I participated in the Misfits Blog Challenges

for the first time!! For my part, I 

did Template & Wordart.

The template is Spring Themed 

& available here.

The wordart is a mix of Spring

& St. Patty's themed &

available here. While you are there,

check out all the goodies made

by other Misfit members.

This tutorial was written

on October 11, 2019.

Any resemblance to another

tutorial is purely coincidental.

I am using the tube Pumpkin by

Rebecca Sinz.

Plugins: 

Mura's Meister Copies

VM Natural: Welder

EyeCandy 4000: Glass

EyeCandy 4000: Gradient Glow

Mask: AR315_CM_mask141

from Creative Misfits Blog.

I'm not sure which posts the mask I used came from.

Open a 700x700 new image.

Copy & paste your tube as a new layer.

Duplicate the tube once. Select the original

tube layer.

 Apply the plugin 

Mura's Meister Copies: Wallpaper Rotate-Default settings.

Apply the mask AR315_CM_mask141. Merge group.

Rename the layer 1.

Duplicate the layer twice. Rename the two new layers as 

2 & 3.

Hide the 3 layer for now. Select the layer 2 on your layers palette.

Select the plugin VM Natural: Welder -Default settings.

Change the blend mode on this layer to Overlay or one of 

choice depending on your tag.

On the Layer 3, go to Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur.

I did a radius of 10.00 for mine. 

Change the Blend mode on this layer to Hard Light.

Now, with the original Layer 1 selected, apply the plugin

EyeCandy 4000: Glass with the settings:

Bevel Width 45.00

Smoothness 75

Bevel Placement: Inside

Edge Darkening 30

Gradient Shading 35

Refraction 50

Opacity 0

Tinting 50

Color: White

Choose your Ellipse Preset Shape Tool

Line Style Solid & Width 3.00

On your Materials palette, set your Foreground color

to a color that will stand out from your tag. Hide the background

color for now. 

Now drag out a circle around your tag. You don't want it

too big but enough to go around nearly all of your tag.

Select your font tool. Select a font which fits your tag style.

On your Materials Palette, unhide the Background color & select a 

color for your text. I used white for mine.

Hover your mouse along the circle shape until it shows A) but sideways slightly.

Click your mouse & type out your text. 

Hit apply when done. 

Now on your layers palette, click the + on the Vector layer for the text & circle layers. This will open up the layers. Click the eye on the circle ellipse layer to hide it from your tag. Then re-click the - to close the layers but still keep your text visible. Convert to raster. I applied EyeCandy4000 Gradient Glow - Black Halo 3.00 to my text to help make it more visible.

Crop tag to desired size. Add copyright information & name to the tag.

Save as PNG. Thanks for trying my tutorial

This tutorial was written

by Wicked Cupcake on

May 25,2016

Any resemblance to another

tutorial is purely coincidental.

I am using a tube by Robin McQuay.

The artist does not sell tubes anymore but you

can find her artwork here.

The tube I used is an exclusive to Creative Misfits Forum.

Plugins & Programs:

Paint Shop Pro X2

VM Stylize - Square Blur

VM Distortion - Distortion by Hue

Eye Candy 4000 Glass

Open up a 700x700 new image. Select a tube to use

of choice. Resize the tube if needed. I resized mine 85%.

Copy & paste the tube as a new layer onto your image.

Select your rectangle preset shape tool. Width 5.00.

On your Materials palette, select a color from your 

tube for the fill color & hide the stroke color for now.

Draw out a rectangle close in size to your tube - vertical or 

horizontal depending on the tube you are using. Convert to raster.

Position so the rectangle comes up behind part of the tube.

Merge the tube & shape layer together & duplicate once.

On your layers palette, select the duplicate copy layer we just made.

Apply the plugin VM Stylize - Square Blur with the default settings.

Now apply the plugin VM Distortion - Distortion by Hue using the settings

Strength 33

Direction 219

Chaos 127

Intensity 77

Next, we're going to apply Eye Candy 4000 Glass. Go to settings

& select the option Clear Glass. We are going to use the default settings for it. Now we are going to add another slight bevel to it. Go to Effects -3D Effects Inner Bevel & select the option 2 & leave settings as is. You can change color if you wish. I used white on mine.

Move the copy layer below the original tube/shape layer. 

On the original layer, lower the opacity to 71 and set the blend

mode to soft light. 

Copy and paste your tube once again. If needed, position so

it lines up with the rest of the layers. On this layer, set the blend 

mode to soft light & leave opacity at 100.

Select your font tool. Choose a font of choice for your tag &

a color for the text. Type out a word or two to fit your tag. For mine,

I used the words Always Blue. Convert to raster. I chose to rotate

the words right 90. You can do this by going to Adjust - Free Rotate.

Just make sure the rotate all layers is not checked. Once rotated, move to

position you want the text in on your tag.

I also applied the earlier Inner Bevel to the text layer & a drop shadow

of choice.

Merge layers together & resize as needed. Crop to desired size.

Add artist copyright information & name to the tag. Save as png.

Thanks for trying my tutorial.