Needed:

Jasc/Corel Paint Shop Pro.

VM Distortion Filters - We will be using the Kaleidoscope Filter

Tube of Choice  -  For this tutorial, I used a delightful image created by Suzanne Woolcott.  You can purchase her wonderful art in tube and full form at AMI which stands for Artistic Minds, Inc. 

Supplies:  Included in the zip is:  Lori's Doodles - Potted Flowers and Butterflies. Lori has awesome doodles.  She now has her own blog, located here,  where you can download all of her wonderful graphics.  Also included in the zip file is a Microsoft Clipart Media kitty which I tubed, the Flower Kaleid temp1 psp file and the temp add on psp file, created by me.

Optional - Any additional elements or scraps you wish to add or change.  I add this because you may want to substitute and use your own elements.  Remember, tuts are just guides - the finished product with your creativity, is yours.

SETTINGS USED IN THIS TUTORIAL

Drop Shadow:

Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80, Blur 5, Color Black 

Step 1

Open up the Flower Kaleid Temp1 psp File.   Go to Effects/Plugins/VM Distortion/Kaleidoscope and use these settings:

Divisions 118 and Rotation 82. Click ok.

Step 2

Open up the tube graphic you will be using.  Left click the dropper tool and left click it on a primary color from your tube graphic that you would like for your basic tag.  This color should now be in the top color box at the Material Palette.  Left click the  top color box at the Material Palette, and when the color selection window opens, write down the hue and saturation amounts.

Go to Adjust/Hue and Saturation/Colorize and type in these amounts.  Your tag graphic coloration should now be close to the color you selected.

Step 3

Open up the Temp Add On psp File.  You will see there are two layers.  Go to the topper layer and make it active.  Go to Edit/Copy.  Make the tag template active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. Left click the mover tool and center the topper on the tag.

Step 4

Colorize the topper as you did the tag template in Step 2.

Step 5

Still at the Tag Template (Flower Kaleid Temp1), open up the layer palette and go to the bottom layer (the merged layer).  Go to Effects/Texture Effects Weave and use these settings:

Gap Size 1, Width 7, Opacity 1, Weave Color and Gap Color White (#ffffff) and Fill Gaps checked.

Step 6

Still on the bottom layer of the tag template, go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the settings from above.

Step 7

Go back to the Temp Add On psp file and go to the layer with the text. Copy and paste the text above the topper layer on the Tag Template.

Step 8

Open up your tube graphic and copy and paste it to your tag.  If your tube graphic is too large or too small, go to Image/Resize, using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked.

Step 9

Open up Lori's Flower Pot Doodles and select one for your tag.  Copy and paste to your tag, and resize as necessary.  Or if you have your own graphic you would rather use, that will work.

Step 10

Open up Lori's Butterfly Doodles and copy and paste and resize as needed.  If the colors of the butterflies don't coordinate with your tube colors, colorize as you did before.

Step 11

Open up the Microsoft Clipart Media kitty and copy and paste it to the tag.  Resize as needed.

Step 12

Add your copyright information.

Step 13

Go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten).  Go to Image/Resize, using the percent option at 90% or smaller, bicubic and resize all Layers checked.  Save this file as a jpg tag template.

Step 14

Lastly, add your text and resave this file with a different name. This way you will still have your template intact to reuse again so that you can make multiple tags for friends and group members.