Christmas cards #2

Here are 2 more cards from my Christmas card tutorial with Justine Hovey, the Twilight Stamper.

#christmascardtutorials2015 

We worked on distressing for week 2. 

I used CTMH chocolate cardstock for the bases of my cards. The patterned paper is from  My Minds Eye Vintage Christmas paper pack that I purchased from Michaels. I distressed the pattern paper with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink. I think I should have distressed it more. You can hardly tell. I used April Stamp of the Month for the typewriter, C1510 for Merry & Bright and C1557 for the friendship sentiment.Used memento ink to stamp the typewriter and sentiments. 

I used Ruby and Ponderosa Pine for the background of the small strip across card. Glitter gems and bitty sparkles for one card and a retired embellishment and a straight pin with a couple beads for the other.

The tag was a bonus tutorial Justine used distress paint but I do not have any so I stamped some honey, topiary, pear and cranberry inks from CTMH and then sprayed them with water and then dragged the tag that was cut out from the Artiste cartridge through until the tag was completely covered.  I cut out a border from Artbooking, holiday cheer is from C1481 and the large embellishment is from a stash of stickers I have. I need to do some practicing with this technique but I enjoyed doing the cards and the tag.

If you are interested in any of the Close to My Heart products please go to my OBA  corinnamurphy.ctmh.com and check out all the great supplies you can use to preserve memories.

Christmas cards

I am part of a Christmas card Tutorial  #christmascardtutorials2015 and the first card was on a night sky and masking. I don't have distress ink so I used CTMH inks- Gypsy(Z2190), Indian Corn Blue(Z2130), and Black(Z2105)
The stamp set is a past Stamp of the Month(S1310). Cardstock is White Daisy and the pearls are from Michaels- Recollections
Thank you Justine Hovey for the great tutorial. Anyone interested in participating in the class please contact Justine The Twilight Stamper.

Background is the same as the first but I used green  pearl embossing powder-Recollections

and stamp set (D1625) which I can't seem to find so it may be retired. Added bitty sparkle(Z126)

The cardstock for the base is New England Ivy((1282) The snowflakes are from(D1380)retired, stamped with White Daisy ink(Z2163)

Birthday card

This is a card I made for my grandson.
I used mostly CTMH products unless otherwise stated.
Daisy white1385) cardstock was folded to make a 4"x5.5" card.
I embossed Indian Corn Blue(1284) cardstock-3.75"x5.25" with Dot (Z1924) embossing folder.
3 5/8"x 2.5" white daisy cardstock stamped with Indian Corn Blue(Z2130) and Tech Speak(C1566).
I added a few extra little tech monsters on as well. Happy Birthday is from D1629 which I think might be retired. The controller is also from Tech Speak and I cut it out. I added some bakers twine that I ordered from the /twinery and the embellishments are Aqua dots(Z1853).
I enjoyed making this card.

April Confetti Wishes 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 Confetti Wishes paper pack, brought to you by the new Annual Inspirations, hand picked from Nancy Klein.

If you came from Heather'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.

I made a birthday card for my "granddaughter".
All products are Close to My Heart unless otherwise stated.
Outside-I used  White Daisy card stock(1385)for the card base, Confetti Wishes paper((X7189B), Thistle card stock(X5769) embossed with a Stampin' Up embossing folder,edged with thistle exclusive inks(Z2640).
 Happy Birthday was cut from the Confetti Wishes paper pack and the circles at the bottom were as well.
I used ribbon from recollections(Michaels) and used Pixie Extra Thick Twine(Z3035).
The butterfly is cut out from thistle, pixie(X5773) and confetti wishes with the EK triple butterfly punch(Michaels) The stamp for outside and inside is Your Own Kind of Wonderful(D1627)
The large butterfly was stamped with canary exclusive ink and colored with Shin Han markers(.
Adhesives used were the Liquid Glass(Z679), glue dots and pop dots

If you are interested in purchasing any of the Close to My Heart products used here please go to
corinnamurphy.ctmh.com   Thank you and I hope you enjoy the hop.

Your next stop is Terry Ann Diack - http://terryanndiack.blogspot.ca/…/confetti-wishes-hwbh.html 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.

1. Nancy Klein's - http://nancyklein.blogspot.ca/…/hearts-of-west-blog-hop-con…
2. Chantal Pearson's - http://www.itsahoot.ca/…/last-hearts-of-west-blog-hop-for-m…
3. Chelsey Vorosmarty -http://www.personaltouchscrapbooking.com/2015/03/HOTW.html
4. Heather Myers - http://hlmyers.blogspot.ca/…/april-hearts-of-west-blog-hop-…
5. Corinna Murphy - http://corinnacraftfun.blogspot.ca/…/april-confetti-wishes-…
6. Terry Ann Diack - http://terryanndiack.blogspot.ca/…/confetti-wishes-hwbh.html
7. Holly Young-Bowers - http://heartfeltmemories2.blogspot.ca/…/confetti-wishes-hea…
8. Kim Loewen - http://scrappinwithheart.blogspot.ca/…/april-hearts-of-west…
9. Valerie Kapsha - http://surescrapsalot.com/hearts-of-the-west-team-april-bl…/
10. Janet McCormick - http://worksofheart2011.blogspot.ca/…/confetti-wishes-heart…
11. Kerry Hammel - http://scrapbookfunbykerry.blogspot.ca/…/confetti-wishes-hw…

Hopscotch HWBH March blog hop

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 the Hopscotch  paper pack, brought to you by the Seasonal Expressions, hand picked from Nancy Klein.

If you came from Kerry Hammel - http://scrapbookfunbykerry.blogspot.ca/…/hopscotch-hwbh-mar…  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.


I just returned home a couple weeks ago from a fantastic trip to Hawaii with some great friends so I decided this paper would be a great way to start my memories of the trip. I just have to develop the pictures.

I used the Make it From Your Heart pattern book, volume 2(9042), pattern 16 to plan my layout.
I used Indian Corn Blue(Z2130), Sunset(Z2191), and Flaxen(Z2642) Exclusive inks from Close to My heart to edge everything with the sponge daubers(Z726). I used the Hopscotch Complements(X7194C) and Hopscotch Assortment(Z3016) to embellish my layout.I used antique gold Durables studs, letters cut out from the Alphabet on my Cricut and the Artbooking cartridge(Z1906) was used for the fun& sun,
as well as some assorted brads that I had on hand for a very long time and sticky letters for the date from miscellaneous items I had as well. Can't wait to add pictures.

Your next stop is Donna Thomson-Digby - http://datsmystyledj.blogspot.ca/…/hearts-of-west-11th-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.Here's a list in case you missed someone! Have fun!

1. Nancy Aasman Klein- http://nancyklein.blogspot.com/.../hearts-of-west-march...
2. Chantal Pearson's - http://www.itsahoot.ca/2015/02/hwbh-marchs.html
3. Chelsey Vorosmarty - http://www.personaltouchscrapbooking.com/…/hearts-of-west-m…
4. Terry Ann Diack - http://terryanndiack.blogspot.ca/…/hopscotch-layout-hwbh.ht…
5. Heather Myers - http://hlmyers.blogspot.ca/…/march-hearts-of-west-blog-hop-…
6. Holly Young-Bowers - http://heartfeltmemories2.blogspot.ca/…/hopscotch-hearts-of…
7. Valerie Kapsha - http://surescrapsalot.com/hopscotch-team-blog-hop/
8. Kerry Hammel - http://scrapbookfunbykerry.blogspot.ca/…/hopscotch-hwbh-mar…
9. Corinna Murphy - http://corinnacraftfun.blogspot.com/…/hopscotch-hwbh-march-…
10. Donna Thomson-Digby - http://datsmystyledj.blogspot.ca/…/hearts-of-west-11th-blog…
11. Sonia Parent St Jean - http://www.scrappingsonia.blogspot.ca/…/marchs-hearts-of-we…
12. Kim Loewen - http://scrappinwithheart.blogspot.ca/…/march-hearts-of-west…
13. Janet McCormick - http://worksofheart2011.blogspot.ca/…/hopscotch-hearts-of-w…

CTMH weekly challenge.

Close to my Heart week 2 challenge. A card representing  the weather in my area.  Colonial white card base, glacier and daisy white for the winter scene. CTMH stamp set # C1557 polar bear holiday, melts- curlicue alphabet, the and snow- miscellaneous stamps.

Embellishments- recollection pearls.

Close to My Heart weekly challenge

Well I did the weeks challenge but unfortunately I did on Sat but I did it!!
I will do my best to work on each item and I will do my best to complete it all by the end of the year!!