Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #192


Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  We're in the home stretch of the school year. Us Canadians have to go until the end of June.  The kids are so done with school though but they're plugging away.  It's been a good year for both boys.  They loved their teachers and they are both sad that they are moving on.  I am thankful for four teachers who put so much effort and energy and love into my boys!  They appreciated every minute!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches.  Our fabulous hostess is none other than the amazing Jen Mitchell!  Jen is my card making hero!  Her cards always leave me smiling.  I love her style!
I was in charge of doing a group class gift for the four wonderful teachers that we had this year.  I decided that I would keep the card fairly straight forward.  I love the Class Act stamp set from Reverse Confetti and couldn't wait to crack it open for these cards!  I added a bit of white craft ink to make the front look a little chalky - which is rather funny since there isn't a single chalkboard in our school!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red
Ink: Memento, Real Red, Gumball Green, Early Espresso, Basic Grey, Whisper White Craft Ink
Stamps: Class Act (Reverse Confetti)
Other: Class Act Confetti Cuts, Large Dots Textured Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches Blog to see what the Design Team has created for you as your inspiration!  You won't be disappointed.

Have a fabulous Day!
Jen

13 comments:

  1. Loveitloveitloveit! Perfect for the teachers and The "chalk dust" is terrific!

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  2. Ooh, I love that chalkboard embossed background. This is a perfect teacher card!

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  3. Oh my goodness, how perfect is this?! I love the sponging on the black and that great stamp set...fantastic!

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  4. Oooh this is such a striking card, Jen! The background is just gorgeous and the pop of colour with that cute apple is the icing on the cake! Love it!

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  5. Love this card design, with the pop of red on black - it's amazing! Down to the last day of school ... the kids will be celebrating later on today :) Enjoy a safe summer!

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  6. I love the pops of red against that great polka dot chalkboard background. It's sad there aren't chalkboards in schools anymore -- just whiteboards. Cute card, Jen!

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  7. What an awesome teacher card!! I love the chalkoard look on your background and the awesome dotted apple!!!

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  8. Oh, gorgeous card!!! Love that textured background and white and red stripes!

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  9. Love the card! The apple really pops off the card! :)

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  10. This is really fabulous Jen! I love background you've created - it's adds so much interest to your card! Your apple is pretty cool too!

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  11. This is such a perfect card for a teacher! Love the sharp colors (reminds me of the things my teachers hung aroung the room and aboive the chelkboard!), and I also love houw you made the embossed panel have the chalkboard look. Great card!

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  12. This is awesome, Jen. You use black on your cards better than anyone I know.

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  13. This is fabulous!! I love the black/white/red color combo and the fun embossed chalkboard look. I NEED that stamps set. I can see myself doing a lot with it!!

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