Adapting sketches

I love the sketches at Sketch Support. They are such a great jumping off point. Sometimes I don't have the right sized photos, though. Take for example, the sketch this week for a two page layout. Here's my page (click the images to see them larger):

I used Studio Calico's March kit for this page. I don't usually use dark blue, but I loved it on this page.

 

  

I had all 4x6 photos, mostly vertical, since you need vertical to fit Derick and anyone else in the photo (he's tall). I trimmed the vertical photos on the right a bit, trimmed a couple a lot into small squares, and then used the one on the left as an accent photo, in place of the two horizontal photos.

Here's some details:

 

The original sketch had a hand stitched circle on the bottom border. Instead, I stitched a star around one I'd punched. To create the star, I used a ruler to draw lines around the star, then punched holes every 1/4 inch.

  

I machine stitched over the star border like the sketch said.  I used colored thread, which I never used to do (it was just white, brown, black, and red for me), but I like the fun of colored thread.

 

Guess who the most photogenic member of our family is?