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To realize that tag, you'll need the plugins Graphic plus, Alien skin Eye Candy 5 / Impact, Murameister, Mura's seamless
and the material zip, down below : ( the tube of the scenery isn't included)

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*It is forbidden to suppress watermarks on the material provided , to alter, mist or rename the tubes in order to respect the work of the tubers
- The tube of the woman is by Kikirou
- The picture I have used is by Patrick Gunderson
- One of the brushes is by Ales1984
The other brushes have been found on the web
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Preparation
Duplicate your tubes, mask and picture, close the originals and minimize the copies for now.
Export your brushes in your psp as custom brushes
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Click here to print the tutorial
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You can use my arrow to follow your work
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1- Open a new transparent image of 800 by 650 pixels
2- Set your palette layers with two colours out of your main tube
My choice : Foreground : colour 2253A0 
Background : colour 85AAE1 
3- Flood fill your transparent layer with your foreground colour
Effects / Graphic plus / Cross shadow default
4- Add a new raster layer and select all
5- Open the picture Bg de Patrick Gunderson or a picture of your choice, copy it and paste it into the selection
Select none
Set the mode of that layer to Luminance Legacy
6- Add a new raster layer and flood fill it with your background colour ( right clic )
7- Layers / new mask layer / from image / choose Mask 121 / check Source luminance
Merge group
Lower the opacity of that layer to your liking ( I have lowered it to 60 )
8- Open a scenery tube of your choice, copy it and paste it as a new layer
Set the mode of that layer to Luminance Legacy if the colours of that tube don't match the rest of the tag
9- Open the tube Kikirou171_Fantasy or a tube of your choice, copy it and paste it as a new layer
Resize th tube Kikirou171 by 85%
Place the tube as shown on my tag
10- Effects / 3d effects/ drop shadow / 4, 4, 50, 25, dark navy blue
11- Open the tube fougères, copy it and paste it as a new layer
Place that tube bottom left hand corner of your tag
12- Open the tube étoiles, copy it and paste it as a new layer
Place le tube as shown on my tag
Instead of my tube with stars, you may use a brush of your choice but don't forget to add a new layer before applying your brush !
13- Add a new raster layer
Activate your brush tool and set it as below and apply the brush Floral_Ales__20, size 955 on the left hand side of your tag; use a colour of your choice
14- With your eraser tool, set as below, erase all the parts of that brush that you don't want

15- Effects / plugines / Mura's seamless / Emboss at alpha par défaut
You may use the tube I've made with the flower brush instead of doing steps 13 to 15
16- Open the tube texte enclosed, copy it and paste it as a new layer or write your own text with fancy fonts
17- Add a new raster layer and apply your signature
18- Make sure everything is at the right place
Image / add some symmetrical borders of 2 pixels with your light colour
19- Layers / Promote background layer ( your background layer will be converted to a raster layer )
20- Image / resize at 90% / resize all the layers NOT checked !
21- Add a new raster layer
Layers / arrange / move down
22- Flood fill that layer with a contrasting colour
My choice : colour 031E49
24- Effects / Plugins / Murameister / clouds as below
25- Effects / plugins / Graphic plus / cross shadow default
26- Add a new raster layer
Set your foreground with your light colour and apply the brush SS sparklies in the top hand right corner of your tag
27- Activate the top layer, the one with your tag
Effects / plugins / Alien skin Eye candy 5 / Impact / perspective shadow / Drop shadow blurry / black colour
28- Image / add some symmetrical borders of 2 pixels with your light colour
29- Save your work as a jpeg file and resize your tag if necessary
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That's it !! You've done it !!
If you 've enjoyed doing my tutorial, it would be nice to write a few words in my guest book ! If you 've had the slightest problem, please, send me a mail here so I can see to the problem !
Tutorial translated on the 20th of April 2009
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Thank you Elusive for your gorgeous version

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Thank you Anne-Marie for your nice mystic version

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Thank you Roo for your fantastic version

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Thank you Miep for your lovely version

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Thank you Huguette for your lovely asiatic version

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Thank you Dini for your brightful version

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Thank you Meg for your gorgeous version

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Thank you Evelyn for your magic version

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Thank you Brigitte Domino for your lovely fairy version

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Thank you Bea BB for that superb version

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Thank you Marga for that gorgeous version

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Thank you Rita for your mysterious version

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Thank you Tineke for your beautiful "Hollywood" version !

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Thank you Anna for that great version

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Thank you Regina, it's really marvellous

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Thank you Pauline, what a lovely night

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Thank you Tiny for your splendid version

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Thank you Brigitta for your cute Halloween version

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Thank you Joke for your fabulous version

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Thank you Nel for your sweet version

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Thank you Karen D for this terrific version !

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Thank you Zona for your wonderful version

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Thank you Jacline for your brilliant arrangement

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Lilypiet
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Marie
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You can see all the versions that are on the French tutorial page here
