Great minds think alike ...

Julia and Mandy must have thought the same thing when they saw the Basic Grey Oliver Greyson paper that came in the September kit because we all used it in a similar way.
We basically just left it alone and grouped our photos and embellishments together to leave a good portion of "white space".
I also used the Basic Grey Micro Monos that came with the August kit for my layout ...
The black background is perfect for journaling with a white pen ...

Julia also used bits from the September add-on for her layout ...

The Oliver Bloomers and Fancy Pants sticker work perfectly ...

Mandy cut one of the MME die cuts to frame her photo grouping (which also uses another die cut as a matte) and punched butterflies from the scraps of the black patterned paper (to use the reverse side for a cost-effective embellishment).

A great example of using very few supplies to create a stunning layout ...Layers and layers and layers :)