This tutorial was written on July 11th, 2021

Any resemblance to another

tutorial is purely coincidental.

I am using the art of Queen Uriel

using her tube Pride Month 2021.

Plugins:

Mura's Meister's Copies

Xero Porcelain

VM Natural Splash! 

EyeCandy4000 Gradient Glow

Preset Shape:

dbmmisc04

Open a 700x300 new image.

Open up your tube of choice.

Copy & Paste your tube as a new 

layer onto your blank image.

Duplicate the tube layer once.

Rename the duplicate to Top Tube.

Hide the tube copy layer for now.

Make sure the original tube layer

is selected in your layer palette.

Rename the layer as OG Tube.

Apply the plugin Mura's Meister Copies:

Wallpaper rotate with default settings.

Also apply the plugin Xero Porcelain with default settings.

Duplicate the OG Tube layer once.

Rename the layer OG2.

Apply the plugin VM Natural Splash! Default.

Go to Effects - Edge -Enhance once.

Lower the opacity on this layer to 44%.

Select your Rectangle Preset Shape tool.

Width doesn't matter right now.

On your Materials Palette, Hide the 

Foreground/Stroke color for now.

Choose black or white for the Background

color. It doesn't really matter.

For this part, I took a preset shape called

dbmmisc04 & modified it to work for my purpose.

I drew out the shape on a new image 700x700.

Color black or white it doesn't matter.

Draw it out to desired size. Using your selection tool,

draw around the top rectangle. Once selected, right click

& promote to new layer. Select none.

Move the promoted layer to just above the below shape.

Merge together.

Now, apply the plugin Mura's Meister Copies: Tiling w/

default settings. If needed, trim off any excess rectangle shapes.

You only want 6 rectangles per column. I have 3 columns of 

6 rectangles each.

Copy & paste as a new layer onto your tag image.

Rename the layer as Pride colors.

Now, we're going to fill each row going across,

with a color of the Pride Rainbow.

The order of the colors starting at the top are:

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green 

Blue 

Purple.

Make sure you fill each of the rectangles going across 

per row (not column). Also, if you aren't doing a Pride 

themed tag, feel free to change the colors to fit your tag.

Change the blend mode on the colors layer to Soft Light.

Select your Top Tube layer in your palette. Now, select your Preset

Shape Tool again. You want to use an angled heart shape &

set width to 3.00 Set your color to white in your Materials Palette.

Hide your Background color for the moment & unhide your Foreground one.

Draw out a white heart. I did 334x260 for mine. Convert 

the shape to raster layer. Position the heart on the 

bottom right corner of your tag. Rename the heart shape as Heart1.

Now, move your Top Tube layer so its inside of the heart shape.

Select your magic wand tool. Make sure you are on the Heart1 layer.

Click inside your heart to select it.

Selections - Modify - Expand by 2. Selections invert.

In your layer palette, select your Top Tube layer & press delete

on your keyboard. Select none. Add a drop shadow to the Heart1 layer.

Add a new raster layer. Fill this layer with white.

Select the layer using your Magic Wand. Selections Modify-Contract by 4.

Press delete. Select none.

Apply plugin EyeCandy4000 Gradient Glow - using Black Halo &

set the Glow Width to 3.00.

Select your Text tool. Set your Background color to white.

Choose a font of choice & size preference.  Type out words of choice.

I used Love Is Love. Convert text to raster. I positioned the wording on

top left corner of my tag. This way its diagonal from the heart shape.

Merge layers visible. Add artist copyright info & a name to your tag.

Save as PNG. Thanks bunches for trying my tutorial.

CT tag featuring the beautiful art of Abranda Icle Flaminio

using her tube 11-1. I am also showcasing the wonderful

scrap Fibro Awareness by Karmalized Scraps.

Fibro is an awful, evil monster of pain. Two

dear friends of mine suffer from it. 

You can find out more information 

about it here.

Fibro is very real & those who have it

experience hell with their bodies.

Any resemblance to another

tutorial is purely coincidental.

I am using the tube Cherry Blossom girl by Zindy

Plugins:

Mura's Meisters Copies

Xero Porcelain

Crescent Moon

VM Natural

EyeCandy 4000 

Mask:AKK_Mask061 by Karmalized Scraps

Open up tube of choice.

Open up a 700x700 new image.

Select your Rectangle Preshape tool.

Set your width to 6.00 & on your Materials

palette, set Foreground/Stroke to white.

Hide the Background/Fill color option for now.

Draw out a square shape.

Go to Objects - Align Center In Canvas.

Convert the layer to raster.

Add a new raster layer underneath the square layer.

Fill this layer with a color from your tube of choice.

If your tube has a close up layer, copy & paste the closeup

as a new layer above the layer you just filled with color.

On the close up layer, apply the plugin Mura's Meisters Copies

- Wallpaper Rotate with default settings.

If it didn't fill your whole image with the closeup, simply repeat the plugin 

one more time.

Let's rename a few layers to help keep everything straight.

I named mine from top to bottom (minus the blank bottom layer)

Square

Closeup

Color BG

Now select the Square layer in your Layers Palette.

With your Magic Wand tool, select inside the square.

Go to selections, Modify -Expand by 2.

Selections Invert & on your Layers palette,

select the Closeup layer & press delete button on your keyboard.

Repeat the last step with the Color BG layer.

Select None.

That should remove any parts of those two layers outside of the Square.

Select the Closeup layer again. 

Apply the plugin Xero Porcelain with default settings.

Change the blend mode on the layer to Soft Light or one

that looks good with the tube you are using.

Apply the plugin Crescent Moon - WarmCloth with default settings.

Duplicate the Closeup layer. Rename the copy as Closeup 2.

On this layer, apply the plugin 

VM Natural Splash! with default settings.

Select your Font tool. Choose a darker color from your tube for

your Background/Fill color option on Materials Palette.

Set your font to a desired font & size. I used size 11 for mine.

Type out wording of choice. I used Breast Cancer Awareness for mine.

Convert the wording to Raster & rename the layer Words.

Open the plugin Mura's Meister Copies again.

Select the option Tiling & change the Tile Gap to 2. Click ok.

Now select the Square layer in your Layers Palette.

With your Magic Wand tool, select inside the square.

Go to selections, Modify -Expand by 2.

Selections Invert & on your Layers palette,

select the Words layer & press delete button on your keyboard.

Select None.

Lower the opacity on this layer to 36. You can find the Opacity on 

the Layers palette.

Copy & paste your full tube as a new layer above the Square layer.

Position on one of the corners of the square. Rename Tube.

On the Square layer, apply the plugin EyeCandy4000 Gradient Glow.

I used Black Halo option with a glow width of 3.00

Add a desired drop shadow to the layers of your tag.

Back with the Font tool, type out wording of choice.

I used: Knock Cancer On Its Ass - but feel free to change

wording for your tag.

Convert the wording to raster layer.

Apply the plugin EyeCandy 4000 Glass.

I chose the Glass Color white for mine but feel free to change it.

Bevel Width 7.20

Smoothness 0

Inside Marquee checked

Edge Darkening 0

Gradient Shading 10

Refraction 50

Opacity 50

Tinting 50

Apply the effect.

Be sure to add desired drop shadow as well to the wording.

Select your Preset shape tool. I chose a heart shape.

On the Materials Palette, hide the top color for now.

Choose a color for the bottom one.

Draw out the shape or heart that you chose.

Once you have it the size you want, convert the layer to raster.

Go to Adjust - Add Noise.

I did Gauassian & 25.

Apply the plugin EyeCandy4000 Gradient Glow.

I used the Fat option with a glow width of 3.00

Add a desired drop shadow to the heart/shape layer.

Position it as wanted around your

 tube. Duplicate once

& mirror. Position as wanted.

Fill the bottom layer with color of choice.

Go to Layers Load/Save Mask - Load Mask From Disk.

I used the mask AKK_Mask061

Right click on one of the mask layers in your layer palette.

Merge- Merge Group.

I did resize my mask layer 94 & 96%.

Crop your tag to desired size.

Add artist copyright info & name.

Save as png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial.