This tutorial was written by me on October 14th, 2012 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional.

PSP Version used: PSP9, but should work in other versions.

This tutorial assumes you have a good working knowledge of PSP.

Supplies:

Tube of choice. I am using the work of SkyScraps. You can purchase her work here. 

PTU Skull Candy by Manipulated by Magik. You can purchase this kit here. 

Template005 by Manipulated by Magik. This template is included with the kit.

Font of choice. I am using Stephanie Marie JF.

Filters: Eye Candy 4000 Gradient Glow

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Open your template. Delete the credits layer and rec. strip layer.

Set your canvas size to 850 x 850. Resize all layers by 71%.

Open glitter spil 2. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the upper right corner. Duplicate, mirror, and flip. Move slightly down. Merge these two layers together. Move this layer just above the background layer. You can delete the background layer now.

On the diamond lines layer, manual color correction. Set the source color to #bf2d9c and your target color to #561464.

Merge the top right circle and bottom left circle layers together. Select all, float, defloat. Open paper 23. Copy and paste as a new layer. Selections, invert and press delete. Deselect and delete the original layer.

Open your tube. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place over the upper right circle. Duplicate and move over the bottom left circle. Arrange your tubes to your liking and merge the tube layers together. On the circles layer, select all, float, defloat. On the merged tubes layer, selections, invert and press delete. Deselect. Duplicate your tubes layer. Gaussian blur 3.00, set the blend mode to screen, opacity 50. On the original tubes layer, set the blend mode to luminance (L), opacity 34.

On the right rectangle layer, select all, float, defloat. Open paper 26. Copy and paste as a new layer. Selections, invert and press delete. Deselect and delete the original layer.

On the left rectangle layer, select all, float, defloat. Open paper 14. Copy and paste as a new layer. Selections, invert and press delete. Deselect and delete the original layer.

Merge the left and right oblong layers together. Select all, float, defloat. Open paper 2. Copy and paste as a new layer. Selections, invert and press delete. Deselect and delete the original layer.

On the oval layer, select all, float, defloat. Open paper 7. Copy and paste as a new layer. Selections, invert and press delete. Deselect and delete the original layer.

Create a linear gradient using #eeddf7 and #561464, angle 45, repeats 3.

On the oval frame layer, select all, float, defloat. Add a new raster layer and floodfill with your gradient. Deselect and delete the original layer. Add noise, gaussian 100, monochrome checked.

On the banner layer, select all, float, defloat. Add a new raster layer and floodfill with the gradient you created for the frame layer. Deselect and delete the original layer.

Open your tube again. Copy and paste as a new layer over the banner. Duplicate twice and arrange the tubes to your liking. When satisfied, merge your tubes together. On the banner layer, select all, float, defloat. On the merged tubes layer, selections, invert and press delete. Deselect. Duplicate your tubes layer, gaussian blur 3.00. Set the blend mode to screen, opacity 50. On the original tubes layer, set the blend mode to luminance (L), opacity 34.

Open bow 1. Resize by 90%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the upper right side of the template.

Open the barbed wire. Resize by 85%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place so it sits on top of oblong shape. See my tag for reference.

Open flower 2. Resize by 60%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the right side, just above the bow on the ribbon. Duplicate and mirror. Place the the upper left corner of your template. See my tag for reference.

Open word art 2. Resize by 90%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place over the barbed wire.

Eye Candy Gradient Glow. Under the basic tab, change the glow width to 3.00. Under the color tab, select the Fat preset.

Open the equalizer. Resize by 47%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the lower left.

Open the earbuds, mirror. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place over the equalizer.

Open your tube and resize your tube if necessary. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place so she sits on the bottom dotted square. See my tag for reference.

Open lips 2. Resize by 50%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Rotate slightly to the left. Place to the left side of your tag.

Open cupcake 2. Resize by 55%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the bottom right corner.

Open the cat & skull. Resize by 55%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to the right of the cupcake.

Open the sparkles. Resize by 85%. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place to your liking. (I rotated mine to be at an angle.)

Add your name, copyright, and license info. Apply a drop shadow of choice.

Merge visible and save as a PNG.

Thanks for checking out my tutorials.