Bashful Glittered Butterfly Birthday Card

It was nice to find some time to play in my craft room today and I was inspired by this week's Freshly Made Sketch #351.  

Close to My Heart products used:
     Dreamin' paper (retired)
     Bashful Glitter paper (retiring on August 31)
     Chelsea Gardens stamp (retired)
     Belated Birthday (retired)
     Black Pigment Ink
     Clear Embossing Powder
     Just Blooms flowers (retired)
     White Shimmer Trim
      Black and White Enamel Dots

Here is the fabulous Freshly Made Sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

     Seize the Birthday--Anything Goes

     Always Happy Birthday

     Mod Squad Challenge--Butterflies or Rainbows
     Double Trouble--Summer Birthdays

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

:) Marie

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Faux Stitching and Dreamin' for Mojo Monday #300

If you are looking for the Color Dare #50 post go here.  If not, then I'd like to share a fun card I made following the Mojo Monday sketch #300.  Products used are from Close To My Heart--many of which are retired.  The paper pack is Dreamin' which includes Pacifica and Goldrush CS along with patterned paper.  The stamped image is an old wooden CTMH Quick Card stamp called Thinking of You which I stamped in Pacifica pigment ink and embossed with Polysparkle Tinsel.  It was colored with Indian Corn Blue and Goldrush markers.  The final embellishments were dots of Silver Glitz Glitter Gel and a Designer Shimmer Brad.  The stitching around the background panel was created by dry embossing lines and then distressing them to reveal the white core of the paper.  Next you pierce at regular intervals with the Piercing Tool and Ruler.  I learned about this technique from Sarah Stone who explained it here.

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

:) Marie

Artiste K Key for Rose Blossom Garden #7 Using Atlantic Hearts Sketch #10

My daughter-in-law had a big birthday yesterday so I made her a one of a kind special card.  Following the Atlantic Hearts Sketch #10 in combination with the Artiste K Key challenge from Rose Blossom Gardens #7 was pretty easy to do.  I love playing along with blog challenges that support the use of Close To My Heart products as these two sites do!  It was a great sketch and the Artiste K page had fun elements to work with.  I wanted to highlight her milestone birthday--the big 30 so I cut the numbers at 1.25" using Artiste from a repurposed foil take out lid.  (The silvery metallic lid did not photograph well here).  The frame behind the numbers was cut from Dreamin' paper (retired CTMH) accent 2 pg. 58 at 3.25"--this piece is actually a mini-album page so I turned it so the binding holes were on the bottom and then concealed by the horizontal stripe. The mat for the frame was cut at slightly more than 3.25".  The White Daisy background was dry embossed with the Cuttlebug Anna Griffin Poppy folder.  The flower accents were also from page 58 accent 4 cut at 2.75" and 1.5" from Goldrush CS  and Dreamin' paper.  The greeting is from Perfect Fit--Birthday and was stamped in Indian Corn Blue.  Silver Glitz Glitter Gel was applied to the smaller flower center and the tips of the larger flower.   The three round accents were made with a 3/8" hole punch from the same paper as the blue and white frame and then glitzed with Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel.  The base of the card is Pacifica CS--one of my favorite Close To My Heart colors.  The card was 5" wide by 6.5" tall.  The "30" and "Celebrate" greeting were popped up with 3D Foam Tape.  I really like how this card came out and will probably replicate for other special birthday cards.

Here is the foil lid that I cut the numbers from (I did set the Cricut machine pressure to 5 as it is somewhat thicker than regular CS).

Please consider playing along with these challenges.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!  Be sure to stop back Friday morning to see what I'll be posting for the new Color My Heart Color Dare!
:) Marie 

Double Nickel Birthday Card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch #9 and H2H Favorite Color Challenge

Today is my sister's "Double Nickel" birthday so I incorporated that special marker on her birthday card.  Following the Atlantic Hearts Sketch #9 with my favorite colors for the Heart 2 Heart challenge I pieced together this card using retired Close To My Heart Dreamin' paper, Pacifica Ink and  small pieces of Honey and Pacifica cardstock with a White Daisy card base.  I stamped "Birthday" from Just a Number and "55" from Keyboard Uppercase Alphabet.   This was a great sketch to follow to use up small paper scraps!

All shades of blue are my favorite "happy" colors and Pacifica is one of my favorite of the Close To My Heart shades of blue.  Why not make a card featuring your favorite happy colors and link it up to Heart 2 Heart challenges by June 30?

Here is the Atlantic Hearts Sketch #9:

 

You have until Sunday evening, June 30 to enter this challenge.

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

:) Marie

H2H Juvenile Birthday Challenge

Here is a card that I made for my nephew's upcoming birthday that fits in with the challenge found here. I used the new CTMH paper pack called "Dreamin", Goldrush Paper, Pacifica Ink and Card Chatter--Birthday and Friendship Alphabet stamp sets. The CTMH Scallop Circle Punch was used for the numbers. The stripe with circles is from the tear off sheet from the paper. (CTMH ID on one side and usable accent on the other--how cool is that?) Liquid Glass was applied to the numbers and the accent stripe to give it a shiny look.

Enjoy! I'll be "dreamin" of ways to use all the fabulous new CTMH products. If you haven't seen them yet you can check them out here. Thanks for stopping by!