My First Challenge!

I participated in my first digital scrapping challenge today over at Digital Memories at Livejournal. The challenge was to make a photo pop using this tutorial from the forums at Ginger Scraps, then use the photo in a layout.

This is the before & after of the photo I chose to edit:

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And this is the layout I did with it:

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I really had a lot of fun creating this layout. It is after all, of the place I love being the most.
CREDITS
→Papers, Sun & Alpha Cubes - Summer Sherbert by Scrap Shana
→Swirls - Whimsical Spring Blossoms by The Latest Scoop, Too
→Beach Word Art - Floridays by Laurie Beth Harris Designs
→Frame - Dragonfly Summer by Graham Like the Cracker
→Photo - Tamarindo Beach, Costa Rica by Destination 360