Tuesday 28 January 2014

Quotes & Lyrics - Silence


Here's my postcard for The Craft Barn's Quotes and Lyrics challenge which is to use Silence and/or Dazzle.   Various songs came to mind but I couldn't decide how to depict them so I went off searching for quotes and found this one about oaks and acorns. 


The background is a mix of Distress Inks - Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn and Pine Needles - and the Oak Tree is an Oak House Studio stamp inked with Olympia Green Versafine and clear embossed.  The small oak leaves and gold acorn (I was thinking Silence is Golden here) are by PSX - they've been stamped and embossed and then distressed with a little Barn Door and Spiced Marmalade. 

The quote was on an internet quote site and  its by Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish Philosopher - I thought it was about how beautiful nature can be.  However when I looked for the rest of the poem/prose I found it was made up from an 8 line paragraph in his book about The French Revolution and the oak hasn't just blown down in the wind, no, the woodman came with his axe!!   So someone has actually paraphrased what Carlyle said and made it a quote......so I hope I'm still allowed to use it.

Well last years challenge was educational and I think this years will be too.  Its great to read all the interesting quotes; not so much fun knowing some of the 'old' songs!!

22 comments:

  1. Goodness, that was a hard theme to find something for but you have done it brilliantly. I like the story behind it too. I know what you mean about the 'old songs' too. Hugs, Anne x

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  2. Still a beautiful quote if not quite what Thomas Carlyle said! Love the scene you have created too

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  3. It's a great quote and I like how you have interpreted it. Both yours and Twinkletoes are so different

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  4. Visiting from The Craft Barn - Ooh, I love what you did here Elaine! So sparkly. Wish I had that tree stamp it's beautiful.
    You were more conscientious than in looking up more info about the quote. Now I too, hope it's ok :o)

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  5. Love the love the tree and leaves fitting the great qoute.

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  6. Another fab interpretation of this lovely quote. The embossing really gives it the wow factor. MMx

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  7. I suppose it HAD to be an oak stamp! Love it and embossed is even better.

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  8. Beautifully put together, love the link between the background and the quote. Loving your Oak tree, i get to see a wonderfully large oak Tree each time i visit my OH's house. Your stamp reminds me a lot of it :-) xxx

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  9. Wonderful design Elaine.

    Hugs Diane

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  10. Fabulous Elaine you have matched your quote so well!

    MaggieH

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  11. Beautiful stamp, these days the thought of an oak being felled makes me scream.

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  12. A wonderful page and a great quote.

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  13. I like your postcard! I use quotes a lot & that is one I didn't know. Thank you for visiting my blog and for your kind comments!

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  14. Great stamping and beautiful leaves! Great quote too :-)

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  15. Wonderful choice of quote, great postcard.

    Sylv xx

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  16. This is a beautiful quote, one I've not seen before, and lovely art, too.

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  17. WOW what a gorgeous postcard and the quote is wonderful - made me sigh and be amazed at the same time. Super BJ

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  18. Lovely postcard! Fab oak stamp and the background is such gorgeous greens. Brilliant quote too xx

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  19. Brilliant use of the tree stamp, you forgot to say you designed it!

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