A easel birthday card

I have a fun easel birthday card to share with you all today 

I have been playing around with different style cards,

because I'll be teaching a ULTIMATE card make n take in a few weeks,

 and though this is a great time to practice!

So here is the card sitting up pretty

And when it's closed, this is the front...

looks just like a normal non-conspicuous card!

And I made a matching envelope to boot!

I am totally loving the chalkboard effect of white ink on black stock paper.

Very very very easy to achieve this look, and I love how it just stands out. 

Playing along with these challenges:

Crafty Catz: Anything Goes

Art Impressions: Big Birthdays

MilkCoffee Challenge: Birthdays

Penny's Papercrafty: Anything goes

Anything goes at Anyting but a Card

I hope you all had a safe and fun 4th of July!

Sorry I've been so quiet lately,

sometimes life sneaks up on you I guess!

It's the first Sunday of the month, so that means there is a

brand spankin new challenge at Anything But a Card!

And this time around it's Anything Goes!

Well anything but a card goes!

So I have a page out of my planner/ art journal to share with you all.

As you may have read prior I'm doing the Documented Life Project

This is a really great challenge that gives you an art journal prompt every week,

and challenges you to use the journal as a planner as well!

So I'm sharing with you all my "tip in" page.

The prompt was to use a crossword puzzle, or sudoku, or other game type page.

I decided to make my own crossword with these great words!

This is the page opened up, and you can see where my planner is on the one side,

and then two additional pages of art journaling.

I tend to prep my pages prior, and felt that with it being the 4th of July that the red and blue was perfecto!

I hope you are inspired to join in our challenge this week!

Thanks so very much for checking out my blog.