If you need this page translated, highlight and copy the text and then paste it to the text translator at the Icon below !   Birdhouse Supplies   Open an image 400X400 Transparent.. Next, Choose your Selection Tool and click on the Pentagon Shape.. Flood fill with Color,,I used a shade of brown*You can use a color of your choice and you can also use a texture from Blade Pro, or any of your filters to obtain a look of your choice*   My settings for brown color below: Red - 158 Green - 127 Blue -106 Next, Choose Selection Tool/Rounded Rectangle and draw a narrow rectangle for the perch Remove Marching Ants,, Choose Selection Tool/Circle and draw a Circle inside the Birdhouse for the opening..While ants are still marching,,hit the Delete Key on your keyboard to remove the color..Remove Ants.. Go to Tubes icon and choose Bird3... and place the bird on the perch of the Birdhouse.. (Depending on the size of the Birdhouse,,you may have to decrease the size of the Bird Tube or increase its size...) Open up a new work area 300X300 leaving the birdhouse as it is so far... Now choose the Wreath Tube .. You have to take a portion of this wreath with the Selection Tool to use it for a nest.. Copy and Paste the New Selection as a New Image.. Then go to Image, Rotate and Rotate it 45 degrees to the Left   (Rotated>>)   Then copy and paste it to the circular cutout of the Birdhouse..You can use the Eraser Tool to clean the square edge if it extends beyond the house.. You can take more pieces of the Wreath, rotate them and place them on the side of the birdhouse... Also,,choose the Selection Tool/Ellipse and draw little eggs,,Flood Fill with white or a light color... You can also put a grey shade inside the egg with the freehand tool,, (just draw a narrow line to shade the egg)   The birdhouse below was made with Driftwood Tubes that I rotated and put together to shape a birdhouse.. I just wanted to show u another way of doing this tut.. Materials needed for the below birdhouse included in zip download Kath's Tutorial Korner © 2000-2007 *Kath's Tuts & Graphic Designs*