PEPPERMINT EXPRESS
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This tutorial uses a different technique.  You will only see the canvas in the downloaded file.  Everything you need is on the canvas.  Make sure you have your Layer Palette visible.  You will Load from the Alpha Channel (not Selections).

Supplies are on main page.

I left a background layer.  You may want to flood fill to help you see better.  You can delete this layer before merging.

Open candy1-cp, candy2-cp, frosting-cp, and cookie-cp fills supplied in download.
Styles:  Foreground – You’ll be changing frosting-cp, candy2-cp, and cookie-cp 
  Background – candy1-cp

CANDY
Skip this layer for now.  We will come back to it later.

BODY
Click on body layer on Layer Palette
Selections – Load from Alpha Channel – body
Flood Fill with cookie-cp fill
• Scale 100
• Angle 0
SAVE

FROSTING 
Click on frosting layer on Layer Palette
Selections – Load from Alpha Channel – frosting
Flood Fill with frosting-cp
• Scale 100
• Angle 0
Selections - Invert
Effects – 3D – Drop Shadow
• Vertical and Horizontal 0
• Opacity 40
• Blur 6
• Color #404040
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects – Noise – Add 10 Uniform
SAVE

WHEEL 
Click on wheel layer on Layer Palette
Selections – Load from Alpha Channel – wheel
Flood Fill with candy1-cp fill
• Scale 39
• Angle 0
Selections – Invert
Effects – 3D – Drop Shadow
• Vertical  and Horizontal 2
• Opacity 70
• Blur 15
• Color – Same
Apply Drop Shadow again changing Blur to 10
Deselect (Ctrl D)

Copy this layer now!  (Ctrl C) 
Paste as a new Image (Ctrl V)

Save as a picture tube or you can copy and paste.
This goes on the candy layer (make sure you click on it on Layer Palette)
You can tube them in now or copy and paste

Click back on the original wheel layer
Effects – 3D – Drop Shadow
• Vertical (-2)
• Horizontal 0
• Opacity 50
• Blur 6
• Color – Same
Right click on wheel2 on Layer Palette and Duplicate
Use Mover Tool to move to right for the other wheel
SAVE

BAR
Click on bar layer on Layer Palette
Selections – Load from Alpha Channel – bar
Flood Fill with candy2-cp fill
• Scale 80
• Angle 20
Selections – Invert
Effects – 3D – Drop Shadow
• Vertical  and Horizontal 0
• Opacity 50
• Blur 8
• Color – Same
Deselect (Ctrl D)
Effects – Noise – Add 10% Uniform
Apply same Drop Shadow
SAVE

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

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