Striped

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of VeryMany

you can purchase from PicsForDesign or the Very Many Store

Some sparkles 

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This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on May 31st 2015

written in psp9 but any version should work

any resemblance to other works in entirely conincidental

Open blank canvas 700 x 200

copy and paste tube as new layer

duplicate, resize by 80

drag under original tube, position to the right slightly

duplicate, resize by 80

drag under 1st duplicate, lower opacity to 56, position to the right slightly

duplicate, resize by 80

drag under 2nd duplicate, lower opacity to 46, position to the right slightly

duplicate, resize by 80

drag under 3rd duplicate, lower opacity to 36, position to the right slightly

Merge all tube layers

position so the smallest one is against the right hand side of your tag

new raster layer, floodfill white

layers arrange, send to bottom

preset shape tool, rectangle, background colour one from your tube

draw out a slim rectangle from left to right right across canvas

convert to raster layer, position towards top of tag

duplicate x 2 and position one in the middle of the tag and one toward the bottom

so you have 3 thick stripes across your tag

merge the 3 stripes together

select all, float, defloat, expand by 3

new raster layer, floodfill with another colour from your tube

add noise, random, 46, monochrome checked

deselect

copy and paste tube as new layer

resize 150

position to left 

change blend mode to screen

Add some sparkles here if you wish

Add name and copyright information

merge all flatten

new raster layer

floodfill with the 2nd colour from your tube

select all, contract by 4, hit delete

add noise as before

merge all flatten 

save as jpg

to make matching avatar

custom selection tool

top & left 0, bottom & right 150

selections, edit selection, position the red square on your tag where you like

edit selection, copy

deselect

paste as new image

add border like we did for the banner

add name and cr

merge all flatten

save as jpg

Another example by Blanca