This was inspired by Anna's Day 3 aA Project 2016 "Expectations" prompt.

Anna Aspnes
Artplay Palette Christmas Tree (on sale December 7) paper, transfers, buttons) Artplay Palette Christmas Tree
Christmas Trees 1 (on sale December 7) Christmas Trees 1
WoodShop Christmas 1 (on sale December 7) WoodShop Christmas 1
Project Template Album 2 Project Template Album 2
Holiday WordART Mix 1 Holiday WordART Mix 1
Wood AlphaNumber Set 1 Wood AlphaNumber Set 1
Artplay Palette Glacial (pine branch) Artplay Palette Glacial
Artplay Palette Brimming (label word) Artplay Palette Brimming
Urban Stitchez 11 Urban Stitchez 11
Taped Stripey Taped Stripey
Taped PolkaDotty

Process
Project Template Album 2 page 6 was used. All layers were turned off except for the frames and large fotoblendz mask. A solid paper from APP Christmas Tree was used as the base for the page. I only had two photos of the kids coming down the stairs on Christmas morning and one of them very blurred. The top photo was duplicated and each pic was clipped to the frame masks 1 and 2. A transfer from APP Christmas Tree was clipped to the photo with the blending mode changed to darken to allow for some transparency. The blurred photo was clipped to frame mask 3. An artsty paper from APP Christmas Tree was clipped to the fotoblendz mask. A Christmas Trees 1 brush was stamped onto the paper, duplicated with the blending mode changed to color burn. A transfer from the kit replaced the text box on the right side of the page. A wood tree was layered over the large fotoblendz mask and artsy paper. Embellishments, word art and journaling was added to complete the page.

Thank you for looking!