Anna Aspnes
Artplay Palette Serenity (b/g paper, buttons, transfers) [url=http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=44068&page=1]Artplay Palette Serenity[/url]
Artplay Palette Imagination (bow, buttons, foliage, label words) [url=http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=45282&page=1]Artplay Palette Imagination[/url]
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Urban Stitchez 7 [url=http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10009047&page=1]Urban Stitchez 7[/url]
MultiMedia Homes 1 [url=http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=47017&page=1]MultiMedia Homes 1[/url]

The Process
I began with the photo of the two sisters who had just gotten married to sailors who had returned home from the war. First I extracted them from the photo and using the cutout tool from the filter/artistic menu, I played with the threshold until I had an image that was balanced and still had some details. I clipped a transfer from AP Serenity with the blending mode changed to multiply. I selected an artsy paper from AP Serenity for the background, duplicated it, increased the saturation, and changed the blending mode to multiply. I scanned a newspaper article about the marriages, increased the contrast and levels. Using the magic wand I selected the white background and deleted it leaving just the type. Next I layered it on the background paper and changed the blending mode to soft light. Using the hue/saturation tool, I changed the color of the foliage and changed the blending mode to hard light. A multimedia home was added. To complete the page I layered in stitching, elements, labeled words and brushes.

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