Lusted

Supplies needed:

Paint Shop Pro version 7 or higher
(I did this with version 12)

Supply folder

Install the frame that I included in the supply folder if you don’t already have it ( If you are using PSP 12 you should have it)

 

1.      Open a new transparent image 450 X 450 pixels.

2.       Now set your foreground color to #bac5cb and your background to #7a848e (If you use a different tube then the one in the supply folder, you will need to get a light and a dark color from you tube to use and place the lighter color in the foreground box)

3.      Now flood fill your canvas with your foreground color. And then go to effects ~ Texture effects ~ Blinds
and use these settings:
Width:11
Opacity:11
color: #7a848e (or your background color)
Horizontal and Light from left/Top checked

4.      Now add a new transparent raster and flood fill it with your background color and repeat the step above but for the color use #bac5cb (your foreground color)

5.      Now go to selections ~ select all ~ modify ~contract ~ by 35
Now go to selections again and then choose invert, now press the delete key on your keyboard and select none.

6.      Now activate your mover tool and move that layer to the upper left of the tag.

7.      Go to effects ~ 3D effects ~ Drop shadow
and use these settings:
V:13
H:17
Opacity:63
Blur:15

8.      Go  to selections ~Load/Save selection ~ from alpha channel

9.      Add a new raster layer. Now flood fill the area inside of the marching ants with your foreground color. And repeat step # 3. Select none. Now add a drop shadow using the same settings as before.

10.  Go to selections ~ select all ~ selections ~ float.
Add a new raster layer.

11.  Grab your cloning tool and select a part of your tube and over on your tube left click to select an area of the tube that you want to put into the top half of the selection. Then go to your work in progress and left click in the inside of the selection and it will put the image there. Now repeat this step for the bottom half of the selection. ****The size that I used was 94, you will need to adjust this according to the tube that you use. Select none.

12.  Now lower the opacity of this layer to about 56.

13.  Resize your tube as needed ( I resized mine to 400 X 403 ).

14.  Add a drop shadow to your tube layer and move it down near the bottom ( See mine as an example).

15.  Add your text and merge all.

16.  Go to Image ` Picture Frame and add the frame. Merge all and save your tag and you are done!!

Sweet Angel's Designs. This tutorial was  written on Sept.13,2007