Remembering the Simple Stuff

Sometimes, whether in crafting or in life, we let ourselves get carried away with the newest thing and forget about the tried and true. We follow the latest fashion craze, eschewing the very things that always worked for us in the past. We paint our walls turquoise because we hear that's the "in" color of the year. We buy the skinny jeans even though they make us look ten pounds heavier. We buy into the stamping fad of the day, even though it's not even close to our style. And then we wonder why a) we never feel comfortable in that turquoise room, b) we never wear those skinny jeans out in public, and c) we never make a card with that crazy paper we had to have.

Today's card went back to basics. This punch out window technique is so old, and something I haven't done in a long time. I began by punching the square out, then going back over with the scalloped square punch to make the scallop frame. Then I punched a square out of the card front, and layered the frame on top of the window opening.

{recipe: Memory of the Heart (SU), Basic Grey Nook and Pantry paper, Pure Luxury kraft and ivory cardstock, rich razzleberry cardstock and ink, pink cardstock and ink, versafine sepia ink,
scallop square punch, square punch, scallop edge punch, rich razzleberry ric rac ribbon, metal nailheads}


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