Strange Holiday

Materials Needed:

• Prepared mask(s) of choice. I am using one of my own.
  
• Scrap kit by Bello Scarto called Traditionally Vintage.
  
• Tube by the artist of your choice. I am using the wonderful work of Lollipop Labs. Please do not use this image unless you have a license to do so.
  
• Filters are optional:
  • AlienSkin EyeCandy 6: Text and Selection > Perspective Shadow

I am going to assume you are using 3 masks as I am.

You have your masks prepared, right? Good.
Open a new 550x550 pixel image. (you can use any size, this is just my standard)
Place your prepared masks on the canvas. (Just drag and drop them onto your new canvas)

Now lets make sure our masks are centered on the tag.

Select > All
Layer > Align Layers to Selection > Horizontal Center
Layer > Align Layers to Selection > Vertical Center
Select > None

Repeat this for the second and third masks.

Now highlight the bottom mask in your layers pallet.
Open one of the papers from the kit and place it on your tag.
Right click the paper in the layers pallet and choose Create Clipping Mask.
Right click it again and Merge Down.

Repeat this for the other two masks.

For the elements, I am not going to go into vivid detail about what I put where.
So instead, I am going to show you what I have done.
Remember that Edit > Free Transform is for moving, rotating, and resizing your elements.



After you have your elements placed, right click each of the layers and choose Blending Options.
In the left menu, choose Drop Shadow and give your elements a shadow of choice.
Remember that varying your shadows will give your tag more depth.

Place your tube on the tag and go to Filter > Alien Skin Eye Candy 6: Text and Selection > Perspective Shadow



You can also give the layer a drop shadow via layer styles, but that is also optional.

ADD CREDITS

Now add a name or snag phrase or wordart to your tag.
Give this layer a layer style.
I have used a stroke, gradient overlay and drop shadow.



And this is my result:



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