Products:
Watercolor template album No. 3_10 ** on sale now**
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/WaterColor-Template-Album-No.-3.html
Artsy Stains No. 2 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtsyStains-No.-2.html
Background papers: Aspera Artplay Palette solid paper 5 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Aspera.html Glacial Artplay Palette artsy paper 2 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Glacial.html
Artsy Blending Brushes No. 4 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/AnnaBlendz-Artsy-No.-4.html
Glacial Artsy Transfers http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtsyTransfers-Glacial.html
MultiMedia Rain No 1: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/MultiMedia-Rain-No.-1.html
Button: Autumn Rust Artplay Palette http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Autumn-Rust.html

Notes:
I used the template as is, only tugging the sizes of things a bit smaller to fit my text. I clipped in the photos, creating a vignette effect around the main image by blending the background papers on multiply mode. I then added the greens, using the artsy stains and recoloring the artstroke that was included on the template.

I made the title by typing in the word rain in a bold font then clipping a duplicate of the main photo to it. To make the word art stand out, I used the color picker to grab a brown from the artsy paper, then stamped it behind the title with artsy brushes on separate layers, changing the blend mode to color burn.

Because I wanted a built-up look, I finished the layout by pulling in an artsy transfer over everything--I methodically clicked through the layers one at a time, moving things up and down in the layer stack, recoloring paints and stains, and varying blending modes until I got the look I wanted. Some rain and a button and it was done.

Since I am self-printing this at 8x8, I'm not worried about the edges the way I would be if I were have the album professionally printed.