Bad Girl

This tutorial was written by me on August 9 using PSP X4.  All my tutorials assume you have some working knowledge of PSP and/or Animation Shop.

Supplies:

Tube of choice - I'm using the amazing art of The Hunter.  You must have a license to use this image.  You can get his art and license here.

Scrap Kit of choice - I'm using a great kit by Kitts Kreations called Bad Ass Chick.  Visit her blog here to find where you can get this kit and her other great designs.

Template - EI Template 71 by Pooker which you can get here.

Font of Choice - I'm using Home Boots which you can get here.

Mura Meisters Tone
Tramages Tow The Line
Penta VTR2
Eye Candy 4 Gradient Glow

Open your tube and minimize for now.  

1. Open your template - Shift+D to duplicate - close original - on teal circle - selections - select all - float - defloat- c/p paper of choice - deselect - repeat for grey rectangle layers - delete original layers

2.  Choose 2 colors from your tube and make a gradient - on your black angle rectangle layer - selections - select all - float - defloat - new raster layer - flood fill with your gradient - leave selected - effects - mura meisters tone - apply - selections - invert - delete - deselect - repeat for other black angle layer - delete original layers

3.  On white circle layer - selections - select all - float - defloat - c/p another paper INTO selection - selections - select none - adjust - add/remove noise - settings your choice - apply

4.  On grey circle layer - selections - select all - float - defloat - layers - new raster layer - flood fill with gradient - selections - select none

5.  On teal rectangle - selections - select all - float - defloat - layers - new raster - flood fill with black - effects - tramages tow the line - apply - deselect - delete original

6.  On black rectangle - selections - select all - float - defloat - new raster - flood fill with your earlier gradient invert checked - leave selected - maximize your tube - mirror - c/p as new layer - position to your liking - selections - invert - delete - selections - deselect - delete original black rectangle

7.  On frame layer - selections - select all - float - defloat - c/p another paper of choice - selections - invert - delete - deselect - add same noise as above - delete original

8.  Merge your teal strip and white strip together - select - float - defloat - new raster - flood fill with gradient - effects - Penta VTR2 default - select none - delete original

9.  Add any elements of your choice resizing and rotating as needed and position around your tag - I weaved them in between the layers - when happy drop shadow your elements and your frame and tube layers

10.  C/P your tube again as new layer - position on tag resizing if needed - drop shadow

11. Close out background layer - crop/resize your tag - add copyright/license and your name ( I added a gradient glow to name) - save as .png

Would love to see any results and thank you for trying my tut!