting your frame,you want a bit of each end to hang over your frames inside edge.

Then go to your layers pallet & move your Element 31 layer below your frame layer, but keeping it above your Paper4 layer.

Now open Element 3, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 35%. Using your move tool position your Element 3 to the upper right corner of the inside of your frame.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now click on the last (bottom) layer in your layers pallet ,

Open Element 9, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 65%. Using your move tool position your Element 9 to the left side of your frame.

Now go to your layers pallet, right click on your Element 9 layer, then click Duplicate. Now go to Image & click Mirror.

Now sharpen & apply a drop shadow to BOTH of your Element 9 layers.

Now open Element 49, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 70%. Using your move tool position your Element 49 by your Element 1. 

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

In your layers pallet , move your Element 49 layer below your Element 1 layer.

Right click on your Element 49 layer, then click Duplicate. Now go to Image & click Mirror.

Now Duplicate your Element 49 layer again, this time go to Image & click Free Rotate, set to Right 90.00 & click Ok. Position using your move tool, then go to your layers pallet & duplicate that layer again, then go to Image & click Free Rotate ,set to Left 90.00 & click Ok.

Now click back up on your very top layer in your layers pallet,

Open Element 7, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 40%. Now position it using your move tool to the bottom right of your frame.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now open Element 6, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 35%. Position it next to your Element 7.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now open Element 25, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 30%. Position it to the upper right corner of your frame.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now open Element 15, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then re-size it to 25%. Use your move tool & position it next to your Element 7 (red flower) . Now go to your layers pallet & move your Element 15 layer down below both of your Element 6 & 7 layers.

Go to Image & click Free Rotate set to Right, 30.00 & click Ok.

Now sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now open Element 27, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 30%. Position it in front of your grass elements. 

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

In your layers pallet, move your Element 27 layer down just below your frame layer.

Now right click on your Element 27 layer & click Duplicate, then go to Image & click Mirror.

Now duplicate your Element 27 layer again, now use your move tool & position this element in the middle.

Now click on the very last layer in your layers pallet,

Open Paper 5, copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then go to Layers & click Load/Save Mask, Then from the slide out menu click Load Mask From Disk. Then choose a mask of your choice. Then click Load.

Now go to your layers pallet, & right click on your Mask layer, then click Merge, then from the slide out menu click Merge Group.

I re-sized my mask to 70%. You may or may not have to do that, it depends on the mask you used.

Now activate your text tool & apply the name you would like on your tag.The font , size & color I used are below :

Font : Al Sandra

Size : 40 Pixels

Color : Black (#000000)

Then once you have your name where you would like it, apply a drop shadow.

Now add your copyright & credit information.

Then once everything is in its place, go to your layers pallet & right click on any layer & click Merge, then from the slide out menu click Merge Visible.

Now activate your crop tool by clicking on it, then crop off any access canvas that we did not use.

Then re-size your tag.

Once you have re-sized your tag go to Adjust, click Sharpness, then click Sharpen.

All that's left is for you to save as a PNG & you have completed this tutorial!!

Thanks for trying my tutorial, as always I would love to see what you have made, so please feel free to email me & include your tag, as I would love to display it on my blog for everyone to enjoy!