PLEASE NOTE:
None of my tutorials or Scrap Kits are allowed to be used for tags being bought by My PSP Tubes or for any other form of monetary gain.
This goes against the artists TOU that I use for my tuts and against my TOU.

Step 1:

Open a new 600 x 600 pixel image. Flood fill with White.
Copy and paste one of the blue papers onto your canvas - I used Monti-SSN-Paper-Blue1.jpg.
Go to Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image and find WSL_Mask38.jpg in the drop down box.
Source Luminence Checked - Invert mask data UNChecked.
Delete the mask layer and merge group. Rename Mask Blue.

Copy and paste one of the yellow papers onto your canvas - I used Monti-SSN-Paper-Yellow2.jpg.
Go to Layers - New Mask Layer - From Image and find WSL_Mask25.jpg in the drop down box.
Source Luminence Checked - Invert mask data UNChecked.
Delete the mask layer and merge group.
Duplicate this mask layer 3 times for a total of 4 layers.
Hide the blue mask layer and the white background layer and merge all visible. Rename Mask Yellow.
Unhide all layers.

Step 2:

With your Magic Wand click inside the center of the frame.
Go to Selections - Modify - Expand - by 8.
Copy and paste your main tube as a new layer and use your move tool to move it into position. Once happy with it's placement go to Selections - Invert - and press Delete on your keyboard. Deselect and move it below your Frame layer.
Add a drop shadow of choice to your tube. I used
Vertical = -3
Horizontal = 2
Opacity = 53
Blur = 3
Colour = Black

Activate the Frame layer and with your Magic Wand click inside the center of the frame.
Go to Selections - Modify - Expand - by 8.
Open a paper of choice - I used Monti-SSN-Paper-Blue1-StarTrail.jpg and copy and paste it as a new layer onto your canvas.
Resize it and move into position.
Go to Selections - Invert - and press Delete on your keyboard. Deselect and move it below your Tube layer.
Hide the white background layer, merge visible and rename Frame 1.
Resize by 80% - Bicubic selected - All Layers UNchecked and move to the bottom left of the canvas.

Repeat this step for the other frame using your other tube. I also used a different paper as the background - I used Monti-SSN-Paper-Blue2-Starry.jpg.
Resize this one by 80% Bicubic again so it is smaller than the other one and position in the top right.
Rename Frame 2.
Add a drop shadow to each of your Frame layers. I used
Vertical = 0
Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 53
Blur = 6
Colour = Black

Step 3:

Copy and paste Monti-SSN-MoonBear2.png as a new layer on your canvas and resize by 50% - Bicubic selected - All layers UNchecked.
Add the following Drop Shadow.
Vertical = -3
Horizontal = 2
Opacity = 53
Blur = 3
Colour = Black

Open a bow of your choice - I used Monti-SSN-Bow-Yellow1-Starry.png - and copy and paste as a new layer onto your canvas.
Resize by 65% - Bicubic selected - All layers UNchecked and move into position on Frame 1.
Add the same drop shadow we used earlier and then duplicate the bow.
Resize the duplicate by 65% - Bicubic selected - All layers UNchecked and move into position on Frame 2.

Add any other elements you want to your tag.
I added some Star Trail Blings and a Shooting Star and added the same drop shadow we used earlier.
I found my tag was still too big so at this point I resized it again by 80% - Bicubic Selected - ALL layers CHECKED.
If you added any blings activate those layers and go to Adjust - Sharpen.

Step 4:

Open your Alphas and add your name. Apply the same Drop Shadow.
Hide the white background layer, crop to size and save.

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