Mouse with cheese.

Even our smallest friends want to have a parcel at Christmas time.

The zip includes the Selections. Get them here. Zip them up in your PSP, Selections, Folder.
The zip also includes the acornpattern, zip it up in your PSP Pattern folder.
Accessories, the Adventstar and the mouse. Zip them up in your PSP, Image folder.

Start with a New Image 320x250, transp, 16 mill.
New Layer. Call it Ground. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.ground.sel.
Flood Fill with color #CEE3F2. Effects, Noise, Add, Uniform 5. Selections, Float.
Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

 Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Fence1. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.fence1.sel.
Flood Fill with white color.  Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as before,
but change Blur to 2,5. Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Fence2. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.fence2.sel.
Flood Fill with white color.  Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as before. Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Roof. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.roof.sel.
Flood Fill with color #564A3A.  Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Stairs1. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.stairs1.sel.
Flood Fill with color #C0C0C0. Effects, Noise, Add, Uniform 5. Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Stairs2. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.stairs2.sel.
Flood Fill with color #808080.  Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Acorn. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.acorn.sel.
Flood Fill with the acornpattern you got in the zip.

Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Highlight. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.highlight.sel.
Flood Fill with color #DDD1B8.  Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Windows. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.windows.sel.
Flood Fill with color #575039. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

 Deselect.

Get the Adventstar you got in the zip. Look in the Layer Palette for the star.
Copy and Paste it as a New Layer. Call it Adventstar. Place it in the right window.

New Layer. Call it Acorntop. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.acorntop.sel.
Flood Fill with Foreground color #7E6548. Change to color #382510.
Set your Texture Box to Asphalt.

 Flood Fill again and you will have a pattern on the acorntop.
Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Chimney. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.chimney.sel.
Flood Fill with black color. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Stalk. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.stalk.sel.
Flood Fill with color #574129. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as before. Deselect.

Close layers Ground, Fence1 and Fence2. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the Layer Acorn.

Get the mouse you got in the zip. Look in the Layer Palette for him.
Copy and Paste it as a new Layer. Call it Mouse. Place him in the left window.

New Layer. Call it Windowpart. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.windowpart.sel.
Flood fill with black color. Deselect. Adjust the mouse to fit in the window.

Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the Layer Acorn.

 This is what you will have now.

New Layer. Call it Sleeve. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.sleeve.sel.
Flood Fill with color #C32703. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Fingertips. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.fingertips.sel.
Flood Fill with color #9D9797. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Hand. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.hand.sel.
Flood Fill with color #F1F3F5. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Shadow1. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.shadow1.sel.
Flood Fill with color #C0C0C0. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as on Layer Fingertips. Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Shadow2. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.shadow2.sel.
Flood Fill with color #5E5E5E. Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Cuff. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.cuff.sel.
Flood Fill with white color. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

Close Layer Acorn. Layers Merge, Merge Visible. Call the layer Hand.

New Layer. Call it Parcel1. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.parcel1.sel.
Flood Fill with color #CC3202. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Parcel2. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.parcel2.sel.
Flood Fill with color #671A0D. Deselect.

New Layer. Call it String. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.string.sel.
Flood Fill with color #B9AC6A. Effects, Texture, Sculpture, Gold.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Bow. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.bow.sel.
Flood Fill with color #B9AC6A. Effects, Texture, Sculpture, Gold as before. Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Stars. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.stars.sel.
Flood Fill with color #FFD821. Deselect.

Close Layer Acorn. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the layer Hand.

New Layer. Call it Fence3. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.fence3.sel.
Flood Fill with white color. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as on Layer Fence1. Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Snow1. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.snow1.sel.
Flood Fill with white color. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

 Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Snow2. Selections, Load from disk, mousehouse.snow2.sel.
Flood Fill with white color. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as on Layer Snow 1. Deselect.

Have a look at your picture. Do you want to change anything, do so now.

Layers, Merge, Merge Visible and you are done.