Ok, I just did a view only current layer, clicked on a bunch of different things and got it to work!! Since I wasn't sure what I did to get it to work, I closed it all out and tried it again. The same thing happened--I couldn't select the deform once I had the straighten selected (I don't know why I had that selected, either) until I clicked a whole bunch of stuff. But, it worked again!

So, thank you so much for the great idea! I think that I just need to keep practicing until I figure it out. Right now, everything is working and I am very grateful to you!

Thanks,
Jen

Way to go Jen. Sometimes the "I don't have a clue but it works" solution is all you need for the moment to keep going. And keep going! We want to see the layout when it is finished.

Quote- Okay, what about this--just drop the striped paper on top of the background and deform it there.

No that adds the image as a new raster layer, but yes then the deform tool should work..

I can't figure out what is happening to Jen either, doesn't make sense unless you somehow got onto the other layers, but even then the deform tool should work, unless you happen to have a blank layer, that makes a lot of tools gray out!!
I know sometimes I get the oddity of PSP9 changing back to a different layer even though I know full and well I had the right layer selected in the first place....?
Tracey

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Two things:

Promote your background to a layer. then you can do whatever you want to it.

When you are colorblocking papers, add each additional paper as a layer. I advise against resizing papers unless you are resizing all of them equally, because if you are using a complex paper with a texture, it will make your texture look screwy (you may not be able to see it on your monitor, but when you print it...) Anyway, once you know what area you want the paper to cover, use the selection tool to choose that area. Then invert the selection, and delete. You can do this with as many layers as you like, just put a different paper on each layer.

A cute trick that I do with different complementary papers is to place one over another, use a fat font to create a title as a selection, then use Cutout. It looks so cool!