We have this gnarly old apple tree in the front yard. It should be cut down, but it produces the most beautiful blossoms in the spring. Only downfall is that in the fall we need to rake barrels of apples!

Anna Aspnes
FotoInspired Double Template 27 page A (on sale April 15) FotoInspired Double Template 27
Artplay Palette Blossom (paper, branch) (on sale April 15) Artplay Palette Blossom
Antiquated Frames 1 (on sale April 15) Antiquated Frames 1
Stitched by Anna Tan 1 (on sale April 15) Stitched by Anna Tan 1
Distressed Tool Set 10 (on sale April 15) Distressed Tool Set 10
Artsy Transfers Break Away (new April 15) Artsy Transfers Break Away
Artplay Palette Awaken (string) Artplay Palette Awaken
Artplay Palette Daffodil (paper flower recolored, button) Artplay Palette Daffodil
Artplay Palette Truth (silk flower recolored) Artplay Palette Truth
MultiMedia Spring 2 MultiMedia Spring 2
Spring WordArt 2 MultiMedia Spring 2

The Process
I rotated FIDT 27 page A and added a solid paper from AP Blossom as the background. Then I replaced the frames with frames from Antiquated Frames 1. I clipped the photos of the buds to photo masks and enlarged them a bit. For the top right photo, I added a layer mask to the frame and erased (hid) part of it so that the buds appear out of bounds. For the bottom left photo of the buds, I clipped the photo to a paint layer in Artsy Transfers Break Away_3 and move around some of the other layers. I next clipped papers from AP Blossom to the other mask layers on the template. Word art, elements, multimedia spring flowers, stitches, and distressed brushes were added to complete the page.
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