This is for CAS394 that requires a one layer card with a nature themed stamp. My card is clean and simple for sure. I simply embossed a double-stitched rectangle on the card front and stamped an autumn leaf covered in various fall colors. I stamped the "many thanks" sentiment in metallic gold. And that's it!
I need to share a story about this card. I made this card early Monday morning. I had it completely finished and got distracting by a knock on my door. I left my craft room to answer the door. After my visitor left, I went back into my craft room to take a picture of the card. I COULD NOT find the card!! I looked and looked, and couldn't find it. I looked through the trash, through paper scraps, and everywhere in my craft room but couldn't find it.
Tuesday rolls around and I keep searching. No card found! So I gave up! This evening, I sat down at my craft table to make a card, pulled out my desk drawer, and guess what was in the drawer? You're right, it was the card!! I must have slipped it in the drawer when I left my craft room to answer the door!
Let me tell you that it's a pain growing old! Memory is one of the first things that goes!! I have no recollection of placing this card in that drawer, and that drawer is the only one I didn't check Monday and Tuesday!! Lord help me!!
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Bev
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Thu, Sep 15, 2016 @ 12:15 PM
Oh, Bev, I hear you about finding things! If I could get "collect" all the time I've spent looking for things, I would have enough time to make more cards! Ha! But in the end, you found it, and it's beautiful! And we are all getting older, and as Susie says, we'll have a blast here in Splitcoaststampers old folks home. I think we need a separate challenge for that, eh? If we could remember it! LOL! Anyway, back at the ranch! I LOVE your CAS card, and the leave is beautiful! Hugs, sweet friend!
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Registered: March 27, 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 67884
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 @ 2:03 PM
Glad you found it! Beautiful card! I feel the same as you, I'm always misplacing things, especially in my craft room! I usually cut out the piece I lost and find as I'm putting my card together! The colors on your leaves are amazing!
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Registered: October 22, 2008 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 626
Fri, Sep 16, 2016 @ 9:04 AM
Oh that happen to me all the time, but it is usually when I go to find a stamp I love and then never find it until I buy a replacement. The original is usually just right where it should be. I love the way you stamped the various colors on this card.It's a beautiful stamp and lovely card.
Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50705
Fri, Sep 16, 2016 @ 12:19 PM
This is gorgeous Bev! That leaf image is amazing and I love it done in all those colors. As far as misplacing your card..I don't think it has anything to do with memory..It's your craft room swallowing up supplies. I am forever dropping tiny pieces under my desk, in my wastebasket, right in front of me....It's the nature of this hobby..just my opinion.
Registered: January 20, 2010 Location: Brampton, Ontario Posts: 26180
Fri, Sep 16, 2016 @ 3:51 PM
Love the glorious range of autumn colours you used on your leaf image! That impressed border is set at just the right distance from the card edges and makes a beautiful frame! Wonderful card!
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Sat, Sep 17, 2016 @ 4:49 PM
This is so pretty; so glad you found it. Your story could have been written by me - happens all the time - can't find something I was just using 10 minutes before.
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Oh, my, this is stunning! Outrageously beautiful!!! Your story made me smile and makes feel much less alone! I can't tell you how many things disappear every time I sit down to create. It makes me crazy. I find my things in the darndest places. I am so glad you found this one!! It's a beauty!