Today I’m sharing a card made with Spellbinders Contemporary Hearts Pendant. I wanted to change it up a little bit so I decided to offset two of the same shapes with cut out centers. It leaves a great area in the center that I can place a center, flower or even a sentiment. On the center of this card I used Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circles Large and Spellbinders Standard Circles Large followed by the Pendant Center.
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Well, I because my card is as simple as it gets for me this is probably my shortest post yet! No worries, I have a sweet story that my girlfriend Kay (Hi Kay!!) sent to me that touches me every time I read it. I’ve sent it out to son and daughter , they know what matters but love the little nudges I send.
I grew up with practical parents who had been frightened by the Great Depression. A mother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original recycle queen, before they had a name for it. A father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones.
Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away. It was the time for fixing things; a curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep.
It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that repairing, eating, reusing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there’d always be more.
But then my mother died, and on that clear summer ‘s night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn’t any more. Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away . . . never to return. So, while we have it . . . it’s best we love it . . .and care for it . . . and fix it when it’s broken . . . and heal it when it’s sick.
This is true . . . for marriage. . . and old cars . . . and children with bad report cards. . . and dogs and cats with bad hips . . . and aging parents . . . and grandparents . . and friends. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it. Some things we keep.
There are just some things that make life important, like people we know who are special. And so, keep them close!
Thanks so much for stopping by!! I hope you are making plans for a wonderful weekend filled with family and those who are close!
Oh Becca, this is so beautiful and so elegant. You can do a simple (you say) and it looks like a million dollars. Great job!!!!!!
Joan
Becca,
Beautiful card & wonderful story.
Thanks for brighting up our days.
~~Diane~~
becca~
beautifully told. it brought back a flood of memories!
recently my daughter was lamenting over a heel falling off her favorite shoe and i suggested taking it to the “cobbler” (as we fondly referred to the shoe repair man, and i was given a look like i was in full fledge dimensia.)
God Bless your parents for teaching you such wonderful lifestyles, and God Bless you for treasuring them.
So true! I love these new spellbinders pendants
Absolutely stunning Becca! A beautiful letter from your friend, it left me all teary eyed. My girlfriend’s mother is dying of cancer. I hope you don’t mind if I share this with her.
The new spellbinder dies are so exciting I can`t wait to get mine.
Bless You
Becca – a most beautiful card…elegant and simple…and being from the land of 40 shades of green it appeals even more…and then some gold to remind us that you have a heart of gold…..and the story….just brought back so many memories for me too….I can still see my father standing at his bench putting a new leather sole on a shoe…in those days you could buy leather….each little tack carefully positioned to attach the leather on…fixing bicycles he’d requisitioned from the dump….and then me proudly riding it as if it was the latest model. My mother making clothes, fixing clothes, knitting, ripping out old hand knit garments and washing the skeins and re-knitting a new garment from old..ripping up old flour bags and making sheets out of them…they were coarse but we were tough…..I could go on and on.
c’est magnifique les ronds apparaissent doré cuivré bravo
Wonderful card and a beautiful story from your friend Kay, bless her.
I, coming up 62, know this feeling well, and I lost my mum 2 years ago at the age of 95. So in the 40’s & 50’s was a home of ‘making do and mend’ and real home cooking. Something I yearn for now.
The younger generation somehow just don’t ‘get’ it.
Bless you too for sharing this with us.
Jenny x
Becca – a beautiful card and the story your friend sent is so true. I also had parents that saved, repaired and reused things and like another replyer, it brought back many memories. One day at work we were talking about darning socks. That definitely is a skill of the past! I have heard that knitted socks are coming back into vogue.
Sweet story & a beautiful card to start off my morning – what could be better?!
Absolutely stunning Becca! Love the gold… it’s so elegant and the dp you used is gorgeous as well!
Becca:
Your website is one that I go to every single day for inspiration. Not only are your creations stunning, but I always get a lift from your prose.
That story is so much like my grandparents lives. They are both gone now but amazingly, I am turning to the thought process that I scorned when I was younger.
I hope you don’t mind but I may put some of this on my blog. I will certainly point to your website as one of my favorites.
Someday I hope that I will develop into as incredible a designer as you are.
Theresa Ransone
Another beautiful card! I always get such a treat when I visit your blog! Thanks!
This would make a wonderful wedding card or anniversary the two circles reminded me of intertwined rings or a circle meaning never ending love. Beautiful story. Beautiful work Becca. TFS!!!
What a beautiful card and story. Made me cry to think of all the wonderful people and pets I have lost.
Thank you for the memories.
God bless you and have a safe holiday
Cyndy
Beautiful creation, AGAIN! and what a wonderful letter from your friend (was her mom my mom’s sister???) Queen of Recycling, indeed! But such a true sentiment…keep those things precious as they do leave us…Thanks again for your inspiration~in creativity and in thinking about LIFE~
All of your Spellbinder cards are just stunning. I love each and every one of them. The story today touched my heart–so many truths. And I can still picture my mom saving her alum foil. She still talks of the depression–it was such a horrible time for her family. Have an awesome 4th! God Bless America and you.
Beautiful beautiful card Becca! Love the story too. Reminds me of my grandmother.
Simple to you, gorgeous to me :), your work is always stunning.
I love this story your friend sent you, I must save it :).
Just a beautiful card…..the story really came close to home with me….I can remember my farmer Grandmother coming to visit and bringing homemade soap to us. Giftwrap and ribbon were carefully folded and pressed. Anything that could be fixed was fixed….but not by my Dad who was a wonderful man but a mechnical disaster. We always said that if Daddy fixed it we would surely be buying a new one. Thanks Becca for all that you give us and have a wonderful holiday!
Becca –
What beautiful card, so very elegant! And thank you for posting Kay’s story. Having lost my mother and father I can truly relate to it. Stay close to those you love, even if it is a 5 minute call to just say hello. Let them know that they are loved.
Thank you for sharing.
Elaine Allen
“Simply” Elegant!
Gorgeous card and I love the sentiment on it!! Thanks for sharing Kay’s story – it was so touching and brought tears to my eyes. I’m learning that time goes by way too quickly to not enjoy and appreciate everyone and everything around me! big hugs!!
Good evening, Becca, another wonderful card and a wonderful story, too.
Girl, what you do with shapes….Your creativity knows no bounds!! Love these rings. They remind me of a wedding ring quilt. And the gold is stunning!! Love how you attached the sentiment with that lovely ribbon too. Thanks also for sharing that story. We all need to be reminded once in awhile to appreciate the treasures we have!!
Every time I open up your blog and see a new post my first words are Oh My God! I really believe you have a God given talent in creating these wonderful cards!! Thanks for the beautiful story…
Love your sweet story, it’s so true!! –Love your card, just gorgoeus.
Such a beautiful card, Becca. Amazing work you always do with the Nestabilities! I love that post by your friend. I am having to watch at a distance the dying of my friends 37 year old daughter who has two small children, and have just learned of the diagnosis with cancer of a friend. My prayer list is getting long and very involved. Thanks for sharing this with us and also for sharing your God given talent and gift of creating such beauty…
Beautiful card but LOVELY story!
Becca,
A pretty and very elegant card. I love it when you use foil paper!
Lisa A.
Becca,
I love all your statments, and I call them warm fuzzys. so keep giving us all your warm fuzzys, they are wonderful, and your cards are as nice as your storys. I hope you have a great weekend.
bless you
colleen in calif
Wowzers Becca! Even your simple cards are soooooo elegant! I love the gold and green. How elegant with the metallic gold!! Love those pendants!! Thanks to you, I had to order about 6 of the new spellbinders. You are a bad influence girl with all these awesome creations!!!
Hope you have an awesome holiday weekend!! I look forward to catching up with you when I get back from vacation!
hugs,
Chris
So gorgeous…….. Your ideas are always sooooo very unique and totally beautiful. TFS
WOW!! This card is INCREDIBLE!!
I loved this story…so touching and so very, very true. Thank you & your friend for a great life “reminder”.
Thank you again for so much inspiration. You won’t believe how much money I have now spent on Spellbinders from just seeing your work!!!
Patsy
I know what you mean. I remember Christmas’ when we would have to open our presents carefully and save the paper for next year…same went for the bows.
Just wanted to say that I think your blog is truly inspirational and that I will be checking in again soon! Thanks for sharing all your wonderful idea.