Color Dare #286 With Sketch Saturday Sketch #506

The last Color My Heart Color Dare challenge of the month features a Tic Tac Toe board for you to choose from.  We've been featuring colors from the Close to My Heart Stargazer color palette in March so now you get to choose which colors in vertical, horizontal or diagonal rows you want to combine.

Close to My Heart products used:
      Sapphire CS
      White Daisy CS
      Canary Ink (focus panel was "smooshed")
      Pacifica Pigment Ink
      Sapphire Ink
      Adventure Fundamentals Paper (Pacifica)
      Flower Market Cricut bundle stamp greeting
      Chelsea Gardens butterfly stamps
      Clear Shimmer Brush

My choice is from the left column:  Sapphire, Pacifica and Canary.  White Daisy and Black are "free" to use also. 

Just click on the above graphic to get to the Color Dare challenge blog to see what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you.  Our challenge is open for two weeks to give you plenty of time to play along with us.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and commenting on your projects.

Here is the wonderful Sketch Saturday sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

      Simon Says Wednesday Challenge--Anything                  Goes
      Double D Challenges--Just "Wing it"
      Seize the Birthday--Toppings options "Birds"
      Through the Craft Room Door--Anything Goes
      House That Stamps Built--Anything Goes
      Crafty Gals Corner #162--Anything Goes

Just a reminder that Color Dare #285 (Bashful, Pebble and Raspberry) is still open until Thursday, April 5th.  You can enter this challenge here.

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch #257--Masculine Card

It's time for another Atlantic Hearts Sketch!  This time I created a masculine card for my building contractor friend Louis using the March Stamp of the Month, Birthday Time, woodgrain paper from the retired Tommy paper pack and Artbooking numbers cut with black glitter paper.

As you can see I swapped out the floral elements for numbers.

How will you be inspired to create with this fabulous sketch?  Our challenge remains open until Sunday evening, April 1st. You can check it out here.

I'm also sharing this card with the following challenges:

      Always Happy Birthday--option--patterned paper

      Seize the Birthday--Option--Teal and White

      Heart 2 Heart--Cut it Out (numbers and oval) 

      Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge 

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

      

Color Dare #285 Joins Freshly Made Sketch #329

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge!  This fortnight we are inviting you to combine these fabulous Close to My Heart colors:  Raspberry, Pebble and Bashful.  Of course, if you don't have these exact Close to My Heart colors yet you may substitute similar colors so you can still play along.  Black and White are always free to use but please DO NOT ADD any new colors.  Our challenge lasts for two weeks (April 5) so you have plenty of time to join us.

My card features a Raspberry print from the Adventure Fundamentals paper packet, the lighter side of the Pebble card stock, Black card stock and Bashful Glitter paper.  A stitched circle die (Kat Scrappiness) was used to cut the patterned paper.  The greeting is from the Thoughtful Bird stamp set and was stamped in Raspberry Ink.

My card layout was inspired by this wonderful sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #329:

Click on the Color Dare Graphic below to check out what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you and find the linky tool to share your project:

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

     Simon Says Wednesday Challenge--Floral Frenzy

     Die Cuttin' Divas--Flowers

There is another Color Dare challenge that is active until March 29 and you can check it out by clicking on this graphic:

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

:) Marie

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #322--Easter

Welcome back to another Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog post.  Our theme this fortnight is Easter and we are being sponsored by Printable Cuttable Creations with a $25 Virtual Wallet Gift Card.  If you enter our challenge be sure to use at least one cut from the Cricut Library.

My card was cut using the "Hopping Down the Bunny Trail" cartridge which is included in the Access Subscription program.  I used shimmery papers from the Paper Cottage and added some Purple Glitter Gems for the pink flower centers.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
      Crafting With the Dragonflies #100--Easter card 
      Brown Sugar Challenge--Spring or Easter 
      Make My Monday #67--Easter Fun
      Bitten by the Bug--Anything Easter

Challenge #322-Easter
Make a project using anything Easter related. But there has to be a least one cut from the Cricut Library!

This Weeks Sponsor is-

And the prize is-

$25 Virtual Wallet!!!!

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

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

:) Marie

      

Color Dare #284 Meets Try Stampin' on Tuesday #359

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  This fortnight we are inviting you to combine the following Close to My Heart exclusive colors:  Glacier and Pacific with an option of Silver.  Black and White may also be added but please do not add any other colors for this challenge. If you don't have these exact colors yet you can substitute similar colors so you can still play along with us!   I used a very simple sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday to create a birthday card for my niece.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Pacifica CS

     White Daisy CS

     Whimsy Fundamentals Paper

     Silver Glitter paper

     Artbooking Cricut Cartridge

Here is the Color Dare graphic--just click on it to get to see what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you.

Our challenge is open for two weeks and will close at 10 PM CDT on Thursday, March 29.  We look forward to visiting your blogs to comment on your artwork.  (If you don't have a blog you can post your project on Pinterest, Facebook or Instagram and copy the URL and paste it into our Linky tool.)

Here is the Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

     Always Happy Birthday--Option--use patterned                    paper

     Creatalicious Challenge--Anything Goes--Option-                Birthday

      Seize the Birthday--Option Teal and White

      Through the Purple Haze--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #255--St. Patrick's Day

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  We have another easy sketch to inspire your creativity.  I swapped out the floral element for a 3 layered shamrock for my take on the sketch.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Flower Market Cricut Cartridge--Shamrock                        diecuts

     Emerald CS

     Adventure Fundamentals Paper

     Sea Glass CS (retired)

     Sea Glass Glitter paper (retired)

     White Daisy CS

     Adventure Fundamentals Emerald pigment ink

     3D Foam Tape

Other:

     St.Patrick's Day stamp by Hero Arts (1990 date!)

Here is the fabulous Atlantic Hearts Sketch that inspired my card:

Our challenge is open until Sunday evening March 18.  Please plan to share your creation using the above sketch with us by linking to us here.   

     

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

      Always Fun challenges--Shades of Green

      Heart 2 Heart--Going Green

      Use Your Stuff--Diecuts

      Foiled Fox--Sparkle With Us

      Addicted to Stamps and More--Holiday

      Bitten by the Bug--Wearing of the Green

      The Divas that Cut Paper--Monochrome colors

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

:) Marie

p.s. If you like what you see on my blog please consider "following" me by email or in your blog roll so you don't miss out on any of my fabulous card making ideas. You can sign up on the right sidebar.