Photo from Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/1W7yhQYVjao)
Followed tutorial by The Joy of Editing with Dave Kelly to create the look of the finished cardinal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ufVq7Uj6MM&list=PLRE7yCl-SQfRnqi8Mut6tw4Tgj9FEPHeZ&index=46)
Artplay Mistletoe Collection (on sale until December 22, 2021)
Artplay Palette Mistletoe (twig, ribbon, brush 5, button metal, button green
Artsy Layered Template 281
Evergreen Fotoblendz No. 2 (mask 5)
Multimedia Branches No. 12 (element 3)
Artplay Palette Magoa (white feather)
Button Threadz No. 5 (threadz 5)
Created new 12x12” document and brought in all layers of artsy layered template
Edited my photo per above reference
Positioned fotoblendz beneath all frame layers and clipped first copy of my photo
Duplicated photo and applied blending mode
Recoloured stain layers and stamp layers of the fotoblendz mask
Made 3 more copies of photo and positioned above each of the frame mask layers and clipped (note, had to reposition photos so I selected all by CTRL+clicking on each one then repositioned as needed
Added multimedia element, deleting layers I didn’t want and adding twig
Created text
Positioned feather, metal button, red (green) button and button threadz
Adjusted/deleted some of the artsy layered template layers to make my design work
