Products:
ArtsyLayeredTemplate 216 (rotated with a frame substitution): **--coming soon--**
MultiMediaBranches No. 6: **--coming soon--**
HolidayWordARTMix No. 2: **--coming soon--**

MelangeFotoBlendz No. 2: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/Melange-FotoBlendz-No.-2.html
Star--Christmas Magic Artplay Palette: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Christmas-Magic.html
WarmGlows No. 8: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/WarmGlows-No.-8.html
Background paper--Brimming Artplay Palette: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Brimming.html
Light Leaks No. 3: http://www.oscraps.com/shop/LightLeaks-No.-3.html

Process:
I look at ArtsyTemplates from a 360-degree perspective, and if a particular template works for my design idea, I have no problem with rotating it to better fit my photos. With this template, I rotated the template so that the masks would be vertical, then swapped out one rectangular frame for a square one from another template. Once done with that, I clipped my photos to the mask and to a paint layer on the left. On the right, I dragged in a Fotoblendz and then clipped the picture of the decorated tree and my son and new wife to it. The colors were so weird that I desaturated my son and his wife and used light leaks on various settings to get the decorated tree to fit in with the rest of the page. From there I did the journaling and the title, and put in the garland and the pine foliage, using only the shadow from a MultiMediaBranch on the left to complement the desaturated photo on the right. I tried clipping some foliage to stains on the bottom but wound up removing everything so I could have some restful white space. The last touches were tiny--a single blue button at the top to pick up the blue in some of the photos, and a few stars customized with Fotoglows to string in the garland http://annaaspnesdesigns.com/tutorial-customize-an-element-with-fotoglows/