Atlantic Hearts Sketch #246

The new sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge blog is here and it inspired me to make this masculine card using up some of my stash of retired Close to My Heart products (Tommy paper, Bamboo and Outdoor Denim cardstock.)  The sentiment is from Home for the Holidays cricut cartridge and was modified in Design Space.

Our new sketch features stripes within stripes--how will you interpret this card layout?  You have until Monday evening, January 14 to share your creation with us here.

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

      As You Like It challenges--Anything Goes

      Crafting From the Heart--Anything Goes

      Classic Design Team Open Challenge--Anything             Goes

      Crafts Galore Encore--Anything Goes

      World Wide Open Design Team Challenge--                      Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

p.s.--If you like color challenges please check out

Color My Heart Color Dare:

Aged to Perfection...for Stampin' Royalty #252

If you are looking for the recent pick your own Orange Color Dare post please go here.

Here is a special birthday card I made using the Stampin' Royalty sketch #252:

Close To My Heart products used:

     Black Ink

     Smokey Plum CS

     Olive CS

     Olive Fleur des Jardines paper--retired

     Bamboo CS

     Saddle Ink

     Black Ink

     Shin Han Touch Markers--Lavender, Sap Green, Pastel Peach

     3D Foam Tape

   

Other products:

     Corks Embossing Folder by Darice

     Aged to Perfection stamp set by Fiskars

I'm also entering this card into the Seize the Birthday challenge.

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

:) Marie

Father's Day Card with Nacho Average Challenge Sketch #93

The simple sketch this week at Nacho Average Challenges really appealed to me so I just had to make another Father's Day card with it.  Thanks to the great sketch this card came together very quickly!

Don't you just love the woodgrain of this patterned paper?  It just says "masculine card" to me!

Here is the Nacho Average Challenge #93 sketch:

   

Close To My Heart products used:
     Timberline paper
     Ponderosa Pine CS
     Bamboo CS
     Love Life Stamp Set
     Say It In Style Stamp Set (retired)
     Ponderosa Pine Ink

Other card challenges:
      Pink Elephant TPE254-- Theme of Father's Day
      Oldie But A Goodie-- Father's Day/Masculine theme.  (The stash items I used are the Love Life stamp                    set, Say It In Style Stamp Set and Ponderosa Pine CS--all several years old)
      Pile It On--to use Patterned Paper

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

Sketch Time Again at Sunday Stamps!

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps challenge post!  This fortnight's challenge is a fabulous sketch:

I found this sketch very easy to work with and hope you will too!  

Close To My Heart products used:

    Graduation paper (retired)

    Graduation hat stamp (retired)

    Banner Wishes

    Black Ink

    Bamboo CS

Other products:

    Flourished Square punch

    Decorative Tiles Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

I'm also entering this card into the Hiding in My Craft Room challenge #149 to use embossing and Heart 2 Heart challenge to use a banner.

We can't wait to see what you create using this sketch!   Please use a direct link to join us here and include a link back to us in your blog post.  (Feel free to post our sketch graphic too to let your readers know about our challenge.)  You have until Friday, May 30 at 6PM EST to enter this challenge.

Please take the time to visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs and leave them some appreciation. Hayley, Joan, Brenda, Holly, Steph and Kathya.

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

:) Marie

Masculine Birthday Card for Numerous Challenges

If you are looking for the Color My Heart Color Dare card please go here.

Here is a masculine card I made for several challenges:

Products Used: (all from Close To My Heart)

     Timberline (woodgrain paper) available February 1

     Ruby CS

     Bamboo CS

     Goldrush CS

     Artiste cartridge (page 77 Accent 1 Shift cut at 3")

     Ruby Alcohol Marker

     Ruby Ink     

     Heartfelt Birthday Wish

     Triangle Durable Studs (available February 1)

The faux stitching was made with a Ruby Alcohol Marker and a ruler.

Challenges:

     Pile it on--wood
     Cut it Up--wood and diecut
     Pals Paper Arts Sketch # 189
     Color Throwdown #276--Basic Grey, Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight
     Seize the Birthday----Coloring option (birthday is colored with Ruby Alcohol Marker)
     Stampin' for the Weekend--Birthday

Here is the Pals Paper Arts Sketch #189:

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

Color Dare #51--Desert Sand, Bamboo with Choice of Color

Welcome back to another Color Dare post!

The Color My Heart Color Dare challenge this week is to create a papercrafted item using the Close To My Heart colors Desert Sand and Bamboo as neutrals combined with a color of your choice.  I've had this lovely Quick Cards--Bountiful Season stamp for awhile which hadn't yet been inked so I chose the color Autumn Terracotta to showcase this beautiful stamp.

The paper strip on the left is very old Desert Sand B & T paper. The background panel on the right is Bamboo CS which was dry embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then swiped with a Desert Sand ink pad to give it some "smudgy" color.  The shimmery stripe is actually Silver Shimmer Trim which was colored with an Autumn Terracotta Alcohol Marker.  (Coloring Silver Shimmer Trim with CTMH alcohol markers gives you so many more shimmery color opportunities!)  Bountiful Season was stamped in Autumn Terracotta ink onto Colonial White CS and then matted onto Autumn Terracotta CS and lifted off the card using 3D Foam Tape.  This card came together very quickly.  Now it's your turn to play along with us.  (You can always substitute similar colors if you don't have Close To My Heart products yet.)  Link up your card here.

Check out what the rest of the Design Team and this week's fabulous Guest Designer Pam has to inspire you:Sarah, Pam, Lela, Becca.

Color Dare #36--Claire Colors--Blush, Hollyhock, Sunset and Outdoor Denim

Thank you, Sarah Stone, for coming up with another great color challenge!  This week's Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge uses the colors found in the new Close To My Heart paper pack called Claire (Blush, Hollyhock, Sunset and Outdoor Denim).  This is one of my favorite new color packs from Close To My Heart.  My first card features a floral panel from Claire, 1.5" circles from Sunset, Holllyhock and Blush cardstocks and a Bamboo background.  The Outdoor Denim flower overlays were cut with the Art Philosophy cartridge.  I cut apart Colonial White Rosette Ribbon and used it as the flower centers on the right.  The vertical stripe is CTMH new Slate Polka Dot Washi tape.  The greeting in the lower right corner is from Perfect Fit--Birthday.  I applied some Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (my favorite embellishment!) to parts of the flowers in the left panel.

My next card uses white as a neutral color with a Hollyhock randomly stamped background.  I chose the round medallion type stamps from the Artiste Cricut Collection Kudos stamps as it reminded me of the Doily theme on the main panel.  The Outdoor Denim panel  was dry embossed and distressed to expose the white core of the cardstock.  I cut out one flower from the Claire paper and popped it up from the Hollyhock strip with 3D Foam Tape and glittered it with Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel. 

We would love to have you join us in this challenge!  Just link up your papercrafted creation to Color My Heart Color Dare by Thursday evening, April 4 by 9PM CST.  Check out what the rest of the Design Team has created for this challenge.  They would be thrilled if you would comment on their work too!

Oops!  I almost forgot to mention that there is a prize for the winner this week:
Hollyhock  Zipper Lace and Blue and Green Epoxy sparkles:



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

Color Dare #24--Neutrals and Design Team Announcement

Have you been to Color My Heart Color Dare this week?  If so, you'll see that there is a brand new Design Team and I'm on it!  I'm very excited to  join the very talented ladies that are on this team!  Visit my sidebar and check out their amazing blogs. I've had the opportunity to be a Guest Designer for this challenge which I thoroughly enjoyed and now I will be submitting something made with the fabulous Close To My Heart products every week!

This week's challenge is to create a project (card, layout or other papercrafted item)  using only neutral colors from the Close To My Heart Basic color palette.  They are:

White Daisy
Colonial White and

At first I thought that this would be difficult as I usually prefer bright colors but then I remembered that I had the perfect CTMH paper in my stash.  Silhouette was one of my favorite Close To My Heart papers which retired several years ago but it works great for this color challenge!  It features Black, Bamboo, Colonial White and White Daisy.  The paper I chose has a lovely floral pattern to it.  On  my first card I also added Chocolate, Colonial White and Desert Sand cardstocks and used Almond Glitz Glitter Gel and Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel to embellish the patterned paper.  The sentiment is from Card Chatter--Sympathy (a very versatile set) and it was inked in Versamark ink, Chocolate ink and then clear embossed to give it some texture.

After I applied the CTMH Glitter Gels I wondered if maybe I went overboard with it so I made two more cards trying out different neutral colors.  In this next card I used Black and White for the greeting and Colonial White as the card base.

This last card features  Black embossed sentiment on a Bamboo strip of cardstock with a black card base.

I like all of these cards with a slight preference for the glittered first one.  Do you have a preference?  I would be interested in reading it and would love for you to leave me a comment if you have the time.

This neutrals color challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare ends at 9PM Central Time on Thursday.  We would love to have you join us there! 

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

:) Marie