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This Tutorial was written on July 31^st 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 FourXsDesigns

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

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using “My Immortal II” by Pimp'd Designz

You can find this kit HERE

Mask of Choice

I am using Mask219 by Weescotslass Creations

You can find this for download HERE

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

Start a new canvas

600px by 600px

Flood fill with white.

Open frame-05

Add to your canvas

Resize down by 80%

Add a drop shadow

Open pp-06

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas

Use your magic wand to select inside the frame

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5

Invert the selection

On the paper layer press delete

Open frame-02

Add to your canvas

Rotate -70 degrees

Resize down by 57%

Add a drop shadow

Use your brush tool and close off both ends of the frame

Open pp-01

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas

Use your magic wand to select inside the frames

Select → Modify → Expand, by 2

Invert the selection

On the paper layer press delete

Open pp-07

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas just above the white background layer

Apply the layer mask here

Open your tube

Add your tube to your canvas, resize and reposition to your liking

Move below the circle frame

Erase any of the tube that's outside the circle frame at the bottom

Duplicate

Move this layer above the circle frame

Erase any of the tube that's over the frame

Duplicate

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to soft light

lower the opacity to 50%

To the bottom tube add a drop shadow

Add your tube below the film strip frame

Resize and position as you'd like

Erase any that's outside the frame

Change the blend mode to luminosity

Lower the opacity of them to 50%

Now add which elements you'd like

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

Mask (no drop shadow)

Mask (no drop shadow)

blood-03 (no drop shadow)

blood-03 (no drop shadow)

Moon (no drop shadow, add an outer glow)

ribbon-04

splatter-03

flower-04

flower-04

sparkle-02 (no drop shadow)

clock-01

star-02

splatter-01 (no drop shadow)

heart-01

charm-01

book-02

greens-01

flower-01

star-01

flower-02

heart-02

ribbon-03

ribbon-03

key

sparkle-01 (no drop shadow)

sparkle-01 (no drop shadow)

Add your name

Crop your tag to get rid of the access space that's not needed

Resize if you'd like to

****Most Important****

Add your copy right information

If you're happy with your result save to your liking and you're done!

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This Tutorial was written on July 31^st 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 FourXsDesigns

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

This has 12 layers

6 close ups, 6 full body

2 Latin, 2 American and 2 Jamaican

Template of Choice

I am using Template054 by Spawn

Which you can find HERE

Additional Filters

PhotoEffex – Scanlines

MuRa's Meister – Copies

Funhouse – Xaggerate

VanDerLee – Unplugged-X

Xenofex 2 - Constellation

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

Open the template in your program

Delete the credits layer

Filter → MuRa's Meister → Copies

Wallpaper (rotate)

All at default

Duplicate this layer

On the bottom one

Filter → Blur → Motion Blur

Angle – 15 deg

Distance – 80px

Filter → Sharpen → Sharpen Edges

Filter → Sharpen → Sharpen Edges

Filter → Sharpen → Sharpen More

Filter → Sharpen → Sharpen More

On the top one

Filter → Funhouse → Xaggerate

Both at default (24)

Change the blend mode to Darker Color

Lower the Opacity to 70%

Add a new layer above “Grey Wavey”

Select the Wave

Make a gradient similar to mine:

On the new layer drag out the gradient

(I went from the top left of the wave to the bottom right corner of it)

Add a new layer below this new red white and blue wave

Select → Modify → Expand, by 3

Add the gradient to this new layer again, only drag it out in reverse

Filter → Noise → Add Noise

Gaussian, 12.5%, Monochromatic

Using the magic wand tool go to your tube

On the close up select the right bikini cup with the stars

Copy it

And then paste it into your canvas

Filter → MuRa's Meitser → Copies

Wallpaper (rotate)

All at default

Repeat

Change the blend mode to soft light

Duplicate this layer

Filter → PhotoEffex → Scanlines

Change the width to 3

Leave the blend mode at soft light

Select the Black Wavey

Go to the original layer with MuRa's Meister'd

Copy and Paste

Duplicate

Filter → VanDerLee → Unplugged-X

Pattern Offset

Change the blend mode to soft light

On the bottom one add an outer Glow

Add your full body tube in between these two layers

Filter → MuRa's Meister's → Copies

Line

Change the number to 7

Erase any of the tubes that are outside the wave

Change the blend mode to luminosity

Lower the opacity to 50%

Add some wordart if you'd like

I did American Pride -

Add your tube

Resize and Reposition as you'd like

Duplicate

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0 px

Change the blend mode to soft light

Lower the opacity to 50%

Add a drop shadow to the bottom tube

Select the whole canvas

Add a new layer

Edit → Stroke

10 px, center, black

Add another layer

Edit → Stroke

7px, center, any color is fine

Select just it and fill with the gradient we used before

Add noise as we did before as well

Add your name

*****Most Important*****

Add your copyright information

Delete the Dots, Grey Wavey, Black Wavey & Main Background

If you don't want to animate save to your liking and you're done!

Duplicate the bottom layer 4 times

There's a total of 5 now

Hide the bottom one

Just saving in just in case I make a mistake :)

On the first one

Filter → Xenofex 2 → Constellation

With the following Settings:

Add it to the other 3 layers

Hitting random seed on each one

Lower the opacity of the layer just about these from 70% to 50%

Have the delay set to .15 and set to go forever

Have for layers in the animation window

only having one visible for each frame

Press play to watch it go

If you're happy with the result save as a .gif and you're done.

If you'd like to make an avi

I did it by merging my layers together and dragging them over and resizing to how I'd like

then readded the borders, names, copyright information

The animation is the same that I used before, only just on the black overlay border instead :)

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This Tutorial was written on June 17^th 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 FourXsDesigns

This tube has 11 different layers. Some with the lollipop like I'm using and some with a chainsaw

There are also 3 closeups

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

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using the scrapkit “Dotty For You” by Tasha's Playground

You can find this HERE

Mask of Choice

I am using Mask84 by Weescotslass Creations

You can find this for download HERE

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

Start a new canvas

600px by 600px

Flood fill with white.

Open frame6

Add to your canvas

Add a drop shadow

Open paper11

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas

Use your magic wand to select inside the frame

Select → Modify → Expand, by 30

Invert the selection

On the paper layer press delete

Open paper2

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas just above the white background layer

Apply the layer mask here

Add your tube to your canvas, resize and reposition to your liking

Duplicate

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to soft light

To the bottom tube add a drop shadow

Add the close up just above the paper frame background

I flipped mine horizontally

Erase any that's outside the frame

Change the blend mode to luminosity

Lower the opacity to 70%

Duplicate the paper background and move above the close up

Change the blend mode to soft light

Now add which elements you'd like

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

heart scatter (no drop shadow)

heart scatter (no drop shadow)

dots (no drop shadow)

scatter2 (no drop shadow)

string

string

button

button

candy3

candy

flower swirl

sticker

envelope

heart

cupcake

flower

flower3

flower2

flower2

bow

bow

corner brush (no drop shadow, erase some of the element that is outside of where the other elements are)

Add your name

Crop your tag to get rid of the access space that's not needed

Resize if you'd like to

****Most Important****

Add your copy right information

If you're happy with your result save to your liking and you're done!

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This Tutorial was written on May 5th, ‎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 FourXsDeigns

This tube is called "Molly"

It comes with 12 different layers

6 full body tubes with different color schemes and 6 close ups of those

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

Animation of choice

I am using SimoneAni371 by Scrappy Bit of Fun

Which you can find HERE

Addittional Filters

PhotoEffex - Scanlines

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

Start a new canvas

600px by 250px

Choose two colors from your tube

I used the headband and chose a middle blue and a light blue

Add a gradient to your canvas

You can use mine as a sample for how you might want it to look

Duplicate your gradient layer

Filter → PhotoEffex → Scanlines

Change the Width to 3

The Rest at default

Change the blend mode to soft light

Add your tube to the center of the canvas

Resize and reposition as you'd like

Duplicate

Filter → Blur → Gaussia Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to soft light

Add a drop shadow to the bottom tube

Add your tube in between the two gradient layers a couple of times

I flipped one horizontally

Change the blend mode to luminosity and lower the opacity to 50%

Add 3 new layers at the top of the canvas

Use rectangular marquee to select the canvas

With the bottom of the 3 new layers selected

Edit → Stroke

12, Center, Black

Repeat this for the next layer up but with a width of 8 and the middle blue color we used for the gradient

The top one with a width of 2

Deselect

On the bottom change the blend mode to overlay

The middle of the three layers

Filter → Noise → Add Noise

Uniform, 30%, monochromatic

Add your name

*****Most Important*****

Add your copyright

Select the background layer we added the PhotoEffex to

Add your animation to your canvas

If you need to reposition make sure all the animation layers are selected so they'll all move together

With them all selected click Ctrl + G (this will make them a group)

Hide all of the animation layers now but the first one

Open your animation window

Have the delay set to .1 sec, and to go forever

Add a new window, hide the first animation layer and unhide the second

Do this for all layers just hiding the last and unhiding the next in line

**I deleted the first 4 frames of the animation since it didn't show to much with where the tube is positioned**

Press play to watch it go, if you're happy with your result

Save as a .gif and you're done!!

(Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S)

Now to make the avatar

Hide the frame layers and the group animation layer

Along with the copyright and name

Start a new canvas

175 px by 200 px

Drag all the layers over

Resize and reposition as you'd like

(make sure they're all selected again so they all resize and move together)

Add the frame as we did with the main tag

Add your animation again if you'd like to, just as we did before

I just resized mine to be much smaller to fit the small avi

Add your name or initial

***Most Important***

Add your copyright

Save to your liking and you're done!

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This Tutorial was written on March 18^th 2012 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 FourXsDesigns

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

This one is of Snooki and come with 2 close up layers and 16 different layers for the clothing

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using “Snooki” by Wicked Princess Scraps

You can find this HERE

Mask of Choice

I am using mask113 by Designs by Vaybs

You can find this HERE

Additional Filters Needed

VanDerLee – Unplugged-X – Pattern Offset

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

Start a new canvas

600px by 600px

Flood fill with white.

Add your close up of choice to your tag

Ctrl + Click on the thumbnail to select it

Add a new layer

Flood fill with black

Deselect

Using the font Impact

Type out “Snooki”

Mine is size 100px

Select the word layer as we had the close up in the beginning and on the black layer we had press delete

Deselect

You can delete the words layer now

Select the Black layer with the word cutout on it now

Select → Modify → Contract, by 3

Add a new layer

Flood fill with a color from the tube (I used green)

Select → Modify → Contract, by 3

Add a new layer

Flood fill with another color from the tube (I used pink)

Select → Modify → Contract, by 3

Add a new layer

Flood fill with black

Move the original Snooki to the top of the pile

Invert the selection and press delete

Deselect

Change the blend mode to luminosity, lower the opacity to 70

Duplicate

Filter → VanDerLee → Unplugged-X → Pattern Offset

Change the blend mode to soft light

On the bottom black layer add a drop shadow

Add your full tube to your canvas, resize and reposition to your liking

Duplicate this layer

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to soft light

To the bottom tube add a drop shadow

Open PP8

Add to your canvas just above the white background layer

Apply the mask here

Now add which elements you'd like

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

splat (no drop shadow)

splat (no drop shadow)

splat (no drop shadow)

circletrail

glitterdoodle

star

lipliner

heartkeychain

lips

rose

rose (desaturated)

bow

bow

Add your name

Crop your tag to get rid of the access space that's not needed

Resize if you'd like to

****Most Important****

Add your copy right information

If you're happy with your result save to your liking and you're done!

~~Click on Sample to view full size~~
This Tutorial was written on February ‎15th, ‎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 FourXsDesigns

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

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using “Hickory Dickory Dock” by PolkaDot Scraps

You can find this HERE

Mask of Choice

I am using Mask99 by Weescotslass

You can find this HERE

Additional Filters Needed

Xero – Porcelain

Xero – Radiance

VanDerLee – Unplugged-X – Patter Offset

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

Start a new canvas

600px by 600px

Flood fill with white.

Open frame8

Add to your canvas

Resize down by73%

Add a drop shadow

Open Paper9

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas just below the frames

Use your magic wand to select inside the frames

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5px

Invert the selection

On the paper layer press delete

Deselect

Duplicate

Filter → VanDerLee → Unplugged-X → Pattern Offset

Change the blend mode to soft light

Open Paper1

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas just above the white background layer

Apply the layer mask here

Add the tube to the canvas

Resize and reposition to your liking

Filter → Xero → Porcelain

Add at default except blue channel slide to 0

Filter → Xero → Radience

Something subtle that just brightens your tube back up just a bit

Add a drop shadow

Add the close up of the tube to you canvas a few times

In between the two frame background layers

Different sizes and positions

I flipped a couple horizontally

Merge them all together

Change the blend mode to luminosity

Lower the opacity to 50%

Now add which elements you'd like

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

element30 (no drop shadow)

element30 (no drop shadow)

element9

element21 (no drop shadow)

element33

element17

element31 (no drop shadow)

element23

element15

element15

element19

element16

element16

element6

element22

element22

element28

element27

element26

element10

element7

element7

element32 (no drop shadow)

Add your name

Crop your tag to get rid of the access space that's not needed

Resize if you'd like to

****Most Important****

Add your copy right information

If you're happy with your result save to your liking and you're done!

~~Click on Sample to view full size~~
This Tutorial was written on November 27^th 2012 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 FourXDesigns

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

Template “4XD Stalker” by me

You can download this HERE

Mask of Choice

I am using Mask 109 by Designs by Vabys

You can find this for download HERE

Additional Filters Needed

Mura's Mesiters – Copies

Penta.com – Color dot

Italian Editors Effect – Effetto TV

VanDerLee – Unplugged-X

EyeCandy4000 – HSB Noise (for animation)

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

Open the template

Image → Duplicate

Close out the original

Delete the credits layer

Choose which layer you're wanting to use

I am going with the red head with the red clothing on

Add it to your canvas

Filter → Mura's Meister → Copies

Wallpaper (rotate)

Repeat this filter, just so there aren't any gaps on our canvas :)

Filter → Blur → Motion Blur

Angle – 25 degrees

Distance – 200 px

Duplicate this layer

Have one above the rectangle layer

and one above the big circle layer

select each of them and press delete so that it's filled with the motion blurred layer

Delete the originals of both of those layers

On the rectangle layer

Duplicate

Select this layer

Italian Editor Effect → Effetto TV

Deselecte

Change the blend mode to screen

Duplicate the big circle layer we made

Filter → VanDerLee → Unplugged-X → Pattern offset

Change the blend mode to soft light

Add your tube to your canvas

I again am using the red head with red clothes

Resize and reposition to your liking

Duplicate this layer

On the top

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to soft light

On the bottom tube

Add a drop shadow

Now go to the bottom layer of the big circle

Add your tube to the big circle at various sizes and positions

Flip some horizontally

Erase any that is outside of the big circle

Merge them all together

Change the blend mode to luminosity

Opacity at 50%

Flood fill each of the bigger stars with a gradient of choice

Duplicate each of them

Filter → Penta → Color Dot

Change the blend mode to soft light

Add your tubes as you'd like in between the two layers

Change the blend modes to screen

Opacity to 70%

Select one of the stars

Select → Modify → Expand, by 4

Add a new layer below the star

Fill with the gradient from before, going the opposite direction

Filter → Noise → Add Noise

Gaussian, Monochromatic, 12.5%

Repeat this for the other star as well

Add a layer about the lines

Select the lines

Flood fill the new layer with the gradient we used before

Change the blend mode to color

Recolor the wordart as you'd like to

I use the same gradient from before

Added a bevel and emboss to them as well

The two smaller stars color to your liking

I bevel and embossed them as well

Select each as we did before, expand by 2 and fill with the opposite color

Add noise as we did before as well on each

Add a new layer above the white background layer

Fill with the same gradient we've been using

Apply the layer mask here

Add your name

Crop the canvas down

Resize your canvas

*****Most Important*****

Add your copyright information!!!

If you're not wanting to animate hide the white layer and save to your liking, you're done!

If you want to animate let's continue

Duplicate the bottom rectangle layer we made 4 times

(I always have an extra 5^th on in case I don't like it or just want to keep in unanimated layer)

On the bottom one

Filter → Eye Candy 4000 → HSB Noise

With the following settings:

Repeat this for the other 3 layers, clicking random seed on each

Then you're going to go to your animation window and have all but the first one hidden

Add a new animation layer and hide the first layer and unide the second

Add another hide the second, unhide the third

Add another layer hide the third, unhide the fourth

Set to go forever, delay of .2 sec

Press play

If you're happy with your animation save as a .gif and you're done!!

Here is the non animated version :D

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This Tutorial was written on April 30^th, 2012 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 FourXsDesigns

Use must purchase a license to use her artwork and can do so HERE

Scrapkit of Choice

I am using a FTU kit called “Lovely” by Scrapity Scrap and More

You can find this kit HERE

Mask of Choice

I am using Mask218 by Weescotslass Creations

Which you can find HERE

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

Start a new canvas

600px by 600px

Flood fill with white.

Open element (6)

Add to your canvas

Resize down to 60%

Add a drop shadow

Open paper (13)

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to your canvas below the frame

use you wand to select inside the frame

Select → Modify → Expand, by 5

Invert the selection

On the paper layer, press delete

Deselect

Open paper (4)

Resize to 600px by 600px

Add to you canvas, below the other paper layer

Apply the mask to this layer

Add your full body tube to the canvas

Resize and position to your liking

Duplicate this layer

On the bottom one add a drop shadow

One the top one

Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, 3.0px

Change the blend mode to soft light

Lower the opacity to 50%

Add the close up to to your canvas

Flip horizontally

Resize and position inside the frame

Erase any that may still be outside the frame

Change the blend mode to luminosity

Lower the opacity to 35%

Now add which elements you'd like

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

element (63) – No drop shadow

element (15) – No drop shadow

element (15) – No drop shadow

element (68) – No drop shadow

element (62)

element (45)

element (41)

element (25)

element (55)

element (14)

element (34)

element (11)

element (36)

element (36)

element (52)

element (52)

element (79)

element (53) – No drop shadow

element (53) – No drop shadow

Add your name

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color all boxes checked

Resize if you'd like to

****Most Important****

Add your copy right information

If you're happy with you're result save to your liking and you're done!

~~Click on Sample to view full size~~
This Tutorial was written on February 18^th, 2012 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

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of FourXsDesigns

This one is called “Dimples” and comes with multiple layers to basically choose which color you want each piece of the outfit and hair to be :D

Use must purchase a license to use her gorgeous artwork and can do so HERE

Blingies of Choice

I used two from HERE

I chose one of the star sort of twinks for the tag and the heart for the avatar.

Filter Needed

MuRa's Meisters – Copies

Venderlee – Unplugged X

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

Start a new canvas

600px by 250px

Open your tube and choose the layers that you're wanting for this particular set.

Make sure all others you don't want are hidden and the merge your layers together.

Add your tube to your canvas

Filter → MuRa's Meister's → Copies

Wallpaper (rotate), all at default

Filter → Blur → Motion Blur.

Angle – 15 degrees, Distance – 200 pixels

Filter → Sharpen → Sharpen More

Filter → Sharpen → Sharpen Edges

Filter → Sharpen → Sharpen Edges

Filter → Sharpen → Sharpen Edges

Add your tube to your canvas again.

Resize and position to the right of your tag to your liking.

Once you're happy with that, add a drop shadow to your tube.

Duplicate this layer, delete the drop shadow from the duplicate

Filter → Blur → Gaussian blur, 3.0 pixels

Change the blend mode to soft light

Duplicate your main tube layer again, delete the drop shadow once more

Flip horizontally and drag below the other two tube layers

Reposition on the left side of the tag

Change the blend mode to luminosity and the opacity to about 25%

Add an outerglow to the main tube layer with the drop shadow on it already.

Duplicate your background layer and drag the layer about your faded on the left side tube

Filter → Venderlee → Unplugged X, pattern Offset

Change the blend mode to soft light

Type out with a pixel font the word dimples or a word of your choice, add a stroke of 2 with a color from the hair of the tube we're using (mine is purple :) )

Add 4 spaces after it and highlight it then copy it repeatedly until it spans across your tag.

Position towards the top of your tag. It'll be below your main tubes but above everything else in your layers pallate.

Duplicate your text layer and rotate it 180 degrees and move towards the bottom of your tag.

Use your rectangular marquee tool to drag out a long rectangle just around your text at the top, flood fill with white, change the blend mode to soft light as well and add an inner glow, lower the opacity to 50% and drag below your text layer.

Duplicate it and position around your other text layer.

At the top add two new layers

Drag out a marquee to select the whole canvas

On the bottom of the two new layers

Edit → stroke

Width of 8 px, color black, location center

Okay and change the blend mode to overlay

On the top new layer

Edit → Stroke

Width of 4px, color the same as what's around your text, location center

Filter → Noise → add noise

15%, Gaussian, monochromatic

Add your name to your tag

*****Most Important*****

Add your copyright information

Now we're going to add the twink in between our words, highlight them all when you open it in your program, add it, place it, duplicate them all and reposition, duplicate and reposition, continue doing so until you have on between each of the words that are visible.

Now we're going to go to the animation window.

Set the delay to .1 seconds, set to repeat forever.

All the first layer of the twink should be currently visible and nothing else

Add a new layer in the animation window pallate, change them all from the first layer to the second layer.

Keep doing this until you're to the last layer.

Press play to make sure it's working like it's supposed to.

If you're happy with it save as a .gif and you're done with the tag part of this tutorial.

Now start a new canvas 75px by 150px

flood fill with black.

On your original tag, hide all the text layers and the twink layers

merge all your layers together and drag the black layer from our new canvas over and below your merge layers

Create a clipping mask from it and resize down until you're happy with how it looks, mere them together and drag it over to our new small canvas.

Add the strokes around this like we did with our main tag

Add your copyright info like we did with the main tag

Add your name like you did with the main tag

Add your heart twink just like we did before and safe it and a .gif once you're happy with it and you're done!!

~~Click on Sample to view full size~~
This Tutorial was written on December 13^th, 2011 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

Tube of choice.
I am using the artwork of FourXs Designs

You must purchase her artwork for use and can do so HERE

Kit of choice.
I am using a FTU Scrapkit called, “Winter Magic” by Mago74

You can download this HERE

I also used a sparkle from somewhere else so if you'd like to find one of those as well.

Mask of Choice.

I am using PTUMask8 by Vix

Which you can purchase HERE

Filters Needed
Xero – Porcelain

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

Open up a new canvas

600px x 600px.

Flood fill with white

In the Part 2 of the kit

Open ramka (2)

copy and paste into your canvas

Resize by 25%

Duplicate this layer.

Rotate the bottom one -15 degrees.

Merge them together and add a drop shadow.

Open WA (3)

Copy and paste into your canvas

Resize by 25% and rotate 15 degrees.

Add a bit of an outer glow to this and change the opacity to 30%

Open pp (3)

Resize to 600px by 600px

Copy and paste into your canvas

Apply your layer mask.

Arrange your layers in your tube the way that you want them and then merge them together so they'll all move over together and add your tube to your frame.

Resize and reposition and you'd like to.

Then duplicate this layer.

One should be just above your frames layer, one just below.

On the bottom one add a drop shadow.

On the top, erase any bits that are outside the frame at the bottom

Filter → Xero → Porcelain

All at default, except the blue channel, change to 0.

Filter → Sharpen → Unsharp Mask.

All at default.

Now, we're just going to embellish out the tag.

Do so to your liking with a drop shadow of choice.

I used the following from the bottom up with a drop shadwo unless specified.

Most were resized to at least 20% and then more as well.

~Above the Mask Layer, below the winter magic star wordart~

el (71)

el (14) (no drop shadow, I erased any that once behind the tube as well)

~Above the winter magic star word art, below bottom tube layer~

el (53)

el (17)

el (15)

el (51)

el (46)

~Above the top tube layer~

el (7) (no drop shadow)

el (4) (no drop shadow)

el (51)
el (24)

el (31)

el (35)

el (54)

el (60)

el (60)

el (55)

el (27)

I added some word art here that I made

Add some sparkles of choice.

Add your name to your tag.

Image → Trim

Top left pixel color, all boxes checked.

Resize if you'd like to

*****Most Important*****

Add your copyright information!

You're done!!

Save to your liking!

If you have any questions or like to share what you've made feel freel to email me!

Huge Huggles

Ashly