Process
A solid paper from APP Eudaimonia was used as the foundation for the page. The larger photo was extracted, a halftone and sticker were added with a custom shadow. Paper textures from the kit were placed on the page. Two cut holes with shadows added were made in the paper texture_2. The color of the banner was changed using the hue/saturation adjustment tool, and layered over the holes. A layer mask was added, withe a hard black brush areas of the wooden toothpick were erased, leaving the impression that the banner passed through the paper texture. The image of the 3 kids was extracted with a color burn blending mode added. The page was completed by adding wordart and journaling.
Congratulations on the Standing O - totally deserved. Your page is so creative and technically awesome - the textures, the extraction, the blending... and colors are so perfect!
This one is a mind-sticker. When I saw it in the 2023 Album Project chat, it went POW right between my eyes. I want to copy this a million times, and I bow before your design (and digital) mastery. Oh, congrats on that most well deserved Standing O!
I am SO impressed with your homework! I'm still noodling and jotting after a week. Can you believe I really don't know what I scrap, and what the future me will think? I must be overthinking it. Anyway, this is brilliant. Love the divides of the page and the way you used colored text! It is going to make me sad when I no longer have someone to play with. I believe looking back at all the play with help me feel better (which means I need to get someone else to take pics while I'm rolling around on the floor and such).