Marble Rolled Background for Friday Mashup #180

If you are looking for the Color My Heart Color Dare post please go here.

The Friday Mashup had an interesting link for a new technique in today's challenge post called "Marble Rolling" so I had to try it out!  It was fun and easy to do.

Close To My Heart Products used:

      Lagoon CS

      White Daisy CS

      Frosted Cardmaking Kit stamp (retired)

      Holiday Wishes stamp (retired)

      Lagoon reinker

      Lagoon Ink

      Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (retired)

Here is the Friday Mashup Sketch Graphic:

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

:) Marie

Frosted Card with Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #147

This week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #147 was a perfect sketch to use the Close To My Heart Frosted paper.  Using a snowflake was an extra option for this challenge.  The stamps are from the Frosted Cardmaking Kit and were inked with Twilight ink.  The snowflake was also embossed with polysparkle tinsel embossing powder for a little sparkle (retired CTMH) and popped up with 3D Foam Tape.

Here is the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #147:

Frosted is also the featured color this week for Color My Heart Color Dare so I'm linking it up there. Snowflakes are the theme at Addicted to CAS so I'm linking it up there also.

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

:) Marie

Frosted Colors with a Mojo Monday Sketch for Color Dare #73

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge post.  This week we are challenging you to use the Close To My Heart colors Frosted Grey and Frosted Turquoise as found in the current Close To My Heart Frosted Paper Pack.

Similar colors would be Slate, Heavenly Blue, Crystal Blue, Twilight if you don't have Frosted paper.  I used one of my favorite new stamp sets called Wintry Wishes to make this card.  The card sketch is from Mojo Monday 323.  The hat and ornament were paper pieced.

Materials used:

     Frosted Cardmaking Kit (paper and Frosted twine)

     Wintry Wishes (Close To My Heart Hostess Reward Stamp Set)

     Slate CS

     Crystal Blue CS

     Black Ink

     Twilight Ink

     Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel

Mojo Monday sketch:

     

We are looking forward to seeing how you use these two fabulous colors together.  (You may also use neutrals such as black, white and off white.)  Please link up your creations here.  Now head on over and see what the rest of the fabulous Color Dare Design Team has to inspire you.  

Thanks for stopping by!  Please stop by again Sunday morning for a new Sunday Stamps challenge.  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

 :) Marie.  

Penguin Slider Card for Heart 2 Heart Moving On Challenge

Welcome back to another Heart 2 Heart challenge post featuring Close To My Heart products.  This week's challenge is to create something with moving parts so it was the perfect opportunity to make a slider card.  I found a great tutorial here.

When you pull on the right side the penguin moves and you get a greeting.

Materials Used;

    Wintry Wishes--Exclusive Hostess Reward Stamp--found on page 9 of Fall/Winter Idea Book

    Frosted Cardmaking Kit

    Ponderosa Pine CS

    Sky CS

    Glossy White Paper (remnants from photo printing)

    Black Ink  

    Surf's Up Gold (Retired CTMH)

    Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (on background trees)

    Silver Glitz Glitter Gel (on penguin skates)

    One Tiny Wiggle Eye

How will you interpret this challenge?  We look forward to seeing what you create for this "Moving On" challenge.  Remember to use some Close To My Heart products in your creation.  Use a direct link to link to Heart to Heart--you have until the end of December to enter this challenge.

Check out what the rest of the Design Team has to inspire you:

Brittany, Carol,  Haley,  Lucy and our Guest Designers.  Please leave them some well deserved comments.   

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

    365 Cards--"Partially Pieced"-  (hat and scarf)

    Craft Your Passion--Let it Snow

    Crafting From the Heart--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

Acrylic Block Stamping Technique for FMS #113 and 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

The Cranberry panel on this card was made by inking an acrylic block and then spritzing it with water and then applying it to paper.  That is the challenge this week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  I used the current Freshly Made Sketch #113 to try out this technique.

The greeting is from the Frosted Cardmaking Kit and was black embossed.  The background was embossed with a Darice Snowflake embossing folder.  A strip of Silver Shimmer Trim was placed on the left side and the Cranberry inked panel was popped up with 3D Foam Tape.

This was a fun card to make!  Thanks to Sarah Stone whose blog I follow who inspired me to enter these challenges with this technique.

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

:) Marie

Color Dare #65 with an Atlantic Hearts Sketch #25

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare post! This is a weekly challenge blog featuring Close To My Heart colors but you can substitute similar colors if needed. This week we are featuring the monochromatic colors of Crystal Blue and Twilight. (You may also combine them with neutrals such as white, black, colonial white and other colors from the Close To My Heart Basics color palette).

 When I need inspiration to make a card I often check out the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog as I did this week. Instead of gears I used Art Philosophy cut snowflakes from the challenge colors--page 22 layer shift cut at 1.25", 1.5" and 1.34". The stripes were made with strips of Silver Shimmer Trim. The greeting is from Frosted Cardmaking Kit. The final touches were made by placing dots of Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel in the snowflake points and centers and popping up the greeting with 3D Foam Tape.

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #25:

I'm also entering this card into the Merry Monday Challenge #79--Blue, White, Silver and Christmas.

Now it's your turn to use these fabulous colors together and share with us.  Please enter your direct link here.  

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

:) Marie

Holidays from the Heart Holiday Guide Blog Hop

Close to My Heart has a wonderful new Holiday Gift Guide and many consultants are participating in a linky blog hop with projects made from this new seasonal catalog for the next 5 days so you'll have to stop back to see what new ideas are being offered..  Thanks and kudos to Tresa Black for organizing this!

Products used: 

Sparkle and Shine paper

Sparkle and Shine Washi Tape

Red Sparkles

Frosted Cardmaking Kit (stamps)

Ruby Ink

3D Foam Tape

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

**This blog hop is open for members of the CTMH Blog Boosters. Please do not enter if you are not a member of the group.**

Color Dare #63--Ruby, Pacifica and Outdoor Denim and Blog Candy Alert!

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare post!  The Close To My Heart colors we are using this week are Ruby, Pacifica and Outdoor Denim. (You may substitute similar colors if you don't have these CTMH colors yet.)  The Artbooking cartridge was used to create the vertical lattice strip cut from Outdoor Denim CS and layered over White Daisy CS (page 47 overlay shift cut at 4" at Real Dial Size and trimmed to fit the card).  The greeting is one of Close To My Hearts' new individual stamps called Heartfelt Birthday Wish stamped in Ruby ink.  I used a long stamp from the Frosted Cardmaking Kit to accent the greeting panel.  This was layered over Ruby CS.  The card base is Pacifica CS.  The last 2 final touches I used were 3D Foam Tape and Silver Glitz Glitter Gel.

This card went together very quickly and I still have remnants of the lattice overlay to use in a future card.  I am also linking this card up to Bitten by the Bug-2 Overlay challenge.

We look forward to how you will use these colors together!  Please use a direct link to your blog post (not your entire blog) by Thursday, October 9 at 12pm CST here.

Blog Candy Alert:
 Did you miss getting the September Stamp of the Month Poster Tidings?  Would you like to win it here?

To be eligible to win you need to do 2 easy things:
1.  Become a Follower of my blog
2.  Leave a comment on this post saying that you are a follower and that you want to win this stamp set.   The deadline to enter is Friday, October 11 at 6PM EST.   Easy, right? 

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

Be sure to stop back on Saturday for the World Card Making Blog Hop being sponsored by Operation Write Home, a new sketch challenge for Sunday Stamps on Sunday and a new Heart 2 Heart challenge on Monday morning. 

Wintry Wishes for Freshly Made Sketch #99

With the new Close To My Heart Idea Book comes a new Hostess Rewards Program.  In addition to earning select product credit to be used on exclusive CTMH merchandise, hostesses will now be able to apply that credit towards exclusive stamp sets that only hostesses are eligible for.  Wintry Wishes (pg.9) is one of these fabulous new stamp sets that are offered at a reduced price (select product credit) for hostesses only!  I used the Freshly Made Sketch #99 to make this quick card:

 

I used up some old CTMH product in making this card since the patterned paper seemed to fit the penguins so well. (Summer Carnival Paper packet).  The greeting is from the Frosted Cardmaking Kit and there is some Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel here too.

Here is the Freshly Made Sketch #99:

 

If you haven't checked out the new Artbooking cartridge you can visit the Artbooking in August Blog Hop to get loads of great ideas.  Check my blog again on Monday for my Artbooking mini album post.

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

:) Marie

Frosted Snowflakes for CAS(E) This Sketch #37

Today I was inspired to enter the challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch.  The sketch features hexagons and many people used them already so I decided to use a snowflake image instead.  The snowflake comes from the Frosted Cardmaking Kit from Close To My Heart which will be available on August 1 from my website.  The first card uses Crystal Blue CS as a mat and Crystal Blue ink for the snowflakes.  The greeting was stamped in Twilight Ink.

The next card has a reversed color scheme--snowflakes are white embossed.

Which card do you like best?

 

Here is the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch #37:

These cards were really fast and easy to make!

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

:) Marie