Shiny Stocking
Draw a rounded rectangle. 5" wide 4" tall, .5 radius. Make a 10 point orange border. Make a new gradient fill using yellow and orange.
Save your file in the H drive
Make several concentric circles using orange stroke and no fill. Make the point size different for several of the circles.

Copy the rounded rectangle. Select>All (apple - A) and then paste in front (apple-F)
Select all again (apple-A)Then- Object> clipping mask> make (apple-7)

Draw the shape below using a red fill and a 10 point white stroke. Look at the length and position of the direction points.

Draw the top of the stocking and fill with a dark blue to light blue gradient fill. 10 point white stroke.

Draw the highlight in light blue. Note the size and shape of the direction points. Light blue fill, no stroke.

Draw the highlight on the stocking with an orange fill no stroke.

Draw the green stroke 10 points.

Finish up with a 10 point blue stroke. TYPE YOU NAME IN WHITE LETTERS AND POSITION IT ON THE BLUE AREA AT THE TOP.

When you're done, save your changes, then save for web into your holiday web folder.