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This tutorial assumes a basic working knowledge of PSP and Animation Shop. I'm using X15 for this tut.

You can do the tut without animation also
The kit is free from me called Atlantis Lost and you can download it HERE
If you need Animation Shop its HERE
Mask of choice. I used Mask 65 from Moon Beams and Spider Webs HERE
I used one plugin for this, Neology, Digital Weaver and you can download it HERE
The bubbles animation I used is a PTU one from Sophisticat Simone and you can purchase it HERE

Install Animation Shop on your system

Unzip and save the animations package on your system

Load your mask to the masks folder in PSP

Unzip and install the Neology plugin to PSP

Open a new transparent image 700 x 700. Fill with white if you're going to animate later. You can resize later if you wish.
Open paper 6, copy, close and paste as new layer
Load your mask with Source Luminenace, Fit to Canvas and Hide All Mask clicked
Merge group
Effects, Plugins, Neology, Digital Weaver with weave size 26, shadow size 169
Open element 45, copy, close paste as new layer and move up just a bit
Click your group layer to activate it
Open element 25, resize and move to the right side
Open element 68, resize and move to the top left
Duplicate this layer, resize smaller and move to the right side
Open element 61, move to the top left
Open element 81, move to the right side
Open element 31, move down and to the right side
Open element 47, flip horizontal, resize and move up and to the right side
Open element 4, resize and sit him on the rocks on the right side
Open element 70, move to the right
Open element 65, resize and move to the left side
Open element 42, move down a bit
Duplicate and move down again - I expanded this a bit too
Click your frame layer to activate it
With your magic wand, click inside the frame
Selections, expand 10
New raster layer
Open paper 1, copy, close and paste into selection
Select none
Move this layer below the frame layer
Activate the frame layer again
Open element 67, resize and move to the left side of the frame
Open element 23, resize and move to the left side of the frame
Open element 22, resize and move to the feet of the statue
Open element 38, resize and move to the right side of the frame
Open element 35, resize and move down
Open element 82, resize quite small and move in front of the chest
If you're going to resize, do that now before adding any text
If you're going to animate, leave it this size and reduce size after animation in AS
Add your watermark and any text
If you are NOT animating, merge visible and save as a png file
TO ANIMATE
Merge all flatten
copy and go to AS and paste as new animation
Duplicate until you have 15 frames and then minimize for now
Open animation 1155 from Sophisticat Simone's package 409
Edit, select all
Animation, resize animation
Check Pixel size, and choose 250 height (width will adjust automatically)
Edit, select all
Edit, copy and close
Maximize your tag layers
Edit, select all
Make sure your slider is all the way to the left so Frame 1 is on your screen
Edit, paste into selected frame
Position the bubbles where you want them and click once to set them in place
Save as a gif file
Hope you like your new tag!