When I first saw the sketch for this week I was uncertain about what collection I wanted to work with. I have been loving the new Goldenrod printable collection from Traci Reed Designs but I knew I wanted to work with some Prom pictures from earlier this year - in Summer ... and Goldenrod is an autumn collection!

With this in mind I opted to work with plain cardstock in the background and am so, so happy that I did!

I actually ended up pulling in more patterned papers and icons than I ever intended to.  Somehow that white space in the background just helps things to be more cohesive and work together.

Looking at the finished project I don't think you would know that tis collection was designed as an Autumn collection.  That is the beauty of Traci's collections - a great mix of seasonal motifs and versatile patterns and colours!