Easy grunge tag

Supplies needed: Corel Paint Shop Pro Filters Used: Alien Skin Xenofex 2- Download Demo HERE SuperBladePro (optional) - Download Demo HERE Winni's SBP 2.5 preset - Download from HERE (it's the 3rd set down) The use of SBP (SuperBladePro) is optional.  You can easily substitute it with one of your favorite bevels. Tools Used: Ellipse Tool:   Object Selection Tool:

Before starting this tutorial:
Download and install the filters - Remember to restart PSP after installing your filters.
Unzip Winni's preset to SuperBladePro's environments and textures folder.



Step 1:
Create a new file, 300x350, transparent background.


Step 2:
Grab your Ellipse tool or hit the letter 'q' to activate it.
In the materials palette, set your Foreground color to white, background color to #7bacc3.

Go over to the Tool Options palette and plug in the settings shown below:

Mode: Circle
Show nodes & Create as vector: Checked
Line style: Solid
Width: 10
Anti-alias: Checked

Draw out a circle, center it in your canvas by going up to Objects > Align > Center in canvas.
Selections > Select none

For PSP 9 and up users:  If you plug in the below settings after you draw out a small
circle, you will have the exact size circle that I'm working on:




This is how mine looked:



Step 3:
Duplicate your circle layer and name it 'edge'.  Grab your Object Selection Tool,
go over to the canvas and double click on the duplicate layer to bring up the Vector Properties Dialog box.

Change the setting as shown below:



Hide this layer by clicking on the 'eye' next to the layer.


Step 4:
Go back to the original circle layer, name this layer 'tag'.
Go to the canvas and double click on the circle with the Object Selection tool (it should still be selected).
Change the settings in the Vector Properties dialog box as shown below:




Step 5:
Right click on the 'tag' layer and select 'convert to raster'.
Effects > Plugins > Alien Skin Xenofex 2 > Stain

Change the settings as follows:



Step 6:
Unhide the 'edge' layer, right click on it and select 'convert to raster'.

Selections > Select all > Selections float > Selections defloat.
Effects > Plugins > Flaming Pear > SuperBladePro.
Locate & double click on the winni.sbp.style2.5a.q5q preset, hit 'OK'.

Keep selected............

Selections > Modify > Contract, contract by 1.
Selections > Modify > Feather, feather by 1.
Selections > Invert.
Hit the delete key once.

Select none.


Step 7:
Add the following drop shadow to your edge:

Vertical/Horizontal: 1
Opacity: 100
Blur: 3
Color: black
Shadow on new layer: checked

Lower the opacity of the shadow layer to 50%

Your tag should look something like this:



Step 8:
Grab your Ellipse tool, same settings as before.
Change your Background color to Null (transparent).
Foreground color should still be white.

Draw out a small circle, see below:
(I drew it on top of the tag so that you could see it)


Right click on the layer and convert it to raster, name this layer 'hook'.
Selections > Select all > Selections float > Selections defloat.
Apply the same SuperBladePro setting as we did in Step 6.
Select none.

I placed my hook behind my tag because I wanted the ability to use the tag
with or without the hook, but you can merge it with the 'edge' if you like.

 This is how my finished tag turned out:


Saving your file with the layers intact will make it easier for you to change the
color of your tag later.  When you are ready to use it on one of your projects,
go up to Edit > Copy Merged, then Edit > Paste as New Image.  Add a drop shadow to
your new image and you're good to go.


I hope you enjoyed this tutorial; I would love to see your results.