Artfully Sent Birthday card

Today I am posting a card that was created with our new Close To My Heart Artfully Sent cricut cartridge.  I am proud of myself, I didn't use one of my stamps or ink on this card. And loving stamping like I do, it was easier than I thought it would be!  This was done as a 5 1/2 inch card but you can make it a 5X7 card if you are inclined to do so! 

I used paper from

Confetti Wishes paper pack

and I used purple and teal glitter card stock

Teal Glitter Paper

Purple Glitter Paper


The texture is from our embossing folder
Dot Embossing Folder


Added Sequins to make it pop

Silver Sequins




This is a great way to use up all those little pieces of scrap paper that you have around your craft area!  Of course, gluing them all over the back of the inside of the card doesn't look very pretty, so I just added a piece of the paper from the Confetti wishes paper pack to cover them! 
And then I cut out a couple of cute little  cupcakes to adhere to in the inside to finish the card. 
I think it turned out cute:

Thanks for looking!  Have a great rest of the week and I will be posting in a few more days!

Two more workshop cards

Happy Friday  everyone!
A couple of days ago I showed you two cards that I made for my stamp club and promised that I would show you the other  two cards that we also put together!  

For those of you in my club..this isn't the "exact" card that we made. I was in the mood to tweak it a little bit.  I hope you like this one more. 

We used two stamp sets:

Season of Thanks border stamps

I took one of the border stamps from this set (there are three)and I stamped with Goldrush ink and before stamping and it was still wet on the stamp, I "rolled" the edges in the Olive ink pad and then I stamped the entire image in the middle of the Colonial White Cartstock  and then I tore the edges and took a sponge and sponged Goldrush ink on the edges. 

Beyond Measure Stamp set

I stamped the pumpkin stamp with Autumn Terracotta ink. I cut it out and sponged the stem in Chocolate ink.  I then took my embossing pad and dabbed over the pumpkin. I then added detail clear embossing powder to the image and heat set it to give that glossy look. 

I then cut out two leaf stems with my Artiste Cricut Cartridge:http://marianqcreations.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6719&ci=85

I sponged the edges of the leaves with the Olive ink and carefully used the edge of the Damask embossing Folder to give the leaves some texture.  I then did the clear embossing like I did the pumpkin above.

Using the Triangle Border Punch I punched a piece of Olive cardstock, attached the Goldrush paper under it and then I glued all the pieces of my card on background texture paper from Pathfinding Paper Packet and finished with Bling Gems Gold assortment.

My next card is from a card making kit called Workshops on Go Pathfinding Cardmaking kit.
These kits are awesome.  Using the stamp set, instructions, accessories along with your additional supplies** you can use this kit to make 15 beautiful cards!  Here is one of them:

Here is what the 15 cards look like that I made from the kit:

And thanks to information from a fellow consultant Pam Jarret, she shared that with the leftover paper you can make 15 more cards!  You only have to add your own card bases and envelopes!
Here is a picture of the additional cards and the leftover paper..

So that is a total of 30 cards!  Whoo hoo!  If this is something that interests you here is what the additional supplies you would need to complete all of the above:

Chocolate ink pad, Desert Sand ink pad, Glacier ink pad, Goldrush ink pad and you can find them here:  Exclusive Ink Pads

Also, our acrylix blocks to attach your stamps on: http://marianqcreations.ctmh.com/Retail/Search.aspx?SearchValue=acrylix+blocks

Whew!  that was a long post.  Hope you enjoyed the detailed tutorial. If you would like more this..or not.. feel free to leave a comment and let me know. I would love to hear from you!  Have a great weekend!!

Workshop cards

Happy day to you!  Today I am going to share two of the cards that I put together for my stamp club on Friday of last week.  I have a group of wonderful ladies that make up what I call a "Stamp Club"!  We meet every other month to create at least 4 cards. They only have to order $25 and get to make the cards for FREE!  That is a great deal!  Not only do you get the cards, you also get the products that you order and get to learn something new every time you come! Each one of the members that have signed up to be a part of the club also gets to be hostess with more free products at least once during the duration of the club!  And most of all we have loads of  fun.  Maybe you and some friends might be interested??

Here is what we made for this month club:

This is the same stamp set that I used on the Cricut card that I posted earlier in my blog:

Frightfully fun stamp set


Scaredy Cat Paper Packet


Purple Glitter Paper

Black Glitter Paper

Here is another card using the CTMH National Stamping month stamp set that I featured earlier in my blog. Another way to use those ultra cute little stamps! And a card that can be used for numerous occasions!  Anytime you are proud of someone!

National Stamping month special


Same Scaredy Cat Paper as above

Cute Thistle Ribbon


Attached the ribbon with this cute mini stapler

I stamped the flowers with our Sunset ink and immediately put our super fine embossing powder on them and embossed them.  I did the same with the Thistle ink on the arrows. 

Love this powder..it is almost like having unlimited embossing colors

To make the flowers pop I added glitter gems

Bitty clear sparkles

Cute stars to complete the card

That is it for today!  Check back in a couple of days and see the other two cards that we made for the club!  Have a great day! Hugs!

Two Cards From One Stamp Set

Friday is here!  Time to post again!  For those of you who know me, know that I love to walk outside.  The other morning while I was walking, I saw some beautiful wild sunflowers.  They had their heads all pointed towards the early morning sun and they were so pretty, I couldn't resist taking a picture:

Being inspired, I couldn't resist doing a card with sunflowers on it:

Used this stamp set



Paper Fundamental papers


One of our beautiful adhesive glitter trims without the glitter mess!


Three brown sparkles to make it pop


The cute embellishments for the card below





This card was made with the above stamp set. Used the same paper package and just changed the glitter trim to red.  The embellishments are listed above.   

I hope you enjoy these.  Have a great Friday and a great weekend! Check back in a couple of days to see more fun cards!

New Cricut Cartridge with a limited special from me!

Happy Day to you all!

Thanks for stopping by to see what I have created!

I now have the Brand New Close To My Heart Cricut Cartridge!  It is called Artfully Sent and it is amazing!  I have been hearing my Cricut chirp away here in my craft studio and here is one of the cards I just designed using this cartridge!

Here is what you get when you order the cartridge

This is such a great deal.  Not only do you get the cartridge that has 700 images, you get the 3 stamp sets listed and  you get a package of our White Daisy cardstock as well.  Retail value of nearly $120 for only $99.   Now here is where my special deal comes in!  If you order this cartridge from me within the next 10 days, I will give you for FREE another package of our exclusive cardstock worth up to $14.50.  You can choose from any of our  40 exclusive cardstock colors.  
Our cardstock

You must email me at marianqkb@gmail.com with your order.   Or you can call me at 970-663-2098 or if you are on my facebook acct. PM me as well.  DO NOT use my website to order at this time. I want to be able to include the Free cardstock on your order, so you can get it all at once and get to crafting with two packages of cardstock!
Remember this offer expires on September 25th, 2014! Hurry and order before the special runs out! 

I used this stamp set on the above card

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!

I made this birthday card using one of the cards from the Balloon Ride Picture My Life Scrap booking kit.  Not only can you use these cards to do your wonderful scrapbook pages, you  can also use them on cards.  The kits have over 120 adorable cards, as well as page protectors to get you started.  Close To My Heart has 11 of these kits to choose from!

I embossed the plane with silver embossing, colored with the Shinhan markers and cut out. Used the Chevron embossing plate and the new Chevron Border punch on the bottom.  Silver Washi Tape on the side, grey sparkles and tied it with Metallic baker's twine to finish it off.   Thank you for looking and have a great weekend!

Lifting Spirits Stampset

Balloon Ride Scrapbooking Program

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Happy Monday! CTMH 30th Anniversary Stamp set special!

Happy Monday to you all!
As some of you know Close To My Heart is Celebrating it's 30th Anniversary! In the month of September anyone who purchases only $30 in stamps, they can get this darling 30 piece stamp set for FREE!

Living in Colorado and being a Broncos fan, I couldn't resist making this easy, simple card using this cute stamp set.  Of course, I had to use the Bronco colors!  Now, I know there are probably some of you who are not "gasp" Bronco fans-ha ha..so you can use your favorite colors of your favorite team to get the same results!  You can use this same idea with your children's favorite colors to celebrate most anything that they have accomplished.  Or make one for a friend that has accomplished something important to them!  The sky is the limit!












For anyone who gets this stamp set by ordering on my website http://marianqcreations.ctmh.com/
or by emailing with your order or being a part of my workshops, I will put your name in a drawing for a surprise!  Nope, I am not going to tell you..that is why it is a surprise.  I will be doing the drawing the end of the month and will post here, who won and what they received!  Remember you only need to purchase $30 in stamp sets to get this set for FREE!

Have a great day everyone and I hope you check back in a few days and see what I have created!

The First Card of many

O.k. I think I am ready to get this blog going.  I have been putting this off with the thought of "maybe I am not good enough" or maybe the things I make are too simple and so forth.  And then I realized that it shouldn't matter.  This is what I love and I want to share it.  If you like it, that is great!  If not, that is o.k. to.  Everyone likes different things..so here goes!

This is a simple and easy to make anniversary card for your loved ones!

This is a card I made for my son and daughter-in-law for their anniversary.  
Products used  are from our brand new Close To My Heart catalog:

X7190B Brushed Paper 

X5773  New Pixie Cardstock

M1049 Blooming Heart Stamp

Z1924 Dot Embossing Folder


Heart is colored in with our beautiful brand new ShinHan markers..which I love!

I am going to try to post often with new creations!  So check back here and there.  Enjoy!