Catching up with Valentine's Day....

Products:
Artsy Layered Template No. 224: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/Artsy-Layered-Template-No.-224.html
ThinStripsMasks No. 1: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ThinStrips-Masks-No.-1.html
Artplay Palette Euphoria: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Euphoria.html
Artsy Transfers Euphoria: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtsyTransfers-Euphoria.html
ButtonMemorable Artplay Palette: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Memorable.html
Button Threadz No. 1: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ButtonThreadz-No.-1.html
MultiMediaSpring No. 3: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/MultiMedia-Spring-No.-3.html
FotoGlo Mix No. 2: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/FotoGlow-Mix-No.-2.html

Process (PSE14):
I started by dragging the template into my workspace and then turning off all the layers except for the frames. I then altered the template so that I could add my story in one text block. I clipped in the photos, duplicating a frame when I realized I was one short. The large photo is clipped to a stain and its duplicate to a large paint area--to get the stripes, I created a mask by layering several ThinStripMasks together side by side, merging them, then clipping a duplicate of the photo to the merged masks.

For the background I dragged in a solid paper from the artplay palette, then pulled in two artsy transfers, turning layers on and off as I went along. I supplemented these with some transfers and overlays from the artplay palette. Then I turned the layers of the template back on one by one, from the bottom upI wound up using most of the texture, stain, and artstroke layers, but deleted the masks and much of the paint.

For embellishments I used a button and button threads and a multimedia branch, and then I adjusted the light with the fotoglos.