This tutorial was written by me on March 1, 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 it.

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 "Phobia: Fear of Spiders" created by Doodle by Designs.  I am using the AI tube that came with the kit.  You can purchase it here.

Font of choice for your name.  I used Spiderweb here.

Plug in: Mura Meister - Copies

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.

PFOS (191) - Copy and paste as a new layer.  Move to the upper left of the tag.

PFOS (188) - Resize 90% and move over the mask. 

PFOS (104) - Resize 60% and move to the top right of the mask.  Duplicate and move to the bottom left.  Drop shadow each layer.

PFOS_Frame (8) - Resize 70% and move over the mask layer.  Using the magic wand, click in the center of the frame.  Selections, Modify, expand by 5.  Open PFOS_Paper (10) and copy it.  Select the mask layer and add a new raster layer.  Standing on the raster layer, go to edit, paste into selections.  Select none.  Select the frame layer and add a drop shadow.  Merge the frame and paper layer.  Move into place.

Select PFOS (104) layer.

Paste PFOS (158) and resize 25%.  Mura Meister - Copies with the following settings:  Number 12, Shift x and Y 50.  All other settings stay the same.  Move so it shows under the frame.  Drop shadow.

Paste PFOS (125) and resize 20%. Mura Meister - Copies with the following settings:  Number 14, Shift x and Y 50.  All other settings stay the same.  Move so it shows under the frame.  Drop shadow.

Select the frame layer.

PFOS (94) - Resize 40%, mirror and move to the bottom right of the frame.  Drop shadow.

PFOS (163) - Resize 20%, mirror and move to the bottom right of the frame.  Drop shadow.

PFOS (135) - Resize 20% and move to the bottom of PFOS (94).  Drop shadow.

PFOS (48) - Resize 30% and move to the left of the tube about midway.  Drop shadow.

PFOS (68) - Resize 30% and move to the bottom left of the tube.  Drop shadow.

Select the mask layer and duplicate it.  Using the pick tool, pull the top down to it looks almost flat.  Example below.  Move to the bottom of the tag slightly to the right.

Select the top layer.

PFOS (58) - Resize 20% and move to the bottom far right of the tube.  Drop shadow.

PFOS (64) - Resize 20% and move to the bottom left of PFOS 58.  Drop shadow.

PFOS (38) - Resize 18% and move to the bottom right of PFOS (64).  Drop shadow.

PFOS (6) - Resize 15% and move to the bottom right of PFOS (38).  Drop shadow.

PFOS (5) - Resize 15% and move to the bottom left of PFOS (38).  Drop shadow.

PFOS (76) - Resize 20% and move to the bottom left of the tube.  Drop shadow.

PFOS (43) - Resize 35% and move to the bottom left of PFOS (64).  Drop shadow.

PFOS (88) - Resize 25% and move to the bottom left of PFOS (76).  Drop shadow.

PFOS (82) - Resize 10% and move to the bottom left of PFOS (64).  Drop shadow.

PFOS (7) - Resize 15% and move to the bottom right of PFOS (82).  Drop shadow.

PFOS (59) - Resize 15% and move to the bottom left of PFOS (7).  Drop shadow.

PFOS (4) - Resize 10% and move to the bottom right of PFOS (43).  Drop shadow.

PFOS (8) - Resize 7% and move to the bottom left of PFOS (4).  Drop shadow.

PFOS (54) - Resize 10% and move to the bottom right of PFOS (4).  Drop shadow.

PFOS (9) - Resize 10% and move to the bottom left of PFOS (54).  Drop shadow.

PFOS (62) - Resize 15% and move to the bottom left of PFOS (82).  Drop shadow.

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.