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This Tutorial was written on November 1st 2013 by Ashly
It is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

Please do not copy and do not post elsewhere.

Do not translate or script.
This tutorial is written as if you have a general knowledge on how to use the program.

***What you'll need***
Program of Choice.
I am using Photoshop CS5

But, if you know your tools you can use any program of choice

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey

You must purchase a license to use his tubes and can do so HERE

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using the scrapkit “Exquisite Romance”

By QueenBrat Designs

You can find this HERE

Mask of Choice

I am using Mask302 by Weescotslass Creations

You can find this for download HERE

Template of Choice

I am using Perfect Moment by Dees'Sign Depot

Which you can find HERE

Additional Filters

PhotoEffex - Scanlines

~*~*~ Let's Get Started~*~*~

Open your template

Image → Duplicate

Close out the original

Delete the 'info' credits layer

Resize the canvas to 800px by 800px

It gives us a bit of room to work and we'll resize later :)

On the template we're just going to work from the bottom up

Adding papers of choice to each of the various parts of it

Above the background layer add paper09

Apply your mask to this layer

To Light green rectangle

Select the rectangle

Add paper14 above this layer

Invert the selection and on the paper layer press delete

Delete the original layer

Add a drop shadow

White Oval

Add a drop shadow

Pink Oval

Select the oval

Add paper08 above this layer

Invert the selection and on the paper layer press delete

Delete the original layer

Merge Bottom Green Strip & Top green strip together

Select the strips

Add paper10 above this layer

Invert the selection and on the paper layer press delete

Delete the original layer

Add a drop shadow

light green square

Select the square

Add paper07 above this layer

Invert the selection and on the paper layer press delete

Delete the original layer

Add a drop shadow

dotted square

change the blend mode to soft light

Move the bottom green rectangle layer below the top stars layer

Merge the top and bottom green rectangle layers together

Merge the star layers together as well

Select the merged green rectangle layers

Add paper13 above this layer

Invert the selection and on the paper layer press delete

Delete the original layer

Add a drop shadow

Select the merged stars layers

Change the color to something light from your tube

Add a bit of an outer glow that also matches your tube

delete the wordart d/s layer

I just want the drop shadow to match the one I'm using throughout the tag

If you'd like to leave this on yours that's all good!

Raster 8

add your drop shadow to this one :)

wordart black

Change this to match your tube or tag

I used a gradient of the green and pink

Add a bevel and emboss to this as well

plum oval

add a new layer above this

Select this oval

Using the gradient I did for the wordart I added it into this oval as well

delete the original oval

Duplicate our oval that we have now

Filter → FotoEffex → Scanlines

Change the width to 3

Change the blend mode to soft light

To the bottom one add a drop shadow

plum circle

repeat the steps we just did with the oval here

I just did my gradient going the opposite direction

white rings

add a subtle drop shadow here

Now open up your full body tube and add it to your canvas

Near the middle or however you'd like it

Resize and reposition to your liking

Duplicate

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to soft light, opacity to 50%

To the bottom tube add a drop shadow

Add your tube or closeups in between each of the plum circle and overlay layers

Resize and repositioned as you'd like them

Erase any of the tube that goes outside of them

Change the blend mode of each to luminosity

Lower the opacity to 50%

Now we're going to dig further into the kit and add the elements we'd like to embellish the tag some more!

I used the following from the bottom up with a drop shadow unless otherwise stated:

Swirl01 (no drop shadow)

Swirl04 (no drop shadow)

CurledRibbon03

beads01

beads01

flower01

button03

flower03

flower02

letter02

paperheart03

rose01

tag03

cameo01

rose04

key01

bow01

bow03

I added some sparkles as well that I got elsewhere, this is optional of course :)

Add your name

*****Most Important****
Add your copyright information

Once you're finished close out the white background and save to your liking and you're done!

Thank you so much for giving my tut a whirl!

Huge Huggles!