Thanks to Melemel@DA for the swirl brush used behind the young girl.

Thanks to aV3nG3d@DA for the use of the butterfly brushes.

Thanks to Michaelaw@sxc.hu for source 2 :)

Other brushes in background and on floor were random brushes that came with ps3 :)

I hope its on theme, i've not done a 'light' one before and I don't play with brushes very much :(

Any comments welcome and thanks for looking :)

This is the first contest I've done involving Photoshop. :) I used Photoshop Elements. I used paper patterns and some other images (listed in sources) to create this. Thank you!

Imagine Peace


Just went crazy with the clone and heal tool.

Only source ..

~~I really hoped people would get into the idea of suggesting things to add to this image! SUGGEST SOMETHING in your comments! Before the contest is over~~

I have to tell you working on this image has been A LOT of FUN!! I wanted this image to show the endless possibilities of reading!!
Please view high res!

Running out of room for source links.
flower in hair - http://members.fortunecity.com/rebelboi1/real_flowers.html
watermelon - http://www.sxc.hu/photo/494856 by Ugaldew
All others are listed in the SBS or above.