Paint Shop Pro X2 (Any version should work)

Animation Shop 

Scrapkit - Summer Breeze By Rieka_Rafita @ Scraps With Attitude

Eye Candy 4000 - Gradient Glow (Optional)

Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass (Optional)

Happy

Size : 125 Pixels

Color : #f54b00

(These elements are not listed in any specific order, if you would like to open all of your elements at once instead of one at a time, open your elements folder, click on the first element you would like to use, then before you click open, press & hold your Ctrl key & then click another element you are going to use, continue to hold your Ctrl key until you have selected all of the elements you wish to open. Then click Open! Hope this helps!)

Ribbon1

Butterfly

Cocktail2

FlipFlops

Starfishs

BeachBall

Wordart 2

Towel

Cloud

Bee

Waves

Palm Tree

Sand

Flower 1 & 3

Sun

Start by opening a new 800 X 650 White canvas (I chose white for this tag because we are going to animated & sometimes animation shop does not like when you apply a drop shadow & it gives it an additional glow. So if you use a white background it fixes that issue.) . (Don't worry we will crop it later)

Now open your Wave element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 85%.

To open your re-size menu quickly press your Shift & S key & your re-size menu will open :-)

Using your move tool position your wave element to the center of your canvas.

Now go to Adjust, click Sharpness then click Sharpen.

Go to Effects, click 3D Effects, then click Drop Shadow from the slide out menu.

Set your settings : (You can use mine below or your own, the choice is always yours)

Click Ok.

Now go to your layers pallet, right click on your Wave layer. Then click Duplicate, then right click on your duplicated wave layer & click Duplicate again.

Now you should have 3 wave layers. Please label them starting from the bottom one Wave 1, Wave 2 & Wave 3. You will want them labeled for when we get to the animation part.

Once you have your wave layers numbered , close off your Wave 2 & Wave 3 layers. (Click the eye on the left next to each layer)

Now click on your Wave 1 layer, go to Adjust, click Add/Remove Noise then click Add Noise, set to Uniform, 30 & make sure your Monochrome box IS checked. Then click Ok.

Now back to your layers pallet,click on your Wave 2 layer then  unhide your Wave 2 layer & hide your Wave 1 layer, now still on your Wave 2 layer go to Adjust, click Add/Remove Noise, then click Add Noise, set to Uniform, 35 & make sure your Monochrome box IS checked, then click ok.

Now back to your layers pallet, click on your Wave 3 layer & unhide it, then hide your Wave 2 layer. (Remember to hide & unhide you just click the eye next to each layer) Now go to Adjust, Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise, set to Uniform 40 & make sure your Monochrome box IS checked. Then click Ok.

Now that all 3 of our wave layers are now glittered, hide your wave 3 layer & then unhide your wave 1 layer. That way when it comes time to animated you are all set to go :-)

Now click on the top layer in your layers pallet. 

Open your Sand element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 65%.

Use your move tool & position your sand element to the right side of your waves element.

Go to your layers pallet, right click on your Sand layer then click Duplicate. Go to Image & click Mirror.

Now use your move tool to adjust the position of your duplicated Sand element if needed.

Back to your layers pallet, right click on your duplicated sand layer, then click Merge, then from the slide out menu click Merge Down.

Now activate your text tool - Set your Font, Size & Color.

(My settings are at the beginning of this tutorial)

Once you have everything set, click on your canvas & that will open your text box, now type out the name you want to put on your tag & click Apply.

Now position your name so that it is center with your waves & sand elements.

Once your happy with placement go to your layers pallet, right click on your name layer & click Convert To Raster Layer.

Then go to Effects, click Eye Candy 4000, then click Gradient Glow.

Again you can use my settings or your own :

Click Ok.

Now apply a drop shadow using the same settings you used earlier.

Now activate your magic wand tool, click inside each letter of the name on your tag.

Once all letters are selected , go to Effects, click Plugins , then click Eye Candy 5 Impact - Glass. 

You can use my settings or your own :

Click Ok.

Now with your letters still selected go to Adjust, click Add/Remove Noise, Then click Add Noise, set to Uniform , 20 & make sure your Monochrome box IS checked, then click Ok.

Now go to Selections & click Select None. (OR you can press your Ctrl & D key to deselect something :-)

Now making sure your name is still positioned the way that you want it.

Go to your layers pallet & right click on your merged Sand layer, then click Duplicate.

Now move your duplicated merged Sand layer above your name layer only.

Go back to your canvas & use your move tool to adjust the position of your duplicated sand layer. You want it to appear as if the letters in your name are resting in the sand.

Open your Palm Tree element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then re-size it to 75%. Using your move tool position your Palm Tree to the left side of your Waves & Sand elements.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Go to your layers pallet, right click on your Palm Tree layer & click Duplicate. Now go to Image & click Mirror.

Position your duplicated Palm Tree if needed to the right end of your Waves & Sand elements.

Open your Beach Ball element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas , then re-size it to 30%. Position your Beach Ball element to the left side in front of your Palm Tree.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Go to your layers pallet & right click on your Beach Ball & click Duplicate. Go to Image & click Mirror.

Position your duplicated Beach Ball if needed to place it in front of your Palm Tree on the right side.

Open your Wordart2 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 85%. Position your Wordart2 element to the bottom of your sand element.

Place it in between your Beach Ball elements.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Go to your layers pallet & move your Wordart 2 layer down below both of your Beach Ball layers.

Open your Towel element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 30%. Position your towel element to the left side in front of your beach ball element.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Open your Cloud element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, now move your Cloud element so that it is above your waves element & center it between the 2 Palm Tree elements.

In your layers pallet move your Cloud layer down below all 3 of your wave layers.

Now click on the top layer of your layers pallet, 

Open your Bee element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 30%. Position your Bee element to the left side & place it so the bee's hand is touching the Palm Tree.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Go to your layers pallet, right click on your Bee layer & click Duplicate. Go to Image & click Mirror.

Adjust the position of your duplicated Bee element if needed.

Open your Sun element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 20%. Position your Sun element to the top of your canvas above your waves element. 

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Open your Flower 1 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas, then re-size it to 30%. Position it to the right in front of your Beach Ball element.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Open your Flower 3 element - copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 20%. Position your Flower 3 element to the right of your Flower 1 element.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Open your Cocktail 2 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 25%. Position it to the right & place it in front of your flower elements.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Open your FlipFlop element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 20%, Position your flip flop element to the right side & place it in front of your Cocktail 2 element slightly to the left.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Open your Butterfly element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 15%. Go to Image & click Free Rotate, set it to Left 30.00 & click Ok.

Now position your butterfly element to the top above your waves to your liking.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Go to your layers pallet & right click on your Butterfly layer then click Duplicate. Now go to Image & click Mirror. Position your duplicated butterfly element to your liking.

Open your Starfishs element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 15% , position to your liking.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Go to your layers pallet, right click on your starfish layer & click Duplicate. Now use your move tool & position your duplicated starfish element to your liking.

Open your Ribbon 1 element - Copy & paste it as a new layer onto your canvas ,then re-size it to 85%. Position your Ribbon 1 element down on top of your wordart 2 element.

Go to your layers pallet & move your Ribbon 1 layer down so that it is directly under your Wordart 2 layer.

Sharpen & apply a drop shadow.

Now you will want to add any copyright or credit information.

You can also crop your tag as this point to get rid of any access canvas that you did not use.

In your layers pallet, click on your Wave 1 layer, (Your wave 2 & 3 layers should already be hidden)

Go to Edit, click Copy Special then click Copy Merged from slide out menu.

Go to Animation Shop  - Right click on the grey canvas area & click Paste As New Animation.

Go back to your PSP, hide your Waves 1 layer & click on & unhide your waves 2 layer, go to Edit, click Copy Special then click Copy Merged.

Go to Animation Shop - Right click in the first frame you just put there & click Paste, then from the slide out menu click After Current Frame.

Go back to PSP, 

Hide wave layer 2, & unhide & click on your Wave 3 layer. Go to Edit, click Copy Special then click Copy Merged.

Go to Animation Shop - Right click in your 2nd frame then click Paste - Then click After Current Frame.

Now you should have 3 frames in your animation shop.

Now you will want to view your animation to make sure it is how you like it :

If you are happy you will click that same button again to hide your animation window.

Then you will only see your 3 frames of your original tag.

Now you might want to re-size your tag depending on where you will be using it.

Again to open your Re-size menu just press your Shift & S key and your re-size menu will open.

Set your size to your liking , mine is just an example of the re-size window in animation shop as it is a tad different than psp. I set my size to 650 pixels as I am using mine on my blog. 

Now all that is left is for you to save your animated tag.

Go to File, click Save As, then find where you would like to save your tag & click Save. :-)

You have completed this tutorial!!