Scraplift Challenge at the Lilypad

I picked a large photo layout to lift because I'm a sucker for the over-sized photos.  This one of Vivian is so sweet.  The challenge was how to blend that really dark background in such a way that I wouldn't have to do an extraction.  I just didn't want to risk harsh outlines.  So I just did a color fill with the background of the photo.  It's pretty good. I recolored the black parts of the word art while.

A scraplift of "stand out" by Farrah Jobling

CD Muckosky | Be Your Best

Kate Hadfield | Framed Freebie - recolored arrows

Anita Designs | Its Splash Time - modified stripe

Here's the layout I lifted: