Remember Roxie?

Roxie paper was one of my favorites from Close to My Heart a couple of years ago so I took it out to make a special birthday card for my beautiful 18 year old niece.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Roxie paper (retired)

     Artbooking cartridge (doily and letters)

     Brown and Tan Glitter paper

     Opaque Pearl Adhesive Gems

     Sorbet Ink (to color the flower)

Other products:

      Silver Shimmer paper by Recollections

      Flower by Prima

The inspiration to make this card came from Mojo Monday #387:

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

:) Marie

Roxie Sweet Sixteen with Cricut Explore

Happy Sweet Sixteen, dear niece Ellie!  This is the very first card I designed with my new Cricut Explore and I love it!

Not only did I design this but I figured out how to save the cut file to share.  Here is a link for any Cricut Explore lovers--Sweet Sixteen card by Marie Flayer.  The images are from the subscription to Design Space.  

Close to My Heart products used:

     Roxie paper (retired)

     Black CS

     Black and Grey Glitter Paper

     Silver Metallic Marker

Challenges entered:

     House of Cards--Glitter

     Seize the Birthday--Birthday

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

:) Marie

Roxie Rose for Try Stampin' on Tuesday #167

The sketch challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday really appealed to me so I made a second card based on the sketch.  (You can see my first card here). This time I met the option of "Roses". 

Close To My Heart Products Used:

      Roxie paper (retired)

      Rosy Regards stamp (retired)

      Say it in Style stamp (retired)

      Smoothie Ink

      Cocoa Ink

      3D Foam Tape

      Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (retired)

I love how all these papers from the Roxie paper set look so good together in this sketch!

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

:) Marie

A Five Color Challenge for Color My Heart Color Dare #88

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare post where we feature colors from Close to My Heart.  (Of course, substitutions are allowed as long as they are close to the challenge colors).  Our colors this week are:  Sunset, Smoothie, Lagoon, Sweet Leaf and Buttercup.

The inspiration for my card came from Julie Davison whose card I found on Pinterest.  I used a 1.25" square punch to cut out the paper squares and used many pieces from my considerable Close To My Heart "stash".

Close To My Heart products used:

    White Daisy CS

    Buttercup Fleurs des Jardines B & T paper (retired)

    Roxie paper (retired

    Lagoon CS

    Just Blooms flower (retired)

    Aqua Dots

    Claire paper (retired)

    Chantilly paper (retired)

    Words of Comfort

    Lagoon Ink

Check out what the fabulous Color My Heart Color Dare Design Team B has to inspire you:  Gretchen, Michelle, Hansi and Sarah.  You have until Thursday, April 10 9PM CT to enter your papercrafted creation here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing what you create with the colors Buttercup, Sunset, Lagoon, Smoothie and Sweet leaf.

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

:) Marie

Roxie Birthday Card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch #36

This card is for my 15 year old niece Ellie.  It was made following the Atlantic Hearts Sketch #36 using retired Close To My Heart papers from the Roxie kit along with 2 individual stamps called Heartfelt Birthday Wish and a Little Gift with Cocoa Ink, Hollyhock Marker and Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel.

Here is the fabulous Atlantic Hearts Sketch that I followed:

I'm also entering this into Tuesday Morning Sketches #230--Anything Goes, Seize the Birthday and Keep It Simple--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

Valentine for Fantabulous Cricut Challenge and H2H Challenge

Valentine's Day is next Tuesday and 2 of my favorite card challenges are requesting "something Valentiny" (Heart to Heart) or "something with a heart" (Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday). I am entering this card in both of these challenges.

It is a 6 x 6 card and I used the Roxie paper pack and Bamboo sponged White Daisy from Close To My Heart. I used several Art Philosophy Cricut cuts. I started with a 4" cut square with cricut cut corner flourishes--from page 44 Rectangle, card, shift. (This was actually a piece I had cut out when I was figuring out how to make photo frames for a tissue box cover which can be found here.) The second shape cut is from page 36 Decorative Layer and Shift cut at 2.75" and 3". The heart frame was popped up with 3D foam tape. Tiny opaque adhesive gems were added to the flourishes and the heart frame. Happy Valentine's Day everyone! (Isn't it great to have occasions to create special cards for?)

H2H Sketch Challenge with Roxie and Hooray Bouquet

This week there is a sketch challenge at H2H challenge blog. Here it is:

My card uses Close To My Heart products: Roxie paper, vanilla cream CS, D1491 Hooray Bouquet, Cocoa and Hollyhock inks. The vertical strips are from the end of the Roxie paper--don't you love the scallops?

Thanks for looking!

Roxie and Card Patterns Sketch 130

Today FedEx delivered some new CTMH paper and I couldn't wait to do this sketch. I love the simplicity of the design. I used Roxie paper which is card stock weight and doubled sided--plaid on one side and floral print on the other and the greeting is from the very versatile Salutation Seals Stamp set. The greetings include Congratulations, Thinking of You, I Love You, Happy Birthday, Celebrate and Thank you. The greeting was stamped in Hollyhock ink on Colonial White paper. The bling on the smaller circles are cream opaque adhesive gems from CTMH. Thanks to Card Patterns for providing wonderful sketch challenges and to all who share their artwork to inspire other. Happy Labor Day weekend! Enjoy!