Christmas Beauty

 Hello Crafty Friends,

Todays Sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is a great sketch! So easy to work with. 

Here is the card I made using the new christmas Greenery stamp set and dies and Traditions of Christmas DSP (which isnt available until end of November I just read)....

And here is the sketch for reference....

I hope you craft along with us and upload your card, we love seeing all your creations. 

Hope to "see" you soon. If you liked my card, please send me some love :) Somtimes I think i am talking to myself :)

Michelle Hughes

Tis the season

 Hello Crafty friends, 

Today i have carved out the day to just be creative in my craft room. I want to start my Christmas cards so i clinked on the Christmas cards all year website and thought i would try to make a card with the song "Hard Christmas candy" as inspiration. 

So i first went to spotify to listen to the song. The first one to show was Dolly Parton singing it. The line "just fine and dandy" struck me, its a bit melon cauly and it reminded me that sometimes chirstmas is stressful.... I have this little elf who is having trouble hanging his Christmas lights and seems to be "falling" so that is how i ended up creating my card! I hope the design team will allow this as the criteria :)

Here is my card...

And since the supplies and this paper was out, i made a second card. 

Hope you get a chance to get crafty soon. 

Thank you for visiting my Blog.

Michelle Hughes 

Sketch 649

Hello Crafty Friends, 

This weeks sketch at Atlantic Hearts sketch Challenge Is an easy one :) i have been making some thank you cards and using up retired product so i Had the Latte Love stamp set and paper pack out and made up a bunch of cards Here is the card I made...

And for reference here is the sketch...

I would love to see the cards you make based on this sketch. 

Hope you have time to craft, until next time. 

Michelle Hughes

Fall beauty

 Hello Crafty Friends,

This weeks sketch at Atlantic HeartsSketch Challenge blog is just perfect for leaves in my opinion. 

First here is my card with a new stamp set called gathering moments. 

Here is my card: 

I used some stamp rocking technique to get the multi colours and torn cardstock for the edge. 

Here is the sketch: 

I cant wait to see what you all do with this sketch. 

Until next time. 

Michelle Hughes

Sketch Challenge #645

 Hello Crafty Friends, 

you are going to just love the sketch this week at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, ok well all weeks are good but this one i found particularily easy :)

Here is my card: 

Here is my dog who was helping me again with my pictures :)

I used the new Christmas greetings for the flowers, because i love the image and it worked well for the sketch. Can easily switch the colours and DSP I used to make it a christmas card but i wanted a birthday card for my daughter :)

Here is the sketch for reference: 

I hope you will join us, we love seeing your creations. 

Until we scrap again.

Michelle Hughes

Happy Camper

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It is my partners Birthday coming up and he always asks "are you a happy camper" or some version of that, so that was the start of my inspiration today. 

Here is my card, using CTMH retired paper and stickers. 

And here is the sketch from Atlantic Hearts that I used for the background. 

What will you do with this inspiration? We love to see your creations. 

Hope you get to craft soon. 

Michelle Hughes

Winter wishes

 Hello Crafty Friends, 

Wow summer is so busy! I thought as I got older I would have more "time" but It is not feeling like that for me. I just got back from Ottawa weekend and I am heading out in 30min to my sisters also over an hour away! I managed to make this card with "left over supplies" and the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Here and I love it! 

Here is my card....

Here is the sketch for reference :) 

And this is my Dog "Hunter" helping me to hopefully take better photos, we are learning :) 

Until next time, hope you are inspired to make something today.

Michelle Hughes

Happy Holidays

 Hello crafty Friends,

I have had a very busy summer, this week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts sketch Challenge, I only had about 30min to complete so I grabbed what was on my desk. I do love this paper and stamp set anyway so its a win win. 

Here is my card, if i could have done it differently I would have embossed the sentiment right on the green base page but i think only in person can you see the edge. 

And this is the sketch for inspiration....

I can't wait to see what you will come up with this sketch. 

Until we craft again. 

Michelle Hughes

Christmas in July

 Hello Crafty Friends, 

I really enjoy making Christmas cards, and I send them out the most so I do like to start early. I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts (HERE) as my inspiration for this card. Plus some retired green and gold DSP and the sled dies. I really love them and didnt get a chance to use them very much. 

Here is my Card...

Here is the sketch that was the inspiration....

What will you make this sketch? 

Until next time, stay crafty.

Michelle Hughes

Saying good bye is Hard

 Hello Crafty Friends,

For this week's Atlantic Heart sketch HEREI took some liberties with the background with the sketch.... 

Here is my card.. Yikes, now i see a smudge!

Here is the sketch...

I hope you will join us at Atlantic Hearts and hopefully my card inspired you. 

Until next time, stay crafty.

Michelle Hughes

Pink happy birthday

 Hello crafty friends, 

I have been working so much lately, little time for cards however i did get something made for Atlantic hearts sketch #633. Please go check out the blog Here.

And for reference, this is the card sketch...

What do you think? easy enough eah? what will you create with this sketch? I cant wait to see.

Until next time. 

Michelle Hughes

Just Married AHSC

 Hello,

Todays sketch is excellent for rectangle shapes. This card came together very quickly for me today. Dont you just love when that Happens? Go check out the sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 

Here is my card..

 And here is the sketch inspiration...

What will you make with this sketch? I am excited to see your creations. 

Michelle Hughes

AHSC #629

 Hello Crafty Friends, 

Some how I missed a week, I have been working WAY too much. 

So now I am trying to stay ahead if i can. 

Here is the sketch # 629 at Atlantic Hearts. 

And this is my card. I used some stampin up DSP and the beautiful gold ribbon, but the rest is old CTMH. 

It was challenging to add the sentiment, but i think it turned out ok, just in a different corner than the sketch. 

Hope the sketch inspires you to make some cards. 

Until next time, stay crafty!

Michelle Hughes

A Card a day in May

 Hello Crafty Friends,

I have joined a facebook challenge called "A Card a day in May" and have been busy making lots of cards! 

If you find me on facebook for more content - its easier to upload to facebook from my phone :)

Day 7 - Kids

 

Day 6 - sketch

Day 5 - flowers

Day 4- your choice

Day 3 - Mothers day

Day 2 - Thank you

Day 1 - Birthday

I used a lot of retired CTMH products, I was with them for many years so I have a lot of product. I am trying to "use it up" LOL This challenge is a fun way to do that, and get new ideas. 

Maybe you will join us too? 

Until next time, stay crafty. 

Michelle Hughes

Terrific toad stool

 HI Crafty Friends, 

My card today for sketch 625 is with the terrific toadstool stamp set again. It was just such a fun and easy set to use, and i had limited access to my craft room from mexico! If you like to play along with sketch challenges, please join us over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

So Here is my card:

Here is a bit closer view....

And here is a picture of the sketch....

I hope my card inspires you. I would love to see you post a card to the group as well, we love to see all the different interpretations. 

Until then, I hope you get to spend some time crafting today.

Michelle Hughes

Make a Wish

 Hello Crafty Friends, 

I am blessed to still be on vacation in Mexico. I brought just 2 paper packs with me, so This is the card I made for the Atlantinc Hearts Sketch Challenge #623. 

If i was home i would have added another card stock layer but i neglected to bring any with me :( I also didnt have any oval shapes so the square was the best I could do. 

I will be happy to be in my craft room again soon! 

Here is the sketch : 

Or you can go to the site and check it out and see all the other cards by the design team. 
I love seeing all the cards! Such great ideas. Wont you join us? 

Michelle Hughes

Sketch #621

 Hello Crafty Friends,

I am away in Mexico but before I left i made this card for sketch challenge #621 over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

I wish i had done the ladybugs different but it is what it is :)

And this is the sketch that inspired the layout....

it looks like a lot of the design team had the same idea :) 

How would you interpret this sketch? we would love to see what you create!

Untill next time.

Michelle

Friendly Seagulls sketch #619

 Hello Crafty Friends,

I really wanted to play more with the fun and Friendly Seagulls stamp set that was a free set from stampin up if you purchased over $100 so when i saw this sketch from the Atlantic Hearts sketch challenge team i thought i would try it out. 

i used a slim line card because it looked like that to me, so here is my card:

And for reference here is the sketch:

I hope you will also be inspired by this sketch and maybe even try a slim line card if you havent already (they are great if you are wanting to give a gift of money because they hold the money nice and flat. 

Until next time, hope you have a chance to get crafty.

Michelle Hughes

Sketch 617

 Hello Crafty Friends, 

For today's sketch challenge over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge i combined new stampin up toadstool gardens papers with my stash of CTMH stamp set. Its a bit of a busy card, definitely out of my comfort zone. I did take some liberties with the sketch. 

Here is my card : 

here is the sketch for reference: 

I hope I have inspired you in some way, and i hope you will join our challenge, it is so much fun to see everyones creations. And wouldn't you rather be making a card than shovelling the snow? (if your in my area it's a new record) 

Until next time

Michelle Hughes

You are awesome

 Hello Crafty Friends, 

I am back today with another card design based on the sketch #615 at Atlantic Hearts sketch challenge Please go check out the site! here is the sketch that inspired my card:

And here is the card i created: 

I know its really hard to see since i need a new phone/camera but the flowers are embossed with white on velum from the memorale blooms stamp set from stampin up. I added a bit of colour with my copic markers and the papers are all old CTMH. I hope i was able to inspire you with my creation today.

Thanks for visiting.

Michelle 

Love you

 Hello Crafty Friend,

I just love valentines day! I know all the arguments against it, and I hear ya, just for me it makes me smile because I love sending cards to show I care. I hope my friends and family feel my Love in the cards I make for them. 

Today's card was inspired by Sketch 613 at Atlantic Hearts sketch challenge - check it out HERE

I used very old Close to my heart paper, old Heart dies, and the new stampin up set called Hearts of Elegance. I am very proud when i can use my stash, and Use up old paper. I embossed the sentiment and used retired velvet ribbon for lots of texture and interest.

Here is the stamp set:

Here is my card: 

I hope this card provides some inspiration. 

I hope you will play along with this week's sketch challenge. 

Until we craft again. 
Michelle Hughes