WT1002 - I Can See Clearly Now - 05/23/2024

[Cook22]

Today we are celebrating the invention of bifocals by Benjamin Franklin , possibly in 1785. He is generally considered to be the inventor of them. It's said that, like so many of us, he needed glasses to read and got tired of constantly taking them off and putting them back on, so he figured out a way to make his glasses see both near and far. He cut the lenses from two pairs of spectacles in half, and then put the different halves together in a single frame. This process was still used for some time until technological advancements led to being able to manufacture a single lens. . Nowadays we have advanced even more with progressives/varifocals.

So, no surprise that I am asking you to head to the optician/optometrist today. You can feature images with glasses or sunglasses (I have always loved my prescription sunglasses. And I switched to progressives for them when I was ready to upgrade them a couple of years ago. I had one holiday experience where my regular glasses frame broke on the last night of our stay in one campsite. I tried getting some good glue in a nearby supermarket before we headed to our next campsite, but it wasn't good enough to glue the frame, and I spent the entire journey taking my distance-only sunglasses on and off so that I could read the map and then read road-signs.)

I know there a couple of cool die-sets with glasses (I have one from Impression Obsession which I have often used with Crazy Birds, and I've been seeing some from Spellbinders recently, too).

And there are eye-charts, of course! I've often eyed up stamps and embossing folders.
It seems to me that visits to the optician become more and more hi-tech, but there is still always some form of chart to look at.

If you really have none of these in your stash, then I would be more than happy for you to try the Cracked Glass technique - Cracked Glass Tutorials at Splitcoaststampers

Once you've created your card for this challenge, upload it with the keyword WT1002, and then come back and share a link here - that makes it easy for people to find your card in case of keyword typos or gallery glitches.

Here's a link to our WT1002 I Can See Clearly Nowgallery

Here's a link to my sample:
WT1002 I Can See by Cook22 at Splitcoaststampers

If you're not sure how to add a link, here's how:
1. Open 2 windows or tabs: one for your card in the gallery, and one for this thread
2. In this thread, click on reply and type anything you want to show before the link.
3. Go to your card window. Highlight the address for your card. (It says www. splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto..... and so on)
4. Click EDIT. Click COPY
5. Go back to this thread. Click PASTE

My thanks, as always, to my teammates for their great samples.

[snietje]

Thank you for this great challenge Sabrina, here are my cards:
You Said Glasses
Wise Penguin

[jkanack]

I love that song! Thanks, Sabrina! Eye Know, Right? by jkanack at Splitcoaststampers

[susanbri]

Glasses aren't the focus of my card but they are there on the snowman on the right!

Snowman Wearing Glasses by susanbri at Splitcoaststampers

[CAR372]

I thought you said Binoculars not bifocals. I use Binoculars to watch birds.
Also the title reminds me of the song. I can see clearly now the rain has gone.
I did use the cracked glass technique suggestion. WT1002 Winter birds by CAR372 at Splitcoaststampers

[Katchoo1]

I could not find my glasses stamp but I did find some cute glasses-wearing bird stickers in my stash!

WT1002 Summer Vibes by Katchoo1 at Splitcoaststampers

WT1002 Have an Amazing Day by Katchoo1 at Splitcoaststampers

TFL!

Colleen

[artystamper]

Here's mine: a gnome/elf with glasses! WT1002 Follow Your Dreams by artystamper at Splitcoaststampers

[cookiebaker]

Here's mine! It's clear to see you're fantastic!

[Jo Ann F.]

Here is my card for the challenge.