SUCCEED

1st GIMP activity: Blimp

Open "blimp.jpg"

Use wand to select the blue background around the blimp (threshold of 30)

1. Select > invert (CTRL+I)
2. Edit > copy (CTRL+C)
3. Edit > paste (CTRL+V)
   the blimp is pasted onto a new layer as "floating selection" dbl click on the TEXT "floating selection" and rename it "blimp", then hit "enter" so now, when you click the eye OFF on the original "background layer" your "blimp" layer should have no blue background delete (trash) the original "background layer"
4. SAVE!!

Duplicate the layers several times

Use the scale tool (reminder: if you scale down, you lose image quality forever) in the toolbox, select "scale" and use the handles to scale up the image

Use the move tool to move the new scaled blimps around

Create new layer behind blimps

Click on color box to change color & fill in with a color for the sky

1. Create clouds in the background with airbrush tool
2. Change color to white (or whatever color)
3. Choose soft tip brush, and make sure edges are feathered
4. Paint
5. SAVE!!