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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Golf Themed Thank You Cards With Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #484

 Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a central horizontal panel with slim trim on the bottom.  I loved the sketch so much that I made two cards with different colored foil tape trim.  The products are retired Close to My Heart Tee Time and Lucky Paper with Happiness Lives Here Cardmaking Stamps  and Pacifica Pigment Ink and Clear Embossing Powder.

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, August 7 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

      Love to Craft #69--Anything Goes

      Stamps Plus Fun =Creativity--Monochrome

      Heart 2 Heart--Technique--Stamping

 

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

:) Marie

 

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Lady Golfer Thank You Card with The Paper Players Sketch #551

 Indian Corn Blue is one of my favorite Close to My Heart colors which retired many years ago so I used its coordinating patterned paper, card stock, ink and marker.  The lady golfer is also from a retired CTMH stamp set called Tee Time and the Thank You greeting is from a retired stamp set called Many Thanks.

Here is the fabulous The Paper Players Sketch #551 that inspired my card layout:

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

     Simon Says Wednesday--Anything Goes

     Colouring in Scrapland--Stripes, Blue or Anything Goes

     Allsorts--For a Lady

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

:) Marie

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Golfing Lady with Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #503

Apart from cardmaking Golf is a passion of mine and I have lots of friends who receive golf themed cards.  I also like using up favorite vintage papers, retired colors and stamps. (Close to My Heart Indian Corn Blue Background & Texture Paper, Outdoor Denim Cardstock, Tee Time stamp).  Instead of cutting an oval as the sketch suggests I used Fancy Stitched Bracket Frames.

Here is the fabulous Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #503 that inspired my card layout:

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

     Krafty Chicks Challenge #577--Anything Goes

     The House That Stamps Built--Anything Goes

     Simon Says Wednesday--Anything Goes

     Creative Knockouts #399--Tic Tac Toe (right column)

          

***Special Note--There is a Stamptacular Sale going on through the end of April with loads of Close to My Heart stamp sets at a discount.  You can check it out here.***

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

:) Marie

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Golf Themed Get Well Card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch #211

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge blog post!  We have another fabulous sketch for you to try this week!

When I first saw the sketch, I thought of using flowers but then I remembered that I wanted to make a get well card for a golf buddy who just broke his ankle and I changed the flowers to golf balls and the flower stems to golf tees.  Thinking "outside the box", wouldn't you agree?

The scalloped circle was cut in Design Space using the Elegant Edges cartridge.  The golf tees were from an image I had uploaded.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Live Beautifully paper (gold foil dotted                               background)

     Pacifica CS

     Whisper CS

     Emerald CS

     Sea Glass CS

     Sea Glass Ink

     Laughing Lola Cardmaking stamp (stamped on                    circle inside)

     Black Memento Ink

     Kiss it Better stamp (retired)

     Tee Time stamp (retired)

     Ranger Silver Fine Detail Embossing Powder

     Black and Gold Ribbon

We hope you find time to play along with our challenge this week!  We look forward to visiting your blogs and commenting.

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

     Crafty Cardmakers--Add a Sentiment

     My Time to Craft--Masculine

     Inspiration Destination--Masculine

     Crafting with Friends--Anything Goes

If you would like a chance to win a new Cricut Explore please visit my blog post here for more details.  

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. 

     

Case This Sketch #167 With a Golf Theme

I really liked this week's Case This Sketch #167 and this is the third card that it has inspired:

Close to My Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Grey Wool CS (retired)

     Tee Time stamp set (retired)

     Topiary Ink

     Share the Love greeting (retired)

     Versamark Ink

     Ranger Super Fine Silver embossing powder

Here is the Case This Sketch #167 that inspired my cardmaking:

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

:) Marie

Good Luck Card for Freshly Made Sketches #229 and Between the Folds #17B

One of my favorite managers at my golf course is leaving for a better job and I made him this card to say "goodbye" and "good luck".  I used the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge for the greeting that I designed in Design Space.  I am sharing the cut file here.

Close to My Heart products used:
     White Daisy CS
     Grey Wool Ink (retired)
     Tee Time stamp (retired)
     Grey Wool CS (retired)
     Dots Embossing Folder
     Art Philosophy font in Design Space

Other products:
     Frances Meyer turf paper
     Cricut Black pen
     CraZart green marker

The card layout is from Freshly Made Sketches #229:

The challenge at Between the Folds #17B is to use Embossing Folders.

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

:) Marie

Atlantic Hearts Sketch #112 With a Golf Theme

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Blog post!  I went to my stash to make this card.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Heavenly Blue CS (retired)

     White Daisy CS

     Outdoor Denim Ink

     Topiary Ink

     Tee Time stamp set (retired)

     Thank You stamp (retired)

     Casual Expression Good Luck stamp

     3D Foam Tape

Other products

    Washi tape (source unknown)

    Turf and Golf Ball papers by Frances Meyer

Here is the Atlantic Hearts Sketch that inspired my card:

We hope you'll find time this week to play along with this challenge.

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

:) Marie

Golf Themed Card for Case This Sketch #93

The sketch at Case This Sketch really appealed to me this week so I made yet another golf themed card.

I actually made a set of 8 of these cards experimenting with various glitter glues and gems as pictured below.

Close To My Heart products used:
       Tee Time stamps (retired)
       Just For You stamps (retired)
       Sweet Leaf CS
       Cranberry Ink
       Slate Ink (second generation)
       Black Ink
     
Other products:
     Grass paper by Frances Meyer
     Stickles--gold, green, red
     Green Adhesive gems--unknown source

Here is the inspiration for my card:

     

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

:) Marie

Glacier and Pacifica Again with an Atlantic Hearts Sketch

My previous blog post featured a new Close To My Heart color called Glacier paired with an older CTMH color called Pacifica.  I really like the way these two colors work together so I made a card for some golfing friends with the same colors using the current Atlantic Hearts Sketch #72.

Close To My Heart products used:

      White Daisy CS

      Glacier CS

      Pacifica CS

      Glacier Ink

      Tee Time stamp set (retired)

      Say it in Style stamp (retired)

      Dots Embossing Folder

Here is the Atlantic Hearts Sketch #72:

   

I'm also entering this card into Cardz 4 Guys #35 Clean and Simple challenge.

   

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

:) Marie

Generic Golf Themed Card With Sunday Stamps Color Challenge #77

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps Color Challenge post!  Hope you are ready to play along with us this fortnight.  We are featuring 3 fabulous colors as pictured in this color graphic:

Close To My Heart products used:

     Pacifica CS

     Lagoon CS

     Whisper CS

     White Daisy CS

     Lagoon Ink 

     Paradise Assortment Twine

     3D Foam Tape

     Dots Embossing Folder

     Sanding Kit

     Polysparkle Tinsel Embossing Powder (retired)

     Tee Time stamp set (retired)

     Fore stamp set (retired)

This is the Freshly Made Sketch that inspired my card:

         

I'm also entering my card into the Cuttlebug Mania--Father's Day or Masculine card and My Time To Craft--No Designer Papers (my background was created by embossing folder and sanding to reveal white core of the CS).

We can't wait to see what you create using this sketch!   Please use a direct link to join us here and include a link back to us in your blog post.  (Feel free to post our sketch graphic too to let your readers know about our challenge.)  You have until Friday, June 13 at 6PM EST to enter this challenge.

Please take the time to visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs and leave them some appreciation.
Hayley, Joan, Brenda, Holly, Steph and Kathya.

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

:) Marie

    

     

Masculine Theme for Try Stampin' on Tuesday #160

As a golfer I have lots of golfing friends who will receive birthday cards from me.  I was inspired to make this card by the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #160--although I did change the orientation of it to fit the golf green.  I usually prefer to use acrylic stamps rather than digital stamps but this golf green digital image by Digi Darla seemed to fit the space well and coordinate with the turf and golf ball papers too.

Close to My Heart products used:
    Banner Wishes birthday stamp
    Outdoor Denim CS
    Tee Time golf ball stamp (retired)

Other products used:
    Golf Green image by Digi Darla (recently closed their business)
    Turf paper by Frances Meyer
    Golf ball paper by Frances Meyer

Here is the Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch that inspired me:

Their challenge closes at midnight on Monday, April 1 (ET). 

 If you enjoy sketch challenges as I do I invite you to try out the current sketch at Sunday Stamps which closes at 6pm ET April 4.

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

:) Marie

Sunday Stamps #63--Lime, Grey and Turquoise

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps Challenge post!  Last challenge we had 26 wonderful entries for Kathya's sketch challenge and we very much enjoyed visiting and commenting on all of your blogs.  This time it's a color challenge (we usually alternate between a sketch and a color challenge) and the colors are Lime, Grey and Turquoise.  These are not colors that I would usually use together but I have to say that I like how my card turned out.

I adapted a Tuesday Morning Sketch to create this card using these retired Close To My Heart products: Later Sk8tr paper, Card Chatter--Sympathy and Tee Time, Ocean CS and ink.  I also used Pear Ink, Slate CS and Black CS.

Here is our color graphic--click on it to get to our Sunday Stamps blog:

We can't wait to see what you create using these colors!   Please use a direct link to join us here and include a link back to us in your blog post.  (Feel free to post our color graphic too to let your readers know about our challenge.)  You have until Friday, November 29 to enter this challenge.

Please take the time to visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs and leave them some appreciation.
Hayley, Joan, Brenda, Holly, Steph and Kathya.

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

:) Marie

Tee-rific Birthday for Sunday Stamps Challenge #54

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps Challenge post!  This week we are using a sketch designed by Hayley.  Don't you just love it? I do!

 

I used this sketch to make a masculine birthday card.  There are lots of golfers that I send birthday cards to.  

The background paper is Victory (retired Close To My Heart).  The golfer and golf balls are from Tee Time (retired CTMH) which is matted with Avonlea Green (retired CTMH) and Outdoor Denim.  The banner golf balls and tees were stamped in Outdoor Denim ink and placed over a piece of Bakers Twine Neutral Assortment and popped up with 3D Foam Tape.  The "Have a Tee-rific Birthday!" greeting was generated on my computer.  I ran the printed greeting through a cuttlebug folder from the reversed side so the circles appear to be golf ball dimples.  It was pretty quick to make this card and I will be doing more of these for my lady golfer friends too.  

Now  it's your turn to join in on this challenge fun!  You have until Friday,evening, July 26 to link up your creation here.

Please take the time to visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs and leave them some appreciation.
Hayley, Joan, Brenda, Holly Steph and Kathya.

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

:) Marie

Sunday Stamps Color Challenge #53 with a Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #124

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps Challenge!  This two week period features a color challenge--blue, orange and yellow.  Here is the inspiration photo:

 

Last Friday evening my friend Doris made a "Hole in One" during league play and I wanted to make her a special card to commemorate this special event.  When I saw the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #124  I knew how I would do it using the Sunday Stamps colors and TSOT sketch.  The products I used are all from Close To My Heart although the Tee Time stamp set retired several years ago.  The CTMH paper colors are Pacifica, Sunset and Creme Brulee with Sunset and Pacifica inks. The "congrats" greeting is from Say it in Style (CTMH retired).

Here is the inside of the card:

Here is the Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch:

Please head on over to the Sunday Stamps blog to see what the rest of the talented Design Team has to share with you and leave them some appreciation.  We would love for you to join in the challenge--you have until Friday, July 12 at 6PM EST to link up your creation here.  Please be sure to mention (and link back) to Sunday Stamps if you enter the challenge.

You can visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs here:
Hayley, Joan, Brenda,  and Kathya

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

:) Marie

Seize the Birthday #8--Golf Theme

Welcome back to my blog!  This week it's masculine birthday card making at Seize the Birthday #8.  I really liked the sketch and decided to play along.  I used the Close to My Heart Art Philsophy cartridge to cut the label on the right hand side of the 6.5" x 5" card (page 53 layer cut at 3.75") from Outdoor Denim CS.  The background paper is from the Lucky paper pack (retired CTMH).  The golf ball (Tee Time acrylic stamp set--retired CTMH) was stamped in Outdoor Denim ink onto glossy paper (retired CTMH), trimmed and popped up from the tee with 3D Foam Tape.  The tee was stamped in New England Ivy ink onto glossy paper (retired CTMH) and also popped up from the background with 3D Foam Tape.  The greeting was made on my computer using the Showcard Gothic font. 

 

Here is the sketch from Seize the Birthday:

Thanks for stopping by!  If you like to use "masculine colors"  perhaps you would like to join in on a color challenge using Outdoor Denim, Lagoon and Pear in the Color My Heart Color Dare #32.

Have a fun week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

Paper Bag Pocket

This project was inspired by another Close To My Heart consultant, Ms. Aaron Brown, who posted on our bulletin board. When I saw this project I just knew that I would have to make it. I made 4 of these to thank the women who ran my 2 golf leagues. Each pocket holds 4 cards and envelopes with various sentiments. The stamp set is now retired "Tee Time" and the patterned paper and ink are also retired--True Teal. I picked these colors as they coordinated with the ribbon that I used. The flourish stamp is from the "You and Me" special promotion set from May 2011. I used my sewing machine to seal the pocket closed although you could easily use a strong glue. Here are a series of photos of this gift. It was easy to do!

You can find directions and a video tutorial on Aaron's blogsite here. Thanks for visiting. Have a great week! :) Marie