using texture on faces

something I have wondered if it would work and over at kim klassen's last week she talked about.  I used her golden texture on our picture here and it worked wonders for the darkness.  originally my husband took this of me and my son but it lacked brightness so I added the color and then used a coffee shop frame and background paper to do the rest. still not happy with the picture but I will take what I can get since I don't get to see my son much



this is what the orignal looked like