Retirment greetings album (front cover) - Words from the heart - mixed media style

My boss is retiring and I'm working on a greetings album from all of our department.

It's a great challenge for me to create a masculine project, and I hope he would love it. The title says: Words from the heart.

Here're some close ups:

Lots of mixed media here - TCWmasks, TH masks, gesso, lindy's stamp gang mists, glitter, embossing powders, microbeads, chipboards, metalic elements, distress stain, etc.

I'm entering it to the challenge at Mixed Media Place, with this beautiful moodboard:

I really love the gold with blue combination of the beach photo and the teal road with the rustic colors of the woods.

Thank you for stopping by.