Friday, September 28, 2018

Milestone Birthday Card With Paper Players Sketch #411

This glittery card was made for a special friend who turns 70 this week.  The pretty patterned paper is "Beautiful Friendship" from Close to My Heart (retired but still available until supply runs out).  The heart doily Cricut cut is from the CTMH Artbooking cartridge.



This is the fabulous  Paper Players sketch that inspired my card layout:


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
      
      Southern Girls Challenge--Spots and Dots         
      Always Happy Birthday--September Challenge
      Simon Says Wednesday--Anything Goes

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





Monday, September 17, 2018

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #335--Leaves

Welcome back to another Fantabulous Cricut Challenge!  This fortnight we are challenging you to use your Cricut machines to create a project featuring "Leaves".  The lovely image I used can be found in the "Botanical Cards" cartridge which is in Cricut Access.


Products used:
     Husk card stock--retired Close to My Heart
     Cricut Image #M8D()F7
     New England Ivy card stock
     Love Note sentiment
     Gold Tinsel Embossing Powder
     Egyptian Gold Twinkling H2O watercolor paint                (on flowers and mat behind sentiment)
     Foam Tape

From the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog:
      


Challenge #335-Leaves
Make any card, scrapbook layout, 3D sculpture, etc. about leaves!

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The winner will receive a $10 Gift Certificate!

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


Thursday, September 13, 2018

Color Dare Twisted Tic Tac Toe Meets Tuesday Morning Sketch #470

My friend Laurie just celebrated a milestone birthday which warranted a special card.  My colors were inspired by the current Color My Heart Color Dare Twisted Tic Tac Toe Challenge--to use 3 or more of the newly retired colors.  This card uses Crystal Blue, Pacifica and Cranberry cardstocks along with White Glitter paper.  The Cranberry panel was stamped in White Daisy Ink (and then clear embossed with Versamark Ink) with the new stamp set Love Notes.  The Crystal Blue heart doily is from the retired Artiste Cricut cartridge.




Here is the Color My Heart Color Dare color palette that I chose from:



This Color Dare challenge goes until Thursday evening September 20 and you can substitute similar colors if you don't have the exact Close to My Heart named colors yet.  Why not give it a try?

My card layout was inspired by this fabulous Tuesday Morning Sketch #470:


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
     Seize the Birthday--Use Die cuts or Punches
       Daisy Chain Challenges--Birthday
     House of Cards--Birthday Theme
     Cut It Up #156--Birthday

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

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Sunday, September 9, 2018

Love Note for September 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!  



My favorite new stamp set from the recently released Close to My Heart Holiday  Expressions catalog is "Love Note".  It has several sentiments and this beautiful marble like background stamp.  It was stamped in the new color Sugarplum.  Although the other color looks black in this photo it is actually Charcoal.  Some white enamel dots accent the left side of the card.  The sentiment was stamped with Charcoal Pigment Ink and then clear embossed.




Here is the new stamp set used in my card:


product image

My card layout was inspired by this fabulous Freshly Made Sketch #353:


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
      Simon Says Wednesday--Stamp on It
      Pause Dream Enjoy--Anything Card
      Crafting With An Attitude--Anything Goes

Now it's time to head over to Michelle Loncar's blog--I'm sure you'll be inspired by what she has to share.
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.
      

Sunday, September 2, 2018

Numbered Birthday Card with Freshly Made Sketch #352

My niece turned 17 last week and I made her this colorful card with Freshly Made Sketch #352:






Products used:
     Recollections Color Splash paper 
     Belated Birthday stamp set (retired CTMH)
     Sapphire CS
     Sapphire Ink

Here is the fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout:
    
 

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
     Seize the Birthday--Rainbow optional
     Always Happy Birthday--Birthday
     Cut it Up--ABCs or 123s

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.




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