60th Birthday Card With Stick It Down Sketch

A dear friend of mine is celebrating a milestone birthday so I made her a quick card using January's Stick It Down Sketch.

The numbers were cut from a sparkly gold posterboard with a Cricut font called Chip Decor--Chipboard. 

Close to My Heart products used:

     Carolina CS

     Bluebird CS

     Celebrate Today paper

     Say it In Style stamp

     Versamark Ink

     Bluebird Ink

     Polysparkle Tinsel Embossing Powder (retired)

Here is the fabulous Stick It Down sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

     Heart2Heart--Bluebird Color Challenge

     Simon Says Wednesday Challenge--Anything Goes

     Watercooler Wednesday--Occasions

     Shopping Our Stash--Winter Blues

     Always Fun Challenge #147--Sparkle

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

:) Marie

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Celebrate Today Card With Mojo Monday #529

I love playing with new products--this post uses Close to My Heart's Celebrate Today paper with an older stamp set called Stamps of Approval. This card also qualifies me for the Heart 2 Heart Perfect Attendance for January 2020.

Close to My Heart products used:
     Celebrate Today
     Ballerina CS
     Carolina CS
     Bluebird Ink     
     Stamps of Approval stamp (retired)
     Blue Shimmer Trim (retired)
     Tri Blend True Blue Marker (used with a ruler on paper panels)

My card layout was inspired by this wonderful Mojo Monday sketch:

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

     Heart2Heart--Bluebird

     Always Fun Challenge #147--Sparkle

     Papercraft Challenges--Use 2 Designer Papers

     Tales from the Craft Room--Something New

     Inspirational--Glitz a Strip

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

:) Marie

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Country Dragonfly with Case This Sketch #355

I love CAS card sketches and the current one from Case This Sketch enabled me to ink up several new stamps and one previously unused stamp.  Country Dragonfly and the sentiment from Spruced Up Cardmaking are new and the ink spots are from the Strokes of An Artist stamp set which I've had for months.  I used second generation Lagoon ink for the bigger ink spot and first generation Lagoon Ink for the smaller ink spots.  The sentiment and dragonfly were stamped in Sapphire Ink.  A Purple Tri-Blend marker was used to color in the dragonfly which was popped up with 3D Foam Dots.

Here is the fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

     Heart 2 Heart--All Spruced Up

     Die Cut Divas--New Things

     Tales from the Craft Room--Something New

     Allsorts Challenge Blog-More Than a Single Word                           Sentiment

     My Time to Craft--New Stash

     Craft Rocket Challenges--Something New

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

:) Marie

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Spruced Up Cardmaking with Freshly Made Sketch #418

Spruced Up Cardmaking is a favorite new stamp set from Close to My Heart and I predict you'll see many cards with this stamp set in the near future.  The curved front panel from Freshly Made Sketch #418 inspired my placement of pine sprigs on my card.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Evergreen CS

     Kraft CS

     Spruced Up Cardmaking Stamps

     Espresso Ink

     Sapphire Ink

     Carolina CS

     Bluebird Ink

     Gold Shimmer Brush

Here is the fabulous new stamp set (available through Feb. 29):

This is the wonderful Freshly Made Sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

     Heart 2 Heart--All Spruced Up

     Always Fun #146--Use a Favorite Stamp Set

       Tales from the Craft Room--Something New

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

:) Marie

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30th Birthday Card in Greens

A special young lady will turn 30 soon and I used the opportunity to create a card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #351. Her favorite color is green and this inspired my paper choices.

The greeting is actually quite sparkly.  First I inked the stamp in Versamark Ink and then Evergreen Ink.  Then I used a very old Close to My Heart Embossing Powder called "Polysparkle Tinsel" to create the sparkled image as you can see in this second picture.

Close to My Heart products used:

      Evergreen CS

      Green Apple CS

      Julep CS

      Julep Glitter Paper

      Mix-In Zip Strip

      Birthday Greetings

      Party Balloons with Thin Cut Dies (retired)

      Evergreen Ink

      Cricut Design Space to cut numbers

This was a really fun sketch to work with.  Here is the fabulous Atlantic Hearts Sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

     Allsorts--More than a one word sentiment

     Kraftin' Kimmies Stamps--Happy Birthday

     Just Add Ink--Photo Inspiration--Balloons

     Seize the Birthday--Topping Option-Stencils

     Simply Create Too--Monochromatic

     Double D Challenge--Balloons

     Watercooler Wednesday #254--All About Occasions

     Heart 2 Heart--Cutting it Close

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

:) Marie

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M Folded Cards for Joyful Stars January 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 Lori Meadows blog you are on the right track. (The complete lineup is on Joyce's blog in case you get lost.) Have fun being inspired! 

After the holidays were over I had some time to just peruse shared cards on Pinterest and I was intrigued by a new (to me) card fold I found here and decided to try making a few with Close to My Heart products.

My first card started with a 5.5" x 11" sheet of White Daisy sheet scored at 1.25", 4" and 6.75".  I then glued pieces of Every Little Thing patterned paper and zip strips along with the Wisteria dotted paper from last season's Mix-In Paper.

The sentiment is from Birthday Greetings and I used the Stitched Circle Thin Cut Dies and Basic Circle Thin Cut Dies to frame it. The stars were inked with Wisteria and the greeting was embossed in Black. 

My second card started with a 5.5" x 11" sheet of Every Little Thing paper and Wisteria and White Daisy panels added.  The sentiment is from the January Stamp of the Month called Everyday Magic.

Here are the fabulous stamps included in the January Stamp of the month:

I'm also sharing these cards with the following challenges:

    Paper Players--Something New (card fold technique)

    Heart 2 Heart--Try Something New (card fold technique)

    Always Fun--Something New (card fold technique)

    Get Creative--Something New (card fold technique)

    Simon Says Monday--Something New (card fold technique)
    Seize the Birthday #180--Layer It

Now it's time to head over to Nancy Brown'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

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Floral Card for Case This Sketch #353

This card came together very quickly using the fabulous Case This Sketch #353. Although it is difficult to see the flowers were colored with Shimmer brushes which makes it sparkle.

Close to My Heart Products used:

      Primary Combo Background and Texture Paper (retired)

      Know That I Care stamp set (retired)

      Candy Apple Card Stock

      Black Card Stock

      Intense Black Ink

      Candy Apple Ink

      Red Shimmer Brush

      Julep Shimmer Brush

Here is the wonderful sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

      Use Your Stuff--Anything Goes

      Make My Monday--Anything But Square

      Crafters Castle--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Masculine Cards With Freshly Made Sketch #416

I love the simplicity of Freshly Made Sketch #416 and made a couple of masculine cards with the  sketch. My first card uses Urban paper and retired Card Captions stamp set.  (I had previously posted a floral card with this sketch here.)

This next card uses retired Avonlea paper with Peacock and Fern Card Stock and Card Captions.

Which card do you like better?

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

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts #349 Meets Color Dare #375 Blue Monochromatic

I'm glad to have the time to play along with two of my favorite challenges this week!  Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #349 inspired my card layout while Color Dare #375 influenced my color selection.

Close to My Heart products used:

      Sapphire Card Stock

      Carolina Card Stock

      White Daisy Card Stock

      Sapphire Ink

      Sentiments by Melissa Esplin stamp

      Loose Sequins Crafty

Other--See a Silhouette Designer Series Paper by Stampin' Up (This is my New product for Paper Players challenge and New Stash for Sweet Stampin' Challenge)

Click on these graphics to check out what others have done to meet these challenges.

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

      Dragonfly Dreams Challenge--Anything Goes

      The Paper Players--Something New

      Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge--Anything Goes

      Sweet Stampin' Challenge--New Stash

      Cardz 4 Guys--Blue is the Colour

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

:) Marie

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Every Little Thing Sympathy Card with Freshly Made Sketch #416

Happy New Year!  
Pretty patterned paper makes card making so quick!  I needed to make Sympathy cards so I pulled out one of my favorite paper packs--Every Little Thing (recently retired from Close to My Heart but still available here).

The greeting is from Card Captions (January 2019 Close to My Heart Stamp of the Month) and the coordinating background card stock is Wisteria.

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

  

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

      Tuesday Morning Sketches--Anything Goes

      Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge--Anything               Goes

      A Bit More Time to Craft--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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