Thanks for sharing this link to the tut.  I'd like to give this one a try. 
It looks complicated but, I think I'll try it in a bit.  Your results are beautiful. 

Thank you and you're welcome!

I know it looks sort of daunting but I think that is because the tutorial is broken into steps and has so many screenshots (like mine LOL).  But if you are relaxed and not in a hurry, and follow the steps as written, you should be fine.  It's amazing how all those steps end up with the results.

Ok, I gave this one a whirl.  It is one that I'll want to try again....there are so many options. 
You are right that there are a lot of steps.  I want to try with different fonts also, when I have more time.
The font I used is called Rose.  Thanks for sharing this interesting tut.

I worked on this for an hour or more...
my eyelids are drooping...
I think I missed a few steps..sure didn't look like your.
I will try again later. Thank you for posting this.

Judy, that looks great!

I love the font you chose.  Can you give me a little more information about that font?  I tried to look it up, but "rose" isn't distinctive enough to find it.  Maybe you can tell me the copyright name or the complete typeface name.  Ooops... nevermind, I just found it in my files, but it has a different name.  It's called Isla Bella.

After seeing your results, and seeing that JJ had some trouble with this tut, I thought I'd give it a play again.  I think all the steps are straight forward except step #12.  It doesn't give you the settings for the gradient.  But I figured out that if you click the Background Material box and change the gradient from "mqc Lilac" to "Duotone dark blue", then your material will match the screenshot for that step.  And don't forget to add a New Raster Layer when instructed.  I missed one of those steps when I was redoing this.  Also, when I first started I was using a canvas with a white background as it helps me to see better what I'm working on.  It's much better to work on a transparent background because of all the merging of the layers.  Just zoom into your canvas if you need to see more clearly as you go.

Here's my lastest result.



Before adding a drop shadow to my tag, I loaded the selection from alpha channel, inverted the selection, and then cleared it (edit>clear).  There was a bit of drop-shadowy haze around the text and this extra step removed that and made it nice and clean around the edges.  Then to create a drop shadow effect, I duplicate the text, moved the layer down, offset it 2H -2V, and changed the opacity to 25%.  I used Dearest Font (size 90) for the text.  I saved this tag as PNG.

I tried it again and my results look nothing like yours or Judy's.
I will keep at it as I love the look!

Are you going through the tutorial with the same font and size?

Using a different font and/or size will give different results as I learned when I first did this tutorial, so I went through it completely using the font and size as indicated so that my results would match the screenshots.  You could try that first before trying an alternate font.

I could not download the original font.
And that might just be the problem.. thanks for mentioning it.
I tried to find a similar font but it didn't do the trick.
do you have other settings for other type of fonts?
and is there anyone that has the font they can share?
Thanks

Timber, I love your latest tag also.  This tut would be a great one to use for dingbats also....to turn them into jewelry maybe.  

Hmmm, I've gotta play.  LOL

Here is a preview of the font I used.  It just says Rose and is a bit different than Isla Bella.  Look at the lower case q for example.  I am sure that this is a free font but, can't find it anywhere online.  I'd be glad to share it if you think it is ok.

I tried this tut again using a dingbat.  I used wmstpaddy.ttf size 120.  I think the results are interesting.  This could be really cool with the right ding. 

JJ, you can download the font from this link .

Oh... I see what you mean, Judy, the two fonts are similar but different.  I like your version better as it looks like Art Nouveau.  I'd love it if you could send me that font to the email address .

And I agree that this would look great in a dingbat font.  There are many steps where the effect looks like jewelry.  I will give that a play soon .