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Back Home and a Card

My time in Chicago went by very quickly - too quickly..... Every year I wish I could spend more time in this wonderful city. But its nice being back home too. So I had some time today and made a card for Dynamic Duos and combined it with CAS-ual Fridays:


All the die cuts, except the stars (Simon Says) are from Memory Box and the sentiment is by Mama Elephant - Merry Greetings. I hung the ornaments with silver thread - which required some fiddling around....and lastly I elevated the ornaments with foam dots. 





And of course this card is largely made with snippets - it going into the Snippets Playground!

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I want to share some pics from Chicago with you:


The modern Santa.....


The stairway in the Contemporary Art Museum.


The "Bean" by Anish Kapoor - one of my favorites...



A view onto the side gallery of the Art Institute - looks almost like a picture, don't you think?


And lastly the lions in front of the Art Institute - decorated for the Holidays!

Comments

Kelly Griglione said…
You were right in my backyard! Absolutely love all your photos of my favorite places (except I haven't been to the Contemporary Art Museum yet). I enjoy Millennium Park in the winter because it's so quiet. I see you were the only one at the bean ... such a rare picture!

Love your card, especially the silver thread you used to hang the ornaments. So festive!

Also, not sure if I've mentioned this before, but whenever I click on "comments" from Bloglovin' to leave a comment for you, it goes to a blank screen, and I have to get to your blog in a different way. That only seems to happen with your blog for some reason. Sorry I'm not much help.
joy said…
Love your card! And, thanks for the gorgeous photos of Chicago. I lived the first five years of my married life there. Three of my children were born there. I was so busy with babies and housekeeping that I didn't see the forest for the trees, so to speak!! LOL
Sarn said…
OOOh . . . great photo's of your trip Cornelia.

Love your pretty die cuts on your card.

Hugs
Sarn xxx
shirley-bee said…
Fabulous card! I love how the baubles are hanging off a branch. And the photos are fab too!
Susanne Vargas said…
Fun card! Love the sparkly star with the sentiment! Great shots from your trip!
MaryH said…
Hi Cornelia, Bet it was frosty up in the windy city. So glad you were able to get out & enjoy the wonders of a big City. Thanks for sharing some lovely photos too. Your card is a great color choice, with the green & glitters going on. Love the ornaments suspended from that wonderful MB branch. Don't you just love those dies? Liked the sentiment too...TFS & Hugs
Jutta said…
I love your photo's you have such an artistic eye! Lovely card too!
Di said…
That is one clever card Cornelia! Love the baubles suspended from the branch with real silver twine.

Great photos of Chicago too!

Hugs, Di xx
Deb said…
Love your ornaments hanging on your tree branch. The sparkle is beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!
Michelle said…
Wow! The pink glitter adds so much to this beautiful card! Thanks for joining the Dynamic Duos!
Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures!
Angel Johns said…
I absolutely LOVE your card. The ornaments hanging off the tree is just perfect! Thanks for joining us this week at Dynamic Duos!
Kim Heggins said…
Love your photos...that Santa is just too cute. Your card is just beautiful, love the colors and those ornaments hanging from that branch is so pretty.
Tenia Nelson said…
What a super RAD card!! Thanks for playing along with us at Dynamic Duos!! :)

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