Irish In A Few Beers

Irish In A Few Beers

written 2/22/2016

This tutorial is meant purely as a guide. Feel free to make your tag unique by using your own choice of Tube and Scrap Kit. If you want your tag to look exactly like mine then use the same supplies that I have used. Any resemblance to any other tutorial or tag is purely coincidental.

Supplies Used:

Tube by Amber Kelso. I got this tag when the artist was at CILM. I am not sure where to get her tubes now sorry.

Scrap kit is by Purple Dreams Scraps. It is called Irish and you can purchase it at http://picsfordesign.com/en/catalogue/id_116578_irish.pix

Animation by Love Shack Animations and PSP Tutorials. You can get it at http://loveysshack.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/st-pattys-day-animations.html

Font of your choice. I am using Sistah Ysse you can get it at http://www.fontspace.com/vvb-designs/sistah-ysse

Plugins:

NONE

Let's Begin:

Open element 18 and shift+D to duplicate.

Close the original.

Image free rotate and rotate in either direction 90 degrees.

Make your canvas large enough to work with.

Using your magic wand select the inside of the frame.

Selections modify and expand by 3.

Open paper 5 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Drag under the frame.

Selections invert and hit delete.

Selections select none.

Add a drop shadow of

4

-2

85

5.00

black

to the frame.

Open your tube and copy and paste as a new layer at the top.

Position at the bottom center of the frame.

Add the same drop shadow to the tube.

Now lets dress it up with some of the fun elements from this awesome kit.

Open element 4.

Image rotate to the right.

Copy and paste as a new layer and drag to just above your frame.

Move to the far right side and make it peeking out from behind your tube.

Duplicate and image flip horizontal.

Move this duplicate to the far left side.

Merge these 2 layers together and add a drop shadow.

Open element 21 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Drag behind your tube.

Move to the far left side bottom.

Re-size as needed.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 5 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Drag behind your tube.

Re-size as needed.

Place to the far left bottom in front of the cauldron.

Add a drop shadow.

Duplicate and image rotate to the right 90 degrees.

Move this layer above your tube and place in front of the first bottle and your tube.

Duplicate the standing bottle and move to the far right of your tube.

Add some wordart text if you choose.

Add your name.

Add your licensing and copyright information.

Crop.

Merge all layers visible.

Add a new raster layer and drag to the bottom.

Flood Fill with white.

Copy Copy Merged

Open animation shop and right click and paste as a new animation.

Open your animation.

Take note of the number of frames in your animation and duplicate your tag to have the same amount of frames.

Be sure to remove the first frame of the animation that is black.

Re-size the animation if you need to to fit over the top of the pot of gold in your tag.

Select all frames in both the animation and in the tag.

Grab frame 1 of the animation and drag it onto frame 1 of the tag .. Position where you want and drop.

View your animated tag.

If you are happy save. If not undo and repeat until you get it just right.

Save your tag once you are happy.