***DISCLAIMER***

This tutorial is from my own imagination

Any similiarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental

I'm using Corel X14

Supplies

Tube of choice :- Ismael Rac's Frankensexy

tagtemplate :- Punky Butts Template 161 HERE

Mask - Gems masks 115 HERE

PTU Scrap kit - matching Frankensexy Kit by Angel

Brushes - Web brushes of choice (there are lots at deviant art)

Font - Summer Scare HERE

Both the tube and kit are available to purchase at Ismael's store 

(in the new release section) HERE

Plug In's used - DBX flux - Spider Web, Xero - Radience, Penta.com - Jeans

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I'm gonna used a couple of abbreviations (save repeat myself lol)

C & P - copy & paste

S,SA,F,DF - Select, Select All, Float, De-Float

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Here we go:-------->

Open up all your supplies in PSP

Highlight Punky's template - Window - Duplicate and close orginal template

Image - canvas size 1000 x 1000 pixels (I like a large canvas to work on, we'll resize later)

Delete CR layer and font info layer

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That done.... highlight your tube

I'm using Ismael's Frankensexy tube which has lots of layers

Go thru each layer and close out by clicking on the little eye in the layers pallette

all the layers you DON'T wanna use.

Then when your happy - Edit - Copy special - copy merged & paste as the top layer on your template

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Image - Resize - resize to 55% - smart sized checked - ok

Image - flip hortizonal/Mirror 

position your tube (use my tag as reference) move to below the word art layers

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Flood fill your background layer with white 

(we'll delete this later)

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Highlight your large rectangle layer

and S,SA,F,DF 

Copy EAS paper 12

Create a new raster layer - then paste paper into selection - select none

and delete large rectangle layer

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Highlight large oval layer

S,SA,F,DF add new raster layer

take your dropper tool and choose a nice colour from your tube

I used #479608 and black to make a gradient angle 0 repeats 1

flood fill your new layer with the gradient - then select none

Effects - plugins - DBX flux - Spider Web - Rays 8 - Rings 5 - merge 50

***leave the ants marching - go to selection - modify - expand by 4

create a new raster layer and flood fill with black and drag this layer underneath

your green oval layer - back to selections - modify - expand by 2

create a new raster layer and flood fill wit #479608 and drag this layer

underneath your black layer - select none***

Delete large oval layer

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Highlight green lg strip

S,SA,F,DF create a new raster layer

and flood fill with #479608

Effects plugin - Penta - Jeans - amount 62 - border width 10

Repeat *** to ***

delete green lg strip

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Highlight left orange stripe

S,SA,F,DF create a new raster layer

and flood fill with #479608 - select none

delete left orange stripe

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Highlight right orange stripe

S,SA,F,DF create a new raster layer

and flood fill with #479608 - select none

delete right orange stripe

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Highlight left orange square

S,SA,F,DF create a new raster layer

and flood fill with black - keep the ants marching

Selections - modify - contract by 5 - create a new raster layer

and flood fill with #479608 - then back to selections

this time contract by 3 and press delete 

Select none and delete left orange square

Repeat for right orange square

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Highlight left black square

S,SA,F,DF create a new raster layer

and create a gradient linear angle 36 repeats 5 and flood fill

keep the ant marching

C & P your tube above this layer

Position until your happy then Selection - Invert the press delete

duplicate your tube - Adjust - Blur - Gaussian blur - radius 3, then change the blend mode to soft light

back onto your original tube layer and change the blend mode to luninence

Effects - plugins - Xero - Radience - on default settings - ok

Select none

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Repeat for right black square

but mirror and resize your tube image

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Highlight the 'forget the ghosts' wordart

create a new raster layer & flood fill this with #479608

back to the wordart layer and S,SA,F,DF

Back to your flood filled layer

Selections - Invert - press delete

delete wordart layer

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Highlight the 'forget the ghosts' border

Adjust - Contrast and brightness - and move the slider to -255

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Repeat these last 2 steps for the 'beware of' wordart layer

and 'beware of' border layers

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Highlight the 'add name' layer

and delete

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Highlight the arrow layer

S,SA,F,DF add new raster layer

and flood fill with #479608

Go to adjust - add noise - noise 50% - gaussian & monochrome checked

Delete arrow layer

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Highlight arrow border layer 

Adjust - Contrast and brightness - and move the slider to -255

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Now for the fun bit....

From the kit use various elements to decorate your tag

I used......

EAS candle resized 75%

EAS weird swirlie

EAS goblet resized 85%

EAS skull polish resized 35% free rotate left 18

EAS bindings - rotate 90

EAS wordart

EAS gothlips resize 35%

EAS bow

Please use my tag as reference

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Add your web brushes 

and move your word art layers to the top of your layer pallette

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Now for your mask

I'm using mask 115 by gems

Highlight the background layer and add a new raster layer

flood fill with your gradient -

Go to Layers - mask layer and choose Gems mask from the drop down box

Source luminence checked and apply

merge group and resize by 85%

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Add drop shadow 2.2.50.5 to appropriate layers

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Merge all layers visable and crop

Image - resize - resize all layers to 700 pixels - ok

add your cr,  tagger info and name and saved as a PNG

Phew!!! your done

I would love to see anything you create