My son turned 17 at the start of May and my younger sister took a photo of us.

creating process:
1. I started with a solid paper (as usual).
2. I placed some FotoBlendz masks and created a group from them.
3. I clipped our photo to the group.
4. I placed some transfers and overlays behind the FotoBlendz group.
5. I duplicated the photo and created a SmartObject from it. With double click I edited the SmartObject - I used the following adjustment layers: Color Balance..., Black & White..., Brightness/Contrast... When I was ready with the editing I rasterized the layer, and added an InnerStroke layer style. Then I rasterized the layer style, too, and added a drop shadow layer style to it. I created a layer from the layer style and deformed the shadow layer a little bit and finally I added a Gaussian Blur filter to it.
6. I placed some elements, and I added realistic drop shadows to these layers, too, using the previous technique.

Thanks for looking and commenting!
Eszter