Saturday, December 7, 2013

Joy ~ Little Yellow Bicycle (Once Upon A Christmas Collection)

Joy is the theme this month at Berry71bleu, so I decided to scrap this old photo of me and my husband on Christmas Eve. I finally broke into my Little Yellow Bicycle (Once Upon a Christmas Collection) that I won from them last year. Lucky me! It really is a beautiful Christmas line!

I got my inspiration from this awesome sketch #104 from Sketchabilities.

I used some Glimmer Mists (Scarlet and Forest Green) to splatter and drip down my page. Then I used my Crafter's Workshop Template (Mini Houndstoooth) with my Distress Inks (Festive Berries, Pine Needles, and Black Soot).I hung the sticker ornaments with some handstitching that I did with silver thread.

I love all of the silver accents that are in this collection, which is the twist  for category 2,  to add silver or gold with red and green for the December Four Categories Challenge @ Scrapbook.com. I made the flowers and leaves from LYB Papercrafting kit. I used silver paint around the edges and then some Smooch and Stickles on top. I also used silver paint around the papers. This is my example for the monthly stamping challenge that I host @ Scrapbook.com, with the twist to use any type of holiday stamp. Here I stamped the North Pole postage in red, but in real life it's straight across the page and not skewed like it is in the photo. I also stamped the reindeer and "magical" in black, and the pine branches were embossed using Ranger Embossing Antiquities in Topiary.

I used vellum tape strips in the background, and vellum for the journaling. Here's a closer look.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

13 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous layout!!! Love all the layers and the cute ornament you added below the photo. A very well thought page. Love love love. Thanks for joining us at Sketchabilities :)

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  2. Great layout! Christmas spirit here! Thanks for playing along at sketchabilities!

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  3. What a great take on the sketch! I love the Christmas theme and all the little extras to see! Beautiful! Wish you and yours all the very best this holiday season! A new follower. Come visit sometime!http://mybeaner.blogspot.ca/

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  4. Beautiful layout! Love the drippies, flowers and ornaments! Thanks for playing along w/sketch #103 at sketchabilities!

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  5. Very beautiful page!!!!! So many details to discover!!! Love it....

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  6. Love the page, the flowers are wonderful.
    Christmas is almost here.
    Tks for join us at sketchabilities.

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  7. I love how you added those splashes of festive colors to the background. You've done a really wonderful Christmas themed page & that poinsettia is one of my faves! Excellent journaling on the vellum by the way! Vellum is a fabulous way to add personal journaling to any project. Great take on the challenge & thank you for joining us at Berry71Bleu!

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  8. Love how you used drips and ornaments - so cool!! What a stunning layout! Thanks for playing along with us at Sketchabilities!

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  9. Love all of the layers and patterns!! Scrapping Everyday Miracles is having a challenge, and we'd love for you to enter a project or two! http://scrappingeverydaymiracles.blogspot.com/2013/12/christmas-theme-challenge.html

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  10. Georgeous layout! love Cristmas colors, that you used! Thanks you for playing along at sketchabilities!

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  11. I love the christmas LO! You did an amazing job on the background and love the sentiment behind it! Thank you for sharing with us at berry71bleu!!

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  12. Beautiful layout! I love the background and the pretty flowers. Thanks for joining the Berry71Bleu challenge!

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  13. Fabulous Christmas page!! great layering and so cool the paint effect. Thanks for joining Berry71Bleu!!

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