Emmy,

An even easier way to do the ribbon and buckle thing is:

1. put the ribbon on a layer above (on top of) the buckle
2. hold down the CTRL key and click on the ribbon layer. (This will select the entire ribbon.)
3. Go up to the menu bar and select Layer>Add Layer Mask>Reveal Selection. Now there is a new little pic on the ribbon layer. That is the "Mask". Anything you paint with BLACK on the mask will "hide" part of the ribbon.
4. Without changing layers, hold down your CTRL key and click on the buckle layer. This will make a selection the shape of the buckle ... BUT ... when you paint with black, you'll be painting on the RIBBON layer.
5. Paint over the part of the ribbon where you want the buckle to SHOW. (Don't worry, if you make a mistake, simply switch to WHITE and "undo" it.)

You can always make sure you're painting into the MASK on the layer by clicking on the MASK ICON on the layer. (Hint: If your paint colors are not black and white, then you are NOT painting on the mask! They will switch to B&W or shades of grey when that's all you can use!)

By using a mask, you don't have to make multiple copies, and the "original" is still there to use again.

Tandika*

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