Have a Sweet Birthday!! Tube of choice, I used artwork of Rion Vernon and Suzanne Woolcott Scrap used Sugary Sweet by Addicted2Scraps Font of choice, Template 31 by Pooker Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 Plugin Mura's Meisters copies, (I am sorry but I cannot find this to download anymore) This tutorial assumes you have working knowledge of paint shop pro, All of my tutorials are my own creation and any similarity with any other tutorial is purely coincidential. Please do not copy my tutorials to anyplace, please link back to my blog! Open Pookers Template 31 duplicate and close the original, delete the copyright layer, go to your Stripes layer and select all, float, defloat, selections invert, now open A2S_SS6 paper, c/p as a new layer hit delete and select none and delete the stripes layer,Now select rectangle 1 layer, select all, float, defloat, selections invert and pick another paper of choice, I used A2S_SS7 paperI did the same for rectangle2. Got to shape 1 layer and select all float defloat, selections invert and open A2S_SS13 paper, c/p as a new layer and resize by 65% smartsize. and move to where your selection is and hit delete, select none and now delete the shape 1 layer. Go to Shape 3 layer and select all, float, defloat, selections invert and open A2S_SS3 paper and c/p as a new layer,hit delete, and select none, now delete the shape 3 layer. Now go to shape 2 layer and select all float defloat, selections invertopen A2S_SS4 paper and c/p as a new layer, hit delete and select none, delete your shape 2 layer, Now go to your shape 4 layer,select all float defloat, selections invert and open A2S_SS8 paper and c/p as a new layer, hit delete select none, now delete shape 4layer, ( I have noticed on some templates that you wind up with jaggedy edges, if you experiance this after you select all, float defloat, go modify and smooth by around 10 in both boxes this will take those jaggedy edges away) Okay now that you have all your shapes taken care of we want to add a few elements and tubes, I added some jelly beans, resized by 25% randomly placed, I also added a couple suckers, resized by 25%, then I used a couple cupcakes off of A2S_SS31, I used my freehand selection tool and outlined the ones I wanted to use and c/p them to my tag, Now I hid my white background layer, the strips layer and the rest of the layers, Leave the 2 rectangle layers visiable and merge, using a basic font (I used bank gothic MT BT at size 8 with a kerning set at -75) and typed out Happy Birthday! objects align center, now convert to a raster layer, go to mura's meister copies and use these settings,

now go to your rectangle layer and select all, float defloat, selections invert, and now on the text layer hit delete,select none, and merge down now unhide your other layers, Add your tubes you are going to use at this point, I used my magic wand and selected OUTSIDE the shape, pasted my tube and then used the eraser to get rid of the tube that I didnt want hanging out of the bottom of the shape area, when satisfied with your placements of your elements add a dropshadow of choice and hide the white background layer, and merge visiable. resize your tag before adding your copyright info (it will stay clearer this way) add your name and save your tag the way you like to save them hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü

Sugery Sweet Tube of choice, I used artwork Elias Chatzoudis and Suzanne Woolcott Scrap used Sugery Sweet by Addicted 2 Scraps Template used Designs by Ali Valentine Template 2 Font of choice, I used Sharpie Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9 Plugin used Eye Candy 4000 (gradient Glow) Open template, duplicate and close the oringinal, go image canvas size, resize up to 750x750 now flood fill the copyright layerwith white and send to bottom. select all, Open A2S_SS5 copy and paste as a new layer above the white layer now go image crop to selection, select none and apply mask of choice. When using a template this is how I do it, may help others may not,I grab my magic wand and go to the layer I will be working on, IE Raster one right now, I click OUTSIDE the rectangle on this layer(this way you dont have to do the select all, float, defloat, selections invert steps every time It is already done for you lol. )Find a paper that you would like to use as a background in your frame, I usually use something that compliments my tube. in thisexample I used A2S_SS4. paste as a new layer and hit delete. select none and delete the original rectangle layer. using your magic wand go to frame layer, click inside and outside the frame layer, choose a paper of choice and copy and pasteas a new layer, hit delete select none. I used A2S_SS10. delete the original frame layer. Select the banner layer and repeat, as above,I choose A2S_SS3 select none and delete the original banner layer. Now go to the Bracket layer, select with your magic wandfind a paper of choice, and copy and paste as a new layer, delete, and select none , delete the original bracket layer, I choose to useA2S_SS6. Go to your Heart layer, doing the same as above, you can if you want leave your heart the original color or you can use a paper of choice, I used A2S_SS9, Now you can add some elements of choice, I used A2S_SS59, resized by 55% and moved it downbelow my heart layer, Image rotate, free rotate, to the right by 9%. I also used A2S_SS56 resized by 45% this time and moved it down below the heart layer, image rotate free rotate to the left by 9% . I used A2S_SS83 and pasted it as a new layer sending to the top,image rotate free rotate to the left by 6%, and arranged to lay over the bracket layer. I also added a candystick behind my heartI choose, A2S_SS63 copy and pasted it above my sucker and below the heart layer, image resize by, 45% image rotate free rotate by 15%. I used A2S_SS39 resized by 15% and moved it right below my string layer in the middle of the bow at the top, I did the same thingwith A2S_SS40 but put it under the bow at the bottom of the string layer,. Now you can use the word art that is on the templateor you can Change it, I changed mine using Bankgothic MD BT size 30 with a kerning set at -75. you would rotate to the left by11% to make it line up right. Now is where I added my gradient glow to the heart layer, the bracket layer, and the banner layer, I used 3.00/ 0 / 100 color white. Apply dropshadow of choice to your elements, To make your tube look like the top half is out of theframe and the bottom half is in the frame paste the tube below your frame layer, select all (on the tube) float defloat, go up to yourframe layer and erase the frame that is covering the part you want sticking out, select none, no go to your tube layer and using theeraser tool erase any bits that are sticking out that you dont want sticking out (hope this made sense lol) when you are happy withyour tag, hide the white background layer, and merge visable. I always resize my tag before adding the copyright info so it will beclearer, add your name and save the way you prefer to save tags.

I hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü

What you need : Tube of choice, I am using Suzanne Woolcott Font of choice, I used TwinkleStar by RobScrap kit, My Flower Garden by addicted 2 scraps Graphic Program of choice, I use PSP 9

Open a new image 650x650 flood fill white, Open el 124 copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 75% move toward the bottom of your image, open el 120 copy and paste as a new layer, move below your fence layer, open el 108 copy and paste as a new layer above your fence layer resize by 80% move down and hide the bottom edge of your fence. layer duplicate, image mirror and move this below your tree layer (right above your white layer) Open el 101 copy and paste as a new layer above the top grass layer, image resize by 35%, move to the right side of the grass layer, open el 102 paste as a new layer resize by 35% move to the left side of your grassy area, open el 87 copy and paste it as a new layer, resize by 35% move down to your flower box, layer duplicate and move over a bit to fill in your flower box. open el 119 and copy and paste as a new layer, resize by 25% duplicate and fill up your flower box I mirrored a few of mine, open el 81 copy and paste as a new layer, arrange and move down above the tree and below the fence layer, image flipand resize by 35% and have it look like it is propped against the tree. open el 95 copy and paste as a new layer making it your top layer, image resize by 10% duplicate and mirror move it down a bit on your tag, duplicate and mirror again and then image rotate free rotate by 21% to the right and move it down a little bit more, open el 111 copy and paste it as a new layer, image resize by 10% and place it in your tree somewhere, now add your tube of choice if you want, now add drop shadow of choice to your elements, I did not drop shadow the tree, feathers or grass as it seemed a bit much But this is your choice, now hid your background layer and mearge visable, add a new raster layer and flood fill with #e0ebf8 and add a round mask of choice, merge visable again now is when I resize my tag, (before adding my copyright info so it stays clear) I resized mine by 85% bicubic added my copyright and name and you are done hope you enjoyed this tut smiles christy Ü