I took this photo on the same spot I always take this photo, on a very rainy afternoon this week and put it on Instagram using one of their filters. I liked how it came out so much I wanted to play with it and see what happens blending with papers. It was just an experiment not thinking I would actually create a real layout I would post. It was play time, not serious time. Well, it grew up to be a real page. I should identify that those are the Cascade Mountains in the background and across the Wenatchee River is BlackBird Island.

ArtPlay Palette NeigeArtPlayPaletteNeige
ArtsyTransfers NeigeArtsyTransfersNeige
Snowy FotoBlendz No. 3SnowyFotoBlendzNo.3
ButtonThreadz No. 1ButtonThreadzNo.1
See WordART No. 1SeeWordARTNo.1
UrbanStitchez No. 2UrbanStitchezNo.2
Scratched No. 2 OverlaysScratchedNo.2Overlays
12 x12 Page FotoBlendz No. 4 (Retired)
Paper Textures No. 1 (Retired)
Photo taken with my iPhone

Process Notes: I placed FotoBlendz No. 4 on top of Neige paper 2 and clipped my photo to it, duplicating it once with Overlay blend mode. On top of that I placed Neige paper solid 1 with Overlay blend mode, then artsy paper 2 from the palette also on Overlay blend mode, finally putting solid paper 5 on Multiply, really bringing out the stains in the paper. All of this knocked out the grey sky, which is what I wanted.

Using all the layers from the Neige ArtsyTransfer 2 except for one, I resized, moved and turned each layer and placed them in the sky and right edge blending them to Hard Mix except the lilac stain, which I left on Normal.

After placing the Winter WordMix on the left and right sides blending them with Linear Burn and Multiply, I put the tape from Paper Textures and recoloring it and blending it to Darken.

Over all of that, I arranged the SnowyBlendz on the page even though it was really raining that day.

I added the Scratched Overlay and resized it to frame the photo more closely, added the UrbanStitchez, flower, button and the ButtonThreadz.

With the See WordART title I recolored it by adding a couple of layers on top of it and brushing a color from the palette and a color from the photo. I added a splat in the lower left corner from a freebie I got a long time ago that I dont think is available anymore and gave it a slight bevel and emboss to resemble paint drippings. TaDa, a finished layout from an experiment.