Today I have both a CT tag to show off, and a tutorial.

Being on Kissing Kate's CT I had a play with her awesome kit Smuggler's Cove.
I just love pirate kits and tags, so really enjoyed working with this one.

I made this tag using the artwork of Melissa Dawn, and decided to write a tutorial for it.

Open a new image 650 x 650, flood fill with white.

Copy and paste Frame 2 as a new layer, resize by 70% and sharpen, add drop shadow.
Copy and paste Paper 4 as a new layer under Frame layer, resize by 82%, apply your mask (Chrissy's Chaos Mask 36).  Merge mask group.

Copy and paste Paper 8 as a new layer under Frame layer, resize by 82%.  Make frame layer active, take your Magic Wand Tool and click inside the frame.  Go to Selections - Modify - Expand by 15 - Invert.  Make Paper 8 layer active and hit Delete.  Select None.  Change Opacity to 30%.

Copy and paste Element 22 (sand) above all other layers and resize by 95%, sharpen, mirror and place near the bottom of the tag.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer above the sand layer, and place near the center of the tag.  Apply a drop shadow.

Copy and paste Element 18 below the tube layer, resize by 45%, sharpen, and place to the right.  Apply a drop shadow.

Copy and paste Element 49 below the tube layer, resize by 60%, sharpen, and move to the right.  Duplicate and mirror. Apply a drop shadow to both layers.

Copy and paste Element 15, resize by 75%, sharpen, move to the left below the ferns, apply a drop shadow.

Copy and paste Element 20 and resize by 30%, sharpen, mirror and add a drop shadow.  Place the bird as if it's sitting on the barrel.

Copy and paste Element 4 and resize by 43%, sharpen and place behind your tube.  Duplicate, mirror and place behind the fern on the left.  Add a drop shadow to both layers.

Copy and paste Element 34 and resize by 55%, sharpen and place behind the barrel.  Duplicate, mirror and place to the left of your tube, just below the fern layer.  Add a drop shadow to both layers.

Copy and paste Element 61 and resize by 45%, sharpen, move to the right, just below your tube layer, apply a drop shadow.

Copy and paste Element 23 and resize by 50%, sharpen, and place to the bottom of your tag, slightly covering your tube layer.  Apply a drop shadow.

Copy and paste Elements 57, 58 and 59 and resize by 8%, sharpen.  Place in front of the money, see my tag for placement.  Add a drop shadow to all layers.

Copy and paste Element 62 and resize by 80%, sharpen, flip and mirror.  Place below your tube layer.  Move down slightly.

Add your copyright.

Add your name.  I used Praying Angel font with a colour from my tag, and applied a thin gradient glow, and drop shadow.

Save as png.