Super masking and blending! The large photo looks awesome as a stand-alone background. Love the small postage stamp photo of the girls sitting on the antique couch. Very pretty!
I'm in love with this lovely layout. In fact, I'm in love with your other two layouts in this series as well. Your style is exuberant and wonderful. I also like the way you take advantage of the existing light and build on it; in this case, with gold and yellows. Even the sheer ribbon adds to the semi-opacity of the scene. Beautifully executed!