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This tutorial assumes a basic working knowledge of PSP and Animation Shop - although you can make the tag without animation if you prefer

PTU Scrap kit is Pretty In Punk by Sophisticat Simone, available at her store HERE
If you need Animation Shop, its free to download HERE
The tube is one of several included in the kit
Mask of choice.
Font is Punk Metal available free HERE


Open a new transparent image 700 x 700 - you can resize later if you like
Flood fill with white
Open paper 42, resize to 700 width, paste as new layer
Load your mask and then merge group
Open element 138, resize to about 478 width, flip horizontal, paste as new layer and move to the top left
Open element 140, resize to about 465 width, paste as new layer
Open element 114, resize to about 315 width, paste as new layer and move to the bottom right, then move this layer down below the curtain
Open element 68, resize to about 385 width, paste as new layer and move up and to the left
Click your curtain layer to activate it
Open element 113, resize to about 210 width, move down and to the left
Open element 178, resize to about 147 width, move to the right and down a bit
Open element 129B, resize to about 105 width, move to the right and down a bit
Open element 143, resize to about 185 width, move down to the bottom and to the right
Open tube 3, resize to about 252 width, paste as new layer
Now go back to your curtain layer and remove the posts that are below the level of the bottom of the woman's legs
Back to the woman layer
Open element 14, resize to about 165 width, move down to the bottom of the woman's right leg
Open element 122, resize to about 175 width, move down in front of the woman
Open element 148, resize to about 384 width, move down to the bottom
Go through your layers and add drop shadows to your elements
I used 0, 5, 17, 12, black
IF YOU ARE NOT ANIMATING
Skip the next animation steps and go to ADDING TEXT
Duplicate your curtain layer so you have a total of three
On the top curtain layer, with your freehand selection tool, outline all the yellow light bulbs
Adjust, Brightness and Contrast, Brightness/Contrast, Brightness 52, Contrast 55
Select none
On the middle curtain layer, with your freehand selection tool, outline all the pink light bulbs
Adjust, Brightness and Contrast, Brightness/Contrast, Brightness 52, Contrast 55
Select none
On the bottom curtain layer, with your freehand selection tool, outline all the turquoise light bulbs
Adjust, Brightness and Contrast, Brightness/Contrast, Brightness 52, Contrast 55
Select none
Click your top layer to activate it
ADDING TEXT
If you are not animating and want to resize the tag, do that now before adding any text
Add your credits and CR, I used Pixelette, black and reduced the opacity to 50%
For the text I used Punk Metal, black in the background, foreground null
Convert to raster layer
Selections, select all
Selections, float
Selections, defloat
Selections, modify, select selection borders, outside 2
New raster layer
Flood fill the selection with white
Give it a drop shadow - I used 0, 5, 5, 5, black
Select none
Merge down
Position where you want it
If you are not animating, delete the white background layer, merge visible and save as a png file
To animate
Close the eye on the middle and bottom curtain layers
Click the top curtain layer to activate it
Edit, copy special, copy merged
Go to AS and paste as new animation
Back to PSP, close the eye on the top curtain layer
Open the eye on the middle curtain layer and make sure to click that layer to activate it
Edit, copy special, copy merged
Go to AS and paste after current frame
Back to PSP, close the eye on the middle curtain layer
Open the eye on the bottom curtain layer and make sure to click that layer to activate it
Edit, copy special, copy merged
Go to AS and paste after current frame
Edit, select all
Animation, frame properties, change to 20
Save as a gif file
Thanks for trying my tut - I hope you enjoy your new tag