First, Last, Best

I'm using the beautiful art of Jennifer Janesko. This tube was part of the wonderful CILM

2008 Christmas present. Do not use her art without the proper licence, which you may
obtain at CILM.

The scrap I'm using is a lovely freebie addon to her First Love PTU kit, from Ali

at Designs By Ali, on her blog HERE.

The template is also by Ali, template number 11, on the same site.

Fonts used are Fortuna Dot and Chopin Script, FTU fonts, just Google to find them.

Open a new canvas 700x400, transparent. You can crop or resize later, if you like. Copy and paste the template (it's only one layer) onto your canvas as a new layer, or you may use preset shapes to create your own, if you prefer: one square with five horizontal narrow rectangles. Delete the copyright layer and the background layers, if using the template. Click into your template, Selections>select all>float>defloat, copy and paste paper#6 into the selection. Selections>select none. Add a drop shadow of -2, -2, 30, 5, black, then 2, 2, 30, 5, black.

Open paper #9, copy and paste as a new layer. Apply mask from disk, Source luminance, fit to canvas and hide all mask ticked. Add the same drop shadow to the mask layer, go to Layers>arrange>move to bottom.

Open Diamond throw 1, copy and paste as a new layer. Image>mirror. Use your raster deform tool to fit it to your canvas. Erase any odd bits or partial stones. Duplicate this layer 3x, then merge these 3 layers together. Add a drop shadow of -2,-2, 30, 5, black. (Only the one shadow on the jewels, please, or they will blur when you animate your tag.)

Open the frame, and resize it by 50%. Copy and paste it on as a new layer, and then move it over the square on the template layer, and use the deform tool to make it fit the square. Add drop shadow of -2, -2, 30, 5, black, then add another of 2, 2, 30, 5, black.

Paste your tube as a new layer, resize to fit the square. Move tube down under the frame layer, and erase any bits that show outside the frame. No need for a drop shadow on the tube layer. Add your copyright and licence info.

Go to Layers>merge visable. Now duplicate this merged layer 3x, for a total of four layers. On the first duplicate layer, type the words FIRST LOVE and place so that it's half in, half out of the frame. See my tag for position. On the second duplicate layer, type out LAST LOVE and position in the right center of your tag, barely overlapping the frame. See my tag for placement. On the third duplicate layer, use a script font (I used Chopin script, a free font) to write your name, place at the top right of your tag. Add the drop shadows to each text layer.

Now to animate! First, copy the original layer to animation shop. Then, back in psp, merge the original layer with your first duplicate layer, copy and paste into animation shop after the first frame. Copy the first frame, and paste it as your third frame in animation shop. Back to psp, undo the merge, and merge the original layer with the second duplicate layer, copy and paste this into animation shop as your fourth frame. Again, copy the first layer, and paste as the fifth frame. Back to psp, undo the merge, and merge the original layer with the third duplicate layer. Copy and paste into animation shop as your sixth frame.

Set your frame properties as follows:

frame 1 @ 40

frame 2 @ 60
frame 3 @ 50
frame 4 @ 60
frame 5 @ 50
frame 6 @ 240

Save as a .gif, and you're finished.