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Friday's Annaver5ary deal--a $5.00 Artplay Palette with a $5.00 coordinating ValuePack--featuring Sky's The Limit

Sky's the Limit Artplay Palette http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Sky-s-The-Limit.html
Sky's the Limit Value Pack (includes Artsy Transfers, WarpingFrames No. 1, UrbanThreadz No. 4, Spackle Texture No. 1, and more) http://www.oscraps.com/shop/Anniver5ary-5-Sky-s-The-Limit.html

also: 12x12 Stitch artist overlay No. 1 (retired)

This was a quickie layout for my daughter's scrapbook, inspired by stumbling across the photo from a few years ago and wanting to capture my thoughts in real time.

Process notes with Photoshop Elements 14

I opened Artsy Paper No. 4 and then dragged in my photos. I blended both into the paperthe big ferris wheel was against a dark sky so by using the screen blending mode I was able to knock out the background without having to do an extraction. I used inverted masking to reveal the parts of the photos I wanted.

I did the title and journaling next. I tend to do these at the beginning of the process, because I like full compositions and if I wait too long, I am often scurrying around at the end trying to force out enough space for text.

The tutu seemed like it should be more frothy so to get some depth to it, I stamped on a star brush, set the drop shadow to high in the layers panel, and then clipped on a duplicate of the photo. I then added the butterflies and circle tags because I liked the way the round shapes repeated the ferris wheel.

I completed the layout by enriching the background. I added a warping frame, transfers and overlays from the Artplay Palette, then pulled in Artsy Transfers #5 and #1, positioning them along the top edges. Lastly, I altered the title by clipping a duplicate photo of my daughter to it, to pick up the lace in her outfit and added the white stitch overlay.