My grandchildren have spent time at the ocean every year, water runs in the family's veins.
aA Day 5 Ladder Challenge https://ozone.oscraps.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30102
ArtPlay Palette Escape https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10008781&page=1
Multimedia Summer https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10009305&page=1
Artsy Template No. 138 https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=47411&page=1
Word Art Punched Words https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10009307&page=1
ScriptTease Summer Overlays1
https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=43949&page=1
Simplicity Word Transfers1 https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=32720&page=1
AAP Shine https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10008906&page=1
AAP Beach https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10009081&page=1
APP Ocean Cove https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=43872&page=1
APP Getaway https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10008082&page=1
App Artsy https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10009947&page=1
aA Salty Sea Pictorial Brushes http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=30857&cat=389&page=4
WaterColorFlowers1 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10008554&page=1
Process:
A plain paper from AAP Escape was clipped to the background of the Artsy Template. Two frames were deleted and the remaining was resized behind a mask to which my photo of the grandchildren was clipped.
The picture was duplicated 3 times. First I used a Blur filter on the second copy, the third copy was filtered with an artsy sponge effect, all 3 layers were flattened before moving onto the layout. A mask layer was used to change the configuration.
Shells from different palettes, a pictorial sea urchin brush, and a multimedia stick were placed over the Simplicity Word transfer. Art strokes from the template and palettes were placed, duplicated, or recolored as needed. The dragonfly's flight path is a leaf from WaterColor Flowers1 with a gradient color, just a happy discovery.
I love the Punched Words, so simple, and added the "a" in HennyPenny font with a color overlay and drop shadow.
The decorative border is ScriptTease Summer Overlays1.
