October Joyful Stars Blog Hop with Creativity In Motion

 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 Joyce Gough's blog you are on the right track. (The complete lineup is on Joyce's blog in case you get lost.) Have fun being inspired! 

I've been having a lot of fun making animated cards lately.  Close to My Heart has a special promotion called "Creativity in Motion" and I've used it on the following cards.  I would love to know which is your favorite.  All cards are 5' x 6.5".  My first card was made following the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #477.

Card #1:

Another view so you can see how the image changes:

Close to my Heart products used:

     Creativity in Motion Bundle

     Bloom and Grace paper

     Espreso Card Stock

     Canary Card Stock

     Almond Card Stock

     With All My Love Stamp Set (October Stamp of the Month                    available for $5 with $50 order.)

Here is the fabulous TSOT sketch that inspired my card:

Card #2:

 Card #3:

Here's another view:

The above card was made with Aurora Paper (still available) and the May Stamp of the Month.

Card #4:

Another view:

The above card used Lovely Paper, Blue Belle Cardstock, Sage Cardstock, Toffee Cardstock, Icicles Stickles and Animated Greetings along with Square Frame Dies and Creativity in Motion bundle.  I'm entering this card into the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge:

I'm also entering this card into Cute Card Thursday challenge to use Dies and Punches.

Please let me know which of these cards you like best!

Now it's time to head over to Joyce Hauck'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

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.

September Joyful Stars Blog Hop with Bloom and Grace Paper

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 Joyce Gough's blog you are on the right track. (The complete lineup is on Joyce's blog in case you get lost.) Have fun being inspired! 

Close to my Heart has a new annual catalog and a new seasonal catalog that have just been released.  I have been having so much fun playing with the new Bloom and Grace sunflower patterned paper. (Sunflowers always remind me of my mom who used to decorate her kitchen and bathroom with that theme.) I made a flurry of cards and would love to know which ones you like best.

Card #1:

The dotted stripe is from the zip strip.  The sentiment is from Sentiments by Melissa Esplin with Espresso Ink.  I used an Earth Brown Tri-Blend marker to outline the sentiment panel.

Card #2:

The background patterned paper is from Lovely paper.  The fussy cut sunflowers were embellished with Lemonade Shimmer Brush and Toffee Shimmer Brush.  My card layout was inspired by a recent Global Designs Project sketch.

Card #3:

The sentiment is from Every Little Thing Cardmaking with Thin Cut Dies embossed in Copper Tinsel Embossing Powder and matted with Espresso Card Stock.  The center stripe is retired Copper Shimmer Trim.  I'm entering this card into the CAS Colours and Sketches challenge #387 which can be found here.

Card #4:

The sentiment is from Birthday Greetings and was stamped in Toffee Ink. Once again I used the Earth Brown Tri-Blend Marker to edge each of the paper pieces which are mounted on Fern Card Stock.  My card layout was inspired by this Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #474:

That's all for now with this beautiful paper!  Please leave me a comment with your favorite card noted.

Now it's time to head over to Joyce Hauck'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

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.