For Cathy's "School Days" challenge, I made a chalkboard. Do I get bonus points because it looks like a third grader made it? LOL. I tried to do a fancy frame with mitered corners, but it resulted in a crooked frame with one corner that didn't fit (hence the little Happy Birthday tag in the corner of the card).
I was inspired by Tonda's card from this week's color challenge. And I thought that the Crayon Alphabet that I just discovered my love for would make a really great chalkboard lettering. My gosh, this took me forever to stamp! I used my ExactlyWrite Address Guide to make my lines straight for my letters and my Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp and emboss one letter at a time. Looks pretty good though, doesn't it?
I wanted to color the cake with crayons as part of the use something you would find at school theme, but the crayon wouldn't show up on the black, so I got out my chalk pastels to color in the cake.
Seriously, this is so crazy lopsided, but I still like it. Although it took forever, it was really fun to make.
Date: Thursday, September 21, 2017 GMT Views: 604
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Thu, Sep 21, 2017 @ 7:04 PM
This looks like one of those fabulous old frames you find at a garage sale, handmade with love and almost mitred corners. Before I read your story I thought this was exactly how you intended it to be - fabulous, rustic and authentic. Love this to bits and your new avatar is gorgeous!
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Fri, Sep 22, 2017 @ 4:54 AM
Wonderfully fun, Jennifer!!! Love it and I have eaten a ton of birthday cake this week (kids left it after a birthday party so I could wear it instead of them - should have thrown it away...). Cute card!!
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