44 years ago on Christmas morning this little girl came into my life and changed it forever!

Anna Aspnes
Artplay Palette Red Suit (b/g paper, transfers, label words, stocking, bow, reindeer, buckle, envelop) Artplay Palette Red Suit
Artplay Palette Shabby Christmas (doily transfer) Artplay Palette Shabby Christmas
Artplay Palette Retro Holiday (overlays) Artplay Palette Retro Holiday
Artplay Palette Christmas Nostalgia (frame) Artplay Palette Christmas Nostalgia
Artplay Palette Scholarly (brush) Artplay Palette Scholarly
Artplay Palette Crazy Life (overlay) Artplay Palette Crazy Life
Artplay Palette Evergreen (tape) Artplay Palette Evergreen
Christmas WordArt 11 Christmas WordArt 11
ScriptTease Christmas 1 ScriptTease Christmas 1
Beaded Threadz 2 Beaded Threadz 2
Painted Numbers 2 Painted Numbers 2
WaterColor FotoBlendz 1 WaterColor FotoBlendz 1

The Process
I selected a solid paper from AP Red Suit as the base for my page. The photo has yellowed a bit with age so I did some color correcting, then clipped it to a watercolor fotoblendz mask, duplicated the photo and changed the blending mode to screen with a reduced opacity to whiten it up even more. I layered the frame from AP Christmas Nostaglia under the photo. Then I layered the doily, AP Retro Holiday overlay and the envelop below the frame. I added transfers, brush strokes, script tease and the AP Crazy Life overlay. I finished by adding word art (used the lasso tool to cut and move the word joy), elements, beaded threadz, and painted numbers.
TFL