I changed the background to my original yellow. It goes better with the "quilted" blue sea. I had it backwards before and that's why it didn't work, Sabrina. The sea needed to be seen first, not the beach! I like this better. You should try doing contests and stuff like this too. It helps to inspire you, and who knows, maybe you'll win! You can scan your layout at my house, of course. I scan and then I stitch with the photoshop program. You can't even tell on this layout, or LO, in scrapbooker terms! :)