Masculine Get Well Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #490

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a matted focal square on the top half of a vertical card layout with 3 embellishments.  I made this card for an uncle who is in a rehab facility.  My card uses paper from an older Close to my Heart paper pack called "Seas the Day" and retired stamp set called "Get Well Soon".  I used star punches to create the embellishments with Sapphire Card Stock and Holographic Foil Card Stock.

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, September 18 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:

      Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge--Anything                    Goes with Patterned Paper

      Sweet Stampers #72--Add a Sentiment

      Simon Says Wednesday--Stamp it

      

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

:) Marie

 

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Seashell Birthday Card with Freshly Made Sketch #542

This shimmery birthday card was inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #542.

This second photo shows how sparkly this card is.

Products Used:

    Seashells by Seashore Stamp (very old Close to My Heart)

    Years of Sweetness Stamp (retired Close to My Heart)

    Toffee Pigment Ink

     Fawn Card Stock

     Lunar Blue Metallic Paper (Paper Cottage)

     Waves 1 Embossing Folder (Lifestyle Crafts)

     Polysparkle Tinsel Embossing Folder

     Sapphire Card Stock

     Mulberry Shimmer Brush

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

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

     Less is More #468--Embossing

     Seize the Birthday #241--Summer Activities

     Double D Challenges--At the Beach

 

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

:) Marie

 

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Just A Note Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #472

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a central matted vertical panel, a matted center panel for a sentiment with 2 smaller squares to the left side.  A tied bow is used as an embellishment.  

My card uses last year's "You Are Enough" paper with Sapphire Card Stock mats and a greeting from Rustic Sign Sentiment.  A small sized Stitched Rectangle Frame was cut in half and placed to the side of the vertical piece.  I used an old Copper Tinsel Embossing Powder to stamp the sentiment.

 

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

     Classic Design Challenge--Anything Goes

     Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge--Anything                    Goes with Patterned Paper

     Die Cutting Divas--Anything Goes

     Happy Little Stampers Die--Anything Goes with Dies

 

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

:) Marie

 

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Hello Friend Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #456

Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a large centered rectangular element with paper strips behind it.  This gave me the opportunity to use up some zip strips from a Close to My Heart Paper Pack called So Much Happy.  The stamp is several years old from Taylored Expressions.  Twinkling H2O paints were used inside the letters.

After some thought I decided to add a die cut embellishment in the top right corner to complete the card.  Which card do you like better?

 

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, January 23 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:

     Country View Challenges--Your Year to Sparkle and Shine

     Creative Crafters--Anything Goes

     Double Trouble #101--3 Patterned Papers

     Alphabet Challenge--Big and Small

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #447

 Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features several vertical elements with a central round element with several embellishments.  My card was made for a lovely young lady who loves butterflies and sparkly things.  Don't you love the shimmery Capri Glitter Paper used to cut the butterflies and small dots?  The cheerful sentiment is from "Rustic Sign Sentiments".

Here is the fantastic sketch we have for you to try this week. Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, November 21 and you can link up your project here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love.

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

     Seize the Birthday #227--Option of Beverages

     Crafty Catz #572--Anything Goes with Optional Twist of Sparkle

     Addicted to Stamps and More--Birthdays

     

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

:) Marie

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Golfer's Birthday Card with Freshly Made Sketch #508

 As an avid golfer I have a lot of golfing friends and make a lot of golf themed cards.  My card today follows Freshly Made Sketch #508.

Close to my Heart products used:

     My Hole in One stamps

     Intense Black Ink

     Sapphire Card Stock

     Tri-Blend Spectrum Noir Markers

     Versamark Ink

     White Embossing Powder

Other products:

      Recycled Insert from a Walmart acrylic photo frame (sky)

      Turf Paper from Recollections

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

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

      Seize the Birthday #225--Option to use a Stencil

      Alphabet Challenge--O is for Outdoors

      Make My Monday #159--Outdoor Sports

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

:) Marie

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Just A Note with Freshly Made Sketch #502

This sparkly card was made for a friend who gives his time to entertain our community with his DJ skills. 

This second photo show off the sparkly embossing powder. I achieved this effect by stamping in Versamark Ink, then Sapphire and stamped onto paper.  Polysparkle Tinsel Embossing Powder (long ago retired Close to my Heart) was sprinkled on top and then heated with embossing heat gun.

Close to my Heart products used:

     Just a Note stamp

     Sapphire Card Stock

     Sapphire Ink

     Silver Foil paper

     Versamark Ink

        Polysparkle Tinsel Embossing powder

Other:

     Cuttlebug Allegro embossing folder

     Recollections Antique Gold Shimmer paper

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

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

     Beyond the Blue--Let it Shimmer

     The House that Stamps Built #821--Sparkle and Shine

     Simon Says Stamp--Sparkle and Shine

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts #437 with Just Add Ink Colors

 Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  This week our challenge has a large focal element, sentiment panel and lots of layers to inspire your creativity.  My card features the birdhouse from "Sending Well Wishes" stamped in Sapphire and Versamark and clear embossed onto Glacier Card Stock. The big, bold sentiment is from "Sweet Birthday Wishes".  A white metallic marker was used to color in the flowers.

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout:

Our challenge is open until Sunday evening September 12 and you can link up your creation here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love.

Here is the Just Add Ink challenge graphic that inspired my color choices:

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

     Simon Says Monday--Stamp It!

     Use Your Stuff--Anything Goes

     Crazy4Challenges #600--Birthday Card with Dark Blue

     Sweet Stampin'--Lots of Layers

     

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

:) Marie

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Everything is Rosy for Freshly Made Sketch #500

 Congratulations to the Freshly Made Design Team for reaching a milestone number of wonderful sketches!  I pulled out some older SU papers and diecuts  to create this lovely card:

In this second photo you can see how sparkly the Rose Gold paper and frame are along with the Stickles Star Dust flower centers.

The coordinating card stocks are Flamingo and Sapphire from Close to My Heart along with the greeting from For All Occasions which will be available September 1. The Stitched Rectangle Frame Thin Cut Die was used for the outer border of the card.

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

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

     Simon Says Stamp--Anything Goes

     Watercooler Wednesday--All Things Feminine

     Crafters Castle #44--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch #435 with You Are Enough Paper

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  This week's sketch features lots of layers and centered circle element. I pulled out my recently retired You Are Enough Paper packet and made this card.

The coordinating papers are White Daisy, Glacier and Sapphire.  The sentiment is from Card Captions in Sapphire Ink and the White Daisy circle was embossed with a Flourish embossing folder. 

Here is the fabulous Atlantic Hearts Sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

         Simon Says Wednesday Challenge--Add a Sentiment

         The Male Room #159--Birthday

         Creative Moments #221--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Follow Your Art Featured in Fusion Crayon Challenge

Crayons or a sketch are the focus of this week's Fusion challenge. I liked the sketch and remembered that I had an old SU paper called "Follow Your Art" that would fit the theme.  To me the paper looks like it has a crayon scribbled background.

The coordinating color strips are Saffron, Sapphire and Poppy from Close to my Heart.  The sentiment panel is Ballerina and the greeting is from Card Captions which was stamped in Versamark ink and Sapphire ink and then embossed with Polysparkle Tinsel embossing powder which has a sparkle to it. (It was fun to use some of my older CTMH stash!)

Here is the fabulous Fusion Challenge graphic that inspired my card layout:

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

      Stamping Sensations--Celebrate

      Allsorts Challenge #637/8--Add Some Sparkle

      Aud Sentiments--Anything Goes & a Sentiment

      NBUS #29--Never Before Used Stuff (Background paper

      

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

:) Marie

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Encouragement Card with Try Stampin' on Tuesday #519

I've been digging into my paper stash lately and found some green heart print paper from a Close to my Heart Adventure Fundamental packet from 2017.  The colors are Emerald and Sapphire.  The sentiment is from a retired stamp set called "Stronger Together" (2-3 years ago). 

Here is the fabulous Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

     Crafty Sentiments Designs--Anything Goes

     Paperminutes #704--Hearts or Lights

     Retro Rubber #164--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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