Whew! Clean and simple ala Rachel Jeffries, sooooo not in my comfort zone. It took me all morning, that is actually fast for me.
Journaling reads: October 2023--After a two year wait. our hail damaged railing is finally being replaced. Side note: trees haven't changed color or fallen as much yet mid-October 2024.
I applied an overlay blend mode to the background, a background texture with a screen blend, duplicated the texture layout, used an inverted mask with soft light layer with a bevel & emboss effect, and multiple elements to complete it.