Mercury Glass Wedding Cards With Case This Sketch #293

We needed a wedding card this past weekend so I made an extra one using the same elements with slightly different background paper.  The background paper is "Mercury Glass" by Recollections.  The bridal couple is a Cricut cut from the Close to My Heart Flower Market cartridge.  The Celebrate sentiment is a Crafter's Companion die.  Which do you like better--silver or gold?

My card layout was inspired by this fabulous Case This Sketch #293:

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

      A Bit More Time to Craft--Anything Goes

      Crafts Galore Encore--Anything Goes

      Jo's Scrap Shack--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #255--St. Patrick's Day

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  We have another easy sketch to inspire your creativity.  I swapped out the floral element for a 3 layered shamrock for my take on the sketch.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Flower Market Cricut Cartridge--Shamrock                        diecuts

     Emerald CS

     Adventure Fundamentals Paper

     Sea Glass CS (retired)

     Sea Glass Glitter paper (retired)

     White Daisy CS

     Adventure Fundamentals Emerald pigment ink

     3D Foam Tape

Other:

     St.Patrick's Day stamp by Hero Arts (1990 date!)

Here is the fabulous Atlantic Hearts Sketch that inspired my card:

Our challenge is open until Sunday evening March 18.  Please plan to share your creation using the above sketch with us by linking to us here.   

     

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

      Always Fun challenges--Shades of Green

      Heart 2 Heart--Going Green

      Use Your Stuff--Diecuts

      Foiled Fox--Sparkle With Us

      Addicted to Stamps and More--Holiday

      Bitten by the Bug--Wearing of the Green

      The Divas that Cut Paper--Monochrome colors

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

:) Marie

p.s. If you like what you see on my blog please consider "following" me by email or in your blog roll so you don't miss out on any of my fabulous card making ideas. You can sign up on the right sidebar.

New CTMH Products for Atlantic Hearts Sketch #223

The new Close to My Heart Annual Inspirations catalog went live today and my Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #223 creation features several *new products.

Close to My Heart products used:
     Black CS
     *Bashful Pink CS (CTMH Color of the Year!)
     *Bashful Pink Glitter Paper
     *Basics Fundamentals patterned paper
     Pansy CS
     Thistle CS
     Flower Market Cricut Cartridge (Rhododendron                    flower and sentiment)
     Pansy Ink and sponge dauber to distress edges
     Several layers of 3D Foam Tape

Here is the fabulous Atlantic Hearts Sketch #223 that inspired my card layout:

How will this sketch inspire you?  We can't wait to see what you do with it.  The challenge ends Sunday evening, August 6.

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

     Ooh La La Creations--Anything Goes

     Crafting from the Heart #170--Anything Goes

     Dream Valley Challenges--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

p.s. If you like what you see on my blog please consider "following" me by email or in your blog roll so you don't miss out on any of my fabulous card making ideas. You can sign up on the right sidebar.

Hello Foxy with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #215

We have another great sketch for you at Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge!  My card uses Whimsy Fundamentals paper and the Close to My Heart Stamp of the Month called "Hello Foxy".

Close to My Heart products used:

    Flower Market cricut cartridge--flowers

    Art Philosophy cricut cartridge--banner

    Whimsy Fundamentals polka dot paper--Thistle

    White Daisy CS

    Pansy CS

    Sapphire CS

    Hello Foxy stamp set

    Sapphire Ink

    Hello Blooms stamp set

    3D Foam Tape

Other products:

     Buttercream Sequins by KatScrappiness

     Chalks by Pebbles.com

The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #215 is open through Sunday evening June 11.  We would love to see your artwork in our gallery! Come check it out here:

   

Other challenges I'm sharing my card with:

     Addicte to Stamps--Animals

     Through the Craft Room Door--Anything Goes

     Crafting from the Heart--Anything Goes

     Simon Says Wednesday Challenge--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

P.S.  Have you ever wanted to be on a challenge blog Design Team?  Color My Heart Color Dare blog is having a Design Team Call and no experience is necessary.  Please go here to check out the details.

     

May Joyful Stars Blog Hop with Global Design Projects Sketch

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

The card I am sharing with you today uses some 

beautiful new papers from the May National 

Scrapbooking special called "Live Beautifully" and 

the Flower Market cartridge. The image I chose is 

called Cherry Blossoms and reminds me of the cherry

trees in my backyard that have been dropping most of 

their pink petals.

Here is a slightly different angled photo so you can better see the shiny gold foil backgrounds and gold shimmer on the ribbon.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Live Beautifully paper

     Flower Market Cricut cartridge

     Blossom CS

     Raspberry CS

     Fern CS

     Chocolate CS

     Peacock CS

     Peacock Ink

     Jack Cardmaking Bundle greeting stamp

     Gold Shimmer Brush

     Uptown Fundamentals (gold mat for greeting)

The inspiration for my card layout came from Global Design Project #86:

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

     Die Cuttin Divas--Mother's Day or Feminine

     Heart 2 Heart--Teeny Tiny

     Crafty Cardmakers--Sentiment

     Bitten by the Bug--Happy Mother's Day   

     Always Fun Challenges--For a Female or Mom 

     Cards in Envy--Motherly Love 

Now it's time to hop on over to my friend Jennifer Benner's blog. I'm sure you'll be inspired by what she shares.

     

If you would like a chance to win a new Cricut Explore please visit my blog post here for more details.  

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

:) Marie

p.s. If you like what you see on my blog please consider "following" me by email or in your blog roll so you don't miss out on any of my fabulous card making ideas. You can sign up on the right sidebar. 

Fantabulous Cricut 300th Challenge--"Happy Mother's Day!"

Happy Monday and welcome to our 300th Challenge! 

We are having a BLOG HOP to celebrate!

Challenge #300
Make a project about Mother's Day!

One lucky commenter will be chosen (from all blog hop comments on each blog, plus this one) to win this-

a brand new Cricut Explore! Courtesy of 

of Denton, Texas

ALSO-

The FCCB Design Team is sponsoring TWO $25 gift cards at

Amazon!

We also have:

$15.00 Gift Certificate

And two $10 gift certificates to-

Dreaming Tree SVG's

To qualify for the gift certificates, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

There is a limit of three entries per person.

Be sure to visit each Design Team member leave a comment and become a follower - those will be put into a drawing for their blog candy (if offered).

Here is our blog hop list for Mother's Day challenge #300!

1. Michelle
2. Penny Light 
3. DIANA L. 
4. Karla Yungwirth 
5. Carol 
6. Dorlene Durham 
7. Marie Flayer
8. Stacey
9. Sheila Harper
10. Lynn 
11. Cindy
12. Cynthia
13. Diana Lynn Martin 
14. Linda Israel
15. Jamie 

We can't wait to see your projects!

Welcome to this special celebration of our 300th challenge!  woohoo!

The size of my card is 5" wide by 6.5" long.  I designed my card using the Flower Market Cricut cartridge in Design Space.  If you have the cartridge and would like to replicate it you can use my cut file here. 

Here is a photo from a different angle so you can see how sparkly the paper is:

Close to My Heart products used:

       Flower Market Cricut Cartridge

       White Daisy CS

       Tulip CS (retired)

       Hello Lovely patterned paper

       Clear Shimmer Brush (applied to red roses)

Other products:

        Stardream Azalea and Aquamarine Metallic                     papers by The Paper Cut

       Gold Metallic cricut pen

       Stitched Rectangle Die by KatScrappiness

I'm also entering this challenge:

      Glitter 'n Sparkle--Flowers 

      Inspiration Destination--Anything Goes

      Creatalicious Challenges--Mother's Day

      Always Fun Challenges--Flowers

Now for my blog candy prize:

One Close to My Heart Exclusive Stamp Set called Hello Foxy which will be available during June 2017 only and 1 roll of Close to My Heart Blush Shimmer ribbon.

To be eligible to win, just leave me a comment and become a follower of my blog.  (See upper right sidebar to become a follower)

Please continue on to Stacey's blog to see what wonderful project she has to share.  Remember the more comments you leave on our DT members blogs will give you more chances to win the Cricut Explore!

Good luck in the prize drawings!

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

:) Marie

     

     

Flower Market Happy Easter for Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #298

Welcome back to another Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog post!  Our theme this week is "Easter" and we'd love to have you share your cricut made projects with us here.  You have two weeks to enter our challenge.  

My card was made with the Close to My Heart Flower Market cartridge in Design Space. (Click here for the DS file.) The shimmery papers (pink, green blue and purple) are from The Paper Cut which I purchased at a stamp show recently.

Challenge #298-Easter
Make a project about Easter.

This Weeks Sponsor

And the prize is-

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
     Come and Get it challenges--Easter
     Glitter and Sparkle--Pastel colors 
     Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge--Anything Goes 
     Crafting from the Heart--Anything Goes 
     Scrappin' 4 Fun--Happy Easter

We can't wait to see what you create! Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!
:) Marie


p.s. If you like what you see on my blog please consider "following" me by email or in your blog roll so you don't miss out on any of my fabulous card making ideas. You can sign up on the right sidebar. 

Color Throwdown #434 Meets Case This Sketch #212

Being part Irish I do send out some St. Patrick's Day cards to certain family members and this is the fourth St. Patrick's Day card I've posted so far.  My card started with the Case This Sketch #212 and the colors from the Color Throwdown--green, gold, black with neutrals.  I started with the basic card and then kept adding embellishments:

Added some shamrocks:

Added some gold sequins:

Added some tiny pearls for the sequin centers:

Which one do you like best?

Close to My Heart products used:

     Flower Market Cricut cartridge (shamrock wreath)

     Gold Glitter Paper

     Emerald CS

     Adventure Fundamentals paper

     White Daisy CS

     Create Kindness--Special stamp (retired)

     Emerald Ink

     Black Shimmer Trim

     Black and Gold Ribbon

     Gold Sequins

     Bitty Pearls (retired)

     Gold Metallic Marker

This sketch inspired my card layout:

Here is the color palette I used:

I'm also entering this card into the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge--Bit O' Green, Inspiration Destination--Anything Goes #124 challenge, Cut it Up--Think Green, Shopping our Stash--Luck of the Irish and Glitter and Sparkle--Use Some Green challenge.

Something really nice happened to me last week and I'm offering some blog candy (craft supplies) to a lucky winner.  Please go to this blog post to read more.

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

:) Marie

p.s. If you like what you see on my blog please consider "following" me by email or in your blog roll so you don't miss out on any of my fabulous card making ideas. You can sign up on the right sidebar.

      

Happy St. Patty's Day Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #203

It's Monday and time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  We hope you will find the time to enter the challenge this week.  This card came to me pretty easily using the "unlock" edit button in Design Space to elongate the shamrock wreath into an oval shape.  Here is the Design Space cut file if you would like to reproduce this card.

The gold embossed sentiment is a very old Close to My Heart wood stamp.  The cricut cut Flower Market shamrock wreath was cut from White Daisy cardstock.  When the piece was still on the cutting mat I painted all but the white flowers with "Douglas Fir" Twinkling H2O watercolor paint which adds a really pretty shine to it.  The white flowers received an application of the CTMH Clear Shimmer Brush. The background color is Glacier cardstock.

Here is the Atlantic Hearts Sketch #203 that I followed:

On Wednesday all of the Design Team members projects will be on the AHSC blog to inspire you.  We would love to have you share your project with us!

Other Challenges I'm entering this card into:
     Glitter and Sparkle #230--Use Some Green
     HeARTful Stamping Challenge--Green plus stamp

     Craft for the Craic--Green and Glittery
     Cut it Up--Think Green
     Creative Knockouts--Lots of Green

Something really nice happened to me last week and I'm offering some blog candy (craft supplies) to a lucky winner.  Please go to this blog post to read more.

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

:) Marie

Hello Lovely Thank You Card with Mojo Monday Sketch #487 and Blog Candy Alert

Have you ever witnessed a total stranger doing something remarkably kind?  This happened to me the other evening when I was out to dinner with my elderly friend Loretta.  Loretta saw a woman who needed some help getting out of her booth seat and went over to assist.  When it was time to get our check the waiter came over and said that there was a woman and child who were sitting in the back of the restaurant who had paid our check.  He showed us the receipt which said "Paid in full.  Thank you for helping others."  The woman and child had already left so we could not personally thank her.  However her name was on the credit card receipt and this lovely card will be mailed to her.

Here is a closeup of the sparkly embossing powder that I used on the sentiment and small heart:

Close to My Heart products used:

     Flower Market cricut cartridge--Heart wreath

     Sorbet CS

     Colonial White CS

     Sea Glass CS

     Hello Lovely paper

     Happy Heart stamp set

     New England Ivy CS

     New England Ivy Ink

     Versamark Ink

     Polysparkle Tinsel ClearEmbossing Powder                         (retired)

     3D Foam Tape

Other products:

     Stitched Circle Die by Katscrappiness

Here is the Mojo Monday Sketch #487 that inspired my card design:

Blog Candy Announcement:

I would now like to pass the kindness on--I will send one (or maybe more) packages of craft supplies to someone randomly drawn who leaves a comment on this blog post by 3/19/17 at 11:59 PM EST.  (You will need to become a follower if you aren't already so you will be able to find out if you have won.)  Sounds like fun, doesn't it?

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

:) Marie

Three Patterned Papers for Crafting by Designs Guest Designer Post

Several weeks ago I was delighted to be named a Spotlight Winner over at Crafting by Designs and as a result I was invited to be a Guest Designer.  The challenge was pretty simple for me--use 3 patterned papers.  As a Close to My Heart consultant I have lots of patterned papers that coordinate nicely with each other.  My card features 3 patterned papers from the Dreamin' Big paper pack.  

Here are the pretty patterns in the Dreamin' Big paper set:

Close to My Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Dreamin' Big paper pack

     Poppy CS

     Juniper CS

     Flower Market cricut cartridge (sentiment)

     Clear Shimmer Brush

     Coral Reef Sequins (retired)

     Bitty Sparkles

     

Other products

     Gypsy Wanderings floral image

My card layout was inspired by this Sketch Saturday sketch:

I'm also entering this card into the Heart2Heart 

Time to Dream "Dreamin' Big" challenge and Dare2Bartzy--Lots of Layers challenge.

Please head on over to the Crafting by Designs blog and see what the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you in the 3 Patterned Paper challenge.

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

:) Marie

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #296--Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Welcome back to another Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog post!  This fortnight we are inviting you to share your St. Patrick's Day Cricut projects with us.  We are being sponsored by Dreaming Tree.

The flourish label is from the Creative Cards cartridge and the paper color is Saffron from the Enchantment Fundamentals paper. The sentiment was drawn with the Flower Market font and a Cricut black pen.  It was later filled in with a Topiary Marker (retired Close to My Heart).  The patterned paper is from Topiary B & T Paper (retired Close to My Heart).  The multilayered shamrocks are from the Flower Market cartridge.  The shamrocks and Saffron circles beneath them were painted with the CTMH Gold Shimmer Brush.

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

     The Paper Players--Theme--Cut it out 

     Crafting by Design--Anything Goes Spring Edition

     Addicted to Stamps and More--Anything Goes

Challenge #296-St. Patricks Day
Make a project about St. Patricks Day, such as Shamrocks or Leprechauns

This Weeks Sponsor



Dreaming Tree SVG's

The winner will receive a $20 Gift Certificate!

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

Please head on over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you.

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