This LO took me quite a long time to finish. This was partly because I ended up editing the journal card as much as my need to reminisce about my baby.
I changed the girl's hair color on the card to match mine a bit. I tried a bunch of different ways - blending modes, layer mask with color overlay. In the end, I used a skinny, curved brush and adjusted the jitter on size, color, and angle
I also made the background paper by layering the white solid paper over the beige pawprint one. I used brushes and a layer mask to erase parts of the white paper. I added a drop shadow before merging the two papers.