Thinking of You Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #491

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a rectangular panel over two stripes with 2 circular elements and small embellishments.  My card was made with Sweet Girl paper (retired Close to My Heart), Blue Belle Ink, New England Ivy CS, Sapphire CS, Blue Belle CS and Sunset CS. The butterfly is from Chelsea Gardens Cardmaking Set stamped over a floral envelope liner.  The sentiment is from Wordfetti.

 

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, September 25 and you can link up your project here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and leaving some bloggy comment love. Please stop by our blog on Wednesday to see what the rest of the talented Design Team has to inspire you.

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

     Stamping Sensations--Feminine

     Crafty Calendar Challenge--Anything Goes

     Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday--Anything Goes 

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

:) Marie

 

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9 Paneled Card with Blossom Paper and Just Add Ink Sketch #543

 The sketch over at Just Add Ink really appealed to me so I decided to use this pretty patterned paper to create a Get Well Card.

Close to my Heart products used:

     Blossom Paper

     Sunset Card Stock

     Sunset Ink

     Winged Masterpiece (small flower and sentiment)

Here is the fabulous Just Add Ink sketch:

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

      Try it on Tuesday--Say it with Flowers

      Crafter's Castle--Anything Goes

      Crafty Sentiments Designs--Anything Goes

      The Spot #152--Photo Inspiration:

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #405 with Country Dragonfly and Hello

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  This week our challenge invites you to have several horizontal panels with an offset frame.  We hope you find the time to play along with us this week. My card features Blossom paper.

The Dragonfly stamps and Hello stamp from Happiness Lives Here--Cardmaking were first inked in Versamark Ink and then inked in Sapphire Ink and Clear Embossed. They were then colored with Jade Green Tri-Blend Marker and True Blue Tri-Blend Markers.  The background behind the dragonfly is retired Sunset paper cut with Stitched Bracket Thin Cut Dies.  The middle panel was trimmed with very old Deckle Edge scissors.  The striped elements are "zip strips" from the Blossom paper.

Here is the fabulous Atlantic Hearts Sketch this week. Our challenge remains open until Sunday evening, January 31.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and commenting on your creative work with this sketch.  Please link up here.

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

     Make My Monday #140--Hello

     Less is More #435--In a Row

     My Time to Craft--Glitter and Sparkle 

     Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Freshly Made Sketch #469 with Blossom Paper Zip Strips

 It was too windy to play winter golf today so I had some extra time in my craft room.  I made a bright and colorful card using Close to my Heart's Blossom paper zip strips, a retired stamp set called Get Well Soon and Freshly Made Sketch #469.

The base card stock is Sunset (retired CTMH) and the ink color is Lagoon.  The tissue box was colored with a Jade Green Tri-Blend Marker.

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

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

      Get Creative Challenges--Anything Goes/No Twist

      Crafters Castle--Anything Goes

      Allsorts Challenge #607--Something New (Blossom paper)

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch #401 with Blossom Paper

 Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch has 3 panels and a round sentiment focal element to spark your creativity.  My card uses an older Close to My Heart paper pack called Blossom which will become available again on January 1.  The coordinating card stocks are Sunset and Lagoon.  The flower group is from the Artistry stamp set and the sentiment is from Spruced Up Cardmaking stamp set. The scalloped circle thin cut die was used for the focal frame. The flowers were accented with the Clear Shimmer Brush.

Here is our fabulous sketch for you to play with.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, January 3 and you can link up your creation here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and commenting on your artwork.

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

     Classic Design Team Challenge--Anything Goes

     Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge--Anything Goes                   with patterned paper

     Die Cut Divas--Anything Goes with a Die

***Please stop by my previous blog post here for a chance to win a prize in celebration of Atlantic Heart's Sketch Challenge's 400th sketch last week. Deadline for entry is Sunday, January 3, 2021.***

     

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

:) Marie

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Flower Market Pumpkins for Joyful Stars Blog Hop

Welcome to the November Joyful Stars Blog Hop!  We are a group of Close to My Heart consultants who share something each month and at 9PM EST.  If you are coming from Debi Brile's blog you are on the right track.  (The complete lineup is also on Joyce's blog in case you get lost.) Have fun being inspired!

I made this card for my sister's birthday.  She loves everything "pumpkin" so I got to use the latest Close to My Heart Flower Market Cricut cartridge to create a birthday card for her.  The stamped greeting is also from the Flower Market Cricut collection.  The "frost" on the pumpkins was made with the new Clear Shimmer Brush.

Close to My Heart products used:
     Flower Market Cricut collection
     Pansy CS
     Colonial white CS
     Sunset CS (recently retired)
     New England Ivy CS
     Goldrush CS
     New England Ivy Ink
     Clear Shimmer Brush

I'm also linking this card up to the Cards in Envy Pumpkins challenge.

Now it's time to head on over to Betty Locco's blog to see the awesome project she has to share this month.

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

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Haunted House Card for Color Dare #217

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  This week we invite you to use all and only these colors:  Sweet Leaf, Sunset, Black and White Daisy.  (If you don't have these Close to My Heart colors yet feel free to substitute something similar so that you can still play along!)

My card was so easy to make!  I just went to Design Space, found my Artfully Sent cartridge, slid the papers and mats into the Cricut Explore and glued the pieces together.  So simple!

Close to My Heart products used:

     Artfully Sent Cartridge (recently retired)

     Black CS

     Sunset CS (recently retired)

     Sweet Leaf CS

     White Daisy CS

     Say it All stamp (recently retired)

     Sunset Ink

     Clear Shimmer Brush (applied to the moon)

     Black Marker (color bats over the moon)

Here is the Color My Heart Color Dare graphic. (Just click on it to see what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to share).  We would love for you to join us in our gallery.

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

     Sunny Day Crafting--Anything Goes

     Hanna and Friends #260--Halloween/Autumn

     Star Stampz--Halloween

     Fab n Funky Challenges #324--Halloween

     Simon Says Wednesday Challenge--Anything Goes

     Die Cutting Divas--Halloween

     Craft Cardmakers--Things That Go Bump in the Night

     Paper Girls #114--Halloween

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

:) Marie

     

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #288--Fright Night

Welcome back to another Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog post!  This fortnight we are challenging you to create something with a Halloween theme.  My card is a Double Dutch Fold card and has a variety of Cricut Halloween images in it.  I actually made two cards so I could photograph the outside of the card and the inside of the card in the same photo. 

Here's a closeup of the outside of the card.  I used a length of novelty ribbon and stapled it together in the back of the card so it could be slipped on and off easily.

Here is a closeup of the card inside:

I found the basic card fold in Design Space in the Project Primrose Community shared by Georgia Carl.  She had originally created a baby card but I adapted it to be a Halloween card.  Here is the Design Space file I created to make this card.

Cricut cartridges used:  Creativebug (witch and cat), Celebrate With Flourish (witch and Jack o Lantern), Ultimate Creative Sampler (Dracula, Spider), Mini Monsters (Happy Halloween), CTMH Artbooking (Boo)

Close to My Heart products used:

     Artbooking cricut cartridge

     Whisper CS

     Black CS

     Raspberry CS

     Pear CS (retired)

     Gypsy CS (retired)

     Sunset CS (retired)

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

     Crafty Calendar Challenges--Halloween theme 

     Cut It Up--Pumpkins 

     Simply Create Too--Halloween

     Craftaholics--Halloween Cards for Guys

     Cute Card Thursday--Halloween

     Crafting by Design--Halloween 

Now click on the badge below to check out what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to inspire you.

     

Challenge #288 Fright Night

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Create a project inspired by Halloween!

And we are giving away a $25 Amazon gift certificate, courtesy of FCCB Design Team!  This prize will be given if there are 10 entries or more.

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

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


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Let it Snow for Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog #268

Welcome back to another Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog post!  Today we are challenging you to create something with your cricut with a Snow Theme.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Artfully Sent cricut cartridge

     White Daisy CS

     Wonderland paper (retired)

     Black CS

     Sunset CS

     Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (retired)

I'm also entering this card into the Clear it Out Challenge blog to add a snowflake and Heart 2 Heart "Frozen" challenge.

Challenge #268-Snow
Make a project featuring snow

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To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

And, if you submit a project in our challenge that isn't a card, you will get two entries for a chance to win the prize instead of one! 

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

Halloween Votive Holders for Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Fright Night

This week's challenge at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog is "Fright Night" and we hope you can play along with us here.  Our randomly selected prize winner will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to the SVG Attic.

Halloween is quickly approaching and I wanted to use Design Space to create some home decor items.  Once I figured out that I could use a basic box shape from the CTMH Artiste cartridge and weld some Halloween images from the CTMH Artbooking cartridge I couldn't stop creating these cute votive holders!  The first picture was taken with the flickering battery operated votive candles in the dark.

Here is what they look like in daylight:

Close to My Heart products used:

     Artiste cartridge

     Artbooking cartridge

     Eggplant CS

     Black CS

     Colonial White CS

     Sunset CS

     Slate CS

     Black Ink

     Pastel Vellum (retired)

     Vellum (retired)

     Black Ink

     Black marker to color the bat

     

Other products

    Recollection Shimmer White Gold CS (moon)

    Plastic wrap (to create "texture" around the skull and crossbones image

I'm also entering this Halloween project into the following challenges:

     Friday Mashup--Halloween theme

     Heart2Heart--Use a Cricut cut

     Bitten by the Bug--use a bat on your project

Would you like to have these Design Space cutting files?  If so, just leave me a comment with your email address and I will be happy to send it to you.

Head on over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the fabulous Design Team has to share with you.  We hope that you will be able to play along with our challenge and join in on the fun.

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

Color Dare #164 Meets Global Design Project #006 and Can You Case It Halloween Theme

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge post!  There are 6 colors for this week's challenge:

I found a new blog challenge called Global Design Project and decided to combine these two challenges with a Halloween theme.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Whisper CS

     Pear CS

     Sunset CS

     Sunset Ink

     Spellbound paper zip strip (retired)

     Slate CS

     Eggplant CS

     Confetti Stars embossing folder

     Love Ya Silly Stamp

     Sunset Ink

     Say it All stamp

     Black Ink

     Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (retired) on embossed stars

     My Legacy Writer Black Pen .03 (retired) to outline monster     

Here is the Global Design Project Sketch #006 that inspired me:

I'm also entering this Halloween card into the Can You Case It? Halloween challenge this week.

Will you be able to take the Color Dare challenge this week?  If you don't have the exact Close to My Heart colors listed you may substitute similar colors.  Just have fun with it!  Link up your papercrafted creation here by Thursday evening, October 22 at 9PM CDT.  

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

:) Marie

Artistry Crab for CAS(E) This Sketch #135

There are so many delightful new images to play with in the new Close To My Heart Cricut Cartridge called "Artistry"!  Today I made a simple card using the crab from page 15.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Seaside paper (retiring 9-1-15)

     Peacock CS

     Peacock Ink

     Champagne CS

     Sunset CS

     Peacock Green Shin Han Touch Marker

     Artfully Sent Cricut Collection Stamp

Other products:

     Wiggle Eyes

Here is the CAS(E) This Sketch I followed:

The challenge at Addicted to Stamps or More is to "Make Your Mark"--I used a Peacock Green Shin Han Touch Marker to draw the line above the greeting.

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

:) Marie

Color Dare #150 Meets Sunday Stamps Sketch #104

If you are looking for the Joyful Stars Blog Hop post please go here.

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  This week we are challenging you to create using the following Close to My Heart colors:  Sunset, Sweet Leaf, Slate and White Daisy.  (If you don't have these CTMH colors yet feel free to use similar colors).

The focal point of my card was created with the Artfully Sent cricut cartridge (Icon page 27).   The White Daisy background panel was stamped with the CTMH Diamond embossing folder. (I brayered Sweet Leaf ink onto the embossing folder and then hand pressed the color onto the paper.)  

Close to My Heart products used:

     Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge

     Sunset CS

     White Daisy CS

     Slate CS

     Sweet Leaft CS

     Bakers Twine Paradise Assortment (retired)

     3D Foam Tape

Here is the wonderful Sunday Stamps sketch I followed to make the card:

    

Now it's your turn to create with these colors and share them with us here.  Just have fun with it!

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

:) Marie

     

Use Your Stash Blog Hop--Use an Uninked Stamp

Welcome back to another Use Your Stash Blog Hop!  We are a group of Close to My Heart consultants who are trying to use up what we have.  Our theme this month is "If you stamp it, they will love it!" and we are using stamps we have not yet used or loved.   If you are coming from Michelle Loncar's blog you are on the right track.

My card features stamps from the Blossom Cardmaking Kit which I purchased several months ago but had not yet created anything with them.

I followed the Technostamper's 1st and 3rd Monday Lunchtime Sketch #363 to make this card.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Blossom Paper

     Sunset CS

     Blossom Cardmaking Kit stamps

     Sunset Ink

     Lagoon Ink

     3D Foam Tape

     Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (retired)

The next stop on our blog hop is Casandra Bennett's blog.  I'm sure you will love what she has to share.

Our Blog Hop Coordinator, Shirley Ross, has also asked us to share stamp storage ideas.  Here are a few pictures of my stamp organizational process but I have to admit I need more SPACE!

Some of my old Close to My Heart stamp sets (pre My Acrylix) are stored on this book shelf.  The cabinet to the left holds lots of paper and there are lots of supplies in plastic shoeboxes.

Some of my old Close to My Heart stamps (pre My Acrylix) are contained within these cabinet drawers that I purchased at IKEA about 17 years ago.  On top of the cabinet are plastic shoeboxes with CTMH My Acrylix organized alphabetically.  (My most recent acquisitions are not filed alphabetically and are stored together in a big plastic container).   There is one CTMH box labeled Christmas.  Above the cabinets and plastic shoeboxes is an old wooden casette display cabinet that is overflowing with Close to My Heart stamp pads.  (I've collected quite a few over the 18+ years I've been a consultant!)

Several years ago, my best stamping buddy Arlene, made me this binder to help me be able to see what stamps I have to choose from.  Previously I stamped all the sets in black but this summer I decided I would choose one of the newly released colors (Thistle) so I would be better able to see what the current stamp sets are.

Here is a picture of the outside of the binder that was stamped with Close to My Heart stamps:

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

:) Marie