Tutorial "Emo-tional"

This tutorial was written by me on 27th January 2011. It was done with PSP9 but it might work with other versions, too. This tutorial is copyrighted to me, any resemblance is purely coincidental and not intentional!

You need: "Cute Lil Emo" PTU Scrapkit by Rieka Rafita which you can purchase at Twilight Scraps and a sitting or kneeling tube, I am using the gorgeous artwork of Tony Tzanoukakis which you can purchase at MPT

1. Open a new transparent canvas 700x550px, open RR_Glitter.png, resize 75%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 65 degrees right, sharpen, move it down to the right, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow 5/5/50/5 #ffffff

2. Selection tool, custom selection, Left 50/Top 150/Right 635/Bottom 230, open RR_Paper15.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, duplicate layer, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow 5/5/25/5 #000000

3. Open a new transparent canvas 350x350px, flood fill with white, copy and paste as new layer onto your tag, free rotate 45 degrees left, Effects, Image Effects, Offset -95/0 (Custom and Wrap checked), duplicate layer, image mirror, merge down, select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, open RR_Paper5.jpg, set to pattern (Angle 0/Scale 50), fill selection with pattern, select none, add Dropshadow, arrange layer, move down (under the thin rectangles)

4. Highlight top layer, selection, custom selection, Left 80/Top 125/Right 610/Bottom 415, open RR_Paper18.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, press Strg X, Strg L to be sure that it is exactly in the center of your tag, add Dropshadow 5/5/25/5 #000000, repeat with -5/-5

5. Open RR_Frame4.png, with selection tool rectangle remove the left part of the stamp, copy and paste as new layer, resize Width 112%/Height 95% (aspect ratio and resize all layers not checked), on the frame press select all, selection float, selection defloat, delete layer, add new rasterlayer, open RR_Paper4.jpg, set to pattern (Angle 0/Scale 40), fill selection with pattern, select none, add Dropshadow 2/2/25/2 #000000, repeat with -2/-2

6. With magic wand tool click into the frame, open RR_Paper14.jpg, copy and paste as new layer, selection invert, press delete, select none, arrange layer, move down, highlight top layer, open RR_Wire2.png, copy and paste as new layer, add Dropshadow 5/5/25/5 #000000, open RR_Sparkle2.png, copy and paste as new layer

7. Open RR_Staple.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, free rotate 35 degrees right, move it up to the right, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, maybe you need to move this one a little, merge down, open one of the bottle caps, resize 80%, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the left, add Dropshadow

8. Before putting more decoration on the tag, open your tube, copy and paste as new layer, resize if needed, move it a little to the right, add Dropshadow, every decoration layer added after this should be arranged under the tube

9. Open RR_Star.png, copy and paste as new layer, move it to the right, duplicate layer, resize 75% (resize all layers not checked), image mirror, sharpen, move it down and back to the right, merge down, duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow

10. Open RR_Ribbon1.png, resize 50%, copy and paste as new layer, Effect, Image Effects, Offset -150/50 (Custom and Wrap checked), duplicate layer, image mirror, image flip, merge down, add Dropshadow, arrange this layer under the bottle cap, stay on this layer, open RR_Ribbon2.png, copy and paste as new layer, image mirror, free rotate 35degrees left, add Dropshadow

11. Open RR_Bag.png, resize 50%, sharpen, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the left, add Dropshadow, open RR_Shoes.png, resize 45%, copy and paste as new layer, move it down to the left, place it next to the bag, add Dropshadow, open RR_Skull3.png, resize 65%, copy and paste as new layer, move it up and a little to the left, place it on the rotated square, add Dropshadow, please remember that the tube layer should be the top layer :)

Write down your name and/or text, add copyright information and save your tag as .png or .jpg! Have fun ♥