This tutorial was written by me on March 29, 2025. The results are of my own imagination.  Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental.  

Please DO NOT claim this tutorial as your own.

This was written assuming you have a working knowledge of PSP.

Please keep in mind that I write the tutorial as I am creating the tag.

Sometimes I may not explain properly where to place things so please see my example if you are ever in doubt :)

Supplies needed

I am using PSP 2018 but this tutorial should work with any version.

PTU Kit:  I am using a fabulous kit called "An Emo Circus" created by Doodle by Design.  You can purchase it here.

Everything, excluding the font, used in this tutorial is included in the kit.

Font of choice for your name.  

Plug in: None

Drop shadow of choice.  I am using Vertical 0, Horizontal 5, Opacity 75, Blur 10, color black.

I use Vivienne’s drop shadows quite a bit as I really like the look of her shadows.  Thank you for letting me use your settings for my tutorials.

An image can get blurred when you resize an element or tube in PSP.  I use unsharpen mask for each item.  Vivienne has wonderful tips and tricks on how to do this here.

Please read all the Artist's/Designer's TOU.

Let’s get started.

Open a new 800x800 transparent image.  We will resize later.  Flood fill with white.

Remember to sharpen and drop shadow each image as you create the tag.

Element 162 - Move to the top center of the tag.  Duplicate, mirror and move to the lower left of the tag.

Element 163 - Resize 70% and move to the right of the first mask.  Duplicate, mirror and move to the lower left of the first mask.

Element 102 - Resize 40% and move to the top left of element 162.  Drop shadow.

Frame 3 - Resize 50% and move to the upper right of element 162.  Using the magic wand, click in the center of the frame.  Selections, modify, expand by 5.  Add a new raster layer and drag this under the frame.  Open paper of choice.  I am using paper 10.  Copy and close the original.  Select the new raster layer.  Edit, paste into selections.  Select none and drop shadow the frame.

Element 54 - Resize 30% and move to the upper right side of frame 3.  Drop shadow.

Element 35 - Resize 30% and move to the lower right of element 54.  Drop shadow.

Element 129 - Resize 15%, mirror and move to the bottom right of element 35.  Drop shadow.

Element 49 - Resize 15% and move to the bottom of the frame just left of element 129.  Drop shadow.

Element 6 - Resize 20% and move to the bottom left of element 35.  Drop shadow.

Element 59 - Resize 50% and move to the top left of the frame.  Drop shadow.

Element 45 - Resize 20%, mirror and move to the center of element 59.  Drop shadow.

Element 10 - Resize 20% and move to the top left of the frame just right of element 59.  Drop shadow.

Element 69 - Resize 30% and move to the bottom left of element 59.  Drop shadow.

Element 3 - Resize 25% and move to the top left of element 10.  Drop shadow.

Element 2 - Resize 35% and move to the bottom left of the frame.  Drop shadow.

Select the layer under element 2.

Element 94 - Resize 45% and move to the top left of element 2.  Drop shadow.

Element 71 - Resize 50% and move to the right of element 94.  Drop shadow.

Element 72 - Resize 30% and move to the bottom left of the element 94.  Drop shadow.

Element 98 - Resize 35% and move to the bottom of element 72.  Drop shadow.

Element 22 - Resize 35% and move to the bottom left of element 98.  Drop shadow.

Element 4 - Resize 30% and move to the bottom of element 22.  Drop shadow.

Element 74 - Resize 15% and move to the bottom of the car.  Drop shadow.

Element 84 - Resize 15% and move to the bottom right of element 74.  Drop shadow.

Element 97 - Resize 25% and move to the right of element 2.  Drop shadow.

Element 85 - Resize 20% and move to the bottom right of element 97.  Drop shadow.

Select the top layer.

Element 15 - Resize 25% and move to the bottom left of element 2.  Drop shadow.

Element 57 - Resize 20% and move to the bottom left of element 2 by the clown.  Drop shadow.

Element 7 - Resize 25% and move to the bottom left of element 15.  Drop shadow.

Element 100 - Resize 23% and move to the bottom center of element 2.  Drop shadow.

Element 31 - Resize 25%, mirror and move to the right of element 100.  Drop shadow.

Element 60 - Resize 15% and move to the top left of element 31.  Drop shadow.

Element 30 - Resize 15% and move to the bottom right of element 31.  Drop shadow.

Element 93 - Resize 20% and move to the bottom right of element 7.  Drop shadow.

Element 87 - Resize 15% and move to the bottom right of element 93.  Drop shadow.

Element 83 - Resize 15% and move to the bottom left of element 87.  Drop shadow.

Element 27 - Resize 10% and move to the bottom right of element 7.  Drop shadow.

Element 104 - Resize 25% and move to the bottom right of the peanuts.  Drop shadow.

Element 17 - Resize 20% and move to the bottom left of element 83.  Drop shadow.

Element 25 - Resize 25% and move to the bottom left of element 30.  Drop shadow.

Select element 162,  Using the pick tool, set to scale, pull the top down so it looks almost flat.  Mirror and move under the acrobat girl.  Duplicate and move to the bottom of the car.  Duplicate and move to the bottom slightly to the right.

Add any other elements you would like and make any adjustments on the tag.

Crop and resize your tag.  Be careful not to crop off any shadows or mask edges.  I resize mine to 650px on the width (if needed) as that is what fits my blog best.

Add your name and copyright.

Hide the white background and save as png.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial.  I would love to see your results.