Design Team Work - November - Layout

I was given Basic Grey's Hopscotch line to work with as part of my November Design Team assignment for The Scrapbooking Studio in Bloomington IL.  Initially I was a bit overwhelmed with how I was going to use this paper, normally I would pick a line with more earthy tones and I tend to avoid flowers.  But once I started working with this paper I could not believe how well each sheet worked with the other.  It was absolutely amazing.  Before I knew it I had used ALL the paper I was given!  I knew there was a reason I love Basic Grey.  The lessons learned here were I need to jump outside my comfort zone and never be afraid to go vivid as they help 'pop' your page and are very quick and easy to use.  

The 12x12 background I used was a pink cardstock I obtained as a freebie for attending CHA in St. Louis years ago.  I believe it is by Wassau but could be wrong.  The Basic Grey background I used is the back side of the 'Penny Candy' sheet.  My loving husband was kind enough to allow me to use one of his 'funny face' pictures on this layout.  To set it off I used the back side of the 'Kissing Tag' sheet.  I believe the picture was cut to 4x4 and most mats I tend to keep to an eighth inch larger.  I fussy cut love you and ador u out of the 'Four Square' sheet.  The hearts and flowers by those words are stickers from the Hopscotch collection.  The butterfly, the butterfly swirl, the you and me banner under the photo, the pink swirls at the bottom, and the three word tags: you & me, in my heart, forever are all chipboard accents from the Hopscotch collection.  The three word tags are 'popped'.  The butterfly banner in the not-so-center is a sticker border from the Hopscotch collection. 

The 12x12 background I used was a pink cardstock I obtained as a freebie for attending CHA in St. Louis years ago.  I believe it is by Wassau but could be wrong.  The Basic Grey backgrounds I used were part of the 'Four Square' sheet for the top and 'Kissing Tag' on the bottom.  The pink connected circle border in the middle is from the Hopscotch sticker sheet.  I added a journal section to the top from the Hopscotch sticker page.  To set it off I added additional flower stickers and chipboard pieces.  To the right of the top, I added the 'I think you're amazing' chipboard piece with an added flower bit.  On the bottom I have a picture from the night I became engaged matted on the back of Basic Grey's 'Kissing Tag' sheet.  I added lots of flower stickers and chipboard accents, some stacked, to the photo.  There are heart stickers and chipboard pieces on the background paper to the right of the photo as well.

Slainte!