SCS Clean & Simple Color Challenge
kraft, red, vanilla/cream, & brown (optional orange)
(I goofed and used white instead of cream.)
Gina K. Design Design Team Challenge:
Favorite Fall Memories
I love going to the orchard in the fall. I love all the activities that come with the season. But the one thing I do every year is take time to enjoy the beauty. It's amazing how fast it comes and goes. One week I can be driving to work wishing all the leaves would hurry up and change. The next week, I have to be aware to make sure I'm not daydreaming and driving on automatic pilot because the in the following week all of the leaves will be on the ground.
For as long as I can remember, my grandma did not like this season. To her it symbolized dying. It was alarming to me. It's something I heard years and years ago and to enjoy the season I had to turn all the beauty into a positive image. So, as I enjoy God's handiwork, I think about how this season reminds me that we need to take time to rest. Spring will come and summer will be ridiculously busy. Fall is a nice time to rest.
Grandma is 89 years old!
Enjoy the colors!
Stamps: Picture It, Organize It, Lovely Labels (Gina K. Designs)
Paper: kraft, chocolate, white, cherry cobbler
Ink: close to cocoa, cherry cobbler, peach parfait
Accessories & Tools: ribbon, SU lattice EF, pop-up dots
Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010 GMT Views: 2632
Favorited:31
Registered: March 31, 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 7427
Sun, Sep 19, 2010 @ 7:53 PM
Gorgeous card!
I know what you mean about the leaves - our just turn to beautiful colors then we'll get a nasty wind or rain storm and they are all down. But I still love fall.
Registered: October 4, 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7081
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 @ 3:17 AM
Jen, this has to be one of your most beautiful creations!
We are tropical so we don't really have a fall season. While I don't miss raking the leaves, I do miss the smells, the colors, the rest from the gardening (year round work here). Maybe your beautiful card will show show your gma how special fall is...If the leaves don't die, we can't have spring.
Registered: August 14, 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 4055
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 @ 3:34 AM
Beautiful card! beautiful reminder to enjoy the beauty..! Loved your note. Your grandma is the first person I've ever heard to not like fall.. It's my favorite.
Thank you for the early note to enjoy each & every moment of it!
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