You Are Here Birthday Camper for April Joyful Stars Blog Hop

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 Debi Brile'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!  

A friend of mine said she was going to surprise her friend celebrating a big birthday.  She told me that she liked camping and daisies so I combined those ideas to create this card.  The camper is from the latest Close to My Heart cartridge called You Are Here.  The trees are Peacock and Juniper, the camper is White Daisy, Glacier and Sapphire, the ground is Kraft and the sky is Sky (retired CTMH).  The tiny daisy stamp is from Adorable stamp set (retired CTMH) and the Birthday sentiment is from Belated Birthday (also retired CTMH).  I used Peacock ink on the birthday greeting and Memento Black ink on the daisies.  The daisy centers were colored in with a Golden Yellow Shin Han Touch marker.  The camper was popped up with 3D Foam Tape.

  
Now head on over to Andrea Sherman's blog.  I'm sure you'll be inspired by her project! 

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

     HeARTful Stamping--Anything Goes plus a stamp (daisy)

     A Gem of a Challenge--Female Birthday with  a Sentiment

     Challenge Up Your Life--#88 Vehicles

     Fussy and Fancy Challenge--#209 Add a Sentiment

     Simply Create Too--#137  Use Die Cuts
     Heart 2 Heart--Birthday Bash

         Seize the Birthday--Optional Birds
     Always Fun Challenges #53--Anything Goes

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.

A Little Note for Joyful Stars December Blog Hop

I'm so excited to be joining the Joyful Stars Blog Hop this month!  It is being led by Joyce Hauck, a fellow Close To My Heart consultant, whom I've recently reconnected with. 

If you've come from Betty Locco's blog you are on the right track. If you get lost on the hop you can check the list from Joyce's blog.

My card features a new stamp set from the newly released Seasonal Expressions catalog from Close To My Heart.

Close To My Heart Products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Canary CS

     A Little Note stamp set (from Seasonal Expressions)

     Your Own Kind of Wonderful (butterfly stamp)

     Black Ink

     Thistle Ink

     Shin Han touch Markers--Vivid Green, Marigold and Golden Yellow

The sketch at Case This Sketch was my inspiration to make this card:

Please continue on to Nancy Brown's blog.      

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

:) Marie

What's the Weather?--the Friday Mashup #187

Last week's Friday Mashup is all about the weather.  Apparently I couldn't pick one weather type so I have two contrasting weather items going on in my card:

Another challenge in the mashup is to use something "metallic".  Instead of using a brad or grommet I used metallic paper which is very challenging to photograph!

Here is another photo so you can see the focal panel better:

Can you see the reflection of my hair in this photo? LOL

Here is the graphic from the Friday Mashup:

Close To My Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

      Metallic paper (retired)

     Sky CS (retired)

     April Calendar Cutie greeting (retired)

     Tropical Blue Ink (retired)

     Sunlight (retired)

     Shin Han Touch Markers (Cerulean Blue Light, Turquoise Blue and Golden Yellow)

Other:

   Raindrops and Umbrella--Darice embossing folder

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

:) Marie