Christmas Card with Try Stampin' on Tuesday #526

 A few months ago I purchased a pretty poinsettia vellum paper (Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper) that was on clearance from SU and finally got to use it in making this card. I paired it with Comfort and Joy paper from Close to My Heart, a scalloped circle punch and Merry Christmas Flourish sentiment.

My card layout was inspired by this fabulous Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #526:

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

     Happy Little Stampers--Anything Goes with Dies

     Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge--Sentiment as Focus

     Beyond the Blue--Layered Die Cuts

     Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog--Pinecones and Poinsettias

     Die Cut Divas--October-Anything Goes
     

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

:) Marie

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Scandinavian Folk Art Greeting with Tuesday Morning Sketch #600

 My card today was really quick to make following the fabulous Tuesday Morning Sketch.  I used some very old Close to My Heart paper called Star Spangled Blue Background and Texture Paper and the Scandinavian Folk Art sentiment stamp.  A Stitched Circle and Stitched Square Frame were used to frame the bold sentiment. This card will go to my husband for Father's Day.

The small circle embellishments were created by clear embossing Star Spangled Blue Card Stock and then using a regular hole punch.

The Scandinavian Folk Art Stamp Set is the Close to My Heart Stamp of the Month which can be purchased for just $5 with a qualifying order of $50.

Here is the wonderful Tuesday Morning Sketch that inspired my card layout:

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:                              Daisy Chain Challenges--Monochrome                                                Happy Little Stampers-- Anything Goes With Dies                              Love to Craft Challenges--Anything Goes                                                My Besties Brazil--Tic Tac Toe (Middle Row)

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch #395 Holiday Card

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post! This week we have several elements to challenge you--3 panels, circular focal element, banner, embellished trim. Since the holidays are coming upon us quickly I chose to make a Christmas card.



Close to my Heart products used: 

        Almond CS 

        Cedar and Pine Paper                                                                            Traditional Holiday stamp set
        Reindeer Crossing stamp                                                                       Uptown Fundamentals                                                                         Fancy Borders Thin Cut Dies                                                                Stitched Circle Thin Cut Die                                                                White Embossing Powder

Here is the fabulous Atlantic Hearts Sketch that inspired my card creation.  Our challenge is open until Sunday night, November 22.  You can link up your entry here.

 I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:                               Crafting Challenge--Add a Sentiment                                                   Dream Valley Challenges--Lots of Layers                                             Heart 2 Heart--Card Creations                                                               Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge--Holidays                     

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

:) Marie

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Garden Tag Card with Sketch Saturday #610

Pinks are not my usual color palette but they seem to work well here with this Sketch Saturday sketch #610.  The floral image was colored with Raspberry, Ballerina and Julep Shimmer brushes. 

Close to My Heart products used:
     Raspberry CS
     Ballerina CS
     Black CS
     Intense Black Ink
     Garden Tag (June stamp of the month)
     Time to Celebrate sentiment stamp (May stamp of the month)
     Stitched Circles Thin Cut Die
     Julep Shimmer Brush
     Raspberry Shimmer Brush
     Ballerina Shimmer Brush
     Stitched Circle Thin Cut Die
     Raspberry Ink
     Fiskars Cloud Edge Scissors (retired a long time ago)

Here is the fabulous Sketch Saturday sketch that inspired my card layout:

I'm also sharing this card with the following challenges:

       Crafty Gals Corner--For the Ladies

       Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday--Make it Feminine

       Stamping Sensations--Say it With Flowers

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

:) Marie

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M Folded Cards for Joyful Stars January 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 Lori Meadows blog you are on the right track. (The complete lineup is on Joyce's blog in case you get lost.) Have fun being inspired! 

After the holidays were over I had some time to just peruse shared cards on Pinterest and I was intrigued by a new (to me) card fold I found here and decided to try making a few with Close to My Heart products.

My first card started with a 5.5" x 11" sheet of White Daisy sheet scored at 1.25", 4" and 6.75".  I then glued pieces of Every Little Thing patterned paper and zip strips along with the Wisteria dotted paper from last season's Mix-In Paper.

The sentiment is from Birthday Greetings and I used the Stitched Circle Thin Cut Dies and Basic Circle Thin Cut Dies to frame it. The stars were inked with Wisteria and the greeting was embossed in Black. 

My second card started with a 5.5" x 11" sheet of Every Little Thing paper and Wisteria and White Daisy panels added.  The sentiment is from the January Stamp of the Month called Everyday Magic.

Here are the fabulous stamps included in the January Stamp of the month:

I'm also sharing these cards with the following challenges:

    Paper Players--Something New (card fold technique)

    Heart 2 Heart--Try Something New (card fold technique)

    Always Fun--Something New (card fold technique)

    Get Creative--Something New (card fold technique)

    Simon Says Monday--Something New (card fold technique)
    Seize the Birthday #180--Layer It

Now it's time to head over to Nancy Brown'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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Graduation Card for Penn State Graduate with Just Add Ink #487

My lovely daughter-in-law graduated from Penn State University on December 21st and I was inspired to make this card with the current Just Add Ink Sketch #487:

 

The stamps are from Smarty Pants (retired Close to My Heart) and the striped paper is Close to My Heart Mix-In papers with Sapphire Ink and Stitched CirclesThin Cut Dies.

Here is the fabulous Just Add Ink sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

      Double Trouble Challenge--Earn Your Stripes

      Watercooler Wednesday--Anything Goes

      Just Us Girls--Wild Card Week--Anything Goes

      Tuesday Morning Sketches--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Color Dare #286 Meets Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #368

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge post!  This fortnight we are challenging you to combine the following  Close to My Heart colors:  New England Ivy, Linen and Blossom with an option of adding silver or gold.  Black and White are free to use but please do not add additional colors.  Of course if you don't have these exact CTMH colors yet, you may substitute similar colors so you can still join in on the fun!  Our challenge is open until July 5 at 9PM EDT so you have almost 2 weeks to participate.  We award blog badges for challenge winners and have a random winner drawn monthly for some goodies in the mail.

My sister recently gave us a set of new beach chairs for our new vacation home so I thought it was appropriate to feature a beach chair as a focal image for this card.

Close to My Heart products used:

     New England Ivy CS

     Linen CS

     Adventure Fundamentals Paper

     Blossom Ink

     New England Ivy Ink

     Shells and Stars stamp

     No Worries--Cardmaking Stamp and Thin Cuts                    (retired)

     Shell Sentiments Thank You stamp

     Stitched Circles Die

     Circle Die

     Clear Shimmer Brush

Just click on the Color Dare Graphic below to get to see what the rest of the wonderful Design Team has to inspire you and to find the link to share your project with us.

Here is the fabulous Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

     Aud Sentiments Challenge #206--Anything Goes              with a Sentiment

     Cardz 4 Galz--Summer Sunny Days

     Through the Purple Haze--At the Beach

     Creative Sketchy Girls--Summer Card

     Dies R Us Challenge #99--Summertime Fun

     Sunsational Stamps--Beach Theme

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

:) Marie

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Color Dare #294--Tic Tac Toe

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog.  It is the last week of the month so we have another fun "choose your own" color challenge using the Tic Tac Toe challenge board featuring Beautiful Friendship color palette.  I used the top row featuring Sapphire, Silver and Canary.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Canary CS

     Beautiful Friendship paper (blue dotted paper)

     Make Waves--Stamps and Thin Cut Dies

     Stitched Circle Thin Cut Dies

     Silver Embossing Powder

     Silver Shimmer Trim

Here is the Beautiful Friendship Tic Tac Toe Board to inspire your creativity.  Please be sure to let us know which row or column you are using when you submit your entry. You must use 3 in a line but you may add other (or all) colors from the challenge board. Just click on the graphic below to get to the Color Dare blog to see what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you.  Our challenge is open until Thursday evening, June 7.  We look forward to seeing how you use these colors. 

     

My card layout was inspired by this wonderful Crazy 4 Challenges sketch:

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

     Crafty Gals Corner--Anything Goes

     The House That Stamps Built--Anything Goes

     Simon Says Wednesday--Use More than 1 stamp

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch #265 with Beautiful Friendship Paper

Beautiful Friendship is a beautiful paper pack from Close to My Heart and I'm using it with this fabulous sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch #65.

I've added some Bashful Pearls, Bashful card stock and Glitz Glitter Gel on the floral piece.  The new Stitched Circles Thin Cuts were used to cut the circles.  The greeting is from February's Stamp of the Month called "Sunny Thoughts".  It was stamped with Sapphire pigment ink and clear embossed.

Here is the wonderful sketch I followed:

We hope you will find the time to join the Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge which ends Monday night May 27.  Please be sure to check out our challenge blog on Wednesday when the rest of the fabulous Design Team will be posting their projects to inspire you.

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

    Always Fun Challenges--Anything Goes

    Cards in Envy--Follow a Sketch

    Whoopsy Daisy--Anything Goes 

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

:) Marie

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