Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 80

Heelo fellow crafters and thanks for checking in, today I am posting for AHSC for the challenge 80.  When I looked at it, i was thinking the outer edge of the card is embossed possibly, so that is what I did.....

I used this dark burgundy paper I found in my stash for a dramatic effect, and then I found some papers from CTMH..Colonial white, Huntington and Olive. The ribbon was a loose piece I had in my ribbon bag and went perfectly with the fall theme,  I also used 2 stamp sets from CTMH.....

I used Saddle for the ink as well as Olive.

for a finishing touch I added mini green rhinestones.  I hope you like what I came up with, I was pleased,  Now it is your turn to give it a try:)   Head here and post your project and check out what the other DT members have to share.

You can also take a look at my website..there are plenty of new products to help you create and craft...

http://cathyplus5.ctmh.com

Happy Crafting!!

Cathy

Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge #72

Good Morning everyone, hope you all had a great weekend, I know I did, The weather was gorgeous, I got to do a lot of crafting, my fmaily is all good, what more can a person ask for?

Well today Is my turn to post for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #72, above it the sketch and with fall coming, I though I would take out my 3 Birds on Parade Cricut cartridge and do up a quick Halloween card.

I also used the Scaredy Cat paper collection from Close to My Heart, and the Perfect Fit Halloween stamp set with the Slate CTMH ink.

I had some purple gems that I got at one of my shopping excursions and can not remember the company, sorry.
Oh...and I added an Action wobble!! on the birdie vampire video below shows it in "action"

Cute, Huh?? I love Action wobble, do not know why I do not use them more.

So now..go pick out some paper and  start your post for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge and enter yours here.

Have a good day, Happy crafting

Cathy

Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge #70

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #70

Good morning crafters, today is a new challenge at the Atlantic hearts Sketch Challenge Blog.  I hope this week you will give it a try.

I decided to use the new papers from Claose to My Heart...Brushed

They are such PRETTY papers!

I also used Juniper and black ink, and the Perfect fit Birthday stamp set.

this is the card I made with my interpretation of the sketch..Hope you lilke it and will go to the AHSC blog and link up your project and share with us.  til then, have a great day

Cathy

http://cathyplus5.ctmh.com

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #68

Good morning everyone, hope you had a great weekend.  I got to craft this weekend..I was having a little dry spell.  So glad to be back in the groove.  I was just feeling tired all the time.  I must be getting old..lol.  Well anyways, this week we are following a cute sketch.  

I have been wanting to play with the new Close To My Heart papers I ordered from the new 2014/2015 CTMH idea book, so for this project...and others I did this weekend, I did just that.  I used the Scaredy Cat papers..love them!

I made a 5x7 card using all CTMH papers, including the new color.. Thistle.

I used the Art Philosophy cartridge and the Artiste cartridge from Close to My Heart as well the the Perfect fit Halloween stamp. For the ink I used Slate from CTMH.  For any of the products used here. you can go to my website, and while you are there here is a picture of the Stamp of The Month which can be yours for $5.00 with the purschase of $50.00 or more.  And do not fo forget to take advantage of the great campaign this month, you can get all the details on the Picture My Life by clicking here

So how about you taking a stab at the Challenge this week???

Make sure to check out the other Design team members blogs and their fabulous creations.  Hope you have a great week, thanks for stopping by come back again and bring a friend:)

Cathy

http://cathyplus5.ctmh.com

Atlanic Hearts Sketch Challenge #66

Atlantic Hearts

Sketch Challenge

Hello everyone, have you missed me?  I have been on the computer very little latley,  I have had a lot going on in the family, and family comes first.  My husband was not well and we had a death in the family, then it was my turn to be sick. Well any who, I am back.  I hope to start posting more often, I really want to get my Close To My Heart business off the ground, generate more interest... In the meanwhile...this is a challenge week, and I have to tell you I really enjoyed, making this card, it was fairly easy to put together, the sketch is simple and sweet, and I love the colors.  Win win situation..........

I used Artiste cartridge for the flowers, cutting them at 2 1/2", and 2' and 1 1/2 inches. I then curled up each petal to give it some dimention.  I used the Sky Blue paper and ink (which will be retiring at the end of this month, so hurry if you want to get it) from Close To My Heart.

I also used the stamp set "The happy Couple" (D1539)  for the sentiment.  The paper pack is "Ariana" X7179c, which too is retiring July 31st. BUT... Wait til you see all the WONDERFUL stuff in the NEW Close To My Heart Catalog.  Lets just say My cricut is gonna be hummin :)

I hope you like my project for today and I would love for you to take part in this challenge as well as check out the other Design Team ladies and give them some love.  Here is the link.

Thanks for stopping by and plsease come back again

Cathy

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #62

This weeks sketch challenge can be interpreted many ways, I think.  and what I decided to do was make a 6x6 card, mat it twice and then cut out a square from the Art Philosophy cartridge that had the edges snipped, and using an ink sponge I added CTMH gypsy ink smeared as the background and then stamp wth black ink.

I purchased the stamp set above from another consultant, it is retired, but I love it .  I then matted a  sentiment and faux stitched the edges.  Oh and the fianl touch is the bling. :)

Hope you like and that you will give the challenge a go.  Make sure to check out the other Design team members projects, enter the challenge here.

Have a great day!!!

Cathy

AHS Challenge #60

Good morning, and Happy Monday, I hope you all had a great day celebrating Fathers day.  I had a great day with my hubby and sons, not all were able to make over for dinner gathering but were able to talk to them on the phone.  I also had some time to create some cards.  I worked on some masculine ones..tricky...

For this weeks challenge I use Close to my Heart papers and the owl cut from the Artbooking cartridge....

I just love this little owl cut and these Free to Be Me papers are soooo bright and fun and has some of my favorite colors...

I hope you will give it a try, it is such a fun sketch..head over to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Blog and have fun..check out the other Design team members creations while you are there.

I am entering this in the Craftin Desert Divas craft challenge..Favorite color

Happy Crafting~Cathy~

http://cathyplus5.ctmh.com

AHS challenge #58

Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge #54

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #54

Good Morning everyone, I hope today finds you doing wel and ready to try another challenge.  This is a fun, and could be a real easy one...open to interpretation .  Here is how I interpreted it..simply

This week I have been working real hard at using up my scraps..if you are a paper crafter..you know how they can build up quickly.haha

so not sure if these are old CTMH papers, or who they belong to, but were pretty and scrap so I used them. 

the stmp used was from the CTMH stamp set

Paper Doll D1547

and the ink is CTMH 

Outdoor Demin Z2140

the little bling butterflies..unknown sorry and CS is scraps as well

Ok that is my share for today..now it is your turn..the link for you to join in on the AHSC fun is here

Have a great day!!!

http://cathyplus5.ctmh.com

 Cathy

Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge #52

Happy Monday everyone, Hope you all had a real nice Easter weekend.  I sure did, I had most of my children and their families over for a big ham dinner, with the exception of one of my sons and his wife who live in Chicag. so they were unable to attend.  

Well this is AHSC #52... and here is my take on it..

As you can see, I did not stray too far from the sketch. but when I saw the sketch...all I could see was using one of my daisies...so there you have it..now lets' see what you can come up with.  head over to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Blog and link up your creation...and have fun.

Cathy

P.S.  I am still looking for fun loving, paper crafting ladies to join my team as a consultant with Close To My Heart.  Purchase the starter kit for $99.00 and receive a cricut cartridge collection of your choice for FREE ($99.00 value)

head to my website to get started

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 Thanks for stopping by

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 50

Atlanti Hearts Sketch Challenge

50

Happy Monday everyone, hope you all had a nice weekend.  I did, I had a Close to My Heart gathering with a group of wonderful ladies, we had a lot of fun!!

The sun came out a little bit and melted some more snow and that was a good thing.  But this is the time of year of dirty snow and MUD...be glad when that is done.

Any who, here is the card I made for this weeks sketch challenge...

I used the new Skylark paper,, I love it, such pretty paper, love the color combo as well as the bird images, although the pieces I used for today's card do not have any birds on them.

I used skylark paper pack (X7177B)

CTMH zipper lace

mini medley accent Olive (z1489)

Skylark assortment (Z3000)

paper trimmer and adhesive

Hope you like how it turned out and will give the sketch a try and link it up here...Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Blog

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to give some love to the Design team, I am sure they appreciate it :)
Cathy

AHS Challenge #46

Good morning and welcome to  the Atlantic Hearts Sketch 

Challeng #46.  For today's sketch I decided to use the papers from the "Pro Player" Paper packet.  I do not have any Birthday cards for a young man, so I took advantage of this time to do one.  The card is 8 1/2 by 5 1/2, and all materials used are CTMH..

suppies...Artiste cartridge, ProPlayer papers, Square studs,

I put a few arrows on the inside of the card, and on the envelope too to dress them up.  Was a fun easy card to make, helps when you have great product to work with ;)

So why don't you give it a try..take part in the AHS Challenge..All you have to do is head the AHSC blog here and make sure you link up!! 

Thanks for stopping by, and if you would like to head to my website, please click the link below and shop around. Would LOVE to help you add some Close To My Heart products to your Crafting goodies!!

http://cathyplus5.ctmh.com

I am also linking up for the Craftin Desert Divas Linky Birthday party

Cathy

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #44

Challenge time!!

Welcome everyone to  the AHSC..and I hope you love the sketch, like I do and are going to have a go at it :)

For today's sketch, there is flowers on it ,and if anyone knows me they know I love flowers and when I have a chance to use them I do.

I love making 3D flowers..right now it makes me feel close to Spring...I need it..this has been a real snowy winter.

If you would like to give this sketch a shot, head over to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge blog

and link up your project~~

Cathy

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Announcement and AHSC challenge #41

Announcement!!

Good afternoon!!! Hope you all had a nice weekend, I know I sure did. I had a Close to My Heart club gathering and what fun the 11 of us girls had!!  Wish i could craft every day with them.

Well, the announcemenrt is I made the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Design Team!!!! Fabulous bunch of girls, I know I am going to have a great time.

this weeks Challenge is #41

For my card today, I used Close to My heart papers Lollydoodle, which is in the new CTMH Idea book.  I made a A2 size card.

other supplies used was Artiste cartridge, Oval punch, atg gun, Studio G bling, CTMH Stitched with Love stamp set, Juniper ink and Cotton Candy ink form CTMH.

Here is the inside of my card, I cut out one of the patch stamped images from the set.

I hope you enjoyed my card today.  You really should give a shot at entering the challenges, it is so much fun.  Make sure you head over to the challenge blog here.  Also make sure you stop over and check out the other team members projects, you won't want to miss their inspirational posts.

Have a great day...Cathy

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