I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.

We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.

Oliver Herford

ArtPlay Palette JoyeuxArtPlayPaletteJoyeux
Holiday WordART Mix No. 7HolidayWordARTMixNo.7
Flock FotoBlendz No. 1FlockFotoBlendzNo.1
MultiMedia Birds No. 2MultiMediaBirdsNo.2
ArtsyStains No. 4ArtsyStainsNo.4
Splatters No. 1SplattersNo.1
LightLeaks No. 3LightLeaksNo.3
FotoGlow Mix No. 1FotoGlowMixNo.1
ChevronTextures No. 1ChevronTexturesNo.1
Photo: MorgueFile
Font: Arial Narrow

Notes: Starting with artsy paper 1 as my background, I brought in the psd Flock fotoblendz and clipped the photo to each layer except the bird and tape layers. I moved the birds up higher on the page. I played around with the blend modes of each of the layers. The main mask is blended to Multiply and some others are on Overlay. I grouped these layers.

Over the photo I placed the light leaks and blended to Overlay and then added the fotoglow and blended to Lighten.

Underneath the photo layers I added an edge overlay at the right side of the page and stained and splattered lightly down from it and added a Joyeux brush. The chevron pattern was placed to the left of the photo using a pink shade from the kit and the word art at the left edge.

Above the photo layers, I added the poinsettia, charm and multimedia bird along with the title word art and another brush from the kit and poem. That completed this page.