Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #80

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Can you believe it's Wednesday already?  That week sure goes quickly when everyone is off on a Monday!  I was able to enjoy a morning alone today!  I got some running around done which was perfect!  It's so much easier to do errands when you're not getting a little person in and out of a car seat!

We had a brand new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches!  Linda C is our hostess this week.  She makes such amazing cards!  You definitely need to give her blog a glance!  I love Linda's sketch this week.  I think it's super versatile!

So I decided to try out the chalkboard technique on the card.  I did a little research and lots of people use facecloths to apply their white craft ink but I didn't think that was a great option so tried a J-Cloth and it worked just fine and dandy!  Start rubbing the white craft ink in circles and it slowly starts to blend in together and look chalk board like!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White

Stamps: Vintage Verses 

Ink: Versamark, Whisper White (Craft)

Other: Labels Collection Framelits, Black Polka Dot Ribbon, White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Caleb competed in the Sparks Grand Prix last night at Awana (a kids program at our church).  He did great and all the kids had such a fun time!  He was so proud of his car!! 

Hope you have a minute to stop over at the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the beautiful cards the Design Team has created for you!

Thanks!
Have a great day!
Jen

Seize the Birthday Cards...a little late!

Hello!

Hope the week is going well for you!  We're having a crazy busy week here!  I was really hoping for a nice relaxing Thursday!  Ha!  Not a chance!  I was cleaning this morning since I had no children at home with me!  Lunch duty at the school was something else...let's just say we had blood, vomit and a pink, itchy eye all in one hour - all from different kids!  Life is never dull!  If I come out of this unscathed it will be a miracle!!!

So I'm a little late getting my Seize the Birthday challenge cards up!  I had them done in time to participate in the first week's challenge HOWEVER it was finding time to take pictures and post them! Needless to say I didn't quite get it done!  Sorry Lesley!!!

This first card below was a customer request.  She wanted a card that was grey, black and red!

This card was also a customer request!  She needed a subtly Canadian card for her British friend!
Funny how two cards can be made by the same person using the same sketch and they look so different!

Supplies (Card #1):

Cardstock: Basic Black, Real Red, Basic Grey

DSP: Retired....can't remember the name...sorry!

Stamps: Vintage Verses (Sale-a-bration)

Ink: Versamark

Other: Hexagon Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder, Boho Blossoms Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Window Frames Framelits Die, Dimensionals

Supplies (Card #2):

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla

DSP: Poetry Print DSP Stack

Stamps: Wonderfall, Itty Bitty Banners

Ink: Raspberry Ripple

Other: Bitty Banners Framelites Die, Autumn Accents Die, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals