When a photo isn't what it seems

This photo was so not a hotbed of information so

I took to the Clan page on FB to see

if someone from the family could ID the person

in this photo.

I, at first, thought it was female.

 And you will too.

I did some light stamping on the background using

a "handwriting stamp" and one with dots

just to give it a bit more dimension.

Why do I keep forgetting stuff like that?

It's very annoying.

Then.............

I used gold mist on the flower and twigs to brighten

up the kraft paper I die cut them from

And found circles.

It seems I'm into shapes as well these days.

The little cancelled stamp from my grandpop's collection

adds a pop of color - love that and

the little heart came from the die cut box.

 I loved the brightness of the leaves which popped off the photo

so I spread them around the page to draw your eye.

And then to my surprise the photo was identified

as a boy - and wasn't I shocked.

I proceeded to do searches on 1900's confirmation outfits

for boys and the pants, boots and shirt fit 

but not the cape and sassy hat.

Knights of Columbus came up but I couldn't confirm that

either and its not leaning towards Halloween.

Takes alot of confidence for a boy 

to pull this off.