Tube of choice - I used a tube by Leonardo Preda I received this tube from MPT Christmas gift MPT is no longer in business - If you do not have this same tube as me please use another however Leonardo Preda is now selling his tubes at
CDO Here
do not use the same tube w/o the appropriate license to do so
Font of choice
Eyecandy - Gradient Glow
Ready!!
Open Kandee Christmas Collab Temp 7 Shift+D Close out the original
Delete the info layer
Image - Canvas size change to 775x775 stand on the green strip layer with your selection tool draw around the left side and right side left over bits and hit delete do the same for the gold strip layer
Open Paper 5 - Minimize to the task bar click on the foreground and select pattern Angle 0 Scale 20 Stand on the red square layer Selections - select all - float - defloat layers - new raster layer - flood fill with the pattern selections- select none delete the original red square
Go to adjust - Brightness and contrast - Levels
with these settings
42 0.9 255
Stand on the red square frame layer
add noise at 50% apply drop shadow of your choice
Stand on the left tab layer Selections - select all - float - defloat layers new raster layer flood fill with #bd0606 delete the original left tab layer
now duplicate the left tab on the original which will be the bottom one go to eyecandy gradient glow I used a fat glow width of 5.00 color #bd0606 add noise at 50% apply Levels as you did before apply drop shadow of your choice stand on the copy left tab go to effects texture effects weave with these settings
Gap size 1 Width 5 Opacity 1 Weave color white Gap color white Fill gaps checked
Repeat for the right tab layer
Stand on the green square layer do the same as you did with the red square
Stand on the green square frame add noise at 50% add drop shadow of choice
Stand on the gold oval layer add noise at 25% add drop shadow of choice
Stand on the gradient oval layer Selections - select all - float - defloat copy and paste paper 9 as a new layer resize by 80% and position how you like within the selection - right click on the paper 9 layer select promote selection to layer select none - delete the original paper 9 layer and gradient oval layer colorize to a lighter green add a drop shadow to the gold strip layer
Stand on the green strip layer and do as you did for the red square layer stand on the red strip layer do the same as you did for the left tab
Stand on the green circle layer go to adjust - color balance - manual color correction click on the Source use the dropper to click the color in the green circle then click in the Target change the HTML to #bd0606
Duplicate this layer - go to eyecandy gradient glow using the same settings as you did for the tabs apply drop shadow of your choice
Stand on the red circle layer change the color to #ecdba2
using Manual color correction
Stand on the wordart back layer apply drop shadow of your choice Stand on the wordart layer using your selection freehand tool draw carefully around Santa's favorite girl add noise of your choice select none
Open elements from kit that you want to use and place around your tag - resize as needed add drop shadows of your choice
add your tube where desired resize as needed apply any effects if desired apply drop shadow of your choice
add your name and credits
when all done with your tag edit copy merged paste as new layer
selection - find Create selection from and select layer opaque then go to image - crop to selection and save as a png and you are done ! :)