Shimelle's Challenge 1 - patterned paper background

As I am not a regular Blogger, I do follow a number of other people - Shimelle is a particular favourite.  so here is the first of my entries to have scrapbooking week challenges.

This was a freestyle interpretation of a design by the Scrapbook Sisters, from my fortnightly class, but I thought the patterned background would fit.

Funny Girl -
my daughter plonked a cushion on her head she reminds me of Marge Simpson - hence the cut out to make it feel a bit cartoon-y...