I like this technique of embellishing right on a photo to accentuate some action or emotion. Using the hearts around the scene the designer wanted to focus on is really brilliant.
In the second layout, the designer was trying to cover a blurry part of the photo, again, really clever.
Try this out on your next layout – it could take a page from ho-hum, to WOW!
Blog post: http://www.stephaniehowell.com/my_weblog/2012/07/summer-of-69.html