Scrapkit - Autumn is Here - HERE
Template - Simple Expressions  HERE
Tube - PP Blooming by Zlata+M @PFD HERE (resized mine 60%)
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Delete credit layer, white, flower center, and flower layer and as always I start at the bottom and work up
DS as you go
Leafy swirl - p6
flower cluster - p3
horizontal strip - p3
lg rectangle - p7
sm rectangle - p4
lace trim - p1
ele11 - resize 90%
ele28 - resize 35% and place where flower was
ele52
ele46 - resize 45% top right hand corner and drag below e28
duplicate/image mirror/image flip
ele57 - resize 80%
ele5 - resize 80%
Click on top layer
ele45 -resize 35% and place left hand side of bottom rectangle
ele20 -resize 80% and place bottom of template and drag to bottom layer
Place tube so she is at the bottom, in the middle
ele11 - resize 60% and place move a little to the left and drag below ele45
ele13 - resize 40% and place next to the acorns
crop/merge visible/resize/place proper copyright

Blue -FTU

Srapkit -  Feeling Blue by Chaos Priestess - HERE
Template by LindaNM - the first one - HERE
Tube - VeryMany HERE  please don't use without a license
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Open template and delete top 3 layers, all raster 5 layers, and white background
I also adjusted my papers to blue
I always start at the bottom and work my way up:
All raster 3 layes use p 02
Black circles use backdrop instead of a paper - use your magic wand at default for each black circle
All of raster 1...p7...use magic wand on each,  I used my closeup to fill those rectangles ---layer properties/overlay. You may do with as you wish.
String01
String02 - resize 80%
Heart01
Heart02 - resize 70%
Ele01 - move behind tube layer
Flower06- resize 30%
Crop and resize tag....add proper copyright

Dreaming - FTU

Scrapkit - Dreaming  HERE

Template by Chas - HERE

Tube - Zindy HERE  do not use without proper copyright

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Open template and delete copyright and word art

Image/canvas size/700x700

I always start at the bottom

Merge grey boxes together - p21

Merge black circles - p1

Black rect - p13

Dark grey rect - pattern paper1 - place  again so it covers whole selection....then merge these together

Image/adjust/sharpen more

White oval - p4

Black oval & grey square - p7

Grab magic wand and click inside grey rectangle and add p5

Fraame8 resize 60% and place onn oval and then add your tube

String

Scatter3 - resize 60%

Flowers7 - resize60%  - image/flip

Butterfly4 - resize 45%

Clock - move layer below tube

Beadswire

Clouds3 - 40%

Catcup - resize 20%

Merge visible/crop/resize as needed/add proper copyright

Simple flower and ribbons- FTU

Scrapkit - Lorenzen  HERE

Template - BP Temp #25 - HERE

Tube - Garvey HERE

Please leave proper thanks and do not use tube without copyright

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Open template and delete copyright layer and white background

Starting at bottom:

Background swirl - pp17

Stripe - pp8

Still on this layer - selections/select all/float/modify by 3/add new raster layer/floodfill with contrast color and move below stripe layer

Frame fill = pp7

Adjust/blur/blur then repeat 1 more time

Skip to frame layer and use pp31

Ribbon1 & 2

Flowerdoodle3

Flowercorner2 - resize 80%

Brush1

Bow11 - resize 60%

Place your tube/crop/merge visible/resize as needed/add proper copyright

FTU Yellow Spring - quick

Kit - Spring Day part1 & 2 - HERE  (please leave a thank you)
Template - SE template 39 - HERE  (please leave a thank you)
Tube - Jose Cano HERE (do not use without proper license}

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Open template and delete copyright layer and bottom 2 layers
Using part 2
Paper14 - apply mask of choice/merge group
background flower - pp18
Ele63/duplicate/image/mirror
All frame fills - pp17 - adjust blur/blur 2 x
Sm and large frame - adjust/h&s/colorize/39 and 233 on all
I used 5 tubes all together...the 4 for the frames I gray scaled....you do as you want
Each tube I then added Xero/porcelain/all sliders to the left
Effects/texture effects/blinds/3,73, color is white, both boxes checked
Ele61 - resize 40%
Ele14 - 25% - duplicate/image/mirror
Using part 1
Ele36 - duplicate/merge ele together
Ele1
Paste main tube
merge all visible/crop/resize as needed/add proper copyright

Irish Dream - FTU

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Kit is by Peace - Shamrock Dreams - HERE
Template is by Becky - #49  HERE
Tube - Garvey ( I used 4)  His tubes are HERE
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Open template and delete copyright and white background layers
Image/canvas size 700x700
Starting at the bottom - p2/apply mask/merge group
ele6 - duplicate and mirror
Shape3 - p9
Shape2 - p1
Shape1 - p8
I used a gradient for the frame fills - you may do what you like
Now add your tubes into the frames
On these tubes only use - xero-radiance/default
Layer properties set to multiply
Ele84
Ele1
Merge visible/crop/resize/add proper copyright

Love

Scrapkit -  Hopelessly in Love by HPD  HERE
Template - Melissa HERE  Use Template1
Tube - DiHalim at S&Co HERE
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Open template and delete copyright layer and white background
Re,member to drop shadow as you goImage/canvas size 800
Starting at bottom and working up:
Ele69
Duplicate/image/mirror
Merged - p3
Adjust/add-remove noise/add 100, gaussian, monochrome
Raster4&copy - p1
Merged - flood fill with Black
Raster3&copy - p12
Adjust/add-remove noise/add 100, gaussian, monochrome
Raster2 - p
Ele53 - resize 85%
Duplicate/image/flip
Ele38
Ele48 - resize 60%
Duplicate/image/mirror
Ele29
Ele28/mirror
Ele12 gradient glow
Ele17 - mirror
Position tube
Merge visible/crop/resize as needed/add proper copyright

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Wonderland - FTU

Kit - Its a Wonderland by HPD HERE  (5th one down) Please remember to leave a thank you when downloading

Mask - your choice

Tube -  Bonus PUT from CDO HERE  Please use proper copyright

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DS of your choice as you go along

Open new image 700x700

Paste pp4 and apply mask/merge group

Ele28 - resize 80%

Ele11 - resize 60%

Ele60 - position

PP17 - resize 60% and place below frame/grab your magic wand and click inside the frame/selections/expand by 6/invert/click on pp layer and delete

Ele34 - resize 60%

Ele31 - resize 80% and place on bottom of frame

Ele43 - resize 80% and place to right

I placed my tube so she is peeking out from behind the tree

Ele39 - resize 60%

Ele37 - resize 60% - place bear leaning against ele39

Merge all layers visible/crop/resize as needed/add proper copyright

Winter _FTU

Scrap Kit - Candy's Winter HERE
Template by Millie - HERE
Mask #6 - HERE  (6th one down)
Tube - PUT from CDO
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Open mask, delete copyright layer, background layer and Canvas size 700x700
As always I start at the bottom and work up

PP15 - apply mask/merge group and send to bottom
Ele37
PP11 - resize 66%, merge 1 & 2 and paste paper
Selection/all/float/modify - expand by 2/new layer/flood fill with color of choice/select none and pull below pp11
Layer3 - pp14
Layer4 - pp10
Merge layer 5 & 6, pp5
Merge 7 & 8 - pp14
Merge 9 & 10 - use element 34 in place of pp
On this layer, do the same as you did for pp11
Ele46 - resize by 50% and place at bottom
Add tube
Ele71 - resize 50% - duplicate/mirror
Ele67 - resize 75% -erase the base as the presents will cover it
Ele49 - resize 25%
Ele30 - resize 25%
Ele23 - resize 35%
Merge all visible/crop/resize as needed/add proper copyright

BCA - FTU

BCA Kit - HERE (Grab it quick)
Template - HERE
Mask -  by Bam Bangers - HERE (using mask1)
Tube - HERE  by Lysisange...it is a freebie...make sure to use the url in the download  strictly for this tube
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Open template
Delete word art and copyright layer
Starting at bottom adding a ds of your choice as you go:
Shape - p7
Arrows - -merge together and flood fill your choice
Glitter rect - adjust/hue saturation/colorize I used H231 and S134
Rect - p6
Paste p2 and apply mask/merge group
Dotted rect - same hue and sat
Make a gradient with 2 colors of choice -  linear, angle 25, repeats 8
4 star layers - merge together and fill with gradient - stay on this layer
Selections/select all/float/modify by 3 - new layer - flood fill with a dark color and drag below the star layer - apply some noise
Glitter circle, no shape - same hue and sat as before
Black circle - p2
Ele22 - layer properties to overlay
Place your tube as you want - for mine, I duplicated the no shape and dragged the dup above tube abd erased off her face and arm
Ele18 - resize 35% - duplicate/mirror
Ele24 - resize 25%
Ele25 - 18%
Ele17 - resize 30%
Ele10 - resize 40%
Ele2 - resize 40% position and erase a bit of the stem, duplicate, mirror
E9 - resize 10%
hide the white layer
Crop/merge visible/resize as needed/add proper url and you are done

Bright - FTU Exclusive at TTL

Scrapkit by Majik - HERE
Template by Millie - HERE
Tube - Orkus Art from PFD HERE  Do not use without proper copyright
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Open template and delete copyright and word art layers
Layer 1 - p1
Effects - Xero/fritillary/change variation to 39
Selections/all/float/modify - expand by 3/new raster layer/flood fill with green/select none and move under layer 1
Layer 2 - p11
Layer 3 & 4 - p10
Layer 5 & 6 - p3
Layer 7 - p2
Layer 8 - p8
Place citrus slice on layer 9 then delete layer 9
Doodle
Layer 10 - p5
Grab pom pom...erase stems and resize 30%
Position top of layer 10 - effects/mura meister/copies/after image(h-random)
Image/free rotate/left90  - place at top again/duplicate/image/mirror/image/flip position
Button - resize 40%
Juice splash - position
Place tube
Sparkles
Ribbon
flowers
Butterfly1 - resize 40%
Merge visible/crop/resize/add proper copyright

Hibiscus _ FTU

Scrapkit - Hibiscus by Amy and Leah HERE
Tube - Alehandra Vanhek with PFD - HERE
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Open paper5 - apply mask of choice and merge group
Frame5 - resize 90% and place on image
Grab your freehand selection - set to freehand and draw around the frame/invert/pp7/delete/select none and drag below frame layer
Leaves
Leaf1 - position
Branch - position
Net - resize 80% and position
Flower1 - position
Flower2 - position
Shell2 - resize 75% and position
Butterfly - position/free rotate/right/20
Position tube of choice/crop/resize if needed and add proper copyright

This tag was made by Vicky over at Artistic Tag Passions...thank you again, Vicky, for trying my tut :)

Donna at The Taggers Lounge made this

Coffee Time - FTU

Scrapkit by Babs of Bitzy Beez Designz - HERE
Template by Dee - HERE
Tube - VeryMany HERE  Do not use without proper copyright
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Open template, delete copyright, white background and the 3 frame layers - also word art
~~I always work from the bottom up
Paper 18 - resize by 95%- apply mask of choice - merge group
Paste as bottom layer
Merge left & right square together - pp13
Effects/3d/inner bevel/white/default
Merge pink squares together - pp23
Black rect - pp8
White circle - pp13 use same inner bevel
Black circle - pp12
Right blue rect - pp17
Right white rec - pp1
Blue strip - pp22
Left blue rect - pp17
Left white rec - pp8
Close up - position as mine
Staying on close up - Effects/xero/nostalgia/default then apply xero again using porcelain moving slider to the left
Layer properties/multiply/opacity 70
Place your main tube and position
Label 5
Doodle 7 - resize 80%
Butterflies 1&2 - I added them together - you do as you want - resize 70%
Place and adjust/sharpness/sharpen more
Necklace1 - resize 75%
Flower 12 - resize 30% - duplicate/image/mirror/flip - use sharpen more on both flowers
Flower 9 - resize 15% - same as flower 12
Merge all visible/resize/crop/add proper copyright

Sea - FTU

Scrapkit by Horseplay - HERE
Cluster - HERE  (I used the last one made by Louise)
Mask - your choice
Tube - Blue Ocean Exclusive at PFD HERE
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Open your cluster and erase copyright
Image/canvas size 800x800 (I like a big canvas to work with when using clusters)
Paste pp6 and drag behind cluster and apply mask/merge mask group
Move mask layer down a little to make more center of cluster
Ele72 - place at bottom of cluster
Ele65 - duplicate 2x's and merge together and past behind right side of cluster
Image/duplicate/mirror
Merge these 2 layers together
Adjust/sharpness/sharpen more
Ele16 - position as shown
Ele44 - resize 50% and position as shown
Ele28 - position behind the cluster
Crop your tag so we can add our tube
If using the same tube as me, I resized mine by 40%
Place as you desire
Merge all visible
Resize, add proper copyright and you're done

These tags were done by friends at Artistic Tag Passions

I totally love the different takes on this tutorial

Dark Valentine - FTU

Scrap Kit - Dreamland Designs - HERE
Mask - KK Heart1 - HERE
Tube - Michi at CDO HERE
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Open paper21/apply mask/merge group/resize 90%
Paste frame2
Grab your magic wand (add/none) and click inside frame/selections/modify/expand by 15/ and paste pp5/invert/delete and drag below frame layer
Doodle2 - place at bottom of frame
Genderheartribbon - resize 75% and place
Gender wire - place
Doodle - resize 70% and place
Flower bow - place
Hanging heart - place
Place your tube and erase any hanging over the frame
Merge all visible/crop/resize as needed/add proper copyright

Valentine - FTU

Scrapkit - Niqui's blog - HERE
Mask - by Brutal Designs - HERE   (I used the last mask)
Tube - Exclusive from PFD - HERE
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Open new image 700x700 transparent
Paste pp17 and apply mask/merge group/adjust/sharpness/sharpen more
Ele23 - resize by 70% and paste onto canvas
PP5 - resize 40% and place under frame and erase any outside the frame
Ele5 - paste onto canvas and erase any outside frame
Ele30 - resize 40% and paste as shown
Ele34 - resize 70% and place at bottom behind bear
Now, very carefully erase parts of the ribbon so it looks like it is going in and out the frame circles
Ele29 - resize 30% and place - carefully erase so looks like it is tied in with ribbon
Ele26 - resize 40% and place under bear
Ele22 - resize 50% and place behind bear
Ele8 - resize 20% and place
Now place your tube as desired
Merge visible/resize as needed/crop/add proper copyright

Elegant - FTU

Scrapkit - "Elegant" - HERE
Template by LindaNM - HERE
Tube - Anna Liwanag when she was with MPT - you can get her tubes at HERE

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Open template and delete all Christmas layers
I always work from bottom to top and ds as you go
PP5 - send to bottom apply mask of choice
Raster5 - pp4
Raster10 - pp2
Raster6 - pp1
Raster11 - pp6
Raster3 - pp5 - for this layer and next 2, you will have to use your magic wand. My settings are add/color/tolerance of 30
Raster4 & copy - pp3
Raster1 - pp7 - resized by 60%
Ele32 - place on top of mask layer
Ele31 - placed at top of template and erase just a little so it looks like it is wrapped around the template
Ele27 - resize by 80% - place on canvas
Image/free rotate/right by 70 - position as mine and erase so it looks like it is wrapped around the template
Ele24 - place and position
Ele5 - place on canvas and drag on top of raster6 - image/mirror/image/flip
Ele4 - resize 60%
Ele33 - resize 25%
Place your tube as you see fit
Crop/resize/add proper copyright

Cherries - FTU

Scrapkit - by IrishPrincess "Cherries & Cream" - HERE
Template by LindaNM - HERE
Tube - Robert Alvarado - I got this tube when he was with PTE and you can get his tubes at CDO - HERE
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Open template and delete the top 4 layers and Raster 5
Remember to add d/s as you go - your choice
Image/Canvas size/700x700
Starting at the bottom:
Raster 6 and copy, merge down and use PP16
Raster4 and copies - use PP9
Raster7 and copy - use PP1
Vector1 use PP12
Skip raster 8 & copy
Raster2 use PP10
Resize PP3 by 60%
Raster3 & copy use PP3
Raster2 - fill with a gradient of your choice
Effects/Texture/Mosaic antique with settings of:

Add PP15 and apply your mask of choice

Frame1

CorkerBow - resize 50%

Bow - resize 25%

Butterfly2 - resize 25% - image/mirror

SquareButton - resize 15% - position as you see fit

Place your tube

Merge all visible/Crop/resize as needed/add proper copyright

Red Winter - FTU

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Scrapkit - Gothic Winter HERE

Mask - none

Template - none

Tube - Pinuptoons HERE

DS is your choice

Please remember to leave thanks when downloading
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This is a forum type tag

Open new image 600x250

Open pp12 and resize by 89%

Paste into image

Ele10 - just place onto image

Ele3 - paste onto image and position at top so just the icicles are showing

Ele38 - just paste onto image

Ele32 - place in bottom right corner so just the branches are showing

Add new raster layer and flood fill with grey

Select all/select float/select modify - contract/by 6/hit delete on keyboard/select none

Add noise 

Ele28 - resize 50% - place in each corner

Place your tube and position at left

Crop your tag/add proper copyright

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