Have you ever started a project with something in mind and find that it morphs into something quite different? This card is one of those and that it fits more than one challenge is a happy accident and not by design. I had seen something this morning (cannot remember where) that I thought was a great idea for a card. As I couldn’t find it again I realized my idea wasn’t going to work but I had already die cut and paper pieced the word thanks and decided to go ahead with another idea. After prepping the card front and background layer I took a piece of white CS and laid the paper pieced layer on top of it. That led me to die cut the letters of the word again and using a curved oval piece I laid them out above the other piece in a curve. Didn’t like it so I removed the original paper piece and set it aside. Then using the same die I cut several words in different scrap paper thinking to add them in the curve shape all over the white layer. After gluing the first word at the top I started on the next and it didn’t take long to realize that I wasn’t going to get it exactly where I wanted it. Went ahead anyway only this time with the intention of having each word slightly offset from the others. Once they were glued I stamped the leaves in fall colours using 2 different stamp sets from GKD. Then I added the gems before adding this layer onto the rest. I actually like the result although it is a far cry from what I originally envisioned. Before I started the post I went through a few challenge blogs just to see what was there and discovered that 2 additional challenges were also suitable for my post. My original paper pieced bit is laid out ready for another card that I have an idea for, so tomorrow if I have time I shall finish that one as well. Thanks for spending time with me today.
Lavender House Creations 
Fun how our creations turn into something totally unexpected. I like how your card has so many pieces of the same word and border images. Lovely card!
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Thanks my friend, I am happy you like it.
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Your card turned out great, Johanna; I really like the leaf border and your colorful repetitive thanks!!
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Thanks so much Gayle. It worked even though it wasn’t what I originally planned on creating.
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I love that your idea morphed and continued changing to wind up with this fun card. Also love that you have another idea for your original piece. Finding challenges your card works for is such fun. It is a great fall card.
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Thanks Golda – when the original idea didn’t work out, this one kind of happened almost by itself. Its fun when that happens but one has to trust in the process.
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This came out great! Love the different papers you used for your letters, and your leaves add a nice fall touch.
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Thanks a lot Lisa. It was fun playing with this one and seeing where it ended up.
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So fun, Johanna – I love all those different “thanks” – perfect for the season! Great leafy background, too! Thanks so much for playing at Sunday Stamps!
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Thank you so much. I love the colours on your inspiration photo.
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Morphed cards are the best…an unexpected beauty!! Thanks for joining the fun and playing along with our ANIMAL ANTICS challenge over at SOS!!
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oops…wrong challenge!! Glad you joined us at Sunday Stamps for our color challenge!!
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Thanks for commenting nonetheless.
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What a fun creation. Love the colorful leaf border and all the colors of THANKS.
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Thanks a lot.
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I’ve seen the repeat pattern all over card world recently and I love how you shaped your sentiment and all the pretty colors you incorporated! Thanks so much for joining us at Sunday Stamps!
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Thanks so much. It seems to me that there is a collective brain out there as often things happen with the same ideas or design.
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Such a fun mixture of patterns and ut un colors, I like your idea of adding the sentiment not straight and several times. Thanks for sharing with us at Inkspirational.
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This is colorfully clever and a fantastic fall card. Thank you so much for joining us at Make the Cards Challenge and we hope to see you again for our new challenge tomorrow.
Cindy ~ MTCC DT
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Many thanks, I’m happy you like it.
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Beautiful mix of colours and I think the design works really well.
Thanks for joining us at the Make the Cards Challenge.
Helen x
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