Presidents Day was a no-coat day. In the Northeast. In February. What a weird weather winter this is.
To make this layout I converted my busy playground photo to black and white using the Enhance Tool in Photoshop Elements 14, then, using the free-with-$20 purchase mini-palette Felicitous, I clipped duplicates of my photo to various layers of the Artsy Transfer included in the kit. These layers worked as masks, provided the shaping and bits of color that I wanted. I finished up with the bird, the raffia ribbon, and the title.