I wanted to try and keep the integrity of the original photo. The color was way weird after I finished masking out the cracks etc. The color could use more tweeking. I over did the healing in her collar but didn't go back to fix it.
1. cloned and healed out the cracks and fly away hair
2. healed the inevitable harsh pixels that come from scanning
3. burned and dodges details under nose, in the eyes, lips, teeth, lace collar and ribbon in her hair
4. curves adjustment layer
5. Color balance adjustment layer
6. Selected an oval shape around photo with a 75px feather/ inverse
7. Used soft edge brush to paint out the rigid edges (Which looks pretty half@ss now that I really look at it)
8. Resized the canvas because the picture was a bit small in the center
Hope you like it.