Leaving busy paper - well busy

I wanted the numbers because its a birthday page and grandpop really

 needed more candles on his cupcakes.

However, because anticipation was high and the wait was long, its probably best

not setting the house on fire and making 2 littles wait.

It was the second celebration of grandpop's birthday while visiting in NJ.

And how fun was that.

Liz rocks the cupcakes and they didn't last long.

The page is busy but I feel those beigie/white arrows actually 

bring it down to a mild roar along with the matting

and border strips and washi tape.

The B&W photo also tends to bring in your focus as well

calming down all the busy-ness around it.

I'm totally impressed and you should be too that I worked in a journaling

sticker with a cupcake on it. 

I tend to have a hard time with stuff like that.

All Basic Grey except for the Studio Calico wooden arrows, word strips, the

recollections washi tape and

 I got to use some really really OLD BG alphas.