There are several methods you can use to fill in the sections of the template. Four methods are covered in this tutorial.

Best for irregular shapes.

Open your template.

Insert a shape/no line (or insert a pre-made background.) Resize so it is larger than the section you wish to fill. Colour to suit. (Any colour will do for now as you can re-colour later)

Move this layer underneath the template. (Left click on this layer in the stack and drag it to the bottom. Keep this layer selected.

Click on the Freehand Trace Tool

Left click on the line of the shape you are filling and carefully mark around the whole shape until you reach the start point. Make sure you click on the start point square to complete your selection.

(a) Click on "Invert" in the Freehand Tool pane to select the opposite area. The marching ants will now appear as below. (If the pane isn’t visible, click on "Selection" on the toolbar.)

(b) Now click on the Normal Selection Tool

Right click on your work and "delete".

Your work will look like this:

You can now add filters/stamps/texture as desired.

Great for regular shapes.

For regular shapes like circles, squares and rectangles, using the marquee tool is quick and easy.

Insert a shape/no line and resize to cover area to be filled. Add colour. Drag this layer underneath the template.

Keeping this layer selected click on the Marquee Tool

Select the appropriate shape and keeping the left mouse button depressed, mark out your shape.

Adjust the size and position so the shape looks like it is partially covering the template lines.

Click on "Invert" and delete the area you don’t want. (see Method 1 – a and b)

Add filters/textures as desired.

Insert your shape as previously.

Select this shape and the template and Group together.

Select the Magic Wand

Make sure "contiguous" is selected

Left click on the centre of your shape.

Now click on the Normal Selection Tool

Right click on your work and "copy" then right click and "paste".

You can now "ungroup" your layers. (Right click on the grouped layer on the stack and select "ungroup".

Right click on the original shape in the stack and "delete".

NOTE: Personally, I prefer not to use this method. As you can see in the in picture below, there is a band of white showing around the outside of the purple. You can always resize regular shapes like circles and squares and move them underneath the template but resizing doesn’t always work with irregular shapes.

METHOD 4: Inserting shapes and resizing (ALL)

Regular shapes can easily be filled by inserting a shape to match and filling with colour/texture.

Open you template.

Insert a shape/no line. Resize to fit the part of the template you want to fill, again making sure you cover part of the template line.

Drag this shape underneath the template layer and add filters/textures as desired.