Sympathy Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #518

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a vertical striped layout with an off center circular element and bow.  I didn't have a bow die and didn't want to use a tied ribbon so I used tropical leaves and flower from Fabulous Flamingo.  The shades of green striped paper is from "Grateful Heart" (retired Close to my Heart product).  The sentiment and leaves were stamped in Versamark Ink and then New England Ivy ink and embossed with Polysparkle Tinsel Embossing powder. The sentiment is from "Words of Comfort" (retired Close to my Heart product).  A scalloped circle die was also used to frame the sentiment.

 

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, April 2 and you can link up your project here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love. Please stop by our blog on Wednesday to see what the rest of the talented Design Team has to inspire you.

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

      Little Red Wagon #697--Sympathy

      Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #202--Anything Goes

      Allsorts Challenge #721--Anything Goes with option of rain

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

 

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Quick Sympathy Card with Paper Craft Crew Horizontal Sketch #510

Simplicity is helpful when you need to make a card in a hurry so I followed the fabulous sketch at the Paper Craft Crew.  The paper is from Echo Park "Day in the Life" paper and the sentiment is from Close to my Heart "Words of Comfort" in New England Ivy Ink and paper frame.

Here is the wonderful sketch that inspired my card layout:

     

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

     Little Red Wagon #697--Sympathy

     Make My Monday #197--P is for Paper

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

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Golf Themed Thank You Cards with Freshly Made Sketch #578

There were several people I needed to thank for helping out at our Golf Invitational last week so I chose the great sketch from Freshly Made Sketch and varied the papers.  The large background die is from Close to my Heart which retired a couple of years ago but is still useful to me.  The background papers are from Stampin Up's Clubhouse papers which also is no longer available. It was a little difficult to capture the shimmer from the silver and gold foil papers used on the first 2 cards.  The background of the third card is silver metallic cardstock.

Which one do you like best?

Here is the fabulous Freshly Made Sketch that inspired my card layouts:

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

     Make My Monday Challenge--P is for Paper

     Die Cut Divas--Anything Goes

     Creative Fingers #251--Anything Goes

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

 

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So Much Happy New Home Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #517

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a split horizontal layout with a framed sentiment and two flags.  My card uses patterned paper from So Much Happy (retired Close to my Heart) enhanced with Diamond Stickles Glitter Glue and the sentiment from Many Congratulations (retired Close to my Heart).  A Stitched Rectangle Thin Cut Die was used to frame the sentiment and the sentiment was embossed with Sapphire Ink and Polysparkle Tinsel Embossing Powder.

 Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, March 26 and you can link up your project here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love. Please stop by our blog on Wednesday to see what the rest of the talented Design Team has to inspire you.

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

     A Place to Start--Anything Goes

     Cut it Up Challenges--This Makes Me Happy (paper is                        named So Much Happy)

     Creative Fingers Challenge--Anything Goes

     Through the Purple Haze--Anything Goes

     Daisy Chain Challenge #72--Flowers

      

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

 

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Sparkly Happy Anniversary Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #515

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features 3 stripes, a central circular element and some flourishes.  The background of my card was created from a Recollections paper pack called "Specialty Blues" which has several sheets with blue foil in them.  The gold center band and die cut holographic flourish came from Scrapbook.com's Holographic Mirror paper. The greeting is gold embossed stamp called "Special Day Duo" retired from Close to My Heart.

This second photo shows how sparkly some of these elements are:

 Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, March 12 and you can link up your project here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love. Please stop by our blog on Wednesday to see what the rest of the talented Design Team has to inspire you.

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

     A Place to Start--Anything Goes

     Creative Fingers--Anything Goes

     Use Your Stuff--Paper Strips     

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

 

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Glittery Striped Birthday Card for AAA Birthday Game #47 Stripes and/or Dots

Months ago my card was selected as a winner at AAA Birthday and I am honored  to be a Guest Designer for this challenge.  The challenge for this month is Stripes and/or Dots.  I used a background that I made from strips of scraps placed on an adhesive sheet.  I left some space between the strips so I could press gold glitter in to the spaces.  A Nuvo Gold Glitter Marker was used to color in the letters from the Festive Borders stamp.

Please be sure to check out the AAA Birthday website for more great card ideas.  You can link up your creation here.

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

      Everybody Art Challenge #530--Birthday

      Unicorn Challenge #84--Birthday

      Seize the Birthday--Option Red, White and 1 color

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

 

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Valentine Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #513

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a striped vertical panel with a focal image on top and a sentiment on the bottom.  I've had this pretty sparkly daisy paper in my stash for a while and made a Valentine's day card for my sister-in-law who loves the color pink.  The heart die is from Sizzix.

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, February 26 and you can link up your project here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love. Please stop by our blog on Wednesday to see what the rest of the talented Design Team has to inspire you.

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

      Crafting Happiness Challenge #139--Love

      Get Creative Challenges #118--Hearts

      Dare 2B Artzy February--Love

      Cut it Up #217--Have a Heart

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

 

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No Worries Thank You Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #511

 Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a focal sentiment rectangle over 3 vertical panels.  My card uses (retired) Close to my Heart "No Worries" paper, Lagoon Card Stock, A Million Reasons stamp and Sapphire Ink. A small amount of Diamond Stickles was put on the small palm trees.

Which card do you like better? 

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, February 12 and you can link up your project here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love. Please stop by our blog on Wednesday to see what the rest of the talented Design Team has to inspire you.

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

     A Place to Start--Anything Goes, pick a palette (#2)

      Gem of a Challenge--Anything Goes

      A Perfect Time to Craft--Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

 

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Flourished Greetings Birthday Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #509

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a scalloped frame, sentiment circle with surrounding embellishments.  My card features Glacier card stock, Celebrating You paper, Flourished Greetings stamp, the palm leaves and flowers came from Fabulous Flamingo with Lagoon Ink and Honey Butter Ink.

 

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, January 29 and you can link up your project here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love. Please stop by our blog on Wednesday to see what the rest of the talented Design Team has to inspire you.

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

     AAA Birthday Challenge #45--Anything Birthday Goes

     Crafting Happiness Challenge #138--Celebrations

       

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

 

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Kendra's Card Challenge #9 Birthday Card

Several weeks ago I stumbled upon (perhaps from Pinterest?)  Kendra's Card Challenges.  This is her 9th challenge and she has templates to use 6 different 6 x 6 papers (with the addition of coordinating card stocks) to create 15 different cards.  The cutting diagrams and card sketches were well labeled and easy to follow.  It took me several weeks to complete but it was a lot of fun!

Here is a photo of the 6 papers I started with--just random papers I had in my stash although using a coordinating paper pack would work too.

This is how all of my cards turned out:

I'm entering the following card into several challenges:

Seize the Birthday--Option of Winged Things

Crafty Calendar January--Add a Sentiment

Double D--Anything Goes Birthday

Stamping Sensations--Add Some Sparkle

Art Impressions--Let's Celebrate

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

 

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Happy New Year Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #507

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features layered rectangles, a circular focal element, two flags with a sentiment and 3 small embellishments.  My card features green sparkled embossing powdered pair of champagne glasses from Howdy Neighbor stamp set, Happy New Year sentiments from For All Occasions stamp set, Glacier Card Stock, Peacock Card Stock Silver Foil Card Stock and a Metallic Silver Pen.  The layers were cut from Stitched Rectangle Frame Dies and the 3 embellishments were made with a 1/8" hole punch.

Here is a second photo that shows off the sparkle and shine of this card better:

 

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, January 15 and you can link up your project here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love. Please stop by our blog on Wednesday to see what the rest of the talented Design Team has to inspire you.

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

      Art Impressions #342--Celebrate

      Crafting Happiness #138--Celebrations

      Use Your Stuff #474--Stitching Faux or Real

      Stamping Sensations January--Add Some Sparkle

      Get Creative Challenge #117--Something New

      Make My Monday #191--Something New

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

 

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Engagement Congratulations Card with Freshly Made Sketch 566

Happy New Year everyone! 

My nephew got engaged at Christmas and I wanted to make them a personalized card.  I followed Freshly Made Sketch #566 and substituted hearts for the circles in the sketch.  An embossing pen and white embossing powder were used to personalize the hearts.  Leaf dies were used to cut gold metallic foil.  The white embossed background is an older Close to My Heart embossing folder.

Here is the fabulous Freshly Made Sketch that inspired my card layout:

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

      613 Avenue Create--Anything Goes with option of winter

      Can You Handle the Pressure--option of snow

      Creative Knockouts--Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

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Peacock Embellished Birthday Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #505

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features several layers, a sentiment and an embellishment.  I used an old Ellentina peacock die with Capri Glitter Paper and a light blue shimmer paper as my embellishment.  The Flourished Greetings stamp was stamped in Mermaid Lagoon and then clear embossed.  The balloon background is from Celebrating You Paper and the solid paper is Sapphire.  

 

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, January 2 and you can link up your project here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love. Please stop by our blog on Wednesday to see what the rest of the talented Design Team has to inspire you.

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

      Simon Says Monday--Party Time

      Dragonfly Dreams Challenge--Anything but Christmas

      Crafty Calendar Challenge--Anything Goes

      Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday--Anything Goes

      Happy Little Stampers December--Anything Goes with                      Dies

 Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

 

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Wrapped Christmas Gift Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #503

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a layered background with a horizontal stripe, a vertical stripe, a bow and a sentiment panel.  It made me think of a wrapped gift package.  

 

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, December 18 and you can link up your project here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love. Please stop by our blog on Wednesday to see what the rest of the talented Design Team has to inspire you.

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

     A Place to Start--Option of Happy Holidays

     Crafting Happiness Challenge #137--Christmas

     Use Your Stuff #473--Anything Goes--Christmas edition

     Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas #624--option quick & easy

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

 

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