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You will need:

Font of your choice - I used one called Pepito

Tube of your choice - I will be using the artwork of Martin Abel

License and Tubes available at Creative Design Outlet

 

Filters:

AAA Frames/Foto Frame

Mura's Meister/Copies

 

 

Ok let's begin

Open a New Image 20x20 ... Flood Fill with a color from your Tube

(pick a color that there is not much of otherwise further on it will blend into the background)

 

 

Effects> AAA Frames> Foto Frame ... with the following settings

 

 

Image> Canvas Size ... with the following settings

 

 

Rename this layer SQ ... Layers> Duplicate

Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... Tiling ... default settings

Activate the SQ layer

Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings

 

 

Adjust> Add/Remove Noise> Add Noise ... with the following settings

 

 

Selections> Select None

Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... Tiling ... change the Tile Gap to 3

Activate the Copy of SQ layer

Make a Custom Selection ... with the following settings

 

 

Hit DELETE on your keyboard

Selections> Invert ... Selections> Modify> Expand by 10

Activate the SQ layer and Hit DELETE on your keyboard

Selections> Select None

 

 

Change this layers Blend Mode to Luminance(L) and the Opacity to 40%

Activate the Copy of SQ layer and change this layers Opacity to 50%

Paste your Tube as a New layer and position on the Right side of your Tag

Layers> Duplicate

 

 

Effects> Mura's Meister> Copies ... *Wall Paper(rotate) ... default settings

Edit> Repeat Copies ... same settings

Adjust> Blur> Motion Blur ... with the following settings

 

 

Effects> Edge Effects> Enhance ... Layers> Arrange> Send to Bottom

Activate the Tube layer and apply a suitable Drop Shadow

 

 

Set your Foreground to the color you used for filling the little square at the start of the

Tutorial and your Background to another color from your Tube

Layers> New Raster Layer ... Flood Fill with your Background color

Selections> Select All ... Selections> Modify> Contract by 3 ... Hit DELETE on your keyboard

 

 

Selections> Modify> Expand by 1 ... Selections> Invert

Flood Fill the Selection with your Foreground color

Adjust> Add/Remove Noise> Add Noise ... with the same settings as used earlier

 

 

Selections> Invert ... Selections> Modify> Expand by 1 ... Selections> Invert

Layers> New Layer ... Flood Fill the Selection with your Background color

Selections> Select None ... Layers> Merge> Merge Down

I applied a slight Drop Shadow to make my border stand out

Effects> 3D Effects> Drop Shadow ... 0, 0, 100, 6, Black

Add Copyrights and your Name and that's it all that's left is to save your Tag

 

Here is another example also using the artwork of Martin Abel

 

Tutorial written on the 09/03/2013 ©David Hanslip