Extremely busy paper made busier

By whacking it down to 8.5x11.

I found this beautiful paper by Studio Calico 

had overwhelming white space

especially with the photo I wanted to use

which is a 4x4 collage.

AND both the photo and flowers are vibrant.

 I messed around with layering a 8.5x11 sort of clear

vellum sheet over top but it muted it way too much.

I also did some stamping down the bottom of the page that

I found too distracting because I used bright pink

so I covered it up with white paint.

There ain't nothing you can't fix in scrapbooking.

 I like that everything is tucked up tight and

seriously all the white space would have

made me nuts.

(short trip).

It's a birthday page but not a typical one and I like that.

Its a collage from birth to five.

I have another one for Q who turned 8.