Glitter Numbered Birthday Card with Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #405

My sister's mother-in-law just celebrated a big birthday and thus the inspiration for this glittery card:

Close to my Heart products used:

     Sweet Girl paper

     Bluebird CS

     Carolina CS

     Gold Glitter paper

       Artbooking Cricut Cartridge

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

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

     Allsorts Challenge--Birthday

     Seize the birthday--Option-Balloons

     

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

:) Marie

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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 

     Close to My Heart Artbooking Cricut cartridge

     Belated Birthday stamp set (retired CTMH)

     Sapphire CS

     Sapphire Ink

     White Glitter Paper

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

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Pansy Birthday Card with Sketch Saturday #478

My just turned 16 year old niece is a big fan of the color purple which has inspired my card creation.

Close to My Heart products used:
     White Daisy CS
     Pansy CS
     Amethyst CS (retired)
     Adventure Fundamentals--2016--now retired
     Silver Glitter paper
     Ribbon Border Die
     Artbooking  Cricut Cartridge

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

I'm also entering my card into these challenges:

      Seize the Birthday--Anything Goes 

       Heart 2 Heart--Anything Goes CTMH style

     Simon Says Wednesday--Anything Goes

     CCEE Stampers--Monochromatic and Dies

     Watercooler Wednesday--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Golf Themed 80th Birthday Card With Freshly Made Sketch #286

One of my weekend golf partners turns 80 next week and when I saw this week's Freshly Made Sketch I knew it would work perfectly for his birthday card!

 

Here is the wonderful FMS sketch that inspired my card layout: 

The golf ball and tees were die cut with a Quick Cutz die.  The background is Close to My Heart Sea Glass CS embossed with a We R Memory Keepers Next Level Geometric Embossing folder.  The tees were die cut from CTMH Ruby and Pacifica CS.  The numbers were cut using the CTMH Artbooking cartridge and Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel was applied to the numbers and tops of the golf tees.

Other challenges I'm submitting this card to:
     Seize the Birthday
     My Time to Craft #345--Masculine
     A Gem of a Challenge--Wet or Dry Embossing
     Words to Craft By--Numbers

If you would like a chance to win a new Cricut Explore please visit my blog post here for more details.  

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

:) Marie

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Color Dare #242--Using Some Little Dreamer Colors

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  The month of May brings some changes to the Color Dare blog and a new Close to My Heart Seasonal Expressions catalog.  Each month the Color Dare blog will feature some colors from the CTMH featured paper pack with some other colors added in.   

In May the colors from the Little Dreamer paper palette will be used and you can check all the weekly Color Dare challenges for May by clicking on the Little Dreamer button on the sidebar on the Color Dare blog so you will have have plenty advance notice of all of the challenges for May.  Color Dare challenge #242 features the following Close to My Heart colors:  Lemon, Tangerine, Blossom, Willow, White Daisy, Desert Sand and Gold.  We would like you to use all and only these Close to My Heart colors.  Of course, if you don't have these CTMH colors yet you may substitute similar colors so you can still join in on the fun.

Close to My Heart products used:

      Artbooking Cricut Cartridge--butterfly cut

      Little Dreamer paper

      Tangerine CS

      Lemon CS

      Blossom CS

      Adventure Paper Fundamentals

      Birthday Sparkles stamp

      Bling Gem Assortment

      Ranger Gold Fine Detail Embossing Powder

      3D Foam Tape

Here is the Mojo Monday Sketch that inspired my card layout:

I'm also submitting my card to the following challenges:

      Bitten by the Bug--Bees, Butterflies and Bugs

         Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge--Great                   Outdoors

      Seize the Birthday--Anything Goes

      Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog--Things with                     Wings

      Fusion Card Challenge--Sketch or photo or both

Please stop by the Color Dare blog to see what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you.

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. 

If you would like a chance to win a new Cricut Explore please visit my blog post here for more details.  

      

Patriotic Card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #207

Welcome back to another Atlantic Sketch Challenge blog post!  I'm sharing a card I made for my nephew who just graduated from Army Artillery School.  Needless to say I'm very proud of his commitment to serve in the US Military. The red stars and flourishes were cut using the Artbooking Cricut cartridge.  

Close to My Heart products used:

     Cranberry CS

     White Daisy CS

     Sapphire CS

     Artbooking cartridge--circles and star flourishes

     Sapphire Ink

     Stamp set--retired

Other products:

     Brusho watercolor powders for vertical strip

We hope that you find some time this week to play along with this fabulous sketch.  You can check the Atlantic Hearts blog on Wednesday, April 12 to be inspired by what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to share.

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

:) Marie

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Color Dare #221 Meets Case This Sketch

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  This week our challenge colors are Close to My Heart colors Saffron, Goldrush, Poppy and Colonial White.  Of course if you don't have these Close to My Heart colors yet you can substitute similar colors so you can still join in on the fun.  Here is a really quick card I made using the CTMH Artbooking cartridge and following Case This Sketch #199:

 

Close to My Heart products used:

      Artbooking cartridge

      Colonial White CS

      Saffron CS

     Goldrush CS

     Poppy CS

     Poppy Ink

     Balloon Animals stamp (retired)

Here is the wonderful Case This Sketch #199 that inspired my card:

 

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

      Seize the Birthday

      Addicted to Stamps--Diecuts plus stamp 

      Crafting With Friends--Anything Goes 

      Fun Day Fridays--Cut it Up 

Have you ever wanted to challenge yourself, and inspire and encourage others by joining a Design Team?  Color My Heart Color Dare is looking for new Design Team members and we'd love to have you join our fabulous team.  Many of us currently on the Design Team had never been on a Design Team before and have found it to be a very rewarding experience.  Be sure to check out the Color Dare blog for more details.

Please head on over to the Color Dare blog to check out what the other awesome Design Team members have to inspire you and the details about joining the Color Dare Design Team.

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

:) Marie

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #288--Fright Night

Welcome back to another Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog post!  This fortnight we are challenging you to create something with a Halloween theme.  My card is a Double Dutch Fold card and has a variety of Cricut Halloween images in it.  I actually made two cards so I could photograph the outside of the card and the inside of the card in the same photo. 

Here's a closeup of the outside of the card.  I used a length of novelty ribbon and stapled it together in the back of the card so it could be slipped on and off easily.

Here is a closeup of the card inside:

I found the basic card fold in Design Space in the Project Primrose Community shared by Georgia Carl.  She had originally created a baby card but I adapted it to be a Halloween card.  Here is the Design Space file I created to make this card.

Cricut cartridges used:  Creativebug (witch and cat), Celebrate With Flourish (witch and Jack o Lantern), Ultimate Creative Sampler (Dracula, Spider), Mini Monsters (Happy Halloween), CTMH Artbooking (Boo)

Close to My Heart products used:

     Artbooking cricut cartridge

     Whisper CS

     Black CS

     Raspberry CS

     Pear CS (retired)

     Gypsy CS (retired)

     Sunset CS (retired)

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

     Crafty Calendar Challenges--Halloween theme 

     Cut It Up--Pumpkins 

     Simply Create Too--Halloween

     Craftaholics--Halloween Cards for Guys

     Cute Card Thursday--Halloween

     Crafting by Design--Halloween 

Now click on the badge below to check out what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you.

     

Challenge #288 Fright Night

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Create a project inspired by Halloween!

And we are giving away a $25 Amazon gift certificate, courtesy of FCCB Design Team!  This prize will be given if there are 10 entries or more.

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.

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


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Twin Birthday Cards With Sunday Stamps #134

My twin nieces have a birthday in the end of August.  One loves everything purple and the other loves everything pink.  The inspiration for my cards came from Sunday Stamps #134.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Artbooking cricut cartridge for heart banners

     White Daisy CS

     Ink Blot stamp (background colors)

     Wise Guy Birthday (greeting and cake)

     Ranger Silver Embossing Powder

     Hydrangea Ink (retired)

     Pixie Ink

     Amethyst Marker (retired)

     Shell Pink Marker (retired)

     Friendship Alphabet--15

Other products used:

     Purple Reflective paper by Colorbok

     Pink Glitter paper--unknown source

     Nuvo Crystal Drops--White Blizzard 

Look how sparkly the White Blizzard Crystal Drops look as the cake frosting!

Here is the Sunday Stamps Sketch that I used to make these cards:

The theme for this week's Crafty Creations Challenges is to use a number.  I'm also sharing these cards at Seize the Birthday challenge.

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

:) Marie

Artbooking Overlay for Color Dare #178--Thistle, Pixie, Glacier and White Daisy

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge post!  We have another beautiful color combination for you to work with this week.  My challenge was to combine all and only these 4 colors:  Thistle, Pixie, Glacier and White Daisy.  (If you don't have these fabulous Close to My Heart colors yet you can substitute similar colors so you can still play along).

Although I usually like to follow a card sketch (and enter it into a challenge) I decided to be inspired by my own creative impulses with this card.

My background panel was created by stacking the three featured colors on top of each other and slicing them on my paper cutter.  (I have 2 remaining panels for future card making).  The arrow overlay is from the CTMH Artbooking.  The sentiment stamp is from Holiday Tags.  The circles are layered with 3D Foam Tape.

Close to My Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Glacier CS

     Thistle CS

     Pixie CS

     Artbooking Cartridge

     Glacier Ink

     3D Foam Tape

Please check out what the rest of the awesome Design Team has to inspire you with this challenge here.  We hope you will find the time to create something and share it with us on the Color Dare blog or on our Facebook page. (As always if you don't have the exact colors you may substitute something similar.)

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

:) Marie

Beloved Bouquet Meets Color Dare #177

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge post!  I'm really excited to share this particular color combination with you as it really appeals to me.  We are challenging you to create a project with just these four fabulous Close to My Heart colors:  White Daisy, Whisper, Peacock, and Crystal Blue.

(If you don't have these Close to My Heart colors you can substitute something similar so you can still play along!)

My card features the January Stamp of the Month Beloved Bouquet which I really love!

The card layout is from Tuesday Morning Sketches #335:

Close to My Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Peacock CS

     Crystal Blue CS

     Beloved Bouquet stamps

     Peacock Ink

     Crystal Blue Ink

     Artbooking cartridge--decorative circle

     Artistry cartridge--scalloped border

     

Here is the Design Space file if you want to recreate this card.

Please check out what the rest of the awesome Design Team has to inspire you with this challenge here.  We hope you will find the time to create something and share it with us on the Color Dare blog or on our Facebook page.  If you don't have the exact colors you may use something similar.

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

:) Marie

Anything But A Card Challenge for Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #266

Welcome back to another Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog post!

Challenge #266 Anything But a Card

This Weeks Sponsor:

$15.00 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.

 My project is several personalized thermal mugs that I intend to use as holiday gifts. A few months ago in a Cricut Mystery Box I received the Nursery Rhymes cartridge which I didn't think I'd ever use.  As I was looking through available fonts in Design Space I found that I really like the Nursery Rhymes font so I used it here.  

The golfer is from Sports Mania, the treble clef is from Quarter Notes and the stars array is from Close to My Heart Artbooking cartridge.  I used Recollections Adhesive Faux Metal as it matched the silver rings on the top of the mugs.

What will you be inspired to create and share with us at Fantabulous Cricut this week?  We hope you can find the time to play along.  Come check out what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to share with you here.

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

:) Marie

Watercolored Stripes for Color Dare #170

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  This week we are challenging you to use the following colors:  White Daisy, Cashmere, Cocoa, Fern and Cranberry.

I started my card by painting wavy stripes on my white daisy panel using the ink pads. ( I squeezed the closed ink pad lid against the ink pad to create a source of ink and added a little water and brush which gives a lighter tone).  From top to bottom my stripes are Cocoa, Fern, Cashmere and Cranberry.  The deer is from the Artbooking cartridge.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Artbooking cartridge

     White Daisy CS

     Fern CS

     Cranberry CS

     Cashmere CS

     Cocoa CS

     Cocoa Ink

     Fern Ink

     Cashmere Ink

     Cranberry Ink

     Holiday Tags stamp

I'm also entering this card into the Heart 2 Heart "Watercolor Wonder" challenge, the Cards in Envy "Extra Layers" challenge and Stampin' Royalty #305 "Winter Theme".

Now head on over to check out what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has created to inspire you. The challenge will end on December 3 at 9PM CST.  Hope you can join in on the fun!

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

:) Marie

Thank You/Thanksgiving Challenge at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog

Welcome back to another Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog post!  

Challenge #265 Thanksgiving or Thank You

We are sponsored by Miss Kate Cuttables this week who will be donating a $25 Voucher for digital downloads.

 

My project this week uses dark green and orange vinyl, one glittery gold charger from Michael's and the Close to My Heart Artiste cartridge (Give Thanks) and Close to My Heart Artbooking cartridge (pumpkin).

I'm also entering this into Heart 2 Heart, Bitten by the Bug and My Sheri's Crafts blog who all have a Thanksgiving theme this week.

Head on over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the very creative Design Team has to share with you.

Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

Halloween Votive Holders for Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Fright Night

This week's challenge at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog is "Fright Night" and we hope you can play along with us here.  Our randomly selected prize winner will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to the SVG Attic.

Halloween is quickly approaching and I wanted to use Design Space to create some home decor items.  Once I figured out that I could use a basic box shape from the CTMH Artiste cartridge and weld some Halloween images from the CTMH Artbooking cartridge I couldn't stop creating these cute votive holders!  The first picture was taken with the flickering battery operated votive candles in the dark.

Here is what they look like in daylight:

Close to My Heart products used:

     Artiste cartridge

     Artbooking cartridge

     Eggplant CS

     Black CS

     Colonial White CS

     Sunset CS

     Slate CS

     Black Ink

     Pastel Vellum (retired)

     Vellum (retired)

     Black Ink

     Black marker to color the bat

     

Other products

    Recollection Shimmer White Gold CS (moon)

    Plastic wrap (to create "texture" around the skull and crossbones image

I'm also entering this Halloween project into the following challenges:

     Friday Mashup--Halloween theme

     Heart2Heart--Use a Cricut cut

     Bitten by the Bug--use a bat on your project

Would you like to have these Design Space cutting files?  If so, just leave me a comment with your email address and I will be happy to send it to you.

Head on over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to share with you.  We hope that you will be able to play along with our challenge and join in on the fun.

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

Artbooking and Artistry Halloween Card for Several Challenges

Halloween is just next week so it has inspired me to get creative!  I used the Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch #223 with Nacho Average Challenges #164 colors (black, white and orange), Heart 2 Heart's use a cricut cut challenge and Cards Galore Challenge theme of Halloween.

Close to My Heart products used:
     Mischief paper (retired)
     Black CS
     Artbooking cartridge (graveyard scene modified in Design Space)
     Artistry cartridge (ghosts and bat border)
   
Other products:
     Recollections Shimmer Cardstock White Gold

If you like this card and would like to CASE it, here is the Design Space file for you to use.

Here is the Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch that I followed:

     

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

:) Marie