I am not a morning person

YES. I am not. I need a coffee right after I wake up :)
For this layout, I simply cut the label shape background with my Silhouette Cameo, then glued my picture and a piece of patterned paper and cut them so that they were the same shape as the background.
I embellished my layout and glued the label shaped background on the blue ledger paper.
The "Just a Note" sentence is a SC brush : these are great to add extra journalling to your page, directly ON your picture.