Patriotic Party Girl

Heroic Girl by Arthur Crowe (HERE)

Naughty Elf Template by Sylly (HERE)

“Donkey Casting” (NAME)

Eye Candy 4000 Bevel Boss

Penta Dot and Cross

Open the template, open the white background and resize the canvas to 1000 widths (height will follow). Delete the top five (5) layers of the template and rename under the new filename.

Open the close up 2 tube, resize by 75% and replace the three red rectangles. (Note: you can do for the left hand side, duplicate and mirror, then move above the right red rectangle.) Add a regular Penta dot and cross to all tube layers.

Open paper 14, resize by 65% and replace the two black squares. I also used this paper to replace the long green rectangle.

Open paper 19, resize by 65% and replace the large green rectangle layer and the black rectangle layer (move this layer below the white noisy rectangles layer).

Open paper 1, resize by 65% and replace the large red rectangle layer. Using the standing tube, add a girl on either side, add Penta dot and cross to both the paper and the tubes layers, then drop the opacity on the tubes layer to 145.

Open paper 22, resize by 65% and replace all red rectangle layers.

On the standing tube, resize by 70% and mirror; carefully position this near the middle and right tube layers.

Open element 136, resize to 816 widths (height will follow) and add below the upper tube layer; sharpen by 2.

I added the lanterns to my banner (after a 65% resize). To do so, I have to manipulate them individually and carefully erase the twine so that it looked like it merged with the banner lines.

(Note: once I did the banner and lights, I merged these layers together so I could position them where they are in my design.)

I used element 4, without a resize, to add a few dragonflies near the lanterns.

Open element 97, resize by 70% and add above the dotted line layer. Duplicate and mirror, then use a light eraser to bland the corners near the tube a little to even it out.

Open element 99, resize by 55% and add above the last grass layer. Duplicate, mirror and then blend both layers into the first layer of grass.

Open element 24, resize by 35% and add above the white background, right hand side.

Open element 13, resize by 30% and add above the grass layer; drop shadow and blend into the grass layer.

Open element 17, resize by 20%, mirror and add above the pie layer; drop shadow and blend into the grass.

Open element 26, resize by 32% and add it to the right hand side of the design.

Open element 33, resize 20% and place it near the apple/pie layer.

Open element 76, resize by 20% and add near the tube.

Open element 75, resize by 27% and place under the ball layer.

Open element 54, resize by 23% and add below the bag layer.

Open element 88, resize by 35% and add above the white background (left hand side).

Add any new elements you'd like now. I added a flower to fill in some spaces.

Drop shadow all layers that were not already drop shadowed.

Crop as close as you can to your design and/or resize, as needed, before you add your name and copyright. Upload to enjoy.