Same Freshly Made Sketch with Two Different Cards

I wanted to make a special Thank You card for my neighbor who is an avid gardener and I chose Freshly Made Sketch #730 as my starting point.  A person can never have enough Thank You cards so I made a second one to have on hand. 

Which one do you like better?

Here is the fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

      Triple B Challenge--Birds, Butterflies or Blooms

      Stamping Sensations--"Inspired by Nature"

      Allsorts Challenge #846--Springtime or Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Guest Designing for Heart's Quest Celebration of Love Challenge #8

Several weeks ago I created a wedding card and entered it into a relatively new challenge called Heart's Quest Celebration of Love. My card was selected as a top pick and I was invited to be a Guest Designer for Challenge #8.  How exciting for me!

My sparkly card features a very old wooden Close to my Heart stamp which was embossed with Black Tinsel embossing powder. It was layered over a Black Shimmer paper and then Gold Foil.  The gold foil bottom border was cut from a sheet of "Marsh Flower" Recollections paper.  This elegant card came together very quickly!

Here is another photograph showing how sparkly this card is under light.

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

     Simon Says Wednesday Challenge--Anything Goes

     Lil Patch of Crafty Friends--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.