You can override the default css easily by putting it in a div on the page/post like so:
<div id="specialtabs">
[wptabs mode="horizontal"]
[wptabtitle]Your title[/wptabtitle]
[wptabcontent]
Your content
[/wptabcontent]
[/wptabs]
</div>
Then add css to your theme to position it into the footers area(note below is just an example. must come up with own numbers):
#specialtabs {
position:absolute;
width:200px;
height: auto;
padding:8px 10px 20px 10px;
border:1px solid #000;
border-top:2px solid #000;
border-left:1px solid #000;
background-color:#fff;
z-index: 0;
left: 50%;
margin-left: 255px;
margin-top: 150px;
top: -150px;
background-image:url(www.urlhere.com/image.jpg);
background-postition: top;
background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
And thats how you do that.