You will need a tube about the same size and shape-mine is 260x440 or thereabouts

Add a new layer and flood fill with a light colour of your choice that will go with the tube

Selections-select all-selections -modify-select selection borders-size 25-inside and anti alias checked

Selections -invert and then delete by clicking on the delete key on your keyboard

Effects-3D-cutout on default setting but have the 'fill interior box with colour' unchecked

Selections -invert-effects-inner bevel-settings as in screenshot.

Select none

Add a new raster layer and flood fill with your original colour

With paintbrush on round 05 setting paint some squiggly lines as in the screenshot.

Effects-reflection effect-pattern-default setting.

Effects-texture effects-straw wall on default setting

Layers arrange-send to the bottom

Click on tube layer-layer arrange-bring to the top

Arrange as you wish-layers merge visible

Image-canvas size-you need to have the height the same height as it is on your tag and the width double the size it is already. If you have used my tube the canvas needs to be 510x 436.

On the placement chart at the bottom click on the arrow on the middle row to the right.

Add a new raster layer and flood fill with your original colour-repeat the painting squiggles and the reflection effect then the texture-straw wall as before.

Layers arrange-send to the bottom

Add a simple border or frame then resize as you wish.

Adjust-sharpness -sharpen

With selection tool on rectangle-draw a rectangle on the left of your tag and flood fill with a colour of your choice.

Resize as you want it.

Add a new layer for any text that you want to add to the rectangle.

Add another new layer and another font for a name.

Layers merge visible

That's the tutorial finished.

I hope that you enjoyed doing it.

written by Chrissie 2005