The little word strips in the elements pack of this Artplay Palette reminded me that I had a story to tell about once upon a time.

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Kinsfolk Artplay Palette **COMING SOON**
Tree Brushes No. 2 **COMING SOON**
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Notes on Photoshop Elements 14

I started with Artsy Paper #1 as my foundation, then layered over it, on color burn mode, a photo that I had snapped off my back deck, which I had first run through a few apps on my phone to get an oil painting effect. I put in the string of birds along the top (linear burn mode), then nestled in the tree brush. I created a reasonable facsimile of the house we lived in by assembling duplicates of the Thrive cabin, and added a stick figure (that's me!) in the window. I then added journaling, the title, and embellishments. The transfers and overlays in this Artplay Palette are particularly luscious, and so I couldn't resist adding a few toward the bottom of my layer stack, just to lighten up the sky and give the effect of clouds.