sugar skull skull

one more thing Zubeajay...I went back and made this shape again just now to see if I remembered how to make it. Here is how I did it.
1. I took a circle and pasted it.
2. I took the circle and stretched it into an oval shape.
3. I took the shape from the basic shapes which is in the fourth row, second one. It looks like circle with an x placed on top. I took this shape and pasted it.
4. I selected this second pasted shape and fit it to the oval I created and made it thinner.
5. Once you have it where you want it you go to the layer menu and while holding down the 'control' key on your keyboard, select both of the shapes. When they are highlighted go over to the last key at the top of the layers tab and click that (it looks like a pentagon with a plus sign).
This will then combine the shapes and allow you to name it and such. Also, then this shape will show up in your shapes in the pattern maker.

See if that works.

Zubeajay, thank you for the welcome love. Glad you like the shape I made. I was working to make a sugar skull from a tattoo artists drawing that I found somewhere. I am still learning too and get lucky here and there. I took a look at your patterns and I LOVE them. Your basic shapes are beautiful. I colored one for you and named it Deco Done Zubeajay. I am having so much fun here at colorlovers and find it very addicting. It's funny how now everything I encounter in my day I view through the perception of a color palette.
Thank you for reaching out and connecting. Laura

welcome to color lovers. im impressed with this shape because ive been making templates since september and still cant create a shape ! ive tried over and over to follow peoples directions without success ! so i create the hard way. but i really have a great time making templates. its so much fun. i only use the basic shapes to create with so my stuff has a little different look i think. hope you have as much fun here as i do.