Daughter-in-Law Birthday Card with Tuesday Morning Sketch #529

It was a lot of fun making this bright,glittery, and cheerful birthday card for a special person. 

The Bluebird and Carolina frame was cut from the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge and the Daughter-in-Law sentiment was drawn using the Cricut Sans font.  The background color is Lilac and the patterned paper is from the Craft On paper pack (recently retired from Close to My Heart).  The glittery stripes were created with Silver, Blue and Purple Shimmer Trim.  The stamped greetings are from "Just a Number" and "For Family" (both retired CTMH) and were black embossed.

Here is the fabulous Tuesday Morning sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

     Craft Rocket Challenge #65--Birthday

     Papercraft Challenges #50--Birthday
     Seize the Birthday--Option of off the edge

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

:) Marie

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Every Little Thing Birthday Card With Multi Square Windows Thin Cuts

The floral patterned paper from Every Little Thing paper from Close to My Heart is so pretty!  I paired it with the Multi Square Windows Thin Cut Dies in Wisteria Card Stock layered over Evergreen Card Stock.  The Birthday sentiment from Sentiments from Melissa Esplin was stamped in Evergreen Ink and Versamark Ink and then embossed with Clear Embossing Powder.  I cut the floral paper with the window die so I could insert the pieces into the windows (I'll have a floral grid to use later on.)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
     Craft Rocket Challenge #65--Birthday
     Papercraft Challenges #50--Birthday
     Seize the Birthday--Option of off the edge
     Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge--Anything Goes
     Stinkin' Inkers--Die-lirius and Punchy 
     Happy Little Stampers--Anything Goes With Dies
     

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

:) Marie

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Golf Themed Card With Atlantic Hearts Sketch #342

This week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge really appealed to me with it's paper strips and central element.  I chose to use paper scraps from several different golf themed papers.

The golf stamp is  from Close to My Heart.  Paper colors are Sage, White Daisy and Evergreen.  The ink is also Evergreen.

Here is the fabulous Atlantic Hearts sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

     Addicted to Stamps and More--Make Your Mark

     Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper--Use Patterned Paper

     Stamps, Fun and Creativity--Non-Cute

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

:) Marie

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Personallized Birthday Card with Fusion Sketch

My nephew (who happens to enjoy golf) just celebrated his birthday and thus warranted this special card:

The Happy Birthday greeting is from Party Balloons, name letters are from Junior Varsity Alphabet and the golf ball is from Tee Time--all retired Close to My Heart stamp sets.  The inks are Evergreen and Sapphire.  The background paper had no identifying marks on it other than "Golf".

Here is the wonderful sketch that inspired my card layout::

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

     Addicted to CAS #172-- Birthday

     Seize the Birthday--Off the Edge Option

     Perfectly CAS--Birthday Using 1/3 or Less

     Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge

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

:) Marie

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Color Dare #367 Meets Stella Says Sketch #718

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 Betty Locco'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! 

I've been playing with fall colors and Sentiments by Melissa Esplin stamps this week.  

Did you know that there are items from the September--October catalog that there are still available?  When you go to your consultant's online business account, go to the "shop" tab and scroll down to "online only" you can find a variety of items that you may have missed.  If you don't have a CTMH consultant you can check out my business account here.

Products used:

     Almond CS

     New England Ivy CS

     Sangria CS

     Goldrush CS

     Espresso CS

     Sentiments by Melissa Esplin

     Versamark Ink

     Copper Tinsel Embossing Powder

     Flower Garden Embossing Folder

     Hawthorn Paper (zip strip)

Here are the fabulous greetings that come in the stamp set I used:

As you can see this is a very versatile set!  You can see some other cards I've made with this set here and here.

This was a quick card to make following the color challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare (which feature Close to My Heart colors) and a great sketch by Stella Says Sketch at Bugaboo.

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

      Craft Rocket Challenges--Happy Birthday

      Seize the Birthday--Birthday with option over the edge

      Heart 2 Heart--Anything Goes with CTMH products

Now it's time to head over to Debi Brile'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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Hawthorn Hello for Freshly Made Sketch #410

There is another wonderful sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches this week and I had the time to play along.  My card uses Hawthorn paper, Sentiments by Melissa Esplin stamp and Copper Tinsel Embossing Powder.

This sketch inspired my card layout:

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

     Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenges--Anything Goes

     Crafty Creations Challenge--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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Hawthorn Papers and Melissa Esplin Sentiments for Sketch Saturday #588

Card sketches are a wonderful way to get my creative juices flowing.  Here is a quick card I made following this week's Sketch Saturday #588:

This wonderful sketch inspired my card layout:

Close to My Heart products used:

     Almond CS

     Espresso CS

     Hawthorn Papers

     Sentiments by Melissa Esplin stamp

     Copper Tinsel Embossing powder

       Versamark Ink

I made my own embellishments with Versamark Ink, Copper Tinsel Embossing powder, scrap of cardstock and paper punches.

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

     Simon Says Wednesday--Thinking of You

     Addicted to Stamps and More--Anything Goes

     Use Your Stuff--Use Scraps

     Aud Sentiments--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

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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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Butterflies For You with Tuesday Morning Sketch #525

When I saw this fascinating sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches I thought of an underused retired Close to My Heart paper pack called Some Kind of Wonderful with its huge circles and bright colors.  I paired it with a current CTMH stamp set called Butterflies for You from the Every Little Thing Cardmaking Kit and colored it with Spectrum Noir markers.  The background color and sentiment color is Raspberry.

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

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

:) Marie

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Sunflower Sympathy Card with Moving along with the Times Sketch #108

Sunflower Sympathy and Thin Cuts is a beautiful floral stamp set by Close to My Heart.  I created this lovely sympathy card with it.  

Close to My Heart products used:
     Sunflower Sympathy and Thin Cut Dies
     Saffron Card Stock
     Paprika Card Stock
     Almond Card Stock
     Toffee Ink
     Espresso Ink
     Mix-In Paper

Here is the fabulous Moving Along With the Times sketch that inspired my card layout:
     

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

      Shopping Our Stash--Autumn Colors

      Addicted to CAS--Plaid

      Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday--Stamp it!

      Inspire Create Challenges--Die Cutting

      

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

:) Marie

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Case This Sketch #343 Fall Birthday Card

This is a quick card I made following Case This Sketch #343.  I love the use of stripes behind a bold sentiment!

Close to My Heart products used:
     Eggplant CS
     Hawthorn paper
     Paprika Ink
     Gold Shimmer Brush

Other products:
   Bubble Greetings by Taylor Expressions

Here is the fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout:

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

     Just Add Ink--Just add "H"

     Shopping Our Stash--Autumn Colors

     Allsorts--Spots and/or Stripes

     Seize the Birthday--Option--For Kids

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

:) Marie

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Case This Sketch #342 with Hawthorn Colors

Here is a quick card I made following Case This Sketch #342 with fall colors from Close to My Heart Hawthorn papers and Sunflower Sympathy Stamp and Thin Cut Dies. Card Stock colors are Toffee, Sangria and Saffron.  Ink colors are Toffee and Espresso.

My card layout was inspired by this fabulous sketch:

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

     Always Fun Challenges #131--Dies or Punches

     Happy Little Stampers--Anything Goes with Dies

     Bitten by the Bug--Crows, Scarecrows or Sunflowers

     The Male Room--Stay CAS

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

:) Marie

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Atlantic Hearts #337 Meets Color My Heart Color Dare #363 for 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 Betty Locco'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 card this month features Every Little Thing paper, small butterfly from Sunflower Sympathy, Wisteria and Evergreen Card Stocks and Gold Embossing Powder.

My card was inspired by Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #337 combined with the Color My Heart Color Dare #363 Tic Tac Toe Board (left top diagonal--Wisteria, Gold, Evergreen)

Now it's time to head over to Debi Brile'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

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.

Quick Birthday Cards with Monstrous Halloween 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 Betty Locco'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! 

I haven't received my new items from the new Close to My Heart catalogs yet so I looked in my online business account and found that the Monstrous Halloween stamps and Thin Cuts from last year are still available.  It has cute little monsters and this fabulous birthday greeting.  I used the Love of Color book to choose some coordinating colors.

Here are two cards with the same layout with a different arrangement of colors (Sage, Peacock, Carolina and White Daisy):

Which card do you like better?

My card layout was inspired by this Mojo Monday sketche that was rotated 90 degrees.

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

   Cardz 4 Guys--Celebrate
   Dragonfly Dreams Challenge--Birthdays
   Crafting Happiness--Birthday
   Simon Says Monday Challenge--Stamp It   

Now it's time to head over to Debi Brile'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

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.