This Tutorial was written By Me August 16, 2004. Any Similarities are purely coincidental. Many of my friends have asked me to write this tutorial so I am writing for your learning pleasure. It is rated as a beginners tutorial so any one should be able to complete it. I would love to see your end results!

Materials Needed
JASC PSP 8.10
Mask I used Here
Doll I used Here
Accent I used Here
Font of Your Choice

Lets Get Started

1. Unzip your mask and install to your masks folder, I put mine in C:\Documents and Settings\Angel Wolf\My Documents\My PSP8 Files\Masks

2. Open Your Doll and Accent in PSP and set aside for now, you will use them in a little while.

3. Go to File/New and make a canvas size approximately 400x400 transparent.

4. Now choose 2 colors from your tube. This is the first set of colors that you will be using. The ones I have chosen are #C40C67 (foreground) and #FDE7EB (background)

5. Set Your foreground color palette to linear gradient with the following settings

6. Now flood fill your new image with your gradient

7. Go to Layers/Load-Save Mask and choose Mask006.

8. Go To Layers and click Delete, when the box pops up asking if you want to merge your layer to the one below click yes. It should look like mine below.

9. Now you want to choose 2 lighter colors on your color palette, keeping your gradient selected because you will use it with your new colors. These are what I chose, #F09CAA (foreground) and #FFFFFF  (background)

10. Now Add a New Raster Layer and flood fill this with your gradient.

11. Again go to Layers/Load-Save from disk and choose mask 006.

12. Layers / Delete and when the box pops up asking you to merge the layer to the one below it click yes.

13. Now Go To Image/Resize and resize this layer to 70%, all layers UNCHECKED

14. Image/Rotate and rotate free at angle 45. You should now have your image look like this:

15. Now go to Layers-Ungroup. Layers Merge Flatten (this is only if you want a white background). I wanted mine to have the same background as my tutorial so I did the following.

16. (only follow this part if you do NOT want a white background) Add a New Layer, now go to layers, arrange and send to bottom. Now choose a pattern or color that you want behind your tag and fill the very bottom layer with your pattern or color.

17. Now we want to resize it just a bit (this is only if you are using the doll tube). Go to Image/Resize and resize 85% with all layers checked.

17. With this all done we are now going to add our tubes to get it prettied up. Go to your Doll image (or tube you have chosen) right click on the very top bar and choose copy.

18. Go back to your masked image and right click on the very top and choose Paste/As New Layer. You may have to resize your doll or tube you chose. I resized mine by 80%.

19. Add a drop shadow to her with the following setting

20. Now we want to add our hearts. Go to your hearts image and go to the very top of it and right click and choose copy. Now back to your Masked image and right click on the top and choose paste as a new image (if it is on top of your doll tube you need to move it down), so go to layers arrange and Move down then with your mover tool place it where you like it .

21. Now Go To Image-3D/Drop Shadow and give it a drop shadow using these settings:

21. Now go to Layers/Merge-Flatten. Your Tag is now ready for you to put your name on, Add a new raster layer and change your color palette to a new foreground color-solid and your background to a new color solid (we are done using the gradient). I used these colors: #BB2545 (foreground) and #FDE1E1 (background)

22. Choose your text tool with your favorite font and have it set like mine and add your name, and add a drop shadow using the same settings as in step 21.

23. Your tag is now complete. Again I would love to see what you have created. If you have any trouble with this tutorial please do not hesitate to contact me and I will help you with what you are having a problem with. I do hope that you have enjoyed this tutorial.

Here is My Final Image:

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