Use Your Stash Blog Hop with Red, White and Blue

It's time for our monthly Use Your Stash Blog Hop!  We are a group of Close to My Heart consultants who are trying to use up some of our craft supplies.  If you are coming from Marilee Eatough's blog you are on the right track.

This month we are featuring the colors Red, White and Blue.  My card features very old Close to My Heart paper from the mid 1990's and early 2000's--do you remember Moonstruck and Cranberry B & T paper?

Close to My Heart products used:

     Moonstruck B&T paper (retired)

     Cranberry B&T paper (retired)

     Framed stamp set--August 2015 Stamp of the Month

     Moonstruck ink (retired)

     Cranberry ink

My inspiration for this card came from I {Heart}Sketches #133:

Now it's time to head on over to Nicole Schuette's blog to see what she has share with you.

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

:) Marie

Atlantic Hearts Sketch #116 Meets Pals Paper Arts Challenge #259

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

Here is the color palette I used from Pals Paper Arts #259:

Although it may be difficult to see the scalloped border is actually silver foil CS.  I created the border in Design Space using Close to My Hearts Artbooking cartridge.  You can use my cut file here.  The joined hearts are a cut from Gypsy Wanderings which was actually a group of 4 that I trimmed down.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Artbooking cartridge

     White Daisy CS

     Tulip CS (retired)

     Moonstruck CS (retired)

     Say it in Style stamp (retired)

     Moonstruck ink

     Metallic Silver CS (retired)

Other products:

     Gypsy Wanderings heart border image

We would love to see what you can create using the above sketch. Please check out what the other fabulous Design Team members have to share and link up your creations here.

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

:) Marie

Celebrating Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #100--Blog Candy Alert!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge has posted it's 100th sketch challenge!  I'm going to be giving away a Close To My Heart stamp to one lucky US reader in celebration of this event so be sure to scroll down to the end of this post for more information.  Be sure to check out what the rest of the Design Team has posted as many of them will be offering prizes also.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Art Philosophy cartridge for frame cuts

     White Daisy CS

     Canary CS

     Paper Bird stamp set (Hostess reward set available April 1)

     Season of Thanks

     Thistle Ink

     Black Ink

     Moonstruck CS (retired)

     Moonstruck Ink (retired)

     Just Blooms flower sponged with Thistle Ink (retired)

     3D Foam Tape

    

Other products

     Lavender pearls by Want 2 Scrap

     Tiny wiggle eye

Are you wondering how I was able to perfectly line up the purple bamboo image?  It was with a cool new tool I found called the MISTI (Most Incredible Stamping Tool Invented).  The manufacturer is My Sweet Petunia and you can find lots of You Tube videos on it's use.  I love using it!

The theme of this week's Bitten by the Bug challenge is "Frame it" so I'm also entering my card into their challenge.

Here is the fabulous 100th sketch by Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge:

You have until Sunday evening to join us with your direct link.  We hope you have fun with this sketch AND enter it in our challenge.

On to the Blog Candy notice:

Can you believe it; we have reached Sketch 100! Everyone at Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge is so excited to celebrate this milestone with all of our followers and participants.

To celebrate Sketch 100 we will be giving our some blog candy and all you have to do is visit our fabulous design team members blogs and leave a comment on their design for Sketch 100 and you are entered.

 We will be drawing several names at random from the comments. To increase your chances of winning, leave comments for all of the design team members!  And to be fair, you can only win 1 time!  Please invite your friends and family to join the fun!

Thanks again for being part of our challenge community and we are all looking forward to the next 100 fabulous sketches and your awesome creations!

Happy Crafting!

The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Design Team

Lauren Moore

http://laurenctmhcraftings.blogspot.com/…/atlantic-hearts-s…

Marie Flayer (that's me!)

http://njstampingqueen.blogspot.com/…/celebrating-atlantic-…

Lisa Mensing

http://thecraftingcave.blogspot.com/…/sketch-100-with-atlan…

Linda Norman

http://www.scrappytherapy.com/…/atlantic-hearts-sketch-chal…

Brandi Robinson

http://crzy4scrapbooking.blogspot.com/…/sketch-100-from-ahs…

Stephanie Keats

http://stephsshoebox.blogspot.com/…/happy-100th-atlantic-he…

Wendy Coffman

http://www.stampingrules.com/…/day-30-atlantic-hearts-sketc…

Jasmina Bursic

http://jazzy-crafts.blogspot.com/2015/03/ahsc-100.html

Michelle Stewart

http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.com/…/ahsc-100-time…

Kelly Janes

http://papercraftingwithkellyjanes.com/2015/03/23/ahsc-100/

Candra Holmes

http://www.paperdragonfleur.ca/…/atlantic-hearts-sketch-cha…

Lisa Bzibziak

http://www.facebook.com/l.php…

Barbara-Ann Himelman

http://barbarahimelman.blogspot.com/…/03/lets-celebrate.html

Laura Davidson

http://www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.ca/…/ahs100-birthday-car…

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

:) Marie

Have an Ice Day for Numerous Challenges

Don't you just love penguins?  I think they are really cute and I decided to play with numerous challenges today.  My favorite penguins are retired Hostess Rewards from Close to my Heart called Wintry Wishes.

Close to my Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Moonstruck CS (retired)

     Wintry Wishes stamps (retired)

     Moonstruck Ink (retired)

     Silver Embossing Powder

     Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel

     Art Philosophy cartridge  (snowflakes and scalloped rectangle)

     Silver metallic marker

Other products;

     Prismatic Reflective Paper by Colorbok

The Atlantic Hearts Sketch inspired me with this layout:

Other challenges that I'm entering are:

     The House That Stamps Built-What If Wednesday--Blue, Silver and White

     Bitten By the Bug--Snowflakes

     House of Cards--Glitter

     Die Cutting Divas--Photo Inspiration

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

:) Marie

You've Caught My Heart for Send a Smile for Kids and DeeDee's Digis

As I was reading my blog list a few days ago I learned about a free offer from DeeDee's Digis.  The digital stamp set was FREE!  I couldn't resist trying out digital stamping because the images are so darned cute!  I made a Valentine's card so I can send it on to Send A Smile for Kids who are sending them to sick kids in some hospitals.  It was so EASY to size the image in Word, print it and then embellish it with some stamping and Liquid Pearls.

Do you recognize the current Atlantic Hearts Sketch?  Here is the graphic that inspired me:

Close To My Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Cotton Candy CS

     Cotton Candy Ink

     Moonstruck Ink (retired)

     Love Life stamps (retired)

Other products:

     White Liquid Pearls

    DeeDee's Digis Ice Fishing stamps

Head on over to DeeDee's and grab this adorable set of digital stamps:

    

Challenges entered with this card:

     Atlantic Hearts Sketch #88--sketch

     Dee Dee's Digis--Digi of the Month challenge

     Send a Smile for Kids--Valentine or Love cards

      Pile it On--Digi Paper or Precolored Digis

     Simon Says--Anything Goes Wednesday Challenge

     

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!

    

Color My Heart Color Dare #5-- Rainbow Colors

This was a really fun challenge to do! You can find the details here. The Close To My Heart ink colors that I used are Honey, Sunset, Cranberry, Gypsy, Moonstruck, Topiary and Black. The stamps are from A Blossom and 4 My Friend stamp sets. I also used White Daisy Paper, Black cardstock and Grey Wool cardstock. To add some texture I placed a 2" strip of construction wall tape over the Grey Wool cardstock. For a little extra sparkle I added CTMH Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel to the flower centers. Why don't you join in on this fun challenge?

Fun with Puns--Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday 398

When I saw the title of this challenge I immediately thought of using my new Close To My Heart stamp set called "Just a Number". I also used the elephant from the "Zoology" stamp set.

I used the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge to cut the label (decorative layer of oval 3 on page 42 cut at 2.75")and the hill (oval 3 on page 42 cut at 2.5" and then cut in half). The card size is 6.5" x 5". Paper colors are Sky, Desert Sand and Olive. Ink colors are Moonstruck and Grey Wool. I used a Martha Stewart edge punch called Drippy Goo to make the grass. 3D foam tape was used to pop up the elephant's ear and pop him up on the grass. Hope you find it funny--remember "elephants never forget!"

Fantabulous Cricut #96 3 x 3 Valentine

All of the elements for my card were cut with the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge--the birds, doily and scalloped card. This was made for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #96. The paper is cranberry, white daisy and retired cherub pink "Fleur des Jardines." The scalloped card is from page 33 card function at 3". The doily is from page 70 cut at 2" font layer shift. The birds were cut from page 51 card shift at 3" and popped out of the card and outlined in grey wool ink. The stamps are from a very old CTMH wood valentine super set (can't remember the name of it) stamped with Moonstruck ink. The doily and lovebirds were popped up with 3D foam tape. The edges were distressed with a sanding block. It was fun to do!