Trio of Poinsettias with Fusion Card Challenge

My card follows the current Fusion Card Challenge sketch:

Years ago I purchased glittery poinsettia paper and I fussy cut these flowers to layer them on top of shimmery yellow stitched circles (Solar Yellow Metallic paper from the Paper Cottage).  The poinsettia flower centers were embellished with Dandelion Yellow Nuvo Crystal Drops.  The greeting is an old (maybe 7-8 years old, perhaps older) Close to My Heart stamp called "A Holiday" and was embossed with Red Tinsel Embossing Powder.  The background paper is from this Mix-In Paper Packet.

Here is the fabulous Fusion Card Challenge sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

     Cardz 4 Gals--Get Ready for Christmas

     Addicted to Stamps and More--Holiday

     Ellibelles' Crafty Wednesday--Christmas/Holidays

     Paper Shelter--Christmas Card

     Crafty Sentiment Designs--Christmas

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

:) Marie

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Happy Times with Sunday Stamps Sketch #124

Here is a sneak preview of the Happy Times paper packet which will be available during May from Close to My Heart.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Happy Times paper (available May 2016)

     White CS

     Juniper CS

     Canary CS

     Juniper Ink

     A Blossom stamp 

     Scallop punch (retired)

     Sponge Dauber

The inspiration for my card came from Sunday Stamps #124:

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

:) Marie

It's an Art Philosophy Blog Hop!

I originally entered this in the Challenge Me Monday challenge at Fantabulous Cricut blogsite. I've been too busy to create anything new so I'm also posting this for the CTMH Art Philosophy blog hop. The challenge here is to use something from the Art Philosophy cartridge in creating your project and it is hosted by Lisa Stenz, a wonderfully talented CTMH consultant. You can find Lisa's Creative Corner blogsite here.
Thanks to fellow CTMH consultant Susan Koeferl who posted on our bulletin board and recommended this great blogsite that features Cricut made projects. You can check it out here. They have something special going on everyday there! "Holiday cards" is the theme for this week's Challenge Me Monday challenge. I made 2 cards, each with Close To My Heart products and their exclusive Art Philosophy cricut cartridge. The first card used Cranberry CS and ink, A1115 A Holiday stamp set, Bliss paper and holographic paper (non ctmh). The Art Philosophy cartridge was used to cut the scalloped oval and scalloped oval with trees cut out. They can be found on page 52 of the Art Philosophy booklet and the measurements I used were 2.25 for the top layer which was decorative layer shift button. The background oval was cut at 2.75.

The second card is very similar but I changed the color of the papers, ink and greeting. The new colors are Holiday Red and Topiary CS. The greeting is from B1381 Holiday Cheer. I used Bonding Memories Glue Pen and Prisma glitter to make the outside edge sparkle. (My first attempt was to glitter the entire green oval but then the pop up dots would not stick so I glittered only the outside edge so I the top layer would stay attached!)

These cards were easy to do and fun to make. It took me way longer to write this blog about them than to create them! Which one do you like better?