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Another Easy Cheesy Tutorial! This again is another beginner’s tutorial. Got to learn the basics! I have created this for you to work with:

If you already know how to hang something in PSP, but you like the charm set, go ahead and snag it!

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Also, if you’d like more of the charms, I had a set on ~~my blog~~ for free on Wednesday. Feel free to snag them!

Let’s get started!

First, extract the files then open them both in PSP.

Open a new file, transparent - 12 X 12, to give you room to work. You can resize later. Copy and paste each of the images on to your new canvas. (To copy and paste, click on the image, and then CTRL + C - then right click at the top of your new image and paste as new layer.)

Make sure your charm is under your holder - click on the layer in your layers pallet to drag it under if you it isn’t.

Arrange them how you want.

First you are going to want to rotate the charm a little.

(Pictures are clickable to see them full size)

Image - Rotate - then use the settings you like. I did Right, Free, and 20 degrees for this one.

Now use your lasso tool to select a portion of the loop, this will be the part that you bring to the top. See where the dancing ants are above. (Ok, they aren’t really dancing here, but they will be in yours because yours is active. LOL)

Now right click on your charm layer in your layers pallet. Click promote selection to layer. Then drag that layer to the top (right click on your promoted layer, hover over arrange, then click on bring layer to top).

Now, right click on any of the layers, hover over merge - Click on Merge Visable.

There you have it, you charm is hung. Now you can copy and paste the whole thing onto a layout, resize, and add a drop shadow (alas, that is a tutorial for another day. LOL). As you get more confident, you could do this whole tutorial on your layout, rather than doing it separately.

You can use this to hang anything. Hang something off a paper clip, loop a tag through a safety pin, dangle something from a fiber or piece of string. Same technique, different objects.

Have a great day!