Bright and Bold Colors for Sunday Stamps #75 with Technostampers Sketch #312

Are you ready for another Sunday Stamps Color Challenge?  Thanks to all the talented ladies who participated in last fortnight's Sketch challenge--we hope you will join us for this color challenge too!

The recommended Stampin Up colors are Black, Melon Mambo and Coastal Cabana.  The closest Close To My Heart colors are Black, Cotton Candy and Lagoon.  

Close To My Heart products used:

     Black CS

     Lagoon CS

     Cotton Candy CS

     For Always paper (retired)

     In The Background stamp set

     Swirls Around stamp set

     Salutation Seals stamp set (retired)

     Lagoon Ink

     Cotton Candy Ink

    3D Foam tape

Other products:

     Liquid Pearls--White Opal

This is the Technostampers Sketch #312 that I followed:

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 16 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

     

Try Stampin on Tuesday Challenge 153

I really liked this sketch by Try Stampin' on Tuesday this week and found time to play along.

My card uses a background stamp set from Close To My Heart that I've always loved.

Products used:

     Universal Backgrounds--retiring CTMH on 1-31-14

     For Always paper--retired CTMH

     Artiste cartridge banner from page 58 accent 3 shift cut at 1"

     Just for You stamp set--retired CTMH

     Musical note stamp--has D.O.T.S. copyright 1989!

     Ruby CS

     Ruby ink

     Slate Ink

     Silver Metallic paper--retired CTMH

     3D Foam Tape

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

:) Marie

Seal-Love for Mojo Monday #327

It has been along time since I've played along with a Mojo Monday sketch and today is the day!

Here's another view so you can see the beautiful shiny silver metallic piece under the greeting:

Here is the Mojo Monday Sketch #327 that I used:

Materials Used:
   For Always Paper (CTMH--newly retired)
   Seal-Love
   Cranberry Ink
   Versamark Ink
   Clear Detail Embossing Powder
   Whisper Ink
   Laughing Lola Cardmaking Kit ink splatter stamp
   Mercury Glass Metallic papers by Recollections
   Heart Buttons
   Pearl Opaque Adhesive Gems
   Purple Buttons

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

p.s. Be sure to stop by tomorrow for another Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge

Throwing a Curve in for Sunday Stamps Sketch Challenge #60

If you are looking for the OWH Card Making Day Blog post please go here.

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps Sketch Challenge--designed by yours truly this time!   

My card uses Close To My Heart products:

For Always paper

Black CS

Paradise Flowers (retired)

Silver Metallic Marker

Shimmer Brads by Making Memories

I could have used the CTMH Art Philosophy, Artiste or Artbooking Cricut cartridges to make my flowers but the Paradise Flowers were already made and came in great colors.    I hand drew the curved line and added some marker to it. 

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.)

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

p.s.  There is a blog candy offer (free CTMH Acrylic Stamp Set) on this post.

Artbooking in August #2

Welcome back to week 2 of Artbooking in August series!

  

If you have come from Pam Ellison's blog you are on the right track! If you get lost you can go here to get back on track.

This week I am featuring cards. Last week I shared a giftable item with you which you can see here.  I was inspired to create these 2 cards from looking at the remnants of cuts I made for the front and back covers of my project.

My cards: 

My inspiration for the cards:

How I transferred the negative cuts onto White Daisy cardstock--Tombow adhesive applied.

Next place a piece of White Daisy CS over top and press hard.

Lift off and you have new card elements to use!

Card #1:

Materials Used:

Outdoor Denim CS

White Daisy CS

Ruby CS

Blush CS

Artbooking pg. 84 Photo Mat 2 Shift cut at Real Dial Size 4"

Artbooking pg.48 Title Shift cut at Real Dial Size 2.5"

Artbooking pg. 47 Title cut at Real Dial size 1"

Card #2: 

Materials Used:

For Always Paper

White Daisy CS

Ruby CS

Metallic CS (retired CTMH)

Artbooking pg. 84 Photo Mat 2 Shift cut at Real Dial Size 4"

Artbooking pg.48 Title Shift cut at Real Dial Size 2.5"

Artbooking pg. 47 Title cut at Real Dial size 1"

Which card do you like best? I would love to hear from you with a comment below.  Please go see what Shalana Glass has to share with you.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!  Please stop by later  to see what the new Heart 2 Heart challenge will be.

:) Marie

p.s. Josie0602 please contact me at mflayer at comcast dot net as you won the prize from last week.

Special Birthday Card for Sunday Stamps Challenge #52

Happy Birthday, Debbie T.!  I'm delighted to be on the Design Team for Sunday Stamps and used this week's Sketch #52 to make this special card for a special person.

 The background paper is Close To My Heart Hollyhock CS which was run through the Cuttlebug machine with the Happy Birthday folder and then distressed with the Sanding Kit from Close To My Heart.  The numbers and frames were cut with the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge.  The banners are zip strips from For Always paper.  White Liquid Pearls embellish the numbers and banners.  This was a great sketch to work with!

Please stop by the Sunday Stamps blog to check out what the rest of the Design Team have shared.  We would love to have you join us by linking your card up.  This is now a 2 week challenge so you have plenty of time to play along! 

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

Fresnly Made Sketch #81 for Black Tie Friday #24 Black and Yellow

I love the simplicity and clean lines that the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #81 offers so I used it for a card using black and yellow for Black Tie Friday #24.  All the products used are from Close to My Heart (although some are retired): For Always Paper, Sunny Yellow B & T paper, Just Blooms Flowers, Fanfare brads, Just a Number stamps, Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (applied to the flower lines and edges) Black Ink and black picot ribbon (from Michael's).  This card came together quickly enough to be able to make it and post it here within an hour of the posting deadline for Black Tie Friday!

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

For Always Paper for Freshly Made Sketch #79

It has been a while since I've posted a card with Freshly Made Challenges and I'm glad to be able to do so today.  I really like their sketches!  This card uses Close To My Heart products:  For Always paper, Slate CS, Ruby CS, In the Background Stamps, Baker's Twine Neutral Assortment, 4 My Friend stamp set, Ruby Ink, Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel and a red button.  (The pleated ribbon is retired from Stampinup.)

Here is the Freshly Made Sketch:

 

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

:) Marie

Sweet Stampin' Embossing Challenge meets Sunday Stamps Sketch #38

I love the look of dry embossing so I just had to enter a card into this week's Sweet Stampin' Challenge for dry embossing.  The Sunday Stamps Sketch #38 fits so nicely with the Cuttlebug frame embossing folder I used. The white core cardstock from Close to My Heart makes it possible to get more out of dry embossing by distressing the raised edges. 

   
All products used can be found on my Close To My Heart website here except for the Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The card ingredients are:

Black CS
Ruby CS
White Daisy CS
For Always patterned paper
Casual Expressions stamp set
Black ink
Red Sparkle Adhesive gems
Licorice Opaque Adhesive gems
Cuttlebug Tiffany Scroll Flourish Frame
Sanding Block
1.25" CTMH Circle Punch
3D Foam Tape

Here's the sketch from Sunday Stamps #38:

 

Color My Heart Color Dare has a great challenge this week--combine any two Close To My Heart paper packs.  Hope you can play along with us there!

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

:) Marie

Color Dare #33 with a Try it on Tuesday Sketch

The challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare this week is to combine 2 or more Close To My Heart paper packs--current or retired.  I used one of each for this first card--For Always (current) with Roxie (retired).  The Delight in Everything (retired CTMH) flowers were gold embossed onto the black For Always panel.  The "Thinking of You" greeting is from Casual Expressions which was stamped in Black ink.  A strip of gold rickrack (unknown source) accents the vertical black strip from For Always.

 Here is the Try Stampin' on Tuesday #108 sketch:

I'm also linking this card up to Use it Tuesday challenge #50.  Their challenge this week is to use an uninked stamp (Delight in Everything flowers) and gold.

I wasn't finished playing with the idea of combining different CTMH paper packs so I challenged myself to combine 4 of them with this next card.  It's great for using up scraps.  The rectangles I cut on my paper cutter at 1" x 1.5".  I used Roxie, For Always, Elemental and Clementine.  The horizontal stripe is the zip strip from For Always and I embellished it with Almond Glitz Glitter Gel.  The "You're Appreciated" greeting is also from Casual Expressions Occasions and was black embossed and popped up from the gold metallic paper(retired CTMH) with 3D Foam Tape.  I used a Hollyhock marker to color in the flowers on the frame.  I used the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge (page 42 oval 3) to cut the ovals at 1.5" and 1.75"

It was fun challenging myself to make these cards!  I hope you'll be able to join in Color Dare #33. 

 You can use your CTMH stash to play.  Just link up your papercrafted item (does not have to be a card) to Color My Heart Color Dare by 9PM CST Thursday, 3/15/13.  

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

:) Marie

Dynamic Duos #38 with Come and Get it Challenge Sketch

The colors at Dynamic Duos this week are Pretty in Pink and Real Red.  I used Close To My Heart Sweetheart paper (retired) for the pink background and Tulip ink (retired) for the hearts from "Love Life".  The hearts are popped up from the "For Always" squares with 3D Foam Tape.  The red lines above and below the hearts were made with Red Glitz Glitter Gel.  The glitter on the three hearts was made with Silver Glitz Glitter Gel.  This card came together very quickly using the Come and Get It Challenge Sketch.

  

Here is the Come and Get It Challenge Sketch:

 Here are the Dynamic Duos Colors graphic:

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Clearly from the Heart--Valentines

Sweet Stampin' Challenge--Love is all around

Sunny Challenges--Love is in the Air

If you like a good color challenge please consider joining in the Color My Heart Color Dare #28.  Entries are due by Thursday, February 7th at 9PM CST.  You don't have to use only CTMH colors but they must be pretty similar:  Goldrush, Twilight, Ruby, Gypsy, Cotton Candy and Juniper.  See my card here.

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

:) Marie

Heart Card for Numerous Challenges using Dynamic Duos #36 Colors

The challenge at Dynamic Duos this week is Real Red and Black with a Valentine theme.  Close To My Heart will be introducing new patterned papers in their new catalog which goes live on February 1 and "For Always" is among those wonderful new papers.  I've used it here as the background panel which is placed over Ruby CS.  The Ruby heart was cut with the Artiste cartridge at 2.75" accent 2, shift, page 51 and the black scalloped heart mat behind it was cut at 3" accent 2, page 51.  Love was stamped with White Daisy Ink and then embossed with White Daisy Embossing Powder.  A strip of Black Tulle Ribbon was bunched up and attached to the patterned paper before the heart and ribbon trim were attached.  The pleated ribbon is Riding Hood Red which is retired from Stampinup! 

There are many other challenges this week that are using a Valentine or hearts theme and I am also linking this card up to:

Inky Chicks #2 Becky's Bingo--Ribbon, Sentiment, Flowers

Pile it on #3--Have a Heart

Craft Us Crazy--Love or red theme

Really Reasonable Ribbon #64--Valentine's Day, Love & Ribbon theme
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #37--Love, Romance, Anniversary
Pink Gem Challenge #63--Embossing

If you like color challenges like I do, please come play with us at Color My Heart Color Dare.  This week's colors are Close To My Heart Black, White and a pop of color (your choice of CTMH color)--submissions are due Thursday evening at 9PM CT.

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