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Alright, all you clipart lovers out there. You know I try and give you some awesomely fantastic clipart every week, but I realized not everyone has access to Photoshop. For those of you wondering just what in the world to do with this free clipart I'm giving you, I've got your answer today--Fotoflexer! It's a free web-based app that allows you to create layered images using photos and clipart and really just whatever your little heart desires.

While you can do anything you want with fotoflexer, I'll run you through making a simple little sassed up photo using some of my clipart.

1. Go to fotoflexer.com and click on Upload Photo.

2. You'll see a nice little photo uploading box here that allows you to upload photos either from your computer or from all those lovely photo sharing websites we love so much. Choose whatever photo you want to start with and upload away.

3. Once your photo is uploaded, you'll see it in this editor screen. From here you can do whatever you want to your current photo--add effects, text, etc. Cool, but where does the clipart come in?

4. Once you're ready to add other elements, click the Load Other Photo button located at the top left. Navigate to wherever your clipart is saved, choose which one you want, and upload it. Bam! You've got your other element on your fotoflexer canvas. Just reposition your two elements until they're just how you want them. For me, I have this picture of me and this wood photo frame.

5. Guess what? That's kind of all there is to it. Just keep adding all the elements you want until you're happy with your little piece of blog art.

Some tips for maneuvering items:

• If you want a certain element to go over another element, right click the element and select "push backard" or "pull forward."
• If you want to rotate something a little bit to give it that funky tilty look, click the little blue rotate arrow and move left or right.

• To add text, click on the "Decorate" tab from all the tabs at the top. You can even select GLITTERY text! But that's kind of only if you want to be really 1999 internet. Just sayin.
• Another note on text: when you add it, you'll need to select the "transparent" check box to get rid of that white background.
• You can move two things at once by selecting one element, holding Shift, and selecting another element. Convenient!

6. Once you've got your loveliness just how you want it, click save! It will let you save your file as a .jpg or a .png. (You'll want a .png if you need to keep a transparent background. Saving as a .jpg will add a white background.)

There you have it! What do you think? Easy enough? If you have any questions whatsoever, let me know in the comments! I'd love to help. And don't forget to download all the free clipart I have for you right here. Enjoy!

And if you'd like something a little more robust than Fotoflexer, try GIMP! It's a free Photoshop-like program. It's mostly for PC users, but I think there's a way for Mac peeps to get it, too.

Woo hoo! I'm excited to see what you guys do with all of this. If you use some of the clipart, link me! I'd love to do a post featuring all of your pretty blogs. Thanks so much for reading and downloading this stuff. I love doing it and hope you are all enjoying it. Now go and live it up!