Paradise Palms Congratulations Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #611

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a vertical layout with matted layers and an oval frame with embellishments and sentiment.  I created this Congratulations card for a male friend of mine who recently retired.  The palm trees and sand came from a retired Stampin Up set called "Paradise Palms" and the oval was cut from an older Recollections 6 x 6 called "Color Splash."  The background mat is Peacock CS and a gold Cricut pen was used for the inner frame. The gold embossed sentiment is from Close to my Heart "Many Congratulations".

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, January 12 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:

      A Cut Above Die Cut Challenge--Anything Goes with                 option of new

      Dream Valley Challenge--Anything Goes

      Let's Craft and Create #215--Anything Goes & Cheers to           You sentiment

      Stamping Sensations January--Anything Goes

 

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

:) Marie

 

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Retirement Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #561

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a background panel divided in 3 parts with a round focal segment, sentiment and embellishment.  One of my golfing friends just retired so I used the sketch to make him a special card.  

 

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, January 28 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 #308--2 or more papers

     Gem of a Challenge--Anything Goes cardmaking

     

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

:) Marie

 

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Happy New Year Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #507

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features layered rectangles, a circular focal element, two flags with a sentiment and 3 small embellishments.  My card features green sparkled embossing powdered pair of champagne glasses from Howdy Neighbor stamp set, Happy New Year sentiments from For All Occasions stamp set, Glacier Card Stock, Peacock Card Stock Silver Foil Card Stock and a Metallic Silver Pen.  The layers were cut from Stitched Rectangle Frame Dies and the 3 embellishments were made with a 1/8" hole punch.

Here is a second photo that shows off the sparkle and shine of this card better:

 

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, January 15 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:

      Art Impressions #342--Celebrate

      Crafting Happiness #138--Celebrations

      Use Your Stuff #474--Stitching Faux or Real

      Stamping Sensations January--Add Some Sparkle

      Get Creative Challenge #117--Something New

      Make My Monday #191--Something New

 

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

:) Marie

 

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Numbered Birthday Card with Freshly Made Sketch #525

 Our friend Neil will be celebrating a milestone birthday this week so I made him a card based on Freshly Made Sketch #525.

The sparkly hexagon background paper is You Are Enough from Close to my Heart and Glacier and Peacock cardstocks form the mats for the Honey Bee Buzzword dies.  The Rose Gold Foil cardstock came from Recollections.  The balloons are from Party Balloons and the numbers are from Junior Varsity Alphabet.  The ink is recently retired Peacock with Polysparkle Tinsel Embossing Powder.

Here is another photo to show off the sparkle in this masculine card. 

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

     

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

     Seize the Birthday #233--Option of Sea Creatures

     Creative Knockouts #422--Sparkle and Shine

     Lil' Red Wagon #643--Let it Be  (Birthday, Balloons,                             Bubble Shadow for lettering) 

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

:) Marie

 

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Sympathy Card with Freshly Made Sketch #479

There are many colors from the Close to my Heart palette that I rarely use so I decided to use "Desert Rose" as my background color.  I consulted the "Love of Color" book to find a color that would coordinate with it and found "Peacock".  The greeting is from a retired stamp set called "Words of Comfort" and was stamped in Peacock Ink, Versamark Ink and Clear Embossed on Pebble Card Stock.  The coordinating ribbon is Peacock Dots and is also retired.  The Desert Rose Card Stock was dry embossed with a Darice "Daisies" embossing folder. 

Here is the fabulous Freshly Made Sketch #479 graphic that inspired my card layout:

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

       Crafter's Castle--Anything Goes

       Crafter's Cafe--Anything Goes

       A Bit More Time to Craft--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Playing with Alcohol Inks and Tuesday Morning Sketch #498

Although I've been "collecting" alcohol inks for quite awhile I finally took them out to play with the other evening.  Here is the first card I've made with one of these beautiful panels following the Tuesday Morning Sketch #598.  The background mats are Peacock and Lagoon card stocks and the greeting is from "Winged Masterpiece" and stamped in Versamark Ink, Lagoon ink and Polysparkle Tinsel embossing powder.

This was just one of the many alcohol inked card panels that I made a few days ago:

Here is the fabulous Tuesday Morning Sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

    Addicted to Stamps and More--Make Your Mark

    Crafty Gals Corner #217--Make it Green

    The House That Stamps Built #M2421--Anything Goes

    Paper Funday #27--Anything Goes with option of Green

    Ikesworld Challenges #1422--Anything Goes--option of                              Monochrome

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

:) Marie

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Kitty Hello Card with TGIF Sketch #307

Several family members love cats so I used the TGIF Sketch to feature one.  The cat was colored to resemble my old cat.

Close to my Heart products used:

      Peacock Card Stock

         Glacier Card Stock

         Scalloped Circle Thin Cut Die

      Zoe Paper (retired)

      You Make Me Happy Stamp Set (retired)

      Peacock Ink

      Shared Happiness Stamp set 

      Brown Grey Shades Tri-Blend Marker

      Ice Blue Blend Tri-Blend Marker

Here is the fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

       Craft Rocket Challenges #79--Use Dies or Spring Theme

       Show Us Your Pussycats Challenge #64--Furrything Goes

       Happy Little Stampers--Anything Goes With Dies

       

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

:) Marie

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Howdy Neighbors Congrats Card with Stella Says Sketch #905

 One of my best friends just got a new job so it was a perfect opportunity to create a fun card for her.  Her favorite color is pink so I used Flamingo ink with Flamingo Card Stock with Black accents.  The pink plaid paper came from Blue Skies paper pack. The stamps came from Howdy Neighbors stamp set.  The bold "congrats" sentiment was embossed by inking in Versamark and Black ink before applying Clear Embossing Powder.

This is the fabulous Stella Says Sketch #905 that inspired my card layout:

Here is another card I made following the above sketch:

Close to my Heart Products used are:

     I Heart Us paper, Peacock Card Stock, Stitched Fancy Bracket Thin Cut Die, Special Day Duo, Oasis Holographic Paper,  Black Pigment Ink, Clear Embossing Powder.

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

     Just Add Ink #545--Shades of Green

     Simply Create Too--Wet or Dry Embossing

     C.R.A.F.T. #590--Feminine

     Cute Card Thursday #677--Celebrate

     Craft Rocket Challenges #79--Use Dies and/or Spring

     Simon Says Stamp--A Bit of Green

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

:) Marie

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Color Dare #396 Meets Fusion Card Challenge

I really like the Mix-In Color Palette from Color My Heart Color Dare #396 so I created a second card for the challenge.  I'm still enjoying playing with Through Thick and Thin stamp set (retired May 2020) so it was used to make a fun birthday card based on the Fusion Card Challenge sketch.

The challenge colors I used are Linen, Peacock, Peach and Mint.  The birthday sentiment is from Birthday Greetings.  The patterned background paper is from Sweet Girl (retired CTMH).  The Mint Shimmer Brush was used to color the Mint toilet paper rolls.

Here is the Color Dare Mix-In Color Palette challenge graphic that inspired my card:

This fabulous Fusion Card Challenge sketch inspired my card layout:

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

     Seize the Birthday--Optional Topping--Summer

     Aud Sentiments--Anything Goes plus a sentiment
     Watercooler Wednesday--All About Occasions

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

:) Marie

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Masculine Cards With Freshly Made Sketch #416

I love the simplicity of Freshly Made Sketch #416 and made a couple of masculine cards with the  sketch. My first card uses Urban paper and retired Card Captions stamp set.  (I had previously posted a floral card with this sketch here.)

This next card uses retired Avonlea paper with Peacock and Fern Card Stock and Card Captions.

Which card do you like better?

Here is the Freshly Made Sketch that inspired my card layouts:

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

:) Marie

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Quick Birthday Cards with Monstrous Halloween for September 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 Betty Locco'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! 

I haven't received my new items from the new Close to My Heart catalogs yet so I looked in my online business account and found that the Monstrous Halloween stamps and Thin Cuts from last year are still available.  It has cute little monsters and this fabulous birthday greeting.  I used the Love of Color book to choose some coordinating colors.

Here are two cards with the same layout with a different arrangement of colors (Sage, Peacock, Carolina and White Daisy):

Which card do you like better?

My card layout was inspired by this Mojo Monday sketche that was rotated 90 degrees.

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

   Cardz 4 Guys--Celebrate
   Dragonfly Dreams Challenge--Birthdays
   Crafting Happiness--Birthday
   Simon Says Monday Challenge--Stamp It   

Now it's time to head over to Debi Brile's blog --I'm sure you'll be inspired by what she has to share.

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

:) Marie

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Paper Hug Card with Case This Sketch #326

When I saw this week's Case This Sketch challenge I immediately thought of using an older Close to My Heart stamp set called "Swirls Around" as the background flourish.  The cricut cut oval is from the Lacy Labels cartridge and the sentiment stamp is from a retired CTMH stamp set called "True Love".

The paper color is Sugarplum and the stamps were inked with Peacock Ink.  Don't you love how great these two colors look together?  I cut an oval from white craft foam to "pop up" the oval frame.

Here is the fabulous Case This Sketch #326 that inspired my card layout:

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

     Sparkles Forum #117--No Patterned Paper

     Aud Sentiments Challenge #229--Anything Goes & Sentiment

     Crafty Sentiments--Anything Goes

     Retro Rubber Challenge--Anything Goes (Sentiment stamp--2             years old, Swirls Around background stamp about 5 years                 old)

      Addicted to Stamps and More--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Zoe Birthday Cards with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #315

Close to My Heart recently brought back their retired paper pack Zoe last month and it is available until the end of May.  I just love the Glacier argyle pattern and am using it once again with these two cards.  (Other cards made with this special paper can be seen here, here and here).Contrasting card stock stripes are Glacier and Peacock.  In the first card the top corner embellishments are Peacock dots from the retired Documented embellishments and the ribbon is White and Gold Ribbon.  The sentiment is from the retired Belated Birthday stamp set and was stamped in Peacock Ink.

The second card uses recently retired So Much Happy sequins and Glacier and White Ribbon.

Which card do you like better?

There is still plenty of time to enter this week's Atlantic Hearts Challenge:

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
     Sweet Stampers--Birthday
     The Crafting Challenge--Bows or polka dots
     International Art and Soul--Birthday
     

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

:) Marie

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