Oh, thanks so much. I will try that. When I finished the element, I merged the layers so I only had ONE layer (background?). There were no other layers in the palette. Did I do that right? Also, I think I saved it as a .psd file. I will do what you said and save it as a .png. I am struggling with Photoshop trying to learn it, I am getting there! Learning a little bit more each day.
Mari
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