Layout- Austin's 9th Birthday

Supplies:
paper and rubon- FYA Together by Cilenia Curtis
Fonts: Beyond Wonderland and Big Caslon

I like to share an idea with my layouts so here is one thing I did for this one. I couldn't find a photo mask that I liked to make my layout a little artsy, and I didn't want to do the brushwork myself.  So guess what I did.... 

Look at the center photo of me and the boys. Can you see the edges? It's not a photo mask and I didn't use one brush.

I used this rubon in the kit! (She calls it a painted mask.) I clipped my photo to it!

How have you used a product different than it was intended?