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:

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:) Marie

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Love and Hugs for CAS(E) this Sketch #56

I love the simplicity of the CAS(E) This Sketch challenges and was inspired to participate in this challenge.

Materials Used:

       Avonlea paper (retired Close To My Heart)

       Garden Green CS (retired Close To My Heart)

       Words of Comfort

       Twilight Ink

Here is the sketch:

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

:) Marie

Tee-rific Birthday for Sunday Stamps Challenge #54

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps Challenge post!  This week we are using a sketch designed by Hayley.  Don't you just love it? I do!

 

I used this sketch to make a masculine birthday card.  There are lots of golfers that I send birthday cards to.  

The background paper is Victory (retired Close To My Heart).  The golfer and golf balls are from Tee Time (retired CTMH) which is matted with Avonlea Green (retired CTMH) and Outdoor Denim.  The banner golf balls and tees were stamped in Outdoor Denim ink and placed over a piece of Bakers Twine Neutral Assortment and popped up with 3D Foam Tape.  The "Have a Tee-rific Birthday!" greeting was generated on my computer.  I ran the printed greeting through a cuttlebug folder from the reversed side so the circles appear to be golf ball dimples.  It was pretty quick to make this card and I will be doing more of these for my lady golfer friends too.  

Now  it's your turn to join in on this challenge fun!  You have until Friday,evening, July 26 to link up your creation here.

Please take the time to visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs and leave them some appreciation.
Hayley, Joan, Brenda, Holly Steph and Kathya.

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

:) Marie

Words of Comfort Card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch #2

Last week I participated in the first Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge and my card was selected as one of the top three!  I was very excited and honored to receive this distinction--check out the blue heart button on my sidebar--very nice award!  This week I needed to make some sympathy cards and I decided to use Atlantic Hearts Sketch #2.  I can't decide which card I like better.  All products used are from Close to My Heart (although some have been retired!)

Card #1--Bliss paper, Whisper CS,  True Teal CS, Words of Comfort stamp set, True Teal ink, Just Blooms, Art Philosophy cut oval2 at 1.75", Cuttlebug embossing folder with distressing to reveal white cardstock, Blue and Green Sparkles.

Card #2--Avonlea paper, Whisper CS, True Teal CS, Colonial White CS, Words of Comfort stamp set, True Teal ink, Art Philosophy cut oval2 at 1.75", Silver Glitz Glitter Gel for flower centers and 3D Foam Tape.

Here is the sketch I followed:

 

If you like challenges with Close to My Heart products then I encourage you to check out the latest Color My Heart Color Dare #42 using Blush, Cotton Candy and Hollyhock.  You can see my Design Team submission here.

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

:) Marie

Avonlea Many Thanks Card for My Time To Craft #220--Sentiment As The Main Focus

Here is a quick card that I made with Close To My Heart Avonlea paper, Thoughtful Tidings (retired stamp set), Frame Flair label stamp, Twilight CS, Twilight Ink, Silver Glitz Glitter Gel, Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (on parts of background panel) Twilight Marker and Juniper Marker.  The label was cut with the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge--page 54 rectangle 2 cut at 2".    The My Time To Craft #220 challenge was my inspiration to create this card and I'm linking it up there.

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Please come back tomorrow to check out the new Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge post.  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie