Pet Sympathy Card with Freshly Made Sketch #579

Our friends had to put down their beloved dog the other day so I used the fabulous sketch at Freshly Made Sketches to create an appropriate sympathy card.  The image and sentiment are from the Close to my Heart stamp set called "Paw Prints on Your Heart".  The background papers are from Grateful Heart and New England Ivy Card Stock.

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

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

     Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge--Anything Goes

     Use Your Stuff #480--Animals

     Creative Fingers #251--Anything Goes

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

:) Marie

 

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Sympathy Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #518

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a vertical striped layout with an off center circular element and bow.  I didn't have a bow die and didn't want to use a tied ribbon so I used tropical leaves and flower from Fabulous Flamingo.  The shades of green striped paper is from "Grateful Heart" (retired Close to my Heart product).  The sentiment and leaves were stamped in Versamark Ink and then New England Ivy ink and embossed with Polysparkle Tinsel Embossing powder. The sentiment is from "Words of Comfort" (retired Close to my Heart product).  A scalloped circle die was also used to frame the sentiment.

 

Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, April 2 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:

      Little Red Wagon #697--Sympathy

      Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #202--Anything Goes

      Allsorts Challenge #721--Anything Goes with option of rain

 

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

:) Marie

 

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Quick Sympathy Card with Paper Craft Crew Horizontal Sketch #510

Simplicity is helpful when you need to make a card in a hurry so I followed the fabulous sketch at the Paper Craft Crew.  The paper is from Echo Park "Day in the Life" paper and the sentiment is from Close to my Heart "Words of Comfort" in New England Ivy Ink and paper frame.

Here is the wonderful sketch that inspired my card layout:

     

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

     Little Red Wagon #697--Sympathy

     Make My Monday #197--P is for Paper

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

:) Marie

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Golf Themed Thank You Cards with Freshly Made Sketch #578

There were several people I needed to thank for helping out at our Golf Invitational last week so I chose the great sketch from Freshly Made Sketch and varied the papers.  The large background die is from Close to my Heart which retired a couple of years ago but is still useful to me.  The background papers are from Stampin Up's Clubhouse papers which also is no longer available. It was a little difficult to capture the shimmer from the silver and gold foil papers used on the first 2 cards.  The background of the third card is silver metallic cardstock.

Which one do you like best?

Here is the fabulous Freshly Made Sketch that inspired my card layouts:

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

     Make My Monday Challenge--P is for Paper

     Die Cut Divas--Anything Goes

     Creative Fingers #251--Anything Goes

 

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

:) Marie

 

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So Much Happy New Home Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #517

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features a split horizontal layout with a framed sentiment and two flags.  My card uses patterned paper from So Much Happy (retired Close to my Heart) enhanced with Diamond Stickles Glitter Glue and the sentiment from Many Congratulations (retired Close to my Heart).  A Stitched Rectangle Thin Cut Die was used to frame the sentiment and the sentiment was embossed with Sapphire Ink and Polysparkle Tinsel Embossing Powder.

 Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, March 26 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:

     A Place to Start--Anything Goes

     Cut it Up Challenges--This Makes Me Happy (paper is                        named So Much Happy)

     Creative Fingers Challenge--Anything Goes

     Through the Purple Haze--Anything Goes

     Daisy Chain Challenge #72--Flowers

      

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

:) Marie

 

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Sparkly Happy Anniversary Card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch #515

 Welcome back to another Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog post!  This week our sketch features 3 stripes, a central circular element and some flourishes.  The background of my card was created from a Recollections paper pack called "Specialty Blues" which has several sheets with blue foil in them.  The gold center band and die cut holographic flourish came from Scrapbook.com's Holographic Mirror paper. The greeting is gold embossed stamp called "Special Day Duo" retired from Close to My Heart.

This second photo shows how sparkly some of these elements are:

 Here is our fabulous sketch that inspired my card layout and for you to try.  Our challenge is open until Sunday evening, March 12 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:

     A Place to Start--Anything Goes

     Creative Fingers--Anything Goes

     Use Your Stuff--Paper Strips     

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

:) Marie

 

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Glittery Striped Birthday Card for AAA Birthday Game #47 Stripes and/or Dots

Months ago my card was selected as a winner at AAA Birthday and I am honored  to be a Guest Designer for this challenge.  The challenge for this month is Stripes and/or Dots.  I used a background that I made from strips of scraps placed on an adhesive sheet.  I left some space between the strips so I could press gold glitter in to the spaces.  A Nuvo Gold Glitter Marker was used to color in the letters from the Festive Borders stamp.

Please be sure to check out the AAA Birthday website for more great card ideas.  You can link up your creation here.

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

      Everybody Art Challenge #530--Birthday

      Unicorn Challenge #84--Birthday

      Seize the Birthday--Option Red, White and 1 color

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

:) Marie

 

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