Hooked on You Birthday Card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch #221

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  This week we have another fabulous sketch for you to try.  I needed a birthday card for my uncle who loves to fish so with him in mind I created this card:

Close to My Heart products used:

     Hooked on You stamp set--retiring July 31st!

     Washi Wonder stamp set--available during July                    only during Stampaganza promotion!

     Sapphire Ink

     Sapphire CS

     Memento Black Ink

Other products:

     Lunar Blue Metallic Paper by the Paper Cut

     Stampendous CSD18--small fish

     Nuvo Glitter Markers to color Washi Wonder                       stamps before inking

Here is the Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge graphic:

Our challenge ends on Sunday evening, July 23 at 11PM EDT.  We would love to have you join us in our gallery!

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

     Cuttlebug Mania--Sea You (the small fish was cut              with a Stampendous Die and the Cuttlebug                  machine

     Delicious Doodles Challenges--Beside the Sea

     Eclectic Ellapu--Seaside or Summer Colors

     Worldwide Open Design Team Challenge--                             Anything Goes

     QKR Stampede--By the Seaside or Anything Goes

     Penny Black and More Challenge--For the Boys

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

:) Marie

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Color Dare #69--Smokey Plum, Olive and Goldrush

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare blog post!  This is a challenge blog that features Close To My Heart colors--if you don't have the featured colors you can substitute similar colors so you can still play along.  Here are this week's colors:  Smokey Plum, Olive and Goldrush--beautiful autumn colors!

The background panel of my card uses a Hostess Reward set called Washi Wonder which you can see on page 6 of the Autumn/Winter catalog here.  The greeting is from Card Chatter--Sympathy and was stamped in Olive ink.  The brick pattern made by the Washi Tape stamps was stamped in Goldrush, Smokey Plum and Olive inks.

Are you up for this Color Dare?  If so, please use a direct link to link your project up here.  Please stop by and be inspired by what the rest of the Design Team have created.  We would love to visit your blog and see what you create with these colors.  

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