Christmas card

 Happy Tuesday everyone! We had a little bit of snow today so I thought I would start adding some Christmas cards I've been working on.
I am part of a Christmas Tutorial class by Justine Hovey. This is a paid class. There are , I do believe, 40 tutorials when they are all done. I'm a bit behind but working on it. I've learned a lot of techniques. Some have worked. Some need a lot of practice and some I need the materials to do them but its fun to try new things.

 You can message Justine on Facebook if you are interested and I do believe she is working on another class.
 #christmascardtutorials2015

Thank You to Justine Hovey for the great card idea.
Anyway, this is my card for today.
I do believe all the materials are Close to My Heart(CTMH) I will specify if not.
The stamp sets I used for most of the cards are from previous years so may be retired. I will indicate if they are available on my OBA.

I used Coloniale White cardstock for the card base. On a separate piece of Coloniale white that was cut slightly smaller than the card base(1/4 " smaller I do believe) I stamped with Champagne ink the sentiment from Poster Tidings(S1309) which was a stamp of the month from a previous year. I stamped it down one side and then off set it for the other side.
I cut out the banner from the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge and stamped it with a sentiment from the Frosted Cardmaking Workshop(D1562) which unfortunately is retired. I popped it up with some 3D foam tape.
The snowflakes are from punches. One that I bought at Michaels that is a Martha Stewart and the other I bought from a Kijiji sale that is a Stampin' up punch.
I added some CTMH gold sequins that were as close to neutral as I had on hand.
I do love how this card turned out. I think |I will make more.

 Thank you for coming by and feel free to comment.

Marvelous Monday

Welcome to Marvelous Monday!
I'm calling it marvelous because it is dreaded by most as the beginning of the work week and sometimes we just need to put a positive spin on things sometimes.
These cards were made with love. Both my boys and their significant others bought condos downtown Calgary where they want to experience downtown life. So I tried to make cards that reflected that life.
The stamp set I used is C1563 Cityscape which is retired for the buildings. I stamped all the buildings in slate, black, gypsy, smoky plum, pacifica and fussy cut them. I picked which ones I wanted to use and saved the rest in the back of the stamp set.
The trees were cut from the Art Philosophy CTMH Cricut cartridge  with cocoa cardstock.
I did a night time sky for the first one. I attached a large piece of Outdoor Denim for the sky. I crinkled a piece of fern for the grass, slate for the sidewalk and glacier for the river. I rubbed each of the pieces with the same inks so it would give emphasis to the crinkles. I attached each piece along the bottom and sides so I could tuck in the buildings and trees. I used a yellow recollections marker to dot the background like stars. I used the stamp set Home Sweet Home which is a retired Stamp of the month. I just wanted the word Home(stamped in Outdoor denim), so I used washi tape and covered everything except home before inking and then removed the tape to stamp. The congratulations(also in outdoor denim), came from C1612 Shower Flowers which can be found in my OBA.  I left the inside blank so I could write a personal message in both cards.

The second card is the daylight card. the buildings and trees were made the same as in the first. The papers used were sky(retired), whisper for the mountains, fern for the grass, slate for the sidewalk and glacier for the river. Again I crinkled the papers. The mountains I actually spritzed so they would crinkle easier and maybe look more mountain like? The sun was stamped in canary and is also from the cityscapes stamp set. Home, is and happy place on this card were from another retired stamp set. S1403 Happy Place. I actually cut this stamp because it was easier. I added the A from an alphabet stamp set.
They were stamped in Glacier.

The cards have character, I think. I need more practice in the realistic look but overall I am quite pleased with the cards. 

Hope you do as well.

Sunday funday card

 Welcome to Sunday Funday!!

 This was something fun that I enjoyed doing. I made this into a wedding card.
I used  a 4"x 5.5" card base.
I purchase recollection value pack card and envelope sets from Michaels when they are on sale.
I also buy the cards and envelopes from Close to My Heart occasionally. They come in large packs of 50.
I cut a 5.25"x3.75" piece of Daisy White cardstock from Close to My Heart(CTMH). I used the CTMH All Purpose mat and rubbed some CTMH Pacifica, Indian Corn Blue and Crystal Blue inks randomly on  it. I then spritzed the ink with water and then dragged my paper through it. I did a number of them but this was the one I liked best. The paper was then left to dry or you could use a heat gun to dry it quicker so you could move on to the next step.
Next  I used the stamp set D1482 Love Life and stamped the sentiment with versamark ink. I used Ranger superfine white embossing powder to emboss it. I stamped the flourishes from the same set on the front and on the inside of the card as well with Crystal blue ink.
The pearl embellishments are from my stash probably bought at Michaels.
The inside of the card sentiment is from stamp set C1589 Lifetime of Happiness which seems to be retired.

 I hope you enjoyed the card. Have a great day!

November's White Pines HWBH

Welcome to the Hearts of the West Team Blog Hop!

If this is the first time joining us you will love it. It features Close to My Heart Consultants from all across Canada showing you their projects. The Hearts of the West team was founded by Nancy Klein.

This months challenge is the White Pines paper pack brought to you by the new Holiday Expressions.







If you came from Donna's blog you're in the right place. This is a go around blog so you can start anywhere. Just in case, the full list is at the bottom of this post. Grab a beverage and enjoy the hop!







As with most of the Christmas paper packs, I love love the design and colors of this one. There are many Complements to use in all your projects and the Assortment has very cute buttons as well.




My first project is the Base and Bling faux silver circle pendants with the snowflake, jingle bell and red beads. Instead of using the holiday style sheet I used the white pines paper and punched out a 1" circle that fits perfectly. These will make a great gift for Christmas.

















My next project is cards. The first one I used a white daisy base. I used cranberry ink and used a brayer on white daisy cardstock. Need a little practice in the brayering department. When it was dry I used the edge distresser around all the sides. I opened up one corner so I could add a little complement . I used the white pines complements for all the other embellishmnets as well as 3 red enamel gems to finish it off. I popped 2 of the flowers up with 3D foam tape to give it some dimension.






The second one I used a white daisy base, glacier cardstock and the white pines paper pack. I used white pines complements, silver shimmer trim and red enamel gems. The sentiment is from Festive trees hostess rewards stamp set(ask me how you can receive this very nice stamp set)









My final project is a two page layout. I used the chocolate cardstock as my base. with the white pines paper pack for coordinating colors. I used many of the Complements to embellish the pages and some white daisy cardstock as frames for some of the pictures. I used the White Pines scrapbooking stamp set and a retired CTMH cranberry marker to make the berries stand out on the " In the Air there's a feeling of Christmas" stamp. I had to fussy cut this stamp as I have not received my Artistry cricut cartridge yet. The Christmas Eve 2014 letters were cut out from the Artbooking Cricut cartridge in cranberry. I also used Fern ink for the stamps. My layout is quite busy with the crazy Christmas sweaters but I like it.


























I hope you enjoyed my projects and hopefully it will give you some inspiration.




Your next stop is -Kim Loewen - http://scrappinwithheart.blogspot.ca/.../novembers-hearts...




Nancy Klein - http://nancyklein.blogspot.ca/.../hearts-of-west-blog-hop...


Donna Digby - http://datsmystyledj.blogspot.com/.../hearts-of-west-19th...


Corinna Murphy - http://corinnacraftfun.blogspot.ca/.../novembers-white...


Kim Loewen - http://scrappinwithheart.blogspot.ca/.../novembers-hearts...


Sonia Parent St Jean - http://scrappingsonia.blogspot.ca/.../hotw-november-white...


Kerry Hammel - http://scrapbookfunbykerry.blogspot.ca/.../november-white...


Janet McCormick - http://worksofheart2011.blogspot.ca/.../white-pines...




Thanks so much for joining us and come back next month to see more creative ideas.

Have a great day!

July's Blossom HWBH

Welcome to the Hearts of the West team blog hop!

If this is your first time joining us you will love it. It features Close to my hearts Consultants from all over Canada showing you their projects. The hearts of the west team was founded by Nancy Klein.
This months challenge is Blossom paper pack, brought to you by the new Seasonal Expressions, hand picked from Nancy Klein.

This is a 6X6 Birthday card for a friend. Pretty basic but I like it.



Everything I used is from Close to My Heart.

The  card is cut from Sunset that was in the paper pack. I stamped the flowers with C1612  Shower flowers stamp set and fussy cut all the big ones and the leaves. The triangles are from  the Blossom complements.

I used Indian corn blue, sunset, ponderosa pine, canary and sorbet inks. The words are from the top of one of the sheets from the blossom paper pack.

I edged the glacier blue paper with Indian Corn Blue using a sponge dauber. 

I used Glue dots to attach most of the flowers and leaves and 3D foam tape to raise the blue flower up.

The inside circle was cut with the cricut at 2.5" and the word circle is from the Blossom complements.

I used Aqua dots to embellish it.
Hope you like it.
If you came from Holly Young-Bowers - http://heartfeltmemories2.blogspot.ca/2015/06/blossom.html'S Blog then you're in the right place, this is a go around blog hop so you can start anywhere! Just in case, the full list will be at the bottom. So, as always, grab your coffee, tea, water, relax, and hop around the team with us.

Your next stop is Heather Myers - http://hlmyers.blogspot.ca/2015/06/julys-blossom-hwbh.html's Blog.

Thanks for joining us this month and come back next month to see what creative projects we can bring to you! Thank you for stopping by and please feel free to leave a comment.

Donna Digby - http://datsmystyledj.blogspot.ca/2015/06/hearts-of-west-15th-blog-hop-blossom.html

Holly Young-Bowers - http://heartfeltmemories2.blogspot.ca/2015/06/blossom.html
Corinna Murphy - http://corinnacraftfun.blogspot.ca/…/julys-blossom-hwbh.html
Heather Myers - http://hlmyers.blogspot.ca/2015/06/julys-blossom-hwbh.html

June Seaside HWBH

If this is your first time joining us you will love it. It features Close to my hearts Consultants from all over Canada showing you their projects. The hearts of the west team was founded by Nancy Klein.
This months challenge is Seaside paper pack, brought to you by the new Annual Inspirations, hand picked by Nancy Klein. 

If you came from  Kim Loewen's Blog then you're in the right place, this is a go around blog hop so you can start anywhere! Just in case, the full list will be at the bottom. So, as always, grab your coffee, tea, water, relax, and hop around the blog with us.

These cards are 6x6. Not my normal size. Everything I used is CTMH unless otherwise stated.

The Seaside paper I must say is one of my favorites!

Paper used Seaside, Desert Sand, Lagoon and Pear

Inks used are Sorbet, Desert Sand and Lagoon

Stamp sets used are Typed Note SOM, 

Birthday Wishes Chantilly Cardmaking workshop, Cricut Artiste Collection and A Thing Well Done, which is a hostess reward.

I used square antique gold durables and mini black medley for embellishments. I did change the pewter brad for the dot on the i of the first card to an aqua dot. It looked better and I changed it before I put in the envelope so I didn't get a picture.

I used the sanding block and sanded all, except the pear,  cardstock. The circles were punched with recollection punches from Michaels. If I was doing many cards the same I would have used the Cricut and one of our cartridges.

The second card I put pieces of paper underneath to add some dimension and a different look. Not sure if I love the second one but I do like how the first one turned out.

Anyone interested in buying any of the supplies I used please go to my OBA corinnamurphy.ctmh.com andd have a look at all the wonderful memories you can create using Close to My Heart.

Your next stop is  Nancy Klein  http://nancyklein.blogspot.ca/2015/05/june-hearts-of-west-blog-hop-featuring.html

1. Nancy klein - http://nancyklein.blogspot.ca/2015/05/june-hearts-of-west-blog-hop-featuring.html
2. Chantal Pearson - http://www.itsahoot.ca/2015/05/junes-hwbh.html
3. Justine Hovey - http://www.justinehovey.com/2015/05/hearts-of-west-seaside-paper-pack-blog.html
4. Valerie Kapsha - http://surescrapsalot.com/hearts-of-the-west-team-june-blog-hop
5. Donna Thomson-Digby - http://datsmystyledj.blogspot.ca/2015/05/hearts-of-west-14th-blog-hop-seaside.html
6. Kim Loewen - http://scrappinwithheart.blogspot.ca/2015/05/june-hearts-of-west-blog-hop.html
7. Corinna Murphy - http://corinnacraftfun.blogspot.ca/2015/05/june-seaside-hwbh.html

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