Detail-mongering is hard work (a page for my son's behind-the-scenes wedding album)
Menu of Products:
ArtPlay Palette Crazy Life: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Crazy-Life.html
Process Notes:
I dragged the paper into the layout, placed the photo, and then used both a gradient fill layer and brush-blending to blend the photo into the background. I added the big title and journaling next, softening the title into the background with the overlay blend mode. From there, I dragged in a variety of transfers and overlays from the artplay palette, using various blending modes. Almost each layer required blending or a smoothing off/removal of edges or texturesthank goodness for layer masks! The stapled heart was the last piece I added.