This tutorial is for those that have a working knowledge of PSP. This tutorial was written by me on October 14, 2011 and any resemblance is purely coincidental. I use PSP 9, but any version should work. I do not allow my tutorials to be translated and please do not claim them as your own. If you would like to share the tutorial please send a link to my blog. Thank you!

Things Needed:

Tube/Image of choice: I am using Michi Art which you can purchase from Scraps n Crap

Kit of choice: No kit needed

Plugins: VM Instant Art, Xenofex 2 Constellation

Template/Mask: None Needed

Let’s Begin:
1. Open a new image 250 x 600 ( this we will call our working image and you can resize later if you choose to do so )
2. Fill with a pattern of choice
3. Add your tube as a new layer on the working image
4. Adjust – Blur- Gaussian Blur with Radius-25
5. Effects- Image effects- Seamless Tiling- Default settings
6. Duplicate this layer
7. Image- Flip
8. Now merge this layer down
9. Effects- Plugins- VM Instant Art with the following settings
Tile Size- 12
Tile One X- 76
Tile One Y- 52
Tile Two X- 136
Tile Two Y- 127
10. Change the Blend Mode to Luminance Legacy
11. Lower the Opacity to 60
12. Add your tube as a new layer
13. Move slightly to the right side of the tag
14. Add a nice drop shadow to make your tube really stand out
15. Change the Blend mode again to Luminance Legacy
16. Lower the opacity to the upper 20’s lower 30’s until you like it
17. Add your tube again
18. Image mirror
19. Now move the tube to the left side of the tag
20. Again add a nice drop shadow
21. Position this layer a little higher up or lower down than the other tube layer
22. Add a new raster layer
23. Flood fill this layer with a color that blends well with the tube
24. Selections- Select All
25. Selections- Modify- Contract by 3 pixels
26. Add another nice drop shadow as this is our border
27. Add another layer and flood fill with any color
28. Open Xenofex 2 Constellation
29. Choose the setting ” it’s full of stars”
Now change the settings to match this
Star Size: 2.85
Size variation: 6
Edge Star Density: 1
Overall Star Density: 1
Overdrive: 100
Twinkle Amount: 100
Twinkle Rotation: 45
Make Selection Transparent
Random Seed: 1
30. Move this layer below our main tube layer
31. Add any saying or quote of your choice
32. Now add your copyright and text at this time
(Now you can rotate the tag to the left or right if your tube would justify that, I chose to leave mine taller.)
That’s it we are done!!