Flourished Anniversary Card

What do you do when you have interesting flourishes leftover from a previous card?  You make another card!  This week the challenge at Bitten by the Bug is to make a card with "Flourishes".  When I made my first card for this challenge I had used the "A Quilted Christmas" cricut cartridge for the flourish at the bottom of the card.  I had actually cut the design several times so I could inlay the holly berries in green thus I had a couple of New England Ivy flourishes left over to use.  My sister's wedding anniversary is this week so I chose to make an anniversary card.

 

Close to My Heart products used:

     Oh Deer! Paper packet

     Sea Glass CS

     New England Ivy CS

     New England Ivy Ink

     Say it All stamps (retired)

     Shin Han Touch Marker--Carmine  

     Clear Shimmer Brush (apTape

     

Other products:

     Grey Kraft paper (Recollections)

     Heart shaped punch by Family Treasures

Here is the first card I made with flourishes from "A Quilted Christmas" for the Bitten by the Bug challenge.   Which card do you like better?

 

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

     Sunny Day Crafting--Anything Goes

     A Bit More Time to Craft--Anything Goes

     Naughty or Nice--Punches and Diecuts

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

Color Dare #218 Meets Cut it Up

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post.  This week we invite you to use all and only the following Close to My Heart colors: Ruby, New England Ivy, Whisper and Colonial White.  (Of course if you don't have these CTMH colors yet you may substitute similar colors so you can still play along.)

Close to My Heart products used:
     Colonial White CS
     Ruby CS
     New England Ivy CS
     Whisper CS
     Ruby Ink
     New England Ivy Ink
     Season of Magic stamp
     Ruby Chevron Washi Tape (retired)

Other products:
     A Quilted Christmas Cricut cartridge

Here is the Color My Heart Color Dare graphic.  Just click on the picture to get to the Color Dare post to check out what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to share.   There is some amazing artwork there! We hope you'll find time to play along with us this week.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
     Bitten by the Bug--Flourishes
     Sunny Day Crafting--Anything Goes

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