Color Dare #236 Meets Sunday Stamps #148

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  This week we invite you to try these 4 Close to My Heart colors:  Pacifica, Emerald, White Daisy and Black.  Of course if you don't have these exact Close to My Heart colors yet you can substitute similar colors so you can still join in on the fun!

My card features the March Stamp of the Month Tea-rrific:

Close to My Heart products used:

      White Daisy CS

      Tea-rrific Stamp Set (available till 3/31/17

      Pacifica CS

      Adventure Paper Fundamentals (Emerald print)

      Black CS

      Black Ink

      Versamark Ink

      Ranger White Embossing Powder

      Pacifica Ink (second generation for the "steam")

      Emerald Ink (applied to tea bag tag with sponge                 dauber and Q tip)

      White Twine

      3D Foam Tape

Just click on the Color Dare graphic to get to the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog to be inspired by what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to share with you.

My card layout followed the wonderful sketch at Sunday Stamps this week:

I'm also linking this card up to the following challenges:

     Crafting When We Can--Add Circles

     Crafting From the Heart--Anything Goes

     The House that Stamps Built--Anything Goes
     Coffee Lovers Blog Hop--coffee, tea or cocoa

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. 

Blog Candy Alert Winner is.....

Laurie Levorson!  

She made the following comment on my 3/14 Hello Lovely Numbered Birthday card: 

 "Cute card! You used the designer paper and Thin Cuts together so nicely. Love the diagonal panel since it adds so much interest to your card. Thanks for sharing at Heart 2 Heart this week!"

Please contact me at mflayer at comcast dot net so I can get a package of craft supplies out to you as promised in the aforementioned post.

Check back tomorrow morning for a new Color My Heart Color Dare challenge!

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

Color Dare #235--Dreamin' Big

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  This week we are featuring colors from the Close to My Heart Dreamin' Big paper pack.  There are 10 fabulous colors in this collection and we are challenging you to use at least 4 of them (excluding the neutrals) and without adding new colors.  

My usual creative process for the Color Dare challenges involves finding a sketch challenge to use. This week I decided to feature some of the zip strips and thus came up with my very own card layout.

Close to My Heart products used:
     White Daisy CS
     Dreamin' Big paper pack
     Dreamin' Big Cardmaking Bundle stamps and                     Thin Cuts
     Black CS
     Black Shin Han Touch Marker
     Slate Ink
     Whisper Ink
     Clear Shimmer Brush

Here is a tip to use when you want to "pop up" those diecut items (like my two butterflies above).  Use the Thin Cut dies to cut thin craft foam and then glue it to the bottom of the item and then to the card front!  It is much easier than cutting pieces of 3D Foam Tape to fit.

Here is the Color Dare Color Graphic--just click on it to get to check out what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you.

Other challenges I'm linking this card to:

     Stampin' Royalty--Spring

     Southern Girls Challenge #155--Pop it up with                     Foam

     Cards in Envy--Keep it Simple
     Between the Folds--Dreamin' Big
     Happy Little Stampers--Anything Goes with Dies

Something really nice happened to me last week and I'm offering some blog candy (craft supplies) to a lucky winner.  Please go to this blog post to read more.

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. 

     

Thin Cuts Blog Hop

Welcome to our Close to My Heart Technique Blog Hop!  We will be featuring projects made with Close to My Heart Thin Cuts.   If you have come here from Gina Brandstetter's blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog:  http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html. 

Our Technique blog hop is featuring  Thin Cuts because they are all on sale for 25% off through March 31!  This month we have 18 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using Thin Cuts and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

My first card features the Sugar Rush Cardmaking Thin Cuts Bundle and an inside Twist and Pop treatment.

Close to My Heart products used:
      Sugar Rush paper
      Sugar Rush Cardmaking Bundle--Thin Cuts and                           Stamps
      Canary CS
      Chocolate CS
      Chocolate Ink
      Pomegranate CS
      Pomegranate Ink
      Sea Glass CS
      Clear Shimmer Brush
      Ink Blot stamps

Other products:
      Cricut Design Space--Edwardian font
      Gold Cricut pen

My card layout was inspired by this Sketch Saturday sketch #454:

Card #2 features an Artbooking overlay, Some Kind of Wonderful Thin Cuts Bundle and Thank You Thin Cut. Colors are White Daisy, Pixie, Sapphire cardstocks with Tangerine and Raspberry Adventure Fundamentals patterns.

I'm also entering this card into the Happy Little Stampers--Anything Goes with Dies challenge.

Now "Hop" on over to Wendy Kessler's blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the Thin Cuts 25% sale is only available until March 31!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get these tools at a 25% discount!

You can see other Thin Cuts projects I've created here, here, here, here and here.

Something really nice happened to me last week and I'm offering some blog candy (craft supplies) to a lucky winner.  Please go to this blog post to read more.

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. 

 
   

Make it Masculine for Numerous Challenges

It has been a while since I've made a masculine card so today is the day!  I was influenced to do this by several of my favorite challenges that have a masculine theme this week. 

Close to My Heart products used:
     Chocolate CS
     Rustic Home Paper Fundamentals--wood background panel
     Champagne CS
     Whisper CS
     Wood Slats Embossing Folder
     Swan Lake paper (retired)
     Peacock CS
     
Other products:
     Paper Lace 2 Cricut Cartridge
     Cricut Copper Metallic Pen
     Cricut Black Pen
     Burnished Bronze Embellishment Mousse by Nuvo
           (rubbed on to embossed panel)
     Darice Pod (to rub embellishment mousse on embossed panel)

Here is the Paper Play Sketch #38 that I followed:

      

Challenges entered:
     Bitten by the Bug--Birthday
     The Male Room--Stash--Wood
     Crafting by Design--For a Man
     Crazy Challenge--Masculine
     Scrappin' 4 Fun--Boys, Male, Masculine
     Use Your Stuff--Dry Embossing

Something really nice happened to me last week and I'm offering some blog candy (craft supplies) to a lucky winner.  Please go to this blog post to read more.

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. 

Color Throwdown #434 Meets Case This Sketch #212

Being part Irish I do send out some St. Patrick's Day cards to certain family members and this is the fourth St. Patrick's Day card I've posted so far.  My card started with the Case This Sketch #212 and the colors from the Color Throwdown--green, gold, black with neutrals.  I started with the basic card and then kept adding embellishments:

Added some shamrocks:

Added some gold sequins:

Added some tiny pearls for the sequin centers:

Which one do you like best?

Close to My Heart products used:

     Flower Market Cricut cartridge (shamrock wreath)

     Gold Glitter Paper

     Emerald CS

     Adventure Fundamentals paper

     White Daisy CS

     Create Kindness--Special stamp (retired)

     Emerald Ink

     Black Shimmer Trim

     Black and Gold Ribbon

     Gold Sequins

     Bitty Pearls (retired)

     Gold Metallic Marker

This sketch inspired my card layout:

Here is the color palette I used:

I'm also entering this card into the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge--Bit O' Green, Inspiration Destination--Anything Goes #124 challenge, Cut it Up--Think Green, Shopping our Stash--Luck of the Irish and Glitter and Sparkle--Use Some Green challenge.

Something really nice happened to me last week and I'm offering some blog candy (craft supplies) to a lucky winner.  Please go to this blog post to read more.

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.

      

Hello Lovely Numbered Birthday Card

It's hard to believe that my niece is now twenty so I had to make her a personalized card.  She has bright red hair which made me think of CTMH Sorbet which coordinates nicely with the Hello Lovely paper pattern I chose.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Happy Birthday Thin Cuts

     Flower Market Cricut Cartridge ("20th" was                    written in Design Space)

     Hello Lovely Paper

     Colonial White CS

     Sorbet CS

     Fern CS

     Clear Shimmer Brush

Other:

     Cricut Gold Pen

I used the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #312 for my card layout:

I'm also entering this card into:

 Heart 2 Heart challenge to "Use Your Tools".  (My goal is to participate every week in March and so far I'm 2 for 2.)  

Through the Craft Room Door--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

p.s. I'm giving away some blog candy (craft supplies).  Please visit this blog post for more details.

Happy St. Patty's Day Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #203

It's Monday and time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  We hope you will find the time to enter the challenge this week.  This card came to me pretty easily using the "unlock" edit button in Design Space to elongate the shamrock wreath into an oval shape.  Here is the Design Space cut file if you would like to reproduce this card.

The gold embossed sentiment is a very old Close to My Heart wood stamp.  The cricut cut Flower Market shamrock wreath was cut from White Daisy cardstock.  When the piece was still on the cutting mat I painted all but the white flowers with "Douglas Fir" Twinkling H2O watercolor paint which adds a really pretty shine to it.  The white flowers received an application of the CTMH Clear Shimmer Brush. The background color is Glacier cardstock.

Here is the Atlantic Hearts Sketch #203 that I followed:

On Wednesday all of the Design Team members projects will be on the AHSC blog to inspire you.  We would love to have you share your project with us!

Other Challenges I'm entering this card into:
     Glitter and Sparkle #230--Use Some Green
     HeARTful Stamping Challenge--Green plus stamp

     Craft for the Craic--Green and Glittery
     Cut it Up--Think Green
     Creative Knockouts--Lots of Green

Something really nice happened to me last week and I'm offering some blog candy (craft supplies) to a lucky winner.  Please go to this blog post to read more.

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

:) Marie

Hello Lovely Thank You Card with Mojo Monday Sketch #487 and Blog Candy Alert

Have you ever witnessed a total stranger doing something remarkably kind?  This happened to me the other evening when I was out to dinner with my elderly friend Loretta.  Loretta saw a woman who needed some help getting out of her booth seat and went over to assist.  When it was time to get our check the waiter came over and said that there was a woman and child who were sitting in the back of the restaurant who had paid our check.  He showed us the receipt which said "Paid in full.  Thank you for helping others."  The woman and child had already left so we could not personally thank her.  However her name was on the credit card receipt and this lovely card will be mailed to her.

Here is a closeup of the sparkly embossing powder that I used on the sentiment and small heart:

Close to My Heart products used:

     Flower Market cricut cartridge--Heart wreath

     Sorbet CS

     Colonial White CS

     Sea Glass CS

     Hello Lovely paper

     Happy Heart stamp set

     New England Ivy CS

     New England Ivy Ink

     Versamark Ink

     Polysparkle Tinsel ClearEmbossing Powder                         (retired)

     3D Foam Tape

Other products:

     Stitched Circle Die by Katscrappiness

Here is the Mojo Monday Sketch #487 that inspired my card design:

Blog Candy Announcement:

I would now like to pass the kindness on--I will send one (or maybe more) packages of craft supplies to someone randomly drawn who leaves a comment on this blog post by 3/19/17 at 11:59 PM EST.  (You will need to become a follower if you aren't already so you will be able to find out if you have won.)  Sounds like fun, doesn't it?

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

:) Marie

Color Dare #234 Meets Try Stampin' on Tuesday #312

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  This week we are challenging you to "Pick Your Greens" from this assortment of Close to My Heart greens:  New England Ivy, Sweet Leaf, Fern, Willow, Emerald.  You can also use White Daisy and add Gold as an option.  Of course if you don't have these exact CTMH colors yet you may substitute so you can still play along.  My "greens" are Willow, Emerald and Fern.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Adventure Paper Fundamentals

     Way to Go stamps

     Emerald Ink

     Willow Ink

     Fern CS

     Gold Metallic Marker

Here is the Color Dare graphic--please click on it to get to see what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you.

My card layout was inspired by this Try Stampin' on Tuesdays sketch:

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.  

Tea-rrific Card for March Joyful Stars Blog Hop

Welcome back to the March 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 also on Joyce's blog in case you get lost.) Have fun being inspired!

My card features the fabulous March stamp of the month called "Tea--rrific". It is a set of 11 stamps which is available in March only for just $5 with a $50 CTMH purchase.

I wanted my teacup to look like it was porcelain so after it was colored with Shin Han Touch Markers and fussy cut I smooshed the piece into Versamark Ink and then applied Clear Detail Embossing Powder and heat set.  Here is a closeup view of the shiny surface of the teacup.

Close to My Heart products used:
     Tea-rrific Stamps 

     Dreamin' Big paper
     Glacier CS
     Poppy CS
     Memento Black Ink
     Shin Han Touch Markers: Vivid Green, Golden                Yellow, Carmine, Light Orange

     Versamark Ink

     Clear Detail Embossing Powder

      

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

I'm also entering this card into Addicted to Stamps and More--Make Your Mark challenge, Crafty Gals Corner--Polka Dots and/or Stripes, The Paper Shelter--Circles, Dots and/or Stripes and Try it on Tuesday--Time for Tea.

Now it's time to hop on over to my friend Jennifer Benner's blog.  I'm sure you'll be inspired by what she shares.

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.  

    

Three Patterned Papers for Crafting by Designs Guest Designer Post

Several weeks ago I was delighted to be named a Spotlight Winner over at Crafting by Designs and as a result I was invited to be a Guest Designer.  The challenge was pretty simple for me--use 3 patterned papers.  As a Close to My Heart consultant I have lots of patterned papers that coordinate nicely with each other.  My card features 3 patterned papers from the Dreamin' Big paper pack.  

Here are the pretty patterns in the Dreamin' Big paper set:

Close to My Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Dreamin' Big paper pack

     Poppy CS

     Juniper CS

     Flower Market cricut cartridge (sentiment)

     Clear Shimmer Brush

     Coral Reef Sequins (retired)

     Bitty Sparkles

     

Other products

     Gypsy Wanderings floral image

My card layout was inspired by this Sketch Saturday sketch:

I'm also entering this card into the Heart2Heart 

Time to Dream "Dreamin' Big" challenge and Dare2Bartzy--Lots of Layers challenge.

Please head on over to the Crafting by Designs blog and see what the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you in the 3 Patterned Paper challenge.

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

:) Marie

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #296--Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Welcome back to another Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog post!  This fortnight we are inviting you to share your St. Patrick's Day Cricut projects with us.  We are being sponsored by Dreaming Tree.

The flourish label is from the Creative Cards cartridge and the paper color is Saffron from the Enchantment Fundamentals paper. The sentiment was drawn with the Flower Market font and a Cricut black pen.  It was later filled in with a Topiary Marker (retired Close to My Heart).  The patterned paper is from Topiary B & T Paper (retired Close to My Heart).  The multilayered shamrocks are from the Flower Market cartridge.  The shamrocks and Saffron circles beneath them were painted with the CTMH Gold Shimmer Brush.

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

     The Paper Players--Theme--Cut it out 

     Crafting by Design--Anything Goes Spring Edition

     Addicted to Stamps and More--Anything Goes

Challenge #296-St. Patricks Day
Make a project about St. Patricks Day, such as Shamrocks or Leprechauns

This Weeks Sponsor



Dreaming Tree SVG's

The winner will receive a $20 Gift Certificate!

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

Please head on over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you.

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

Color Dare #233 Meets Freshly Made Sketch #277

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  This week we have just 5 colors--Black, White Daisy, Pomegranate, Peacock and Sea Glass.  The challenge is to create something using only these listed colors and all of the listed colors. (Of course if you don't have these exclusive Close to My Heart colors yet you may substitute similar colors so you can still play along).

My card features small scraps of each of these colors glued on to an Anna Griffin cuttlebug folder.  

Close to My Heart products used:

      White Daisy CS

      Sea Glass CS

      Black CS

      Sugar Rush paper (Pomegranate and Sea Glass                 patterns)

      Swan Lake paper (Peacock pattern--retired paper               pack)

      Pomegranate CS

      Happy Belated Birthday (retired)

      Happy to Be Friends (tiny flower)

      Peacock Ink

      Pomegranate Ink

Here is the Freshly Made Sketch that inspired my layout:

I'm also entering this into the Scrappin' 4 Fun challenge--Boys, Masculine theme.  

Head on over to the Color Dare blog and check out what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you.

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

Tea-rific Card for Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring March's SOTM, which is Tea-rrific, a set of 11 stamps.  If you have come here from Krista Hershberger's blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog:  http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html. 

This month we have 30 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

One of the teacups has a Happy Mother's Day greeting in it so I decided to be 2 months early in remembering this special occasion. (But will I be able to locate it when it's time to send it?)

Close to My Heart products used:

     Colonial White CS

     Sea Glass CS

     New England Ivy CS

     Sorbet CS
     Simple Chevron Embossing Folder

     Hello Lovely paper

     Sorbet Ink

     Dreamin' Big Sequins

     Bitty Sparkles

     Blush Ribbon

     3D Foam Tape

My card layout was inspired by this Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch #310:  

I'm also entering this card into the Addicted to Stamps and More "Anything Goes" challenge.

Now "Hop" on over to Sheila Bennett's blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the March SOTM is only available until March 31!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

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

:) Marie