Adventure Colors for Heart 2 Heart

Here is a quick birthday card I put together using strips of the new Adventure Fundamentals and Artistry cartridge.

Close to My Heart products used:
     Adventure Fundamentals paper
     Lemon CS
     Artistry cartridge
     Peacock Green Shin Han Touch Marker
     Clear Shimmer pen
     Vellum (retired)

Here is the Feeling Sketchy Sketch that inspired my card layout:

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
     Heart 2 Heart--Adventure theme
     Seize the Birthday
     Sunny Day Challenges--Anything Goes

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

Happy Times Blog Hop

Welcome to our Happy Times Blog Hop!  We will be featuring  Close to My Heart's May National Scrapbooking promotion called "Happy Times" a set of 12 gorgeous papers.  If you have come here from Jean McNulty's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog:  http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html. 

This month we have 31 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's special promotion "Happy Times" and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

I needed to make a masculine birthday card so I pulled out the light gray woodgrain paper, gold and white foiled paper and a Green Ombre paper to pull together this card.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Happy Times Paper

     Artistry cricut cartridge

     Whisper CS

     Peacock CS

     Warm Grey Shin Han Touch Marker (to draw another line to make the

          planks smaller in the woodgrain paper) 

      3D Foam Tape  

I followed the Paper Play Sketches 007 to create my card:

Now "Hop" on over to Lauren Moore's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, Happy Times Paper and/or stamp set is only available until May 30!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this Happy Times paper pack for FREE!

Here is another card I made with Happy Times Paper Pack for the current Color My Heart Color Dare challenge featuring Happy Times Paper.

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

:) Marie

Sunday Stamps #118 Meets Just Us Girls #327 and Inkspirational Challenges

The excessive snow this past weekend enabled me to explore several card challenges I probably wouldn't have had time to pursue.  My son is in the Navy and deployed right now so he will be receiving this card at some point.  My card combines elements from the following challenges: Sunday Stamps sketch #118, Just Us Girls #327 include an anchor challenge and Inkspirational Challenge to use a previous color scheme--#10 Shades of Green for me.

Here is a closeup of the anchor cut out of CTMH Sapphire paper and then embossed with Polysparkle Clear embossing powder to give it a sparkle.

Close to My Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Peacock CS

     Glacier CS

     Sapphire CS

     Artistry cartridge (Anchor cut and frame)

     Scalloped embossing folder

     3D Foam Tape

     Polysparkle Clear embossing powder (retired)

Other products:

     Paper Lace 2 cartridge (Thinking of you cut)

Here are the linked challenge graphics in case you want to join in the fun too!:

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

:) Marie

p.s.  If you are looking for a fun color challenge check out this one from Color My Heart Color Dare:

Challenge ends Thursday, January 28 at 9 PM CST (10 PM EST)

Personalized Birthday Gift Cards for Joyful Hearts Blog Hop

It's an exciting time to be a Close to My Heart consultant and be able to share some wonderful new products from the new Annual Inspirations catalog!  Joyful Stars is a group of CTMH consultants who share in a monthly blog hop.  If you are coming from Crystal Davis' blog you are on the right track.  (If you get "lost" along the way visit Joyce's blog for the complete lineup.)

My twin nieces turned 14 last week so I made them similar cards in their favorite colors.  I used the Artiste cartridge to make the basic gift card holders and the new Artistry cartridge for the Happy Birthday decoration. I programmed my Cricut Explore to draw the Artistry Happy Birthday image instead of cutting it.  The names were written with the Art Philosophy font and then colored in with markers.

Here is what the gift card looks like inside:

Close to My Heart products used:

     Pixie CS

     Pixie Ink

     Thistle CS

     White Daisy CS

     Artiste Cartridge

     Artistry Cartridge

     Card Chatter--Birthday (retired)

     Happy Everything (retired)

     Silver Metallic paper (retired)

Other products:

    Cricut Explore Silver Metallic Marker

    Cricut Explore Pink Crystal Marker

    Cricut Explore Black Marker

    Purple Metallic paper from recycled gift bag

Next on our blog hop tour is Helen Gullett.  I'm sure you will like what she has to share!  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

Color Dare #156 Meets Retrosketches #177

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  This week we are inviting you to join us using the fabulous Close to My Heart colors Hollyhock, Goldrush, Colonial White and Kraft.

My card features the August Stamp of the Month called Framed and Paper Fundamentals Adventure paper.  (Don't you just love the glossy chevron pattern on the paper?)

Close to My Heart products used:
     Colonial White CS
     Paper Fundamentals Adventure paper
     Kraft CS
     Goldrush Ink
     Hollyhock Ink
     Charming Cascades stamp (available Sept.1)
     Framed stamp set (retiring Sept.1)
     Artistry Cricut cartridge to cut label frame
     Colonial White Mini Medley (retired)
     Colonial White Rosette Ribbon (retired)
     Pink Glitter Gem

Here is the Retrosketches #177 Sketch that inspired me:

Now it's your turn to use these colors and share it with us here.  Don't worry--if you don't have these exact colors you may substitute similar colors so you can still join in on the fun.

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

:) Marie