A page about the four animals in Elliott's life and how kind and gentle they are. One of the cats wouldn't think twice about digging her claws into somebody's (mine!) arm on even the slightest perceived offense, but I've sat and watched Elliott pull her tail repeatedly and BoBo does...nothing. Louie is pure muscle and, still a baby himself, can be a lunkhead, but around Elliott he's as graceful as a ballerina. How do pets expand their hearts and bodies to accommodate a baby's not-knowingness?

For this layout, my idea was to extend the couch of the photo into the artistry of Artsy Paper #4, where most of the patterning just happens to be exactly at couch height. I accomplished this with two Fotoblendz (masked as needed) and two copies of my photo. I used a lot of transfers/overlays for the background, and then added a little more pop with Artsy Paper #1 as an overlay over the photos at reduced opacity on multiply blend mode. Finally I lit up the scene with a couple of Fotoglos and stamped a few brushes here and there, and added the embellishment. It's a simple layout, but it does the job for the baby book.