Let's Get Started
Frame Swatch

1. Open a 200 x 200 transparent image.
2. In your top style box select solid color and then with your eye dropper select a color from the graphic that you like the best.
3. Flood fill your transparent image. I used HTML color #A21A1A with graphic in my tag above. I selected the color or her nail polish.
4. Go to Effects>Plug Ins>Andrew's Filter Collection 62>Wave Flying

SETTINGS:
Level 1 129
Level 2 127
Mode 1 206
Mode 2 222
Mix 1 183
Mix 2 123
Mix 3 117
Mix 4 122
Click OK

5. Save this as a .JPG or .BMP file on your hard drive. Minimize your swatch we will be needing it later on.

MAKING THE TAG

1. Open 400x400 Transparent Image
2. In both style boxes select solid color white
3. Click on the Preset Shape Tool

SETTINGS:
Rounded Rectangle
Antilias Check Mark
Line Width doesn't matter you are making a solid shape

4. Working on the transparent image start at 30x30 and ending at 367x369. You should have a solid white rectangle on your image
5. Go to Selections>Select All
6. Go to Selections>Float. You should have marching ants around your solid rectangle shape
7. Go to Selections>Modify>Contract type in 30 click OK
8. In your PSP tool bar click on the scissors to cut out the center or use the delete key on your keyboard
9. Go to Selections>Modify>Contract type in 15. Click OK
10. Flood fill the marching ants with solid white
11. Go to Selections>Modify>Contract type in 15. Click OK
12. Click on the scissors or the delete key on keyboard so you have another opening cut out
13. Go to Selections>Modify>Contract type in 15
14. Flood fill with white
15. Go to Selections>Modify>Contract type in 5. Click OK
16. Click on the scissors or delete key on keyboard to cut out another opening. Deselect
17. Go to Selections>Select All
18. Go to Selections>Float. You should have marching ants around the all the individual white frames
19. Make the swatch you made active. Go to Edit>Copy
20. Click on your working image and go to Edit>Paste Into Selection
21. Go to Effects>3D Effects>Cut Out

SETTINGS:
Vertical and Horizontal 5
Opacity 50
Blur 25
Color Black
Click OK

22. Go back to your Cut Out effect and this time change only your vertical and horizontal to Minus -5. Click OK. Deselect

Now we are going to fill our spaces in the frame

23. Select your magic wand. Settings Match Mode RGB Value, Tolerance 0, Feather 0
24. Click inside the outer space on your frame. Marching ants should be in the inside the first outer space
25. Go to Layers>New Rastar Click OK
26. Flood fill this space with solid color, pattern, or gradient of your choice. I used HTML color #D2D862
27. Go to Effects>Artisitic Effects>Colored Chalk

SETTINGS:
Detail 25
Opacity 25
DESELECT

28. Go to your Layer Palette and click on Layer 1 this should be your frame layer
29. With your magic wand select the next blank space on your frame
30. Go to Layers>New Rastar click OK
31. Flood fill with what you did in step # 26. Then repeat step # 27. The only opening we have on our frame at this time is where the graphic is to be inserted
32. Go to your Layer Palette and high light layer 1 your frame layer
33. With magic wand tool click inside of the frame to get marching ants around the inside
34. Go to Selections>Modify>Expand type in 2 Click OK
35. Go to Layers>New Rastar click OK
36. Click on your graphic to make it active
37. Go to Edit>Copy
38. Click on your working image to make it active
39. Edit>Paste>Into Selection
40. Go to Layers>Arrange>Send to Bottom
41. Go to Selections>Float
42. Go to Effects>3D Effects>Cut Out

SETTINGS:
Vertical and Horizontal 5
Opacity 50
Blur 25
Color Black (You can select a color of your own)

43. Go back to your Cut Out effect and change the Vertical and Horizontal to Minus -5. Deselect
44. Go to Layers>New Rastar Click OK. Go to Layers>Arrange>Bring to Top
45. Select your Font Tool click on your graphic. You will be making the corners of your frame
46. In your fonts window select Corners. Size 72. Standard Text select Solid Color White. In the font type in small letter g. That was my selection but you can choose any corner you like. Click OK
47. Move this corner to your upper left hand corner. Deselect
48. Go to Layers>Duplicate. Go to Image>Mirror. Now you have one on each side of your frame
49. Go to Layers>Duplicate. Go to Image>Flip. This should be your bottom right corner
50. Go to Layers>Duplicate. Go to Image>Mirror. You should now have all 4 corners on your frame
51. Go to your Layer Palette and close all your layers but the font ding layers. Make sure your top ding font layer is high lighted. Go to Layers>Merge Visible. Turn your layers all back on
52. Making sure your merged layer is high lighted go to Effects>Plug Ins>Flaming Pear>Blade Pro. Select a preset you like I chose gold glitter. Click OK. 53. Go Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow

SETTINGS:
Vertical and Horizontal 5
Opacity 50
Blur 5
Click OK>br>

54. Now is the time I added my tubes. You can use the ones I have here for you or those of your choice. Since this is an intermediate tutorial I feel you should know how to do this as to adding your tubes
55. When you have completed adding your tubes. Go to Layer>Merge>Flatten all
56. Go to Image>Resize in they pixels select no number higher than 300 in either box. Make sure your bottom to boxes have a check mark in them click OK
57. Go to Effects>Sharpen>Sharpen

You have completed the frame.

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial as much as I did writing it
Below is 2 more samples with this tutorial

Have Fun!!!
CC
Carol