This tutorial is for those who have working knowledge with Paint Shop Pro.

This tutorial used Justine’s PTU scrap kit called “Grunge Candy”

You can purchase this from her stores on her blog. You can find this cute kit: HERE

*Tube: Elias Chatzoudis - Tube: Rock Me

This is a PTU tube and can not be provided, this requires a license and you can purchase this tube: HERE

*Template: By Miss from Divine Intentions: Template 167.

This can be found on template links, down on the left and middle of her page,

download pack: template 161-180: HERE

Please say thank you for her hard work while you are snagging!

*Mask: Dead Sexy by Diane with Candy’s Treats: HERE

Please say thank you for her hard work while you are snagging!

*Font: Lucida Handwriting. This is a PTU font and can not be provided,

But any cursive font will do!

Please SAVE often!!

Let’s get started.

Save the mask into your mask folder in Corel before opening up Paint Shop. This is usually located: C/Program Files/Corel/Corel Paint Shop/Masks.

Open up a template of your choice, I used: missy_tagtemplate167.

Hide the very top layer (copyright) and the very bottom layer (background).

Top tool bar-Image-Resize-125%, with all layers checked-Ok.

Open up your kit and have ready.

Click on your background frame to make active on your template, and create a new raster layer. Flood fill with a paper pattern of your choice. I used: Paper 10.

*Tip: To use a paper as a pattern. You need to have the paper open in Paint Shop. Click on the foreground layer (top box) of your color palettes up at the top right of the page. Once opened you will see a box with three square options at the top. Color, Gradient, Pattern. Click on Pattern, and use the little drop down arrow to choose your choice, and you will see the paper you have open. Click on this, hit ok. Then Use your flood fill tool and fill the raster layer with this pattern.

Now click on your background frame again, and Top Toolbar- Selections-Select All-Selections-Float- Selections-Defloat-Selections-Invert, click on the new paper layer and hit delete on your keyboard. Now Deselect.

*Tip: To Deselect: Top toolbar-Selections-Select None.

You will use this process for each layer of the template you decide to use.

I used Paper 8 for the heart layer & the frames layer of template.

I used Paper 3 for the ric racs.

It’s easier to merge the two together and then do the process.

Leave the Paper 3 open for your next step.

Click on the hidden background (white layer) to make active. Create a new raster layer. This should have brought a new layer above your background layer.

Flood fill this layer with Paper 3.

Now load your mask, to do this, go to your top tool bar,

Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask from disk, with these settings:

Go to your layers on the right, right click and “merge the group” of three layers.

Now open the elements and choose several elements of your choice. I used:

String2 – Resize by 60%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Drag this layer to the top of your layers and use your pick tool and position this string above your heart template layer. See mine to reference.

WireFence – Resize by 90%, Copy and paste as a new layer. Drag this layer all the way to the bottom of your template layers but above your main white hidden layer.

Use your pick tool and move a little to the right.

HeartTag – Resize by 60%, Copy and paste as a new layer. Drag this layer up above your frames layer. And make sure it’s positioned in the middle.

Glitter3-Copy and paste as a new layer. Drag this layer to just above your wire fence layer. Move to the top right of the tag so it peeks a little out from the frames. Duplicate once, and move the other to the bottom right.

Copy and Paste your tube of choice as a new layer, I used a fabulous Elias tube called:  Rock Me. No need to resize or anything. Just make sure it’s dragged to the very top of your layers, so it sits on top.

Now add your name to the little heart tag in cursive font. I used a font called: Lucida Handwriting, size 20, foreground null, background black. Add a gradient glow/diffuse if you prefer. 

Add any drop shadows you would like to the elements.

Now add your copyright and watermark.

Save Again, and resize to your preference.

Leave as default PSP image for tag offers later.

Right Click, Copy merged, paste as a new image. Save as a PNG. (for a transparent layer). Or JPG for a white background for your tags.

You are done.