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This was our first empty-nest Christmas ever, as the kids had all decided on a home/away year holiday rotation so they were all away. Instead of just sitting around, we decided to drive down to PA to experience the re-enactment of George Washington's Crossing of the Delaware to NJ in 1776, which basically turned the tide of the Revolutionary War. It's the Super Bowl of historical re-enactors, and I highly recommend it. Before the crossing, we strolled the historic village and I snapped some inspiration for my Christmas dcor next year.

Photoshop Elements 14

I selected an Artsy Paper that would work with my photos and blended my main photo into the pattern on multiply blend mode, then added several duplicates of the photo on different blending modes with layer masks. To lower the intensity of the background Paper (Artsy #1), I duplicated the paper on screen blend mode and reduced opacity to 23%. I added my second photo in the textured frame, then the wordART. I then added the lace embellishment on the left of my main photo, the twig on the top, and the buttons, word labels and ornamental handle. I finished with transfers/overlays and by texturizing my layout by putting Artsy Paper #3 on top of the layer stack on multiply blend mode at 33% opacity.