used radial gradient with inner and outer glow to create ball
step 3 of 4
um, added sparkles with the brush tool. and put outer glow on the sparkle layer also.
step 4 of 4
added a black linear gradient at one end of the photo. and used the pen tool to stroke the path of the brush i set up to create zigzags and the other things. oh yea, i asl used drop shadow on both the arm and zigzags