Freshly Made Sketch #408 with Love Note Stamps

This week's Freshly Made Sketch #408 really appealed to me and I was able to make this card quite quickly using their fabulous sketch.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Love Note stamps (marble panel and sentiment) --now retired

     White Daisy Card Stock

     Bluebird Ink

     Bluebird Card Stock

     3D Foam Tape

     Black Shimmer Trim

Here is the wonderful sketch that inspired my card layout:

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
     Allsorts--Make your own background--no designer papers
     Lavinia World Challenges #12--Anything Goes
     Pink Gem Challenge--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Freshly Made Father's Day Card with Color Dare Colors

This is my last Father's Day Card this year and it follows Freshly Made Sketch #392.  Shades of blue are my favorite colors and that is the challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare #347.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Sapphire Card Stock

     Carolina Card Stock

     White Daisy Card Stock

     Love Note stamp (retired)

     Sapphire Ink

     Say It All stamp (retired)

This fabulous Freshly Made sketch inspired my card layout:

This Color Dare challenge graphic inspired my color choices:

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

      Addicted to Stamps--For a Boy/Man

     Through the Purple Haze--The Guys Have It

     Just Us Girls--Light, Medium, Dark of Same Color

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

:) Marie

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Love Note for September Joyful Stars Blog Hop

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 Debi Brile'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!  

My favorite new stamp set from the recently released Close to My Heart Holiday  Expressions catalog is "Love Note".  It has several sentiments and this beautiful marble like background stamp.  It was stamped in the new color Sugarplum.  Although the other color looks black in this photo it is actually Charcoal.  Some white enamel dots accent the left side of the card.  The sentiment was stamped with Charcoal Pigment Ink and then clear embossed.

Here is the new stamp set used in my card:

My card layout was inspired by this fabulous Freshly Made Sketch #353:

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

      Simon Says Wednesday--Stamp on It

      Pause Dream Enjoy--Anything Card

      Crafting With An Attitude--Anything Goes

Now it's time to head over to Michelle Loncar'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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