CFC84--Chalkboard Thanks

CASual Fridays' first challenge of the year is to create a clean and simple thank you card. 

After seeing all the awesome cards using the chalkboard technique, 

I decided to give it a try. Here's my card.

Betsy Veldman started sharing her chalkboard cards last year

and has a great easy-to-follow video tutorial here.

One stamp and four drawn lines and my card was done.

I only wish I had some greenish cardstock so this wasn't

 a black thank you card. But I had fun trying the technique!

I'll also be entering my first Make it Monday over at Papertrey Ink

since I used their limited edition thank you stamp on my card.

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Fun with felt

Here's a card made with one of the new Sprouts from The Greeting Farm. Her name is Dee Dee and she's such a cutie!

I paired her up with a felt flower that I made using Betsy Veldman's tutorial here. Thanks to sweet Lucy for sharing the link on her blog.

I chose to work with felt because it's my favorite fabric, and the new blossom dies from Papertrey Ink. The dies cut fabric and felt beautifully and I'd like to make them in different colors--perfect for Mother's Day!

For the leaves, I stitched a random leaf shape onto green felt to create the "veins". Then I trimmed them out and I like how they look. I have a green thumb!

Special thanks to Kelly for sharing with me her Copic numbers for a fair skinned Dee Dee!

Stamps: The Greeting Farm, Hero Arts

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Bazzill Basics

Ink: Memento, Versafine

Other: 100% wool felt, Papertrey Ink exclusive Blossom die, Cuttlebug embossing folder,

Stampin Up border punch (thanks, Heather!), pearls