Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #71

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  We are having a more relaxed week here...if that's even possible!  We are gearing up for a busy weekend though.  

Wednesdays are good days though and bring many good things!  One of the best things about Wednesdays is the new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches!  This week the lovely and talented Linda Callahan has a great sketch for us.  I must admit this one had me!  Usually it's the circles that get me but the tag did it for me this week!

Okay...I think I broke every rule of a Freshly Made Sketches card when I made mine so maybe don't follow my lead!!!  I am not usually a cluttered, shabby, vintage look girl (as you probably know).  I tend to stick to the clean and simple look.  I'll probably get fired for this one!!!  I have seen some great shabby/chic cards during the last few weeks and wanted to give one a try.  I also had this flower left that I really wanted to use up!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals

DSP: First Edition, Tea for Two

Stamps: Itty Bitties

Ink: Primrose Petals

Other: Artisan Embellishment Kit, Designer Builder Brad, Flower (Prima), Sanding Block, Distressing Tool, Stapler

Thanks for stopping by!  Head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches Blog to check out the amazing Design Team creations!

Have a great day!
Jen

Love Boards

I had found online a few different ways to let your kids know you love them and why.  I had always wanted to try one of these things but of course never got around to it.  This year I'm making the effort to do actually do some of these things.

I found these cheap frames at IKEA and used some DSP from Stampin' Up! to print out the "Caleb I love you because" on.

This wasn't really my first choice of paper (or as boyish as I wanted) but it matches the colours in my kitchen/family room.  I then added a wooden airplane and some brads (I just took off the wings of the brad) using double sided tape.  We'll see how long it holds.

Using a wet erase marker I'll write on the plexiglass inside the frames what I love about my boys.  Jacob has the same frame as Caleb.  Heaven forbid they have something different!  I'm going to hang them beside the table in my kitchen low enough so the boys can see and read what they have to say!  The boys are super excited about their frames.  They love the idea and can't wait for Daddy to hang them up!

This is an easy way to let my boys how much I love them and what exactly it is I love about them.  Especially when they do something nice for one another or for their Dad or I.

Hope you're having a great weekend!