Bad Romance

Supplies
PSP Any Version should work
My Supplies Zip HERE
Super Blade Pro or Eye Candy (Optional)
Mura's Meister Copies (optional)
Mask of Choice (I used Vix_Mask176)
Tube of Choice
I'm using the artwork of Keith Garvey you may purchase a license to use his work at MPT
Font of Choice (I suggest something with a "grunge" feel to it)

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Let's Begin
**Feel free to delete the template layers after you've replaced it with the new layers.

Open the tube you'll be using
Select two colours from it. You can either use contrasting colours or different shades
of the same colour.
open all your background papers to customise them for your tag.
floodfill the background layers with whichever colour you'd prefer
play around with the blend settings to get the a look you like.
you can even hide layers you're not interested in using.
once you're happy with your papers, open your Template.
Duplicate the template and close out the original.
Delete the info layer which is labeled Brattitude.
Make the "Heart Dot" layer the active layer
select all/float/defloat
add new raster layer
floodfill selection with the lighter colour you chose earlier
keep selected and using either Superblade Pro or Eye Candy apply a glass preset.
You could also apply a bevel to it if you prefer.
Apply Drop Shadow of your choice
DeSelect
Make the "Heart Frame" Layer active.
select all/float/defloat
add new raster layer
floodfill with the darker colour you chose earlier or a contrasting colour I chose to use Black
adjust/add/remove noise/add noise with the following settings
Gaussian
Noise: 50
Monochrome CHECKED
Deselect
Make the "Heart" Layer active
select all/float/defloat
selections/invert
Select which paper you want to use
copy merged and paste as a new layer onto your working image
delete
selections/invert
add drop shadow of your choice
Make the "Frame 1" Layer active.
select all/float/defloat
add new raster layer
Floodfill with Contrasting colour
adjust/add/remove noise/add noise with the following settings
Gaussian
Noise: 50
Monochrome CHECKED
Deselect
Make the "Rectangle 1" layer active
select all/float/defloat
add new raster layer
floodfill with the lighter colour you chose earlier
DeSelect
using your text tool,
type in a word or words you'd like to use
Select a simple or pixel font
with the following settings
size: 12 pixels
alignment: left
anti alias off
create as: floating
colour: Black
I chose to use a part of the song "Bad Romance" By Lady GaGa
"I want your love and I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
I want your love and all your lover's revenge
You and me could write a bad romance"
cut/paste as a new layer (this will center the text which makes it easier to tile)
Go to effects/plugins/mura's meister/copies
apply the "tiling" setting
Make the "Rectangle 1" layer active
select all/float/defloat
selections/invert
make the text layer active
delete
Deselect
change the blend setting to "Soft Light"
***If you don't have or don't want to use Mura Meister you can just use one of the papers for this part.
Make the "Small Rectangles" Layer active.
select all/float/defloat
add new raster layer
Floodfill with the dark colour you chose earlier
adjust/add/remove noise/add noise with the following settings
Gaussian
Noise: 50
Monochrome CHECKED
Deselect
Make your "Bad Romance" Layer active
select all/float/defloat
add new raster layer
floodfill with Bratti_BGFill_Layers
While still selected apply the same glass preset or bevel that you used on the heart dot layer.
Deselect
Choose another of the papers you customised
copy merged
make the heart layer active
add a new raster layer
floodfill with black
Drag to below your heart layer
Apply Mask
Move mask to where you're happy with it.
merge group
adjust/add/remove noise/add noise with the following settings
Gaussian
Noise: 100
Monochrome CHECKED
image/resize
I chose to resize about 80% but it's up to you depending on your own tag size preference.
hide your New Bad Romance and Bad Romance Shadow Layers
Once that is hidden then merge visible.
Unhide your New Bad Romance and Bad Romance Shadow Layers
Make your Merged layer active
copy and paste your tube as a new layer
resize if needed
add drop shadow
Make the merged layer active
open your Bratti_Heart_layers image
select all/float/defloat
selections/invert
select one of your papers copy merged and paste as a new layer
delete
deselect
resize to taste I chose to resize at 80%
copy merged and paste on your tag image as a new layer.
arange to your liking
using your eraser tool, erase portions of the ring to make it look like it's piercing the paper.
select all/float/defloat
selections/invert
using your airbrush too with the following settings
Shape: Circle
Size: 10
Hardness: 77
Density: 64
Thickness: 100
Opacity: 61
Blend Mode: Normal
Colour: Dark Grey
positioning your airbrush at the edge of the selection click just once to make it look like a slight shadow.
Using your text tool, add your name
I chose to use the font "Selfish" at 100 points.
I then added the same glass preset I used for both the heart dot and the Bad Romance Text
add a dropshadow.
be sure to add all the proper copyright info to your tag and save as a .png file
to preserve transperency.