Lovely Leaves Paper for Use Your Stash Blog Hop

Welcome to the February "Use Your Stash" blog hop.  This month's theme is "My Love Affair with Paper".  If you are coming from  creative Katy Taylor's blog you are on the right track.

My card features "Lovely Leaves" patterned paper by Close to My Heart (retired several years ago).  It was layered over old CTMH Hemlock paper which has a texture to it.  The embellished flower centers is Goldenrod Stickles.  The birthday greeting is from the current stamp set "You Mean the World to Me" and was stamped in Ponderosa Pine ink.  The gold stripe is gold holographic laser tape that I found at Dollar Tree.

Now it's time to head over to the talented Sheila Bennett's blog.  If you get lost along the way here is a complete list of blogs participating in the "Use Your Stash" blog hop:

Shirley Ross - http://momnmescrap.blogspot.com/2015/01/use-your-stash-blog-hop-is-having-love.html

Theresa Morrow - http://tmorrowstreasures.blogspot.com/2015/01/february-use-your-stash-bloghop.html

Katy Taylor - http://scrappinkaty.blogspot.com/2015/02/my-love-affair-with-paper-uysbh.html

Marie Flayer - http://njstampingqueen.blogspot.com/2015/02/lovely-leaves-paper-for-use-your-stash.html

Sheila Bennett - http://sheila-bennett.blogspot.com/2015/02/my-love-affair-with-paper-use-your.html

Wendy Kessler - http://www.myscrapbookingblog.com/2014/02/21/use-your-stash-blog-hop-my-love-affair-with-paper

Janet McCormick - http://worksofheart2011.blogspot.com/2015/02/my-love-affair-with-paper.html

Casandra Bennett - http://casandra-scrappinbliss.blogspot.com/2015/02/my-love-affair-with-paper.html

Priscilla Gotham  - http://www.priscillaspaperie.com/2015/02/my-love-affair-with-paper-use-your.html

Darlene Henry- http://chasnpaper.blogspot.com/2015/02/use-your-stash-blog-hop.html

A special thanks to Shirley Ross for setting this all up for us.

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

:) Marie

Color Dare #128--Cranberry, Flaxen, Black, White Daisyand Kraft

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge post.  The Close to My Heart colors we are featuring this week are pictured here:

These are the only 5 colors allowed for the challenge although if you do not have these exact CTMH colors you may substitute similar colors.

My card features a new stamp set found in the Seasonal Expressions catalog called "A Bunch of Thanks".  I used Freshly Made Sketch #42 as my card layout.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Kraft CS

     Cranberry CS

     Black CS

     White Daisy CS

     Flaxen CS

      Cranberry Ink

      Flaxen Ink

      Bunch of Thanks stamp set

This was my first card which I forgot to include black:

I really like how the black makes the focal panel "pop"!

Now it's your turn to create with these 5 colors.  We look forward to seeing what you create. Please use a direct link to share your creations with us here.

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

:) Marie

p.s. If you haven't seen my blog candy giveaway post from last week go there NOW as the deadline to enter is midnight, February 6.