Puppy Love - 3 Piece Forum Set

Puppy Love – 3 piece forum set

written 4/2/2016

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 just like mine then use the same supplies I have used. This tutorial assumes you have a knowledge of paint shop pro. Any resemblance to any other tutorial or tag is purely coincidental.

Supplies Used:

Tube by Laguna. It is called Key To My Heart. You can purchase it at http://picsfordesign.com

Scrap Kit is by Purple Dreams Scraps. It is called Debbie. You can purchase it also at http://picsfordesign.com

Mask of your choice. I am using mask #53 by Moonbeams and Spiderwebs. You can download it at http://moonbeamsandspiderwebs.blogspot.com/search/label/Masks

Font of your choice. I am using Roselyn.

Plugins:

NONE

Drop shadow used throughout:

0 0 85 6.00 dark purple color

Let's Begin:

We are going to start with the main large tag.

Open element 45 and shift+D to duplicate.

Close the original.

Re-size the frame by 85%.

Open paper 10 and copy and paste as a new layer and drag under the frame.

Apply your mask.

Delete the mask layer and merge the group.

Add a drop shadow to the frame.

Open element 11 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Drag under the frame and place inside the center of the frame.

Open your tube and copy and paste the girl as a new layer onto your tag.

Re-size as needed.

Move to the far right side and add a drop shadow.

Back to your tube and copy and paste the dog as a new layer.

Re-size as needed.

Place at the bottom and to the left of your tube so it is sitting in front of her foot.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 6 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Image free rotate and rotate to the left 90 degrees.

Drag between your tube and the frame.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 27 and re-size by 75% 2x.

Copy and paste as a new layer just above the frame.

Move to the top center of the frame.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 67 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Place at the top of the frame.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 16 and re-size by 50% 2x and then again by 60%.

Place along the bottom of the tag.

Duplicate several times and move around the tag.

Add a drop shadow to each and merge these layers all together.

Open element 66 and copy and paste as a new layer and place at the bottom.

Add your name and copyright information.

Crop and save.

Now lets create the banner style tag:

Open a new blank canvas that is 800x275.

Open paper 10 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Open element 11 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Add a drop shadow.

Open the dog and copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size as needed.

Move to the lower left side corner of the banner.

Add a drop shadow.

Open the tube and copy and paste as a new layer.

Re-size as needed.

Move to the far right side of the banner.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 6 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Image free rotate to the left 90 degrees.

Move to the bottom and towards the left a bit so the majority is between your tube and the dog.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 16 and re-size by 50% 2x.

Copy and paste as a new layer.

Move the bottom left corner.
Add a drop shadow.

Duplicate many times and place all along the bottom of the tag.

Open element 36 and re-size as needed.

Copy and paste as a new layer.

Place along the bottom between 2 of your flowers.

Add a drop shadow.

Open element 37 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Move to the bottom and place between 2 of your flowers.

Open element 39 and re-size as needed.

Copy and paste as a new layer and place along the bottom between 2 of your flowers.

Add a drop shadow to all of these elements.

Layers new raster layer at the top.

Selections select all

Open paper 4 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Selections modify and contract by 10.

Hit delete.

Selections select none.

Add a drop shadow to the frame.

Add your name and copyright information.

Merge layers together.

Save.

Now lets make our avatar and then we will be done:

Open a new blank canvas that is 175x175.

Open paper 10 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Open element 11 and re-size by 50%.

Copy and paste as a new layer.

Add a drop shadow.

Open your tube and re-size as necessary.

Copy and paste as a new layer and add a drop shadow.

Layers new raster layer at the top.

Open paper 4 and copy and paste as a new layer.

Selections select all.

Selections modify contract by 5.

Add a drop shadow to the frame.

Add your name or initial.

Add your copyright and licensing information.

Merge all layers together.

We are done!!!