Lovely Roux

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Juicy Bits which you need a license to use. You can get at her store here.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using SK Lovely, a PTU kit by Sun Kissed Designs, which you can find here.

Tag template #12 by LaCarolita's Designs, here.

Font of choice, I am using

Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Let's get started!

Open your template and duplicate by holding down the shift key and hitting the letter D. Delete the copyright layer, raster 7 and raster 8 layers.

Resize your canvas to 700x700 to give some space to work. You can resize it and/or crop it in the end.

Make raster 1 layer active, click on it with your magic wand. Open paper 9, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 80%, selections, invert and click delete on your keyboard. Deselect and delete the original layer.

Make raster 2 layer active, click on it with your magic wand, add a new raster layer and flood fill with a color that will compliment your tube. deselect.

Adjust, add remove noise, random, monochrome, 75%, add a drop shadow and delete the original frame layer.

Do the same as above for the other shapes and frames. Use the same noise settings on the frames as you did for the first one. Use whichever papers you like that match your tube.

Make your right rectangle background layer active, selections, select all, float, invert. Open your tube, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange it how you want it then hit delete on your keyboard. Deselect.

Mirror your tube and do the same for the left side rectangle background. Change the blend mode to darken on the left tube, and luminance on the right tube.

Add your tube and any elements you like to your tag.

In place of a mask, I used element 17, duplicated it, and mirrored it, then merged them together and dropped the opacity to 60.

Add your copyright and credits as necessary. Crop and resize.

Melt With You

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Ismael Rac which you need a license to use.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Lovely by Sugar Kissed Designs.

Font of choice, I am using Written on His Hands.

Plugins: MuRa Miesters Copies, Andrews filter 43 Double Fun

Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Let's get started!

Open a new canvas 600x250.

Open element 11, copy and paste as a new layer, rotate to the right by 45.

Apply MuRa Miester Copies with the following settings:

Line, wraparound, behind, change the top slider to 4.

Adjust blur, motion blur, angle 243, strength 55.

Apply Andrews Filter Double Fun with default settings. Change the blend mode to overlay.

Open paper 13, copy and paste it below the layer we just applied the Double fun filter to.

Open your tube, copy and paste, arrange in the middle of your tag. Add a drop shadow.

Add elements, 08 and 07.

Add a new raster layer. Selections, select all, modify, contract 3, selections, invert, flood fill with a color from the tube or background. Deselect. While on this layer, use crop tool and click "snap crop rectangle to" and click "layer opaque" in the center.

change your canvas size to 700x350.

Use your text tool to add whatever text you'd like around the outside of your tag, your name, copyright info and credits as needed.

Crop and resize as needed.

Sweet Clear Day

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Ismael Rac which you need a license to use. You can get at his store HERE.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Clear Day by Sugar Kissed Designs which is a PTU kit which you can find HERE.

Template #68 by Tracy at Freebie Friends Scraps and More HERE.

Font of choice, I am using Pea Mindy by Fonts for Peas.

Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Let's get started!

Open template and resize to 650x650 and delete the credits layer.

Click on circle layer with your magic wand, open paper 10, copy and paste as a new layer, selections, invert, click delete on your keyboard, deselect and delete the original layer.

Do the same with the oval layer using paper 15.

Add a drop shadow of your choice to both of the glitter layers (circle and oval). I used 1, 1, 50, 5 and then -1, -1, 50, 5

Make circle 2 layer active, selections, select all, float, defloat, open paper 1, copy and paste as a new layer, selections, invert, click delete on your keyboard, then deselect and delete the original layer. Add same drop shadow to this layer's glitter frame also.

Make circle 3 layer active, selections, select all, float, defloat, open paper 3, copy and paste as a new layer, selections, invert, click delete on your keyboard and leave active.

Open your close up tube, copy and paste as a new layer, arrange it where you like, click delete on your keyboard. Do it again, but this time have the close up mirrored so you have two of the same tube in the top circle layer facing each other then deselect.

On the lower tube, change the blend mode to luminance (L) and drop the opacity to about 60.

Open element 32, copy and paste as a new layer, mirror and drag to the right side, put that layer at the bottom and duplicate it then merge down.

Open element 15, copy and paste as a new layer, resize about 70%, arrange across the bottom of your tag.

Open element 24, copy and paste as a new layer, drag it down between the layers, see my tag for reference, and add a drop shadow.

Copy and paste any other elements you like into your tag.

Add your copyright info and any other credits necessary, crop, resize and save.

Blackbird

For this tutorial you will need the following:

Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X, you should be able to use any version.

Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Keith Garvey which you need a license to use. You can get his work at PSP Tubes Emporium.

Scrap kit of choice. I am using Blackbird by Juicy Bits. It is a PTU kit and you can get it HERE. I love the Beatles and when I saw this kit, I couldn't help but to think of the song Blackbird by the Beatles.

Font of choice, I am using Ohlala and Pea Jenny Script

Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.

Let's get started!

Open a new canvas 550x650 with a white background.

Click on your rectangle tool, set the border width to 8, your background to null and foreground to black and draw out a tall, thin rectangle, objects, align, center in canvas and convert to raster layer.

Click inside with the magic wand, selections, modify, expand by 2. Open paper 17, copy and paste as a new layer below your frame and above the white background. Selections, invert, and click delete on your keyboard. Leave selected.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer, arrange how you want it, take your eraser tool and erase the parts that hang over. Deselect and add a drop shadow to the tube and frame.

Open element 27, copy and paste as a new layer, free rotate to the right by 90, resize by 67 and drag just above the white background layer.

I then used the Ohlala font and typed out the lyrics to The Beatles song Blackbird, and put them on the left side of the tag, then hid all layers except the layers to the lyrics and merged them together. Remember, if you use more than one line to the song, you are required to list the name of the songwriter (not who sung the song but who wrote it!).

Open element 40, copy and paste as a new layer, rotate right by 90, resize by 70, arrange on the right side of tag.

Open element 1, resize by 25%, rotate to the left by 20, arrange to the top right.

Open element 15 (the blackbird), resize by 25%, arrange above the lyrics, duplicate, mirror and arrange next to the other bird so they are both above the lyrics.

Open element 18, copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 50%, arrange at the bottom of the lyrics, add a drop shadow.

Add your name, any copyrights and credits needed. Crop and save your tag.