New FLOCK release **coming soon** including:
Artsy Layered Template #259
Flock Artplay Palette
BeadedThreads from Gather WordARTmix #2

This turned out to be a mega-size file: apologies for the blurry resolution necessary to post.

Text reads: Just the five of us this Thanksgiving, and Ollie, of course, but everybodys pulling in on Wednesday, so we will have a chance to chatter to our hearts content. When it comes to kids and dogs, our motto is hang up your hat and stay a while.... So happy. (November 20, 2017, photo snapped last week in Colonial Williamsburg)

Notes in Photoshop Elements 14

I used the template as a blending base to jumpstart my design. So after removing the four frames included with the template, I added Artsy Paper #2 and blended my photo into it. I then moved the various stain, transfer, artstroke, and metallic layers of the template up and down in the layer stack, changing blending modes as needed, so they would interact with the photo in ways that I liked. After that, I added the word strips and journaling, Beaded Threadz from the wordART set, and transfers/overlays and brushes from the Artplay Palette, as well as a few leaves and a button.