Inspiration – I liked the blues and greens of this collection so went looking for a photo that had blue and green. I liked the soft look of this one.

Start – File>New 12x12 300

Paper – Place Solid paper 2 and 3 on top of the background layer. Once I had added the mask and photo I decided to add a mask to the Solid paper 3 by clicking on the mask icon. Then I used a brush to hide some of the green as in a landscape scene with blue sky and green land. I didn’t remove all the green in the sky to add a bit of texture and used a brush with a low opacity to stamp on the green for a subtle shading look.
Mask – I placed Ephemeral Fotoblendz1.5 on the page adjusting the size.
Photo – I added the photo to the mask layer using Layer>Create clipping mode. I duplicated the photo and added the blend mode multiply and reduced the opacity to 30%. Then I duplicated and added the photo to other layers. I played with whether I preferred the mask, or the photo attached to the mask. I also played with Blend Modes on the various mask layers. I filed in a couple of mask layers with color.
Transfer – I put Artsy Layered Transfer 5 under and above the photo. I aligned it with some lines in the Fotoblendz and placed it so that the lace filled in the opening in the middle top. I thought it looked like a cloud as those in the pictures. I clicked on the dark blue layer and lightened it.
Words – Added the wood words Brief and Time for a title
Elements – I placed the twig from the bonus element between the two words of the title. I added two Brown eyed Susan’s to the Twig and one cornflower. Then I added a butterfly to the first word of the title.
Brushes – I placed the bird brush that looks like a Great Blue heron in the sky because there is a Great Blue that summers at No. 1 pond. Then I put some Wild grass in a opening at the bottom the Fotoblendz. I colored the Art stroke brush blue and maneuvered so that the loop fit into the crook of the twig.