I've used the same design idea but really wanted to add lots of fussy cutting to it and change it up a bit 

And adding more clusters that I like to do 

I love white space, and really wanted it to be very clustered 

around the photo and the embellishments at the top of the layout 

For the black paint strokes I used colour blast heavy back gesso 

And with the watercolour droplets I used the colour blast shimmer cubes in bling and green apple 

From my stash I used fancy pants puffy alphas 

And for my second project 

I created a travelers notebook page using more of the golden grove collection 

My photo was taken on Christmas Eve 2 years ago on my daughter mel's birthday we decided a funny photo to mark the day would be fun so we all pulled funny faces 

I added lots of fussy cutting of flowers around the edges 

And tucked some underneath my photo 

Adding clusters at the bottom of the photo and my title on the other side of the page