[CSS]Buttonfrom 3 parts - html

Question

I want to create button from three images. I use CSS3 with multiple backgrounds.
I need this:
http://i.stack.imgur.com/LxyIQ.png
But I get this:
http://i.stack.imgur.com/5vUHz.png
This is my code:
a.activemenu
{
font-family:"Arial",Arial, serif;
font-size:25px;
text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;
color:white;
background-image:url("buttonleft.png"),url("buttonmid.png"),url("buttonright.png");
background-repeat:no-repeat,repeat-x,no-repeat;
padding:0 33px 62px 33px;
}
What could I be doing wrong?

Answer 1

I create this button using just css without image.
a.activemenu {
background: #931e5b; /* Old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #931e5b 0%, #3c0c25 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background:A -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, colorQ-stop(0%,#931e5b), color-stop(100%,#3c0c25)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #931e5b 0%,#3c0c25 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #931e5b 0%,#3c0c25 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #931e5b 0%,#3c0c25 100%); /* IE10+ */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #931e5b 0%,#3c0c25 100%); /* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#931e5b', endColorstr='#3c0c25',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
border:0px;
font-family:"Arial",Arial, serif;
font-size:25px;
text-align:center;
padding:10px;
border-radius: 0px 0px 10px 10px;
color:#fff;
text-decoration:none;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/parslook/LhMWn/2/

Answer 2

Try this:
background: url(buttonleft.png) left bottom no-repeat,
url(buttonmid.png) left bottom repeat-x,
url(buttonright.png) right bottom no-repeat;
Ref. http://www.css3.info/preview/multiple-backgrounds/

Answer 3

If you're using CSS3 (as mentioned in your tags), you could simplify it by using some gradients and border-radius.
a.activemenu {
border-bottom-left-radius: 15px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 15px;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: center;
padding: 10px 33px;
background: #931e5b;
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(bottom, #3e0c26, #931e5b);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(bottom, #3e0c26, #931e5b);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(bottom, #3e0c26, #931e5b);
background: -o-linear-gradient(bottom, #3e0c26, #931e5b);
background: linear-gradient(bottom, #3e0c26, #931e5b);
}
See this fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/LcW6K/