Gingerbread on a rollingpin.

They look very glad hanging under this rollingpin, don't they?

Get my selections here and zip them up in your PSP Selections folder.
The zip also includes bows, tie and face.  Zip them up in your PSP Images folder.

Start with a New Image, 400 x 300, transp, 16 mill.
New Layer. Call it Rollingpin.
Selections, Load from disk, cookies_on_a_rollingpin, rollingpin.sel.
Flood Fill with color #D1BA9B. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Handles.
Selections, Load from disk, cookies_on_a_rollingpin, handles.sel.
Flood Fill with color #B31D0D. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Hearts.
Selections, Load from disk, cookies_on_a_rollingpin, hearts.sel.
Flood Fill with color #B31D0D. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as before,
but lower the Opacity to 30. Deselect.

Get the bow you got in the zip. Copy and Paste it as a New Layer.
Call the layer Bow. Place it ontop of the handles.

Layers Merge, Merge Visible. Call it Rollingpin.

New Layer. Call it Girlsbody.
Selections, Load from disk, cookies_on_a_rollingpin, girlsbody.sel.
Flood Fill with color #784E24. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.
 

Deselect.

New Layer. Call it Icing.
Selections, Load from disk, cookies_on_a_rollingpin, icing.sel.
Flood Fill with white color. Deselect.

Get the girls face you got in the zip. Copy and Paste it as a New Layer.
Call the layer Girls face. Place it on the girls head.

New Layer. Call it Dress.
Selections, Load from disk, cookies_on_a_rollingpin, dress.sel.
Flood Fill with color #6D8846. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout as below.

Deselect.

Get the girls bow you got in the zip. Copy and Paste it as a New Layer.
Place it under the girls chin.
Get the red bow you got in the zip. Copy and Paste it as a New Layer. Place it on top of the head.
Close the layer Rollingpin. Layers, Merge, Merge visible. Call the layer Girl.

New Layer. Call it Boysbody.
Selections, Load from disk, cookies_on_a_rollingpin, boysbody.sel.
Flood Fill with color #784E24. Selections, Float. Effects, 3D, Cutout the same as on girlsbody.

New Layer. Call it Icing2.
Selections, Load from disk, cookies_on_a_rollingpin, icing2.sel.
Flood Fill with white color. Deselect.

Get the boys face you got in the zip. Copy and Paste it as a New Layer.
Call it Boys face. Place it on the boys head.

New Layer. Call it Waistcoat.
Selections, Load from disk, cookies_on_a_rollingpin, waistcoat.sel.
Flood Fill with color #6D8846. Selections, Float.
Effects, 3D, Cutout the same as Layer Dress. Deselect.

Get the tie you got in the zip. Copy and Paste it as a New Layer.
Call it Tie. Place it under the boys chin.

Get the red bow you got in the zip. Copy and Paste it as a New Layer.
 Place it on top of the boys head.

Close the layer Rollingpin and Girl. Layers, Merge, Merge visible. Call the layer Boy.

If you want to change anything, do so now.

When you like what you see, Layers, Merge, Merge visible and you are done.

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