Atlantic Hearts Sketch #275 With Fresh Air Paper

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!  This is challenge #275 and it features diagonal elements with a rectangular frame over it.  My card started with a 4.25" x 5.5" piece of Fresh Air paper which was cut from corner to corner twice.  I flipped over 2 pieces to create the background design.  The frame was cut from the Cindy Loo cricut cartridge.  The sentiment was stamped in New England Ivy ink from the retired Close to My Heart Casual Expressions stamp set.  Red Berry Nuvo Crystal Drops were applied to the tree.

Here is the Atlantic Hearts Sketch for you to follow this week:

Our challenge will be open until Sunday night August 6 at 9pm EDT.  We hope that you will find the time to play along!

I'm also linking up this card to the following challenges:

      Heart 2 Heart--Fresh Air Fun

      Bitten by the Bug--Use a Cricut Frame or Border

      Double Trouble--combine with Heart 2 Heart and AHSC

      Crazy 4 Challenges--Sympathy or Hope cards

      Brown Sugar Challenges--Use 2 Patterned Papers

    

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

:) Marie

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Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #331--Happy Birthday

It's a Happy Birthday challenge at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #331.  My card was made with the Southwest cartridge (available in Access). Here it is:

The papers are from Close to My Heart Central Park paper packet.  Before I colored the inside of the letters with a Marine Blue Shin Han Touch Marker I applied a Gold Shimmer Brush to the patterned paper.
      Seize the Birthday--Optional Stripes
      Always Happy Birthday--Birthday Cake optional
      Inkspirational Challenge--Birthday 
      Simply Papercrafts--Anything Goes

Challenge #331-Birthdays
Make a project about Birthdays. But there has to be a least one cut from the Cricut Library!

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And the prize is-

A $10 coupon code for anything in the store!

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 #302 Meets Freshly Made Sketch #346

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  This fortnight we are challenging you to combine the following  Close to My Heart colors:  Bashful, Mink and Glacier.  Black and White are free to use but please do not add additional colors.  Of course if you don't have these exact CTMH colors yet, you may substitute similar colors so you can still join in on the fun!  Our challenge is open until August 2 at 9PM EDT so you have almost 2 weeks to participate. 

Close to My Heart products used:

     Mink CS

     Bashful CS

     Black CS

     Thoughtful Bird Stamp

     Memento Black Ink

     Zoe Paper (retired)

     Heart Thin Cuts

Just click on the Color Dare Graphic below to get to see what the rest of the wonderful Design Team has to inspire you and to find the link to share your project with us.

My card layout was inspired by this fabulous Freshly Made Sketch #346:

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

     Heart 2 Heart--Anything Goes

     Addicted to Stamps and More--Anything                     Goes  

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch #273

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch--we are at #273 already!  That's a lot of fabulous card sketches and this one is another lovely one.  I chose to use Close to My Heart's Fresh Air papers from the In My Heart Cardmaking Kit and a scalloped oval from the Close to My Heart Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.  A little bit of Clear Shimmer Brush was applied to the pine springs and heart.

Here's the sketch:

We can't wait to see how you will interpret it.  Click here on Wednesday to be inspired by the rest of the talented Design Team.

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

     Crafty Sentiment Designs--Add a Sentiment

     Die Cutting Divas--Lots of Layers

     Through the Craft Room Door--Anything Goes

     Classic Design Team Open Challenge--Anything             Goes

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

:) Marie

Quick Cards for July Joyful Stars Blog Hop

Welcome back to another Joyful Stars Blog Hop! We are a group of Close to My Heart consultants who share something each month on the 9th and at 9PM EST. If you are coming from Debi Brile's blog you are on the right track. (The complete lineup is on Joyce's blog in case you get lost.) Have fun being inspired!  

This month I've created a few cards using new Thin Cut Dies from the current Seasonal Expressions catalog (ends August 31) called It's Your Day and A Big Thank You.  These dies are 3.75" x 5" to fill up an A2 card base quite nicely.  It is so quick to make cards with these fabulous Thin Cut Dies!

My first card was created with the current challenge colors (Mink, Bashful and Pacifica) from Color My Heart Color Dare which is celebrating it's 300th challenge featuring Close to My Heart colors.  (A Mystery Box of CTMH products is being offered as a prize so check out the requirements here).  Bashful Shimmer Brush was added to the candle flames for a bit of sparkle.

This next card was made with New England Ivy card stock (soon to be retired color) and patterned paper from Fresh Air Paper Pack (available through August 31).  Although it's difficult to see I applied the Gold Shimmer Brush to the candle flames.

I remembered that I had some Nuvo Crystal Drops in my stash and applied them to the candle flames.

This next card uses Lemon Card Stock, Pacifica Card Stock  and a Cranberry Card Stock strip.  (Cranberry and Pacifica are among my favorite colors but they will be retired at the end of August.) The Clear Shimmer Brush was used inside the heart for a bit of sparkle.

Now head on over to Michelle Loncar's blog.  I'm sure you'll be inspired by her project! 

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:
     Heart 2 Heart--Anything Goes with CTMH products
     Seize the Birthday--Option to use Sequins
     

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

:) Marie

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Color Dare #300--Bashful, Mink and Pacifica

The Color My Heart Color Dare Design Team is celebrating our 300th challenge with a prize giveaway!  We've made lots of changes over the years and we are happy to still be going strong.  Although we LOVE Close to My Heart colors and products you don't need to use them to join in the fun--just use similar colors without adding new colors to your creation.  (It is always acceptable to use Black and White Daisy to any of our color challenges unless specified not to). 

This fortnight we are challenging you to combine these fabulous Close to My Heart colors:

My card features stamps from last year's Constant Campaign called "From the Heart".  The background panel is Bashful Card Stock that was randomly stamped with a flower in Bashful Pigment Ink and then Clear Embossed.  Next Pacifica Ink was rubbed over the flowers with a Sponge Dauber to make the flowers "pop".  The Pacifica frame is accented with Bashful Pearls.  The greeting and flower spray on the Mink panel was stamped with Pacifica Pigment Ink and clear embossed.

Here is another view so you can see how shiny the Clear Embossed Pacifica Pigment ink is:

Please head on over to the Color My Heart Challenge Blog to read about the Prize Giveaway details and to get creative inspiration from our fabulous Design Team.  Our challenge will remain open until Thursday evening, July 19 at 10 PM CT so you have plenty of time to play along.  We can't wait to see what you create!

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

     Incy Wincy Designs--Use Flowers

     A Bit More Time to Craft--Anything Goes

     World Wide Open Design Team Challenge--

          Anything Goes

     Crafting By Designs--Anything Goes

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.