Today's Lesson From The Craft Room: Transitions Always Begin With Endings
I have been reading the book "Transitions" by William Bridges - what a wonderful book for anyone who is going through transitions in their life. The book discusses how every transition begins with an ending - In order to have a new beginning, you first need to let go of where you currently are - you have to first begin with an ending. I realize that endings are not very easy for me - I'm not the kind of person who just let's go and moves fearlessly into the future...except when I create! I can easily let go of the vision I had for a card and let it create itself. I hope that the ease with which I can navigate endings in the craft room will help me more successfully allow for endings in my life so that I can move forward into new beginnings!
This card began with creating an embossed square border by cutting out a 4"x4" square and temporarily adhering it to the front of this 5"x5" card. I then used my embossing stylus to emboss around the square and then removed the 4"x4" square from the center. The "waves" and "sky" were torn by hand and the starfish came from the sea Hope you like it!
If you want to let go of being at SCS for a minute and go see something new, check out my blog at www. myfigments.blogspot.com
Date: Friday, May 15, 2009 GMT Views: 4983
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Registered: March 24, 2006 Location: Deep in the Heart of TEXAS Posts: 15980
Fri, May 15, 2009 @ 3:04 PM
Great card!!
------------------------------ Phyllis Young at heart, slightly older in other parts. We really never grow up, we just learn how to act in public!! What if you woke up today with only what you had thanked God for yesterday??
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131383
Sat, May 16, 2009 @ 1:11 PM
You should really add CAS as a keyword to this, it's a great example. Very clean and striking, caught my eye straight away. And as I am tired from a 14-hour day going to a funeral, that's saying something.
Registered: April 3, 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 315
Tue, May 19, 2009 @ 7:31 PM
Beautiful! It's so serene and simple, without alot of clutter to detract from the sentiment. Your card caught my eye, but then reading your details truly brings this card to life. A true work of art inspires emotion, and your card did for me.
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Lorrinda
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