A little rant before I have to go outside and shovel snow once again! Im lucky I get any layouts done.

ArtPlay Palette Glacial ArtplayPaletteGlacial
Artsy Layered Template 219 ArtsyLayeredTemplate219
Snow Sprinklez No. 1 SnowPrinklezNo.1
Dripped Stains No. 1 DrippedStainsNo. 1
MultiMedia Winter No. 2 MultiMediaWinterNo.2
Winter WordArt Mix No. 1 WinterWordARTMixNo.1
Stitched by Anna No. 1 Retired
ArtPlay Palette Family ArtPlayPaletteFamily -Staples
Photos taken with my iPhone

The Process: I deleted the transfer layers I didnt need on the template and recolored the stains from the ArtPlay Palette Glacial to give the impression of cold temperatures and I like how it looks on the snow. On the background layer I used a paper from the Glacial Palette and clipped the photo of my garage and walkway to the transfer. The first layer of the photo is normal, second copy of photo is screen and the third layer is soft light.

I didnt want the neighbors house showing in the layout, so I stamped a brush over it, placed the Snow Sprinklez and branch with pine cones over that. No chance of that house coming through.

I added the Winter Word Mix into the snow bank and at the top of the page, turning down the opacity.

For the fun of it, I used the art strokes in the template to draw a grouchy face of myself with my pen and tablet. Got to keep my sense of humor.

Under the 2 clipped and framed photos I added the MultiMedia Winter No. 2 snowflakes to follow the art stroke in the template, another stain I recolored to match the Palette and the stitches under my silly little drawing. Added the staples to the framed photos and my title and journaling to complete this layout.

When I know Ive finished my layout without a doubt, I clean up my layers, making sure Ive deleted everything that was turned off, then select the whole layout, Cmd/A, go to Image and Crop, so anything that is over the edges is deleted. Cuts down on the file size and everything is nice a neat and tidy.