Getting Creative with an Azalea

An Oscraps challenge for a creative technique is a pretty close fit to my change to an azalea photo for one of my weekly pages.

I went from the above to this:

For the azalea photo (using PSP) did a high pass sharpen and then did a posterize giving this brighter look as the original just didn't look right on the page.
Credits:
-paper, elements: Inspire, Design by Tina
-mask: WaterColor FotoBlendz No. 5 by Anna Aspnes

fonts: Erie, Bravo Engraved, Jane Austen, Doodle, Catriel