February 15th Sketch at Stuck?! Sketches

This month, there are two fabulous sketches to choose from at Stuck?! Sketches mid-month challenge!  I decided to use the second one posted.....though I have plans for the first one, too.  Here is the sketch I worked with...

And here is what I came up with...

I was scurrying trying to get a picture of this as the natural light was quickly fading!  This layout has one of my favorite travel photos from our vacation to New York last summer, I took it with my phone on Ellis Island.  These coin-operated binoculars just scream "sightseeing" to me, I thought it made an interesting photo with the Manhattan skyline in the background.  I used Simple Stories new travel line, Travel Notes on this.  Lots of wonderful patterns and colors, and the little pack of die cuts is full of fun little pieces!  I chose to move the border to the bottom so it could "support" my stenciled skyline & used a 6x6 Crafter's Workshop stencil called Mini Urban Landscape.  I went back & forth on whether or not to include the circle element on my layout, with either stitching or pen work.  I finally opted to take the less is more approach....of course I'm still undecided if I should have added it!  LOL  Classic me, overthinking it ;)  Thanks for looking!