This tutorial was written
by Sebrina on
March 18,2009
Any resemblance to another
tutorial is purely coincidental.
Do not copy this tutorial and post it through any group or claim it as your own.

For this Tutorial I'm using
The art of Ted Hammond.
I purchased his tubes when CILM but you can find him here at CDO

Template #403 By Missy. Thanks so much!  Here

Scrap kit Courtsey of the Red White and Blue - by Sleek N Sassy Designs.Thank you so much! You can buy this kit Here! Check out here blog Here

Optional Plugins Gradient Glow.


This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP.

Lets get started

Open your template
Ctrl+D to duplicate
Delete the copyright layer & Dotted Line 1 & 2.


On Copy of Circle 3 Layer Select all float and defloat and copy and paste paper 6 on new layer then select invert and tap delete key. Unselect and delete original layer.

On Square Layer Select all float and defloat and copy and paste paper 14 on new layer then select invert and tap delete key. Unselect and delete original layer.

On Rectangle 1 Layer Select all float and defloat and copy and paste paper 10 on new layer then select invert and tap delete key. Unselect and delete original layer.

On Rectangle 2 Layer Select all float and defloat and copy and paste paper 5 on new layer then select invert and tap delete key. Unselect and delete original layer.

On Stars Layer Select all float and defloat and flood fill with red and unselect it.

On Circle 3 Layer Select all float and defloat and copy and paste paper 12 on new layer then select invert and tap delete key. Unselect and delete original layer.

On Circle 1 Layer Select all float and defloat and copy and paste paper 9 on new layer then select invert and tap delete key. Unselect and delete original layer.

On Thin Rectangle 1 Layer Select all float and defloat and copy and paste paper 13 on new layer then select invert and tap delete key. Unselect and delete original layer.

On Thin Rectangle 2 Layer Select all float and defloat and copy and paste paper 8 on new layer then select invert and tap delete key. Unselect and delete original layer.

On Thin Rectangle 3 Layer Select all float and defloat and copy and paste paper 11 on new layer then select invert and tap delete key. Unselect and delete original layer.

On Circle 2 Layer Select all float and defloat and copy and paste paper 2 into selection then unselect it.

On Frame Back Layer Select all float and defloat and copy and paste paper 1 into selection then unselect it.


Now you can use elements of choice or you can use the ones I did. Please use my tag as a reference!

Embellishment paste in the far left hand corner of tag
I took a close up of my tube and on the Frame selection select all float and defloat then paste the close up of the tube into selection then select none.
Fireworks paste as a new layer and move them just to the right of the frame
Red Sliver Star resize 35% move to the bottom right of the tag
Blue Sliver Star resize 35% move to the left just under frame
White Star resize 35% move to the right between and slightly upwards of the star between the frame and the other star.


Now add a drop shadow to all layers



*****Optional for your tube******

I was turned on to this trick by a good friend of my named Kim. You can check her out Click Here See Kim!

On your tube if you want to make it kinda pop out a little more here is something you can do.

Duplicate your tube layer on the copy layer add a gaussian blur of 2.00 and move it below the original layer. On the original layer blend mode to hard light and change the opacity to 73. Merge the layer down and sharpen!

Crop/resize tag to your preference - add copyright/license & watermark & name ..Save as PNG or JPEG

Please leave me a comment to let me know how you liked my tutorial. And please send me your results and I will post them up! I would love to see your results! My E-mail is Timeofyourlifescraps@yahoo.com