Slimline Thinking of You Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #603

 Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a slimline card with a vertical layout, a bunch of elements with a small sentiment. For my "elements" I chose a very busy patterned paper (Recollections Terracotta) and layered some vellum leaves (Pinkfresh) over it.  The sentiment (Close to my Heart "For Every Occasion" was gold embossed on green cardstock and fussy cut and then layered over gold metallic foil cardstock. This card came together pretty quickly.

This closeup view shows the sentiment better:

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, November 17 and you can link up your project here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love. Please stop by our blog on Wednesday to see what the rest of the talented Design Team has to inspire you.

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

     Dream Valley Challenge #325--Anything Goes

     Love to Scrap #170--Anything Goes

     Love Those Pretty Papers November Challenge--Anything Goes with Pretty Patterned Papers

 

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

:) Marie

 

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Milestone Birthday Card with Freshly Made Sketch #628

I needed to make a special card for a male friend and decided to start with Freshly Made Sketch #628.  I didn't feel like taking out my Cricut machine to cut out the numbers so I used an Embossing Pen and Gold Embossing Powder to make the number 70.  The orientation of the sentiment was flipped to take advantage of the open space to the left of numbers.

Here is the fabulous Freshly Made Sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

      Cut it Up #300--Happy Birthday

      Creative Knockouts #517--Sparkle and Shine

      Addicted to Stamps and More #464--Any Occasion

Thank You Card Using Scraps with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #547

Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a vertical layout with thin scraps and a sentiment placed on the diagonal.  My card features paper scraps from two recent cards.  (I used up a lot of retired Close to my Heart products including Mayberry, Olivia and Victory paper packs along with Cashmere, Pepperwood, Cranberry and Autumn Terracotta card stock papers.)

The scraps were from the following two cards:

     

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, October 22 and you can link up your project here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love. Please stop by our blog on Wednesday to see what the rest of the talented Design Team has to inspire you.

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

      Creative Fingers #263--Anything Goes

      Aloha Friday #3--Fall/Halloween

      Paper Dragonfly #22--Anything Goes (Flies)

      Make My Monday #211--Autumn Colors

      A Place to Start--October Anything Goes

      Creative Creases #68--Anything Goes with a Fun Fold

      

 

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

:) Marie

 

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Playing with Lunar and Solar Paste with Freshly Made Sketch #595

Recently I purchased a few jars of Simon Hurley's Lunar Paste and Solar Paste and used them with Close to my Hearts' Sprigs and Leaves Embossing Folder and Stencils to create this card.  First I stenciled Fake Plant Solar Paste for green leaves and Golden Hour Solar Paste for small leaves and shading on Sage Card Stock.  The pastes were applied with a foam applicator brush.  Next I used the Embossing folder to create even more texture.  Gold metallic card stock was used to mat the focal circle and leaf panel.

This second photo was taken with a different angle so that the shiny metallic gold could be featured.

Here is the fabulous Freshly Made Sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

      Can You Handle the Pressure--Anything Goes with a twist of                   Nautical

      Stencil Fun--Option of Birthdays

      Addicted to Stamps and More #450--Die Cuts and/or Stencils

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

:) Marie

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Foiled Bugaboo Bug Jar Thank You Card

Last Friday's Freebie over at Bugaboo stamps is a delightful image called "Bug Jar".  I decided to pair it with the Bugaboo sketch also.  Since it is a digital image and I printed it with a Laser printer I was able to use my Minc Machine to foil the image and then colored it in with Prismacolor pencils.

Here is a photo taken from a different angle so you can see how shiny teal the image really is.

Close to My Heart Products used:

     Adventure Fundamentals patterned paper

     Emerald CS

     Buttercup CS (retired)

     Gold Metallic CS

     3D Foam Tape

     

Other products:

     Martha Stewart punch

     Crafters' Companion Thank You Die

     Green Glitter Marker by Nuvo

     Butterfly image cut from Gypsy Wanderings Cricut

Here is the Stella Says Sketch #607 that inspired my card layout:

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

     Addicted to Stamps and More--Anything Goes

     Make My Monday--Things With Wings

     Use Your Stuff--Easter or Spring

     Addicted to Stamps--Thank You
     Catch the Bug--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Merry Everything for Freshly Made Sketch #209

I just love the clean and simple style of sketches that Freshly Made Sketches challenges us with! This week's sketch inspired me to make this card:

Close to My Heart products used:

     Twinkle stamp set (October 2015 stamp of the Month)

     Cranberry Ink

     Gold Metallic CS (retired)

Other products:

     Recollections Glitter CS (poinsettia)

     Recollections Shimmer paper (white gold)

     Liquid Pearls Buttercup

Here is the Freshly Made Sketch that I followed:

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

:) Marie

Simple Shamrock Card for Bitten by the Bug

Many thanks to Melanie Brown of Courtney Lane Designs for sharing the Design Space cut file for this card.  I changed the color scheme, eliminated the stitching and added some edge distressing.  I'm entering it into the Bitten by the Bug Luck of the Irish challenge.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Artfullly Sent cartridge 

     White Daisy CS

     Kentucy Green CS (retired)

     Pear CS

     Gold Metallic paper (retired)

     Edge Distresser

Other

     Gold edged ribbon

Here is a link to Melanie's card.

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

:) Marie

Rudolph Arrives at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!

Here it is the third week of June already so it is "theme" week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  The challenge this week is to create a card with "Rudolph" or "Reindeer". This gave me the chance to use a previously uninked stamp from the Close To My Heart set "Christmas Melodies".  (Am I the only one with uninked stamps?--probably NOT!)  It is my honor to share with you my card as June Guest Designer for this wonderful blog.

Close To My Heart products used:

    Topiary B & T paper (retired)

    Christmas Melodies stamp (retired)

    Laughing Lola Cardmaking Kit  starburst stamp

    Topiary Ink

    Ruby Ink

    Ruby CS

    Gold Metallic paper (retired)

    Scallop Punch

    3D Foam Tape

Please visit the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown blog and join in this challenge.

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

:) Marie

    

    

St. Patrick's Day Card for Numerous Challenges

As I was reading my blog list this morning I found a new card challenge with a sketch I wanted to try.  It is called The Challenge #2 and is on Lesley Croghan's blog "Always Playing with Paper".  She even includes cutting dimensions to help you get started.   Here is the sketch that inspired me today:

Since I needed to make some St. Patrick's Day cards, I changed the heart shape to shamrock shapes. 

The shamrocks were cut with the "Celebrate with Flourish" Cricut cartridge from Kentucky Green CS (retired Close To My Heart).  The patterned paper is also retired from CTMH.  I used  the Darice St. Pat's Day Background embossing folder and a sanding block for the bottom card layer.  The gold metallic CS is also retired CTMH.  (I really used a lot of old stash to make this card!)  The gold accents were made with a regular paper punch form the gold metallic CS.  I skipped the sentiment because I thought that it was obviously a St. Patrick's Day card!

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

    Exploring Cricut--Luck of the Irish

    Cut it Up--Green for St. Patrick's Day or Spring #40

    Pinspirational Challenges--#98 St. Patrick's Day

    Simply Create Too--#56 Shop in Your Stash

    Cuttin And Stampin Challenges--St. Patrick's Day/Lucky

    Diecuttin' Divas--#156 Luck of the Irish

    Time 4 Scrap--#35 St. Patrick's Day

    Artistic Inspirations--#82 St. Patrick's Day, Green or Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

Cat Sympathy Card for My Time To Craft Challenge #235

It's always difficult when a beloved pet passes away and I made this card for a dear family friend whose cat was just short of her 22nd birthday.  That's a long time to have a cat!!  Here is my card for My Time to Craft Sympathy Card Challenge #235:

Close To My Heart Products Used:

     Olive CS

     Olive Ink

     Words Of Comfort stamp set

     Grey Flannel Marker (retired)

     Gold Metallic paper (retired)--cut a 1" circle with a hole punch and then made a second cut for halo

     Olive Fleur des Jardines patterned paper (retired)

     Meow stamp set (retired)

     Wings are from unnamed angel with hearts stamp (retired)

      Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (retired)

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

:) Marie

Another Try Stampin' on Tuesday Card with Pals Paper Arts Colors

I liked the sketch at Try Stampin' on Tuesday so much that I made another one using the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday folder in a different way.  The colors at Pals Paper Arts Challenge #186 are Island Indigo, Gold and White this week.

Since I don't have Island Indigo I substituted Close To My Heart Pacifica for it.  The gold metallic paper is from a very old package of DOTS metallic papers.

Here is the Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch I used:

Here are some other cards I made using this sketch:

Details for this card can be found here.

Do you have a favorite version of this card?  I'd love to have your feedback in the comment section below.

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

:) Marie

Sunday Stamps Color Challenge #65--Black, Tan and Saffron

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps Color Challenge!  This fortnight we are challenging you to create something with black, tan and saffron colors.

My card inspiration came from Try Stampin' on Tuesday.  The tan paper in my card is Desert Sand CS from Close To My Heart and the saffron is CTMH Buttercup.  The background was dry embossed with a Darice folder called "Brick Wall".  I used a CTMH Chalk Marker in the grooves to create a mortared look.  The stamped image is from Studio 112 which I found in a dollar bin at Joann's.  There is a thin mat of metallic gold and a metallic gold strip down the center.

We can't wait to see what you create using these colors!   Please use a direct link to join us here and include a link back to us in your blog post.  (Feel free to post our color graphic too to let your readers know about our challenge.)  You have until Friday, December 28 to enter this challenge.

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