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Monday, December 17, 2012

Christmas Carriage Ride: My Creative Sketches

During the holidays last year, we visited to the Billy Graham Library one evening and it was beautiful in every way: a pastoral hideaway in the busy city. We took a horse-drawn carriage ride through the hills and valleys, alive with lights and music from carolers.  It was a night to remember and I captured a nice photo of my folks with my son.


I used the photo on this layout, following the new December sketch by My Creative Sketches. My paper and embellishments are from the Once Upon A Christmas line by Little Yellow Bicycle and this project is featured today on the Little Yellow Bicycle blog. I love the elegance and traditional holiday colors of the collection and thought they worked perfectly.



To make the cluster in the upper-right hand corner, I used a mix of chipboard and stickers and stitched a red "hanger" for the ornaments. 


This is the sketch I used:  


We'd love to have you play along.  You can find all the details on the My Creative Sketches blog.  The challenge runs through January 14 and there's a great prize up for grabs.

9 comments:

  1. Sounds like a beautiful place to visit!! I loveeeeeee that photo, the colors, the bird and the deer!! Just BEAUTIFUL!!!

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  2. this layout is amazing! i just love it- everything is just perfect

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  3. These papers were meant for your photo, Izzy. It fits seamlessly with the layout. I especially love the cluster you created in the top right corner.

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  4. Lovely page, Izzy! Great pops of red and your cluster is just perfect :)

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  5. Gorgeous! The red looks stunning against the patterned white and your photo totally pops.

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  6. Great Layout, love your take on the sketch

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  7. Absolutely gorgeous Izzy..as always!! Love the sketch...might give it a try if I have enough time left after I've done everything I need to do before leaving for Mozambique for a few days :)

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  8. Your Lo's are always amazing!!! Beautiful work!!!

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  9. Great layout! Love the colors.

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