So Much Happy New Home Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #517

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a split horizontal layout with a framed sentiment and two flags.  My card uses patterned paper from So Much Happy (retired Close to my Heart) enhanced with Diamond Stickles Glitter Glue and the sentiment from Many Congratulations (retired Close to my Heart).  A Stitched Rectangle Thin Cut Die was used to frame the sentiment and the sentiment was embossed with Sapphire Ink and Polysparkle Tinsel Embossing Powder.

 Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, March 26 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 Place to Start--Anything Goes

     Cut it Up Challenges--This Makes Me Happy (paper is                        named So Much Happy)

     Creative Fingers Challenge--Anything Goes

     Through the Purple Haze--Anything Goes

     Daisy Chain Challenge #72--Flowers

      

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

:) Marie

 

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Sparkly Happy Anniversary Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #515

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features 3 stripes, a central circular element and some flourishes.  The background of my card was created from a Recollections paper pack called "Specialty Blues" which has several sheets with blue foil in them.  The gold center band and die cut holographic flourish came from Scrapbook.com's Holographic Mirror paper. The greeting is gold embossed stamp called "Special Day Duo" retired from Close to My Heart.

This second photo shows how sparkly some of these elements are:

 Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, March 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 Place to Start--Anything Goes

     Creative Fingers--Anything Goes

     Use Your Stuff--Paper Strips     

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

:) Marie

 

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Glittery Striped Birthday Card for AAA Birthday Game #47 Stripes and/or Dots

Months ago my card was selected as a winner at AAA Birthday and I am honored  to be a Guest Designer for this challenge.  The challenge for this month is Stripes and/or Dots.  I used a background that I made from strips of scraps placed on an adhesive sheet.  I left some space between the strips so I could press gold glitter in to the spaces.  A Nuvo Gold Glitter Marker was used to color in the letters from the Festive Borders stamp.

Please be sure to check out the AAA Birthday website for more great card ideas.  You can link up your creation here.

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

      Everybody Art Challenge #530--Birthday

      Unicorn Challenge #84--Birthday

      Seize the Birthday--Option Red, White and 1 color

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

:) Marie

 

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Valentine Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #513

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a striped vertical panel with a focal image on top and a sentiment on the bottom.  I've had this pretty sparkly daisy paper in my stash for a while and made a Valentine's day card for my sister-in-law who loves the color pink.  The heart die is from Sizzix.

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, February 26 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:

      Crafting Happiness Challenge #139--Love

      Get Creative Challenges #118--Hearts

      Dare 2B Artzy February--Love

      Cut it Up #217--Have a Heart

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

:) Marie

 

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No Worries Thank You Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #511

 Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a focal sentiment rectangle over 3 vertical panels.  My card uses (retired) Close to my Heart "No Worries" paper, Lagoon Card Stock, A Million Reasons stamp and Sapphire Ink. A small amount of Diamond Stickles was put on the small palm trees.

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, February 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 Place to Start--Anything Goes, pick a palette (#2)

      Gem of a Challenge--Anything Goes

      A Perfect Time to Craft--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

 

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Flourished Greetings Birthday Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #509

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a scalloped frame, sentiment circle with surrounding embellishments.  My card features Glacier card stock, Celebrating You paper, Flourished Greetings stamp, the palm leaves and flowers came from Fabulous Flamingo with Lagoon Ink and Honey Butter Ink.

 

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, January 29 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:

     AAA Birthday Challenge #45--Anything Birthday Goes

     Crafting Happiness Challenge #138--Celebrations

       

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

:) Marie

 

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Kendra's Card Challenge #9 Birthday Card

Several weeks ago I stumbled upon (perhaps from Pinterest?)  Kendra's Card Challenges.  This is her 9th challenge and she has templates to use 6 different 6 x 6 papers (with the addition of coordinating card stocks) to create 15 different cards.  The cutting diagrams and card sketches were well labeled and easy to follow.  It took me several weeks to complete but it was a lot of fun!

Here is a photo of the 6 papers I started with--just random papers I had in my stash although using a coordinating paper pack would work too.

This is how all of my cards turned out:

I'm entering the following card into several challenges:

Seize the Birthday--Option of Winged Things

Crafty Calendar January--Add a Sentiment

Double D--Anything Goes Birthday

Stamping Sensations--Add Some Sparkle

Art Impressions--Let's Celebrate

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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Engagement Congratulations Card with Freshly Made Sketch 566

Happy New Year everyone! 

My nephew got engaged at Christmas and I wanted to make them a personalized card.  I followed Freshly Made Sketch #566 and substituted hearts for the circles in the sketch.  An embossing pen and white embossing powder were used to personalize the hearts.  Leaf dies were used to cut gold metallic foil.  The white embossed background is an older Close to My Heart embossing folder.

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

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

      613 Avenue Create--Anything Goes with option of winter

      Can You Handle the Pressure--option of snow

      Creative Knockouts--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Peacock Embellished Birthday Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #505

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features several layers, a sentiment and an embellishment.  I used an old Ellentina peacock die with Capri Glitter Paper and a light blue shimmer paper as my embellishment.  The Flourished Greetings stamp was stamped in Mermaid Lagoon and then clear embossed.  The balloon background is from Celebrating You Paper and the solid paper is Sapphire.  

 

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, January 2 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:

      Simon Says Monday--Party Time

      Dragonfly Dreams Challenge--Anything but Christmas

      Crafty Calendar Challenge--Anything Goes

      Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday--Anything Goes

      Happy Little Stampers December--Anything Goes with                      Dies

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

:) Marie

 

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Wrapped Christmas Gift Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #503

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a layered background with a horizontal stripe, a vertical stripe, a bow and a sentiment panel.  It made me think of a wrapped gift package.  

 

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

     A Place to Start--Option of Happy Holidays

     Crafting Happiness Challenge #137--Christmas

     Use Your Stuff #473--Anything Goes--Christmas edition

     Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas #624--option quick & easy

 

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

:) Marie

 

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Nested Hexagons with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #501

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features 5 nested elements along the right edge with a 2 part sentiment with 3 small embellishments.  I didn't have scalloped circle dies (and didn't want to pull out my cricut) so I used nesting hexagon dies with a Craft Smith paper pad called "Ocean Blues".  A holographic foil was used as the shadow for the birthday script.  The birthday die cut and shadow are from Honey Bee and the stamped "Happy" is retired Close to my Heart Card Captions.

This second card uses the lightest color as background instead of white.  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, December 4 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 #283--Lots of Layers

     AAA Birthday #43--Monochrome

     Sweet Stampin' Challenge--Birthday

     Seize the Birthday #252--Option--Case a designer

 

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

:) Marie

 

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Birthday Fishes Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #500

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  Can you believe we have offered 500 different sketches?  Many thanks to Michelle Stewart and Brandi Robinson who started this challenge blog so many years ago!

This week our sketch features a matted slim line card with 3 torn edged sections and 3-4 embellishments.  I started with the background paper from a Recollections pad called "Ink Splatters" as it reminded me of water.  The fishy items came from a retired Close to My Heart stamp of the month (April 2020) called "O-fish-ally Awesome".  Liquid Glass was applied to some of the bubbles for a dimensional effect and Spectrum Noir Metallic Markers were used to color the fish and crab hat.

 Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, November 27 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:

     Sweet Stampin'--Birthday

     Seize the Birthday--Option Many of Something--shiny                           bubbles with Liquid Glass

      Creative Knockouts--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

 

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Toadally Awesome Meets Paradise Palms Dies with Freshly Made Sketch #562

I had some time today to pull out some stamps and dies that I hadn't used yet.  The (Stampin' Up) Paradise Palm tree and grass and sentiment from (Close to My Heart) Toadally Awesome make the 2 horizontal and 1 vertical element as in the Freshly Made Sketch #562.  Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Markers (Light Green Blend, Jade Green Shades and Magenta Blend) Shimmer Brushes (Raspberry, Short Bread and Black) and Nuvo Honey Gold Glitter Drops were used to color the elements.

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 #478--Outdoors

     Allsorts Challenge #703--Anything Goes with option of trees

     Creative Fingers Challenge #243--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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