Anna Aspnes
Artsy Transfer Daffodil (on sale Mar 18)
Artplay Palette Daffodil Artplay Palette Daffodil
MultiMedia Spring 1 MultiMedia Spring 1
Spring WordArt 2 Spring WordArt 2
Urban Threadz 3 Urban Threadz 3
Urban Threadz Framed 2 Urban Threadz Framed 2
Watercolor Feathers 1 Watercolor Feathers 1
Watercolor Feathers 2 Watercolor Feathers 2

The Process

I selected artsy transfer 1 from Artsy Transfers Daffodil for the foundation for my photo. I clipped the photo to the transfer layer, duplicated the photo and changed the blending mode to screen with a reduced opacity, to brighten it up. I also painted in a few gaps in the transfer to fill it. I then began turning off/on layers and changing blending modes to see how it affected the photo. Once I was satisfied I created a composite (Command, Option, Shift on a Mac) and imported it to a 12x12 page. Then I selected artsy paper 4 from AP Daffodil as the background. I layered solid paper 5 above the artsy paper, added a layer mask and brushed (hid) parts of the page I didnt want to show. Next I layered a frame from UrbanThreadz Framed 2 and changed the blending mode to darken. A flower from MultiMedia Spring 1 was layered under the frame. For the feathers I created a layer above them and painted in a variety of color and then clipped the paint layer to the feather and added a shadow. For the left side, I started with an overlay from AP Daffodil, layered a MultiMedia Spring 1 flower and a threadz. Buttons, flowers, ribbons, acrylic word and word art were added to complete the page.

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