Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #433 with Dreamin' Paper

 Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features 3 long panels with a center rectangle and a circle element.  I chose to slice up an older Close to my Heart paper called Dreamin' in 3 parts because this pretty paper will also qualify for the current Color My Heart Color Dare #456 which is to use colors on the opposite side of the color wheel.

Besides the Dreamin' paper my card features other retired CTMH products such as Goldrush Card Stock and Pacifica Card Stock.  The Scalloped Circle Thin Cut Die was cut from Almond Card Stock and the sentiment was cut from scraps from a Holographic poster board from a previous project with Honey Bees "Bitty Buzzwords" dies.

Here is our fabulous sketch this week.  Our challenge ends Sunday evening, August 15. You can link up your creation here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love.

Here is the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge graphic:

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

          Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenges--Anything                     goes with patterned paper  

          Crafters Cafe--Anything Goes                                                              Seize the Birthday--Option of Stripes      

          Crafting Happiness Challenges--Always Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Masculine Birthday Card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #431

 Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post.  This week our sketch features interwoven strips and a sentiment.  We would love to see what you can create with this design!

My card features paper strips from Serenity over Almond Card Stock and the golfer image and sentiment from "My Hole in One" in Sapphire Ink.

Here is our fabulous Atlantic Hearts Sketch for you to try this week.  Our challenge ends Sunday evening, August 1.  You can link up your creation here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love.

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

      Seize the Birthday #219--option of Travel

      Crafting Happiness #106--Anything Goes

      Use Your Stuff #427--Summer Fun

      Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper July Challenge--Anything                       Goes with Patterned paper

      Happy Little Stampers--Anything Goes with Dies

      Cardz4Guys #276--Shades of Blue

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

:) Marie

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Masculine Congratulations Card with Tuesday Morning Sketch #595

 My nephew just got hired for his dream job.  He has quite a dry sense of humor so I thought I would try to honor him with my own sense of funny with this card.  

This card is based on this week's Tuesday Morning Sketch #595.  I rotated the card ninety degrees and replaced the background medallions with patterned paper featuring rocks.  The small horizontal paper strip was replaced with a bent arrow image to highlight the "You Rock" sentiment.  

Here is the Tuesday Morning Sketch that inspired (however loosely) my card layout:

Close to my Heart products used:

      Almond Card Stock

      Cinnamon Card Stock

      Cinnamon Ink

      You're Awesome Cardmaking Stamp Set (retired)

Other:

      River Rocks patterned paper sold by Big Lots (many years ago!)

I'm also sharing this card with the following challenges:

     C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #589--Anything Goes

     Cute Card Thursday #676--Anything Goes

     Krafty Chicks #549--Stamp Act

     Paper Shelter #459--For the Boys

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch #395 Holiday Card

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post! This week we have several elements to challenge you--3 panels, circular focal element, banner, embellished trim. Since the holidays are coming upon us quickly I chose to make a Christmas card.



Close to my Heart products used: 

        Almond CS 

        Cedar and Pine Paper                                                                            Traditional Holiday stamp set
        Reindeer Crossing stamp                                                                       Uptown Fundamentals                                                                         Fancy Borders Thin Cut Dies                                                                Stitched Circle Thin Cut Die                                                                White Embossing Powder

Here is the fabulous Atlantic Hearts Sketch that inspired my card creation.  Our challenge is open until Sunday night, November 22.  You can link up your entry here.

 I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:                               Crafting Challenge--Add a Sentiment                                                   Dream Valley Challenges--Lots of Layers                                             Heart 2 Heart--Card Creations                                                               Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge--Holidays                     

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

:) Marie

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Tuesday Morning Sketch #578 Thanksgiving Card

I used my Cricut and Design Space to cut the shapes for this week's Tuesday Morning Sketch 578:

Close to my Heart products used:

     Desert Rose CS

     Cinnamon CS

     Sundance CS

     Almond CS

     Colonial White CS (retired)

     Grateful Heart paper (retired)

Other:

     Copper Cricut pen

Here is the fabulous Tuesday Morning sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

         Aud Sentiments Challenge--Anything with a Sentiment

         Paper Players--Thanksgiving theme

         Sunday Stamps--Color Graphic

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

:) Marie

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Fall Birthday Card with TGIF Sketch 285

 My sister's birthday is today so I made her a card with rich fall colors.  Most of the supplies used are retired Close to My Heart products (Small Leaves paper, Vineyard Berry Card Stock, Honey Card Stock, Autumn Terracotta Ink and Salutation Seals stamp).  The heart border diecuts on Almond Card Stock are from Fancy Borders Thin Cut Dies and the Scalloped Circle Thin Cut Dies are still available.

Here is the wonderful TGIF Sketch #285 that inspired my card layout:

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

     Shopping Our Stash--Happy Fall Y'All

     Dare 2B Artzy--Fall

     Stamping Sensations--Autumn Glory

     Catch the Bug--Hello Fall

     Crafty Friends--More than one Die

     Sweet Stampin--Old Stash

     CAS on Friday--Autumn

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

:) Marie

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October Joyful Stars Blog Hop with Creativity In Motion

 Welcome back to another 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 Joyce Gough's blog you are on the right track. (The complete lineup is on Joyce's blog in case you get lost.) Have fun being inspired! 

I've been having a lot of fun making animated cards lately.  Close to My Heart has a special promotion called "Creativity in Motion" and I've used it on the following cards.  I would love to know which is your favorite.  All cards are 5' x 6.5".  My first card was made following the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #477.

Card #1:

Another view so you can see how the image changes:

Close to my Heart products used:

     Creativity in Motion Bundle

     Bloom and Grace paper

     Espreso Card Stock

     Canary Card Stock

     Almond Card Stock

     With All My Love Stamp Set (October Stamp of the Month                    available for $5 with $50 order.)

Here is the fabulous TSOT sketch that inspired my card:

Card #2:

 Card #3:

Here's another view:

The above card was made with Aurora Paper (still available) and the May Stamp of the Month.

Card #4:

Another view:

The above card used Lovely Paper, Blue Belle Cardstock, Sage Cardstock, Toffee Cardstock, Icicles Stickles and Animated Greetings along with Square Frame Dies and Creativity in Motion bundle.  I'm entering this card into the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge:

I'm also entering this card into Cute Card Thursday challenge to use Dies and Punches.

Please let me know which of these cards you like best!

Now it's time to head over to Joyce Hauck's blog --I'm sure you'll be inspired by what she has to share.

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

:) Marie

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Color Dare #367 Meets Stella Says Sketch #718

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

I've been playing with fall colors and Sentiments by Melissa Esplin stamps this week.  

Did you know that there are items from the September--October catalog that there are still available?  When you go to your consultant's online business account, go to the "shop" tab and scroll down to "online only" you can find a variety of items that you may have missed.  If you don't have a CTMH consultant you can check out my business account here.

Products used:

     Almond CS

     New England Ivy CS

     Sangria CS

     Goldrush CS

     Espresso CS

     Sentiments by Melissa Esplin

     Versamark Ink

     Copper Tinsel Embossing Powder

     Flower Garden Embossing Folder

     Hawthorn Paper (zip strip)

Here are the fabulous greetings that come in the stamp set I used:

As you can see this is a very versatile set!  You can see some other cards I've made with this set here and here.

This was a quick card to make following the color challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare (which feature Close to My Heart colors) and a great sketch by Stella Says Sketch at Bugaboo.

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

      Craft Rocket Challenges--Happy Birthday

      Seize the Birthday--Birthday with option over the edge

      Heart 2 Heart--Anything Goes with CTMH products

Now it's time to head over to Debi Brile's blog --I'm sure you'll be inspired by what she has to share.

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

:) Marie

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Hawthorn Hello for Freshly Made Sketch #410

There is another wonderful sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches this week and I had the time to play along.  My card uses Hawthorn paper, Sentiments by Melissa Esplin stamp and Copper Tinsel Embossing Powder.

This sketch inspired my card layout:

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

     Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenges--Anything Goes

     Crafty Creations Challenge--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Hawthorn Papers and Melissa Esplin Sentiments for Sketch Saturday #588

Card sketches are a wonderful way to get my creative juices flowing.  Here is a quick card I made following this week's Sketch Saturday #588:

This wonderful sketch inspired my card layout:

Close to My Heart products used:

     Almond CS

     Espresso CS

     Hawthorn Papers

     Sentiments by Melissa Esplin stamp

     Copper Tinsel Embossing powder

       Versamark Ink

I made my own embellishments with Versamark Ink, Copper Tinsel Embossing powder, scrap of cardstock and paper punches.

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

     Simon Says Wednesday--Thinking of You

     Addicted to Stamps and More--Anything Goes

     Use Your Stuff--Use Scraps

     Aud Sentiments--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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