This tutorial was created in 2006
Any resemblance to other online tutorials is purely coincidence
ŠN@thy 2007
This tutorial was written using PSP 9, but can be done in other versions
~ You will need ~
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
Fm Tile Tools (Blend Emboss), you can download here
My supplies here. The zip includes the tubes, patterns and fonts
Open the tubes and patterns in psp
Tubes have HIDDEN layers which mean you must unhide to see them
Minimize them all
Double click to open the font "Californian FB" and minimize it on your desktop
Double click to open the font "Miss Le Gatees" and minimize it on your desktop
Set your Foreground color to #836644
Set your Background color to #C8BA9B
~ Step 1 ~
File, New
Width 360, Height 540, Transparent background
Set your foreground to pattern, find wintermirrorbg1.jpg and use the following settings:
Angle: 0, Scale 100
Fill the layer with the pattern
~ Step 2 ~
Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your foreground to gradient with the following settings:
Sunburst, Repeats 3, Invert NOT checked, Center Point: Horizontal and Vertical set to 50
Fill the layer with the gradient
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 20
Change the opacity of this layer to 10
~ Step 3 ~
Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your foreground to pattern, find trees3.jpg and use the following settings:
Angle: 0, Scale 100
Fill the layer with the pattern
Change the opacity of this layer to 30
Effects, Plugins, Fm Tile Tools, Blend Emboss and use the following settings:
Repeat Blend Emboss using the same settings
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 4 ~
Copy Kat_0459.pspimage and paste as new layer
Move it up a little bit and to the right
(Look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 5 ~
Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom selection and use the following settings:
Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your foreground to pattern, find wintermirrorbg2.jpg and use the following settings:
Angle: 0, Scale 100
Fill the selection with the pattern
Selections, Select None
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 6 ~
Copy white-stiches.pspimage and paste as new layer
Position it over the border on the left side
(Look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
~ Step 7 ~
Layers, Duplicate
Move these stiches on the right side of the border
(Look at my image for placement)
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 8 ~
Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom selection and use the following settings:
Set your foreground to pattern, find wintermirrorbg3.jpg and use the following settings:
Angle: 0, Scale 100
Fill the selection with the pattern
Selections, Select None
~ Step 9 ~
Copy RPENN_adayatthespa-ribbon1.pspimage and paste as new layer
Position it just over the bottom border we just created
(Look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 10 ~
Set your foreground to NULL
Set your background to #F5E1C4
Activate Text Tool and use the following settings:
Type Winter Mirror or whatever you want
~ Step 11 ~
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use the following settings:
Direction: Left, Degrees: 90, All layers Not checked
Position the text on top of the left border
(Look at my image for placement)
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 12 ~
Activate Text Tool once again and use the following settings:
Type your name or whatever you want
Position it under the mirror
(Look at my image for placement)
~ Step 13 ~
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge All (Flatten)
~ Step 14 ~
Image, Add Borders, 5 pixels using #47331F
Save your work as jpg
Add your watermark and your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.
Any resemblance to other online tutorials is purely coincidence
ŠN@thy 2007
This tutorial was written using PSP 9, but can be done in other versions
~ You will need ~
Paint Shop Pro, a 30 day trial can be downloaded here
Fm Tile Tools (Blend Emboss), you can download here
My supplies here. The zip includes the tubes, patterns and fonts
Open the tubes and patterns in psp
Tubes have HIDDEN layers which mean you must unhide to see them
Minimize them all
Double click to open the font "Californian FB" and minimize it on your desktop
Double click to open the font "Miss Le Gatees" and minimize it on your desktop
Set your Foreground color to #836644
Set your Background color to #C8BA9B
~ Step 1 ~
File, New
Width 360, Height 540, Transparent background
Set your foreground to pattern, find wintermirrorbg1.jpg and use the following settings:
Angle: 0, Scale 100
Fill the layer with the pattern
~ Step 2 ~
Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your foreground to gradient with the following settings:
Sunburst, Repeats 3, Invert NOT checked, Center Point: Horizontal and Vertical set to 50
Fill the layer with the gradient
Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 20
Change the opacity of this layer to 10
~ Step 3 ~
Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your foreground to pattern, find trees3.jpg and use the following settings:
Angle: 0, Scale 100
Fill the layer with the pattern
Change the opacity of this layer to 30
Effects, Plugins, Fm Tile Tools, Blend Emboss and use the following settings:
Repeat Blend Emboss using the same settings
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 4 ~
Copy Kat_0459.pspimage and paste as new layer
Move it up a little bit and to the right
(Look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 5 ~
Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom selection and use the following settings:
Layers, New Raster Layer
Set your foreground to pattern, find wintermirrorbg2.jpg and use the following settings:
Angle: 0, Scale 100
Fill the selection with the pattern
Selections, Select None
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 6 ~
Copy white-stiches.pspimage and paste as new layer
Position it over the border on the left side
(Look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
~ Step 7 ~
Layers, Duplicate
Move these stiches on the right side of the border
(Look at my image for placement)
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 8 ~
Activate your Selection Tool
Click on Custom selection and use the following settings:
Set your foreground to pattern, find wintermirrorbg3.jpg and use the following settings:
Angle: 0, Scale 100
Fill the selection with the pattern
Selections, Select None
~ Step 9 ~
Copy RPENN_adayatthespa-ribbon1.pspimage and paste as new layer
Position it just over the bottom border we just created
(Look at my image for placement)
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 10 ~
Set your foreground to NULL
Set your background to #F5E1C4
Activate Text Tool and use the following settings:
Type Winter Mirror or whatever you want
~ Step 11 ~
Image, Rotate, Free Rotate and use the following settings:
Direction: Left, Degrees: 90, All layers Not checked
Position the text on top of the left border
(Look at my image for placement)
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge Visible
~ Step 12 ~
Activate Text Tool once again and use the following settings:
Type your name or whatever you want
Position it under the mirror
(Look at my image for placement)
~ Step 13 ~
Layers, Convert to Raster Layer
Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow and use the following settings:
Layers, Merge, Merge All (Flatten)
~ Step 14 ~
Image, Add Borders, 5 pixels using #47331F
Save your work as jpg
Add your watermark and your tag is finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.