Magic, indeed. The masking and brush work are flawless.

What a cool collage. I love the pops of color and the antique rocking horse.

I really like the energy and sense of motion the paint and stamp create.

Wow! The look you've achieved with the frame and netting is wonderful. What a yummy photo!

Whoa! This is gorgeous. I love the photo and misty quality achieved with the mask.

The masking and framing are amazing. I just love what they do for this already wonderful photo!

Oh, what a sweet, wonderful photo and LO! My Grandpa passed away about the same time. Small world!

@scrap-genie and @pachimac Jean and Susie, do either of your lines cross into the John Alden/Priscilla? Mullins

We lived in Santa Ana in 1964-65. I went to Wilson Elementary. I loved our house there and our neighborhood. I think it's still there - or at least it was when a looked a handful of years ago.

My mother 18 Sep 1944. I love this photo of her. She had just a wee bit o' the devil in her!

This is my mother 2 months before she turned 8 years old, so 2nd or 3rd grade. This LO is very easy Start with a single background paper Add a single photo 1 - page mask turned white and applied over the background to create a border and script 1 - paint element 1 - inked lines element 1 -...

Background: paper 24 in divide mode over paper7 in multiply mode over paper 16 with painted accents 27 and 21 and inky stencil 1 sandwiched in between Then I extracted the drawings and positioned them to tell my story, added additional paint elements below the drawings, added text, word art and...

Mask created using butterfly 04, and painted accents 03, 13, 14, 16,18, 19, 20, 21, and 30 and the netting element, all from Choices. I started by creating the mask then playing with a range of photos until I got just the right one and clipped it to the mask. The background is paper 23 blended...

Using the challenge sketch, I laid down the burgundy background, them added Anna’s curled edge template, adjusted it for the diagonal line and clipped the brick paper to the main template and the beige solid to the edge. Next, I cropped the photo, added the 25 pixel stroke to the inside and...

I LOVE this! What a wonderful way to save the past!

Jean, this is wonderful! I love your photo!

Fantastic extraction. I really want to follow her into that beautiful space beyond. Completely lovely LO!

Fantastic! And Veronika is right - perfect.

Everything about this is just gorgeous. Your cluster is marvelous and the masking beautiful.

Magical is the right word - and oh, so cool! This is such a wonderful two page LO.