Floral Card with Freshly Made Sketch #528

This is my first card featuring Julie Hickey's Friendship Flower Stamp Set and Die.  I colored the flowers with a Flamingo Shimmer Brush, Lemonade Shimmer Brush and Julep Shimmer Brush.  The grass from SU's Paradise Palms was stamped in Evergreen Ink onto Julep Card Stock. (I intentionally did not place a sentiment on this card so I could decide what sentiment to put on when I need to send this card.)

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

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

      Allsorts #669--In the Garden

      CAS on Friday #227--Flowers

      Cardz 4 Galz #169--Spring Flowers

 

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

:) Marie

 

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September Joyful Stars Blog Hop with Bloom and Grace Paper

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! 

Close to my Heart has a new annual catalog and a new seasonal catalog that have just been released.  I have been having so much fun playing with the new Bloom and Grace sunflower patterned paper. (Sunflowers always remind me of my mom who used to decorate her kitchen and bathroom with that theme.) I made a flurry of cards and would love to know which ones you like best.

Card #1:

The dotted stripe is from the zip strip.  The sentiment is from Sentiments by Melissa Esplin with Espresso Ink.  I used an Earth Brown Tri-Blend marker to outline the sentiment panel.

Card #2:

The background patterned paper is from Lovely paper.  The fussy cut sunflowers were embellished with Lemonade Shimmer Brush and Toffee Shimmer Brush.  My card layout was inspired by a recent Global Designs Project sketch.

Card #3:

The sentiment is from Every Little Thing Cardmaking with Thin Cut Dies embossed in Copper Tinsel Embossing Powder and matted with Espresso Card Stock.  The center stripe is retired Copper Shimmer Trim.  I'm entering this card into the CAS Colours and Sketches challenge #387 which can be found here.

Card #4:

The sentiment is from Birthday Greetings and was stamped in Toffee Ink. Once again I used the Earth Brown Tri-Blend Marker to edge each of the paper pieces which are mounted on Fern Card Stock.  My card layout was inspired by this Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #474:

That's all for now with this beautiful paper!  Please leave me a comment with your favorite card noted.

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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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #385

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  This week we our sketch includes an arched element in the top left corner, two thin strips and a sentiment.

The flower array on my card is from Bunches of Love stamp set and was stamped in Evergreen Ink on Julep card stock, a gold foil strip and Evergreen strip.  The sentiment is from Spruced Up Cardmaking.  The flower and leaves were colored in with Julep Shimmer Brush, Sugarplum Shimmer Brush and Lemonade Shimmer Brush.

Here is this week's sketch.  We look forward to seeing how you interpret it.  Our challenge ends Sunday evening, September 13 and you can link up here.

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

:) Marie

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