Products:
Clocks: Gather in Peace Artplay Palette http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Gather-In-Peace.html Autumn Rust Artplay Palette http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Autumn-Rust.html, Artplay Palettes 6 & 8 (retired),
Flowers: Ablaze Artplay Palette http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Ablaze.html
Keys: Milestone MiniPalette http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-MiniPalette-Milestone.html
Butterfly: Old World Artplay Palette http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Old-World.html
Texture and clock gears: Time Artsy Transfers http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtsyTransfers-Time.html Gather in Peace Artsy Transfers http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtsyTransfers-Gather-In-Peace.html
Architecture: Architextures No. 4 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/Architextures-No.-4.html
Birds: Spring Template Album No. 2, pg. 16 and pg. 20 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/Spring-Template-Album-No.-2.html
Birdcages and crocheted flower: Wonderful Artplay Palette http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Wonderful.html

Photos: free-use vintage photo, my photo of wallpaper in a brewpub's bathroom

Process:
Like life, this was an exercise in figuring out where I was going (and part of my continuing experiment with creating depth in my layouts).

I started with the lady and loaded her up with clocks. I pulled in a couple of Artsy Transfers to get started with shape and color. One of the transfers suggested an exit, so I stamped on a series of Architectextures to make the portal. Keys seemed a natural addition once I had the doorway, so I added that to the clock bouquet, and then some flowers. I extracted petals from the branch in the artplay palette and scattered them in front of the door, as an invitation.

Next I filled in the bottom of the design with a photo of the chalkboard-style wallpaper I had snapped in the bathroom of a brewpub after a recent hiking adventure. (The word art and architectural shapes are part of the wallpaper. I wound up reinforcing the outlines of the letters by hand-painting with a blending brush.)

Once all this was done, I added the birds, birdcages, and butterfly as final touches.