Garden Tags with TGIF Sketch Challenge #272

When I saw this week's TGIF challenge I immediately thought of using last month's Close to my Heart's Stamp of the Month called Garden Tags.  I colored them with Toffee, Peach, Black and Wisteria Shimmer Brushes and layered the tags over retired Sweet Girl paper and Black Card Stock.  The stamped image is called Heartfelt Birthday Wish--an oldie but goodie CTMH stamp.

Here is the fabulous TGIF sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

     CAS on Friday--Anything But White

     Just Add Ink--Choose 2- Flowers, Trees and Texture (Flowers, 

        patterned paper for texture)

     Creative Knockouts--Tag Time

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

:) Marie

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Color My Heart Color Dare #304 Meets Try Stampin' on Tuesday #373

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  This fortnight we are challenging you to combine the following three Close to My Heart colors:  Peacock, Linen and Eggplant with and option of Silver.  Of course, if you don't have these exact colors you can substitute similar colors so you can still join in on the fun.  Our challenge ends on Thursday evening, August 16 at 9PM CDT.

Close to My Heart products used:
     Peacock CS
     Shells and Stars stamp
     Eggplant Ink
     Peacock Ink
     Enchantment Fundamentals
     Heartfelt Birthday Wish (retired)
     Clear Shimmer Brush (used on vertical strip                      which pulled some of the ink to color the                      shells)
     Vineyard Berry Marker (retired)

Just click on the Color Dare Graphic below to get to see what the rest of the wonderful Design Team has to inspire you and to find the link to share your project with us.

My card layout was inspired by this Try Stampin' on Tuesday #373:

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

     Scrapping 4 Fun Challenges--Anything Goes

     Craft Rocket Challenges--Anything Goes

     Seize the Birthday--Option of Water

     Crafty Addicts--Boys or Men

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

:) Marie

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Color Dare # 195 Meets Atlantic Hearts Sketch #162

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post.  This week we are featuring the Close to My Heart colors found in the Calypso paper pack.  They are:  Pear, Lagoon, Cotton Candy, Honey, Black and White Daisy.

Here is a card with some pretty flamingo papers from the Calypso paper pack:

Here is the color graphic for the Color Dare challenge where we invite you to use all and only these colors:

Here is the Atlantic Hearts Sketch #162 that inspired me:

Close to My Heart products used:
     Lagoon CS
     Pear CS
     Calypso paper
     Calypso Washi Tape
     Memento Black Ink
     Heartfelt Birthday Wish
     Honey Marker (retired)

Now it's your turn to create something using these fabulous colors.  Link up your projects at the Color My Heart Color Dare blog by Thursday, June 9 at 9PM CDT.

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

Snowhaven Stripes Again!

The new Close To My Heart Snowhaven paper pack has one sheet that has lots of stripes and I used a different striped panel than the last card I posted here to show you the versatility of this paper.  Once again I used the Freshly Made Sketch #155.

Close To My Heart products used:
     Snowhaven paper
     White Daisy CS
     Cranberry CS
     Glacier CS
     Heartfelt Birthday  Wish stamp
     Cranberry Alcohol Marker--retired
     Bakers Twine Harvest Assortment--retired

Here is the sketch that inspired me:

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

:) Marie

Happy Birthday to Simon Says Stamps with Colour Me Colors and Nacho Average Sketch

Simon Says Stamps is celebrating their 5th year of blogging challenges and the theme this week is "Happy Birthday"!  They will randomly select one participant to receive a $100 voucher to their store to celebrate this milestone--who wouldn't want to win?  With my fingers crossed to be a lucky winner here is my card:

Close to My Heart products used:
    Sunset CS
    Colonial White CS
    Sunset Ink
    Black CS
    Chevron Embossing folder
    Charming Chevrons stamps
    Heartfelt Birthday Wish
    One Way Border stamp inside card
    Almond Glitz Glitter Gel (retired)
    My Legacy Writer to outline .08 (retired)
    3D Foam Tape

Other products:
    SU word window punch

Inspiration for this card was provided by Nacho Average Challenges #83 (sketch)

and Colour Me...#14 (color scheme)

And since this is a birthday card I am also entering it into "Seize the Birthday" with  Buttons and Bling option (notice the sparkly dots on the black pieces).

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

:) Marie

Glittered Happy Birthday Card for Simon Says

This card was inspired by the sketch at Crazy4Challenges.  I adapted it with some glitter so I could enter it into the Wednesday challenge at Simon Says.

Close to My Heart products used:

    Moonstruck CS (retired)

    Moonstruck B&T paper (retired)

    Moonstruck Ink  (retired)

    Star Spangled Blue ribbon (retired)

    White Daisy CS

    Heartfelt Birthday Wish stamp

    Silver Glitz Glitter Gel  (retired)

Other:

    Goose Bumpz embossing folder

Here is the sketch I followed:

  

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

     Seize the Birthday--Birthday

     Cards in Envy--Anything Goes in A2 size

     Stampin' for the Weekend--Anything Goes

     Fussy and Fancy--Birthday

     Love to Create--Clean and Simple and/or Classy and Elegant

     Just for Fun challenge--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

p.s. Please stop back tomorrow for a new Color My Heart Color Dare challenge!

    

Masculine Birthday Card for Numerous Challenges

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

Here is a masculine card I made for several challenges:

Products Used: (all from Close To My Heart)

     Timberline (woodgrain paper) available February 1

     Ruby CS

     Bamboo CS

     Goldrush CS

     Artiste cartridge (page 77 Accent 1 Shift cut at 3")

     Ruby Alcohol Marker

     Ruby Ink     

     Heartfelt Birthday Wish

     Triangle Durable Studs (available February 1)

The faux stitching was made with a Ruby Alcohol Marker and a ruler.

Challenges:

     Pile it on--wood
     Cut it Up--wood and diecut
     Pals Paper Arts Sketch # 189
     Color Throwdown #276--Basic Grey, Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight
     Seize the Birthday----Coloring option (birthday is colored with Ruby Alcohol Marker)
     Stampin' for the Weekend--Birthday

Here is the Pals Paper Arts Sketch #189:

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

Roxie Birthday Card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch #36

This card is for my 15 year old niece Ellie.  It was made following the Atlantic Hearts Sketch #36 using retired Close To My Heart papers from the Roxie kit along with 2 individual stamps called Heartfelt Birthday Wish and a Little Gift with Cocoa Ink, Hollyhock Marker and Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel.

Here is the fabulous Atlantic Hearts Sketch that I followed:

I'm also entering this into Tuesday Morning Sketches #230--Anything Goes, Seize the Birthday and Keep It Simple--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

Sponging Techniques for Heart 2 Heart Challenges

It's Technique Time at H2H (a blog which features the use of Close To My Heart products) and it's time to take out your crafting sponges.  I have two cards I want to share with you today that use this technique.

This first card uses a variety of sponged colors on the background panel--Slate, Crystal Blue, Sunset, Topiary and Cranberry.  I used a 3" Round Sponge cut in quarters to apply color to the background panel. The stamps are Universal Backgrounds and Heartfelt Birthday Wish.  Cardstocks are White Daisy, Slate, Cranberry and Topiary.  The banner was made with 2 strips of Red Shimmer Trim and 1 strip of Silver Shimmer Trim. The birthday letters are filled in with Silver Glitz Glitter Gel.  

My second card uses "Sponging" along with "Masking".  First I used the Artbooking cartridge to cut out the overlay from page 84 at 5.5".  This mat was then placed over the White Daisy CS and Crystal Blue Ink was sponged through it.  The Twilight flower outline and stem were cut using the Art Philosophy cartridge. (flower petal page 29 shape 11 in Hollyhock at 1.25"; outline in Twilight at 1.25" layer;   stem page 57 layer shift cut at 3").  The stamp set is Sincere Expressions.

Here is how I set up to sponge the background:

Which card do you like better? I would love to read your comments.

How will you interpret this challenge?  We look forward to seeing what you create for this "Sponging Technique" 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 November to enter this challenge.

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

Shirley, Carol,  Haley,  Lucy and our Guest Designer Hansi.  Please leave them some well deserved comments.   

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

:) Marie

Hexagon Shaped Card for Heart 2 Heart Challenge

Heart 2 Heart really challenges me to think outside the box with their numerous "theme" challenges.  This week both H2H Design Teams will be posting "Shaped Cards"--other than rectangular or square.

My card started with a 4.25" Colonial White hexagon cut from the new Artbooking cartridge.  I then used my Close To My Heart ruler to trace the shape adding .25 to all sides.  I scored on the top flat side and traced again to form a folded card base from Autumn Terracotta CS.  The Cranberry CS mat was cut at 4.5 from Artbooking.  The flowers are from the Autumn Happy set--first stamped in Cranberry ink and then stamped in Autumn Terracotta ink to fill in the "white" spaces.  The greeting is from Heartfelt Birthday Wish which was masked to allow the Washi Wonder stamp (Exclusive Hostess Reward--see page 6 of the catalog here) to fit under the birthday greeting.  Almond Glitz Glitter Gel was applied to the inside of the birthday letters.

The Color My Heart Color Dare challenge this week is to pick Cranberry and one other color so this card meets that challenge also.

We would love to have you play along with us at Heart 2 Heart with this Shaped Card challenge.  You have until the end of October to link your card up with us here.  We can't wait to see what you create!  Please check out what the rest of the awesome Design Team has for you and leave them so well deserved comments if you can.

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