Best Witches for Try Stampin' on Tuesday #142 and Use it Tuesdays Challenge #66

Happy Halloween! Here is a card made with all retired products from Close To My Heart.  I just love it when I can use of some of my vast stash! (a requirement for Use It Tuesday is to use your stash!) The stamped cat on the jack o' lantern is from an old wooden set called "Punkin' Patch" and the greeting is from another wooden set called "Best Witches".  Patterned papers are from the Hooligans and Spellbound paper packets.  Coloring was done with Prismacolor pencils (formerly carried by CTMH).  The stars and jack o' lantern mouth and nose were glittered with Glow in the Dark glitter glue.  The focal frames were cut from Art Philosophy--Square 3 at 3" and 3.25" from Black.  I used a steel pan scrubber and Gypsy ink to texturize the White Daisy CS.

This card follows the Try Stampin' on Tuesdays sketch #142 which is pictured here:

I'm also entering this card into the Use it Tuesdays Challenge #62 featuring "Creatures".  Please stop by tomorrow for a new Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge post.

Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

Lots of Layers for Heart to Heart Challenges

Can you make a card or papercrafted project with 5 or more layers of Close To My Heart paper?  If so, please link it up with us for this week's challenge.  My card  has 9 layers--Black, Dreamin' (retired CTMH), Black, Pacifica, White Daisy, Fanfare (retired CTMH), Cranberry, Pacifica and White Daisy.  The stamp set is B1437 Courage which was a summer 2013 special offer from Close To My Heart.

I plan to write an encouraging note to an unknown serviceman and send this card to Operation Write Home for distribution.  If you love making cards and want to share them this is a great organization to donate them to.

We would love to have you join in on our challenge.  Please use a direct link to link your creation to Heart 2 Heart challenges.

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

:) Marie

Sunday Stamps Challenge #61 with Unscripted Sketch #226

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps Challenge post!  We are so happy when you can come along and join us.  This fortnight we have another color challenge--chocolate, pumpkin and teal.  Don't these look like fun colors to play with?

My card follows Unscripted Sketch #226 with Close To My Heart colors Autumn Terracotta, Chocolate and Lagoon.

The stamps are from Casual Expressions  and Happy Autumn stamp sets with Chocolate Ink,  Autumn Terracotta and Lagoon markers onto Colonial White CS.   After the background cardstock pieces were attached to the base it was run through the Cuttlebug machine with the pumpkin embossing folder.  The greeting panel is raised up with 3D Foam Tape. 

We can't wait to see what you create using these colors!   Please use a direct link to join us here and include a link back to us in your blog post.  (Feel free to post our color graphic too to let your readers know about our challenge.)

Please take the time to visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs and leave them some appreciation.
Hayley, Joan, Brenda, Holly, Steph and Kathya.

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

:) Marie

Color Dare #65 with an Atlantic Hearts Sketch #25

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare post! This is a weekly challenge blog featuring Close To My Heart colors but you can substitute similar colors if needed. This week we are featuring the monochromatic colors of Crystal Blue and Twilight. (You may also combine them with neutrals such as white, black, colonial white and other colors from the Close To My Heart Basics color palette).

 When I need inspiration to make a card I often check out the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog as I did this week. Instead of gears I used Art Philosophy cut snowflakes from the challenge colors--page 22 layer shift cut at 1.25", 1.5" and 1.34". The stripes were made with strips of Silver Shimmer Trim. The greeting is from Frosted Cardmaking Kit. The final touches were made by placing dots of Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel in the snowflake points and centers and popping up the greeting with 3D Foam Tape.

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #25:

I'm also entering this card into the Merry Monday Challenge #79--Blue, White, Silver and Christmas.

Now it's your turn to use these fabulous colors together and share with us.  Please enter your direct link here.  

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

:) Marie

Holidays from the Heart Holiday Guide Blog Hop

Close to My Heart has a wonderful new Holiday Gift Guide and many consultants are participating in a linky blog hop with projects made from this new seasonal catalog for the next 5 days so you'll have to stop back to see what new ideas are being offered..  Thanks and kudos to Tresa Black for organizing this!

Products used: 

Sparkle and Shine paper

Sparkle and Shine Washi Tape

Red Sparkles

Frosted Cardmaking Kit (stamps)

Ruby Ink

3D Foam Tape

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

**This blog hop is open for members of the CTMH Blog Boosters. Please do not enter if you are not a member of the group.**

Hexagon Shaped Card for Heart 2 Heart Challenge

Heart 2 Heart really challenges me to think outside the box with their numerous "theme" challenges.  This week both H2H Design Teams will be posting "Shaped Cards"--other than rectangular or square.

My card started with a 4.25" Colonial White hexagon cut from the new Artbooking cartridge.  I then used my Close To My Heart ruler to trace the shape adding .25 to all sides.  I scored on the top flat side and traced again to form a folded card base from Autumn Terracotta CS.  The Cranberry CS mat was cut at 4.5 from Artbooking.  The flowers are from the Autumn Happy set--first stamped in Cranberry ink and then stamped in Autumn Terracotta ink to fill in the "white" spaces.  The greeting is from Heartfelt Birthday Wish which was masked to allow the Washi Wonder stamp (Exclusive Hostess Reward--see page 6 of the catalog here) to fit under the birthday greeting.  Almond Glitz Glitter Gel was applied to the inside of the birthday letters.

The Color My Heart Color Dare challenge this week is to pick Cranberry and one other color so this card meets that challenge also.

We would love to have you play along with us at Heart 2 Heart with this Shaped Card challenge.  You have until the end of October to link your card up with us here.  We can't wait to see what you create!  Please check out what the rest of the awesome Design Team has for you and leave them so well deserved comments if you can.

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

Sequins and Chevrons for CAS-ual Fridays #116

I've been wanting to use sequins on a card for a long time and this week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays gave me the opportunity to do so.

Supplies used:
White Daisy CS
Heavenly Blue CS (retired CTMH)
Moonstruck CS (retired CTMH)
Happy Autumn stamp set
In The Background stamp set
Kaleidacolor Blue Breeze Ink
Sequins
Ribbon
Memory Book Mini Glue Dots

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

Lovely Leaves Birthday for Freshly Made Sketch #106

If you are looking for the OWH World Card Making post please go here.

Thanks to Jen M.who named me a "Perfect Princess" at Freshly Made Sketches last week for my golf congrats card!  I was inspired to play there again as I really love the sketch and had the perfect round element stamp that needed some inking.

My card features both current and retired Close To My Heart products:

For Every Occasion stamp set

Classy Doily stamp 

Slate ink

Lovely Leaves paper (retired)

Seafoam Fleurs Des Jardines paper (retired)

Ponderosa Pine CS

Silver Embossing powder

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

:) Marie

p.s. there is a Blog Candy offer on this post.

Lil' Black Dress for H2H Challenges

If you are looking for the OWH Card Making Day Blog post please go here.

Welcome back to another H2H Challenge post!  "Little Black Dress" is the theme of this week's Heart 2 Heart challenge.  I had fun making this cute party dress from the Close To My Heart Artiste cartridge  on page 41 cut at 3.5 inches from Black and Grey Glitter Paper and Silver Metallic paper (retired CTMH) and layered the two papers.  The side panel was stamped in Cranberry Ink using the floral stamp from In the Background stamp set with the edges distressed with Black ink.  The base layer is Cranberry CS.  The greeting is from the Fanfare Workshop on the Go set (retired CTMH) and this piece was distressed with Cranberry ink before being placed on the Black Glitter paper and popped up using 3D Foam Tape. 

How will YOU interpret this theme challenge?  We would love to have you join in on our challenge.  Please use a direct link to link your creation to Heart 2 Heart challenges--you have until the end of October to enter this challenge.

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

:) Marie

Throwing a Curve in for Sunday Stamps Sketch Challenge #60

If you are looking for the OWH Card Making Day Blog post please go here.

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps Sketch Challenge--designed by yours truly this time!   

My card uses Close To My Heart products:

For Always paper

Black CS

Paradise Flowers (retired)

Silver Metallic Marker

Shimmer Brads by Making Memories

I could have used the CTMH Art Philosophy, Artiste or Artbooking Cricut cartridges to make my flowers but the Paradise Flowers were already made and came in great colors.    I hand drew the curved line and added some marker to it. 

We can't wait to see what you create using this sketch!   Please use a direct link to join us here and include a link back to us in your blog post.  (Feel free to post our sketch graphic too to let your readers know about our challenge.)

Please take the time to visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs and leave them some appreciation.
Hayley, Joan, Brenda, Holly, Steph and Kathya.

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

:) Marie

p.s.  There is a blog candy offer (free CTMH Acrylic Stamp Set) on this post.

World Card Making Day Blog Hop And Blog Candy Offer

Operation Write Home is sponsoring a World Card Making Day Blog Hop with a Thank You theme.  I'm very happy to be part of this awesome endeavor.   My card uses Close To My Heart products and OWH sketch #168.

 

Products used:

Pacific CS, Taffy CS (retired CTMH), White Daisy CS, Metallic CS (retired CTMH). Happy Autumn stamp, Pacific Pigment Ink, 3D Foam Tape, Matelasse Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug).

Here is the sketch I used:

This was a really easy sketch to follow and went together very quickly!

Thanks for visiting and have fun blog hopping!  Our hard working bloggers love it when you leave us comments!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

P.S.  If you would like a chance to win some blog candy  (Close To My Heart acrylic stamp set) please visit this post.

Color Dare #63--Ruby, Pacifica and Outdoor Denim and Blog Candy Alert!

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare post!  The Close To My Heart colors we are using this week are Ruby, Pacifica and Outdoor Denim. (You may substitute similar colors if you don't have these CTMH colors yet.)  The Artbooking cartridge was used to create the vertical lattice strip cut from Outdoor Denim CS and layered over White Daisy CS (page 47 overlay shift cut at 4" at Real Dial Size and trimmed to fit the card).  The greeting is one of Close To My Hearts' new individual stamps called Heartfelt Birthday Wish stamped in Ruby ink.  I used a long stamp from the Frosted Cardmaking Kit to accent the greeting panel.  This was layered over Ruby CS.  The card base is Pacifica CS.  The last 2 final touches I used were 3D Foam Tape and Silver Glitz Glitter Gel.

This card went together very quickly and I still have remnants of the lattice overlay to use in a future card.  I am also linking this card up to Bitten by the Bug-2 Overlay challenge.

We look forward to how you will use these colors together!  Please use a direct link to your blog post (not your entire blog) by Thursday, October 9 at 12pm CST here.

Blog Candy Alert:
 Did you miss getting the September Stamp of the Month Poster Tidings?  Would you like to win it here?

To be eligible to win you need to do 2 easy things:
1.  Become a Follower of my blog
2.  Leave a comment on this post saying that you are a follower and that you want to win this stamp set.   The deadline to enter is Friday, October 11 at 6PM EST.   Easy, right? 

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

Be sure to stop back on Saturday for the World Card Making Blog Hop being sponsored by Operation Write Home, a new sketch challenge for Sunday Stamps on Sunday and a new Heart 2 Heart challenge on Monday morning.