Magenta Daisy and the Butterfly

This is one of my favorite stamps from the new Magenta release. Just like the leafs on the Tree on the previous card (see here), the daisy has design inside of the petals. I just LOVE it!!

This is the third card for my "Magenta" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. For the other two cards please click here and here. This class is scheduled for:

Saturday, February 28th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Tuesday, March 24th, 12 pm to 3 pm

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up.

This card measures 6" x 6".




The colors of this card look much brighter in real life and the color of the flowers actually matches the color of the blue cardstock. I really have to figure out the settings on my camera and maybe a placement of the lights too for my light box.. I will play with it sometimes when I have time ;-) .

Image was stamped with brown StazOn ink and colored with Prisma pencils. The butterfly was stamped once more and then I cut it out and placed it over the main image for the dimension. I then added Crystal Effects to all of the colored images. This stamp is called Deco Daisy 40.278.M and is available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile, if you don't live in the area you can call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order.

Printed paper is from the My Minds Eye and I stamped the swirls over in red ink. Corners were made with my new favorite punch by EK Success called Photo Corners Fancy.

Hugs,
:) Irina

Magenta Tree

I fell in love with this stamp when I first saw it at the Magenta booth at the CHA, there is just something special about it..

This is one of the cards for my "Magenta" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. To see the other card please click here. This class is scheduled for:

Saturday, February 28th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Tuesday, March 24th, 12 pm to 3 pm

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up.

This card measures 6" x 6".


Close-up, see the shimmer from the Pearlesent watercolors?

Inside of the card..

I heat embossed the image on the designer paper from Graphic 45, colored it with the Pearlascent watercolors (it looks really nice in real life) and then cut out. Background designer paper is from Graphic 45 as well. White square was paper pierced and all of the layers were sponged with the green ink from Memento.

This Magenta stamp is called Deco Tree 40.297.P and is available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can even call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order and it will be shipped to you.

Hugs,
:) Irina

Cute Spring Bunnies

I just LOVE these little bunnies, aren't they just too cute for words??!! This is one of the cards for my upcoming "Spring Penny Black" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. At this class we will make three cards, all different designs. This class is scheduled for:

Tuesday, March 3rd, 12 pm to 3 pm
Saturday, March 7th, 12 pm to 3 pm

To sign up for the class, please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151.

This card measures 6" x 6".



The image was heat embossed and then watercolored with the combination of the Twinkling H2O's and the Pearlascent Watercolors on the Esse White paper. Circles were cut with the Nestabilites. Butterflies were stamped with red ink on the pink polka dot paper. Stamps are from Penny Black. Designer paper is by Bo Bunny.

All of the supplies used on this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. Please call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order.

:) Irina

Finally!! Tilda Calendar Cover!!

I can't believe it!! My Tilda Calendar is finally done!! Here are the photos of the front and back of the calendar with all the pages binded together with the Bind-It-All machine. I had to use the largest coil available, 1 1/4".

Even though I did not use any pop up dots or any dimensional embellishments on the pages of the calendar, because of all the layers it turned out to be pretty thick and heavy. But how cool is that??!! Every single page has a different Tilda image along with the calendar!! LOVE IT!!

This gorgeous Designer Paper is by My Minds Eye, it is double sided and I used both sides of the paper. Red scalloped circles were done with Nestabilites, cut and embossed. The scalloped circles with the images were punched out with Blue Marvy punch.

If you would like to see the photos of every page, please click here.

All the Tilda stamps used on the pages of this calendar are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can place your order online or call the store at 408-736-9151 during the business hours.

:) Irina

Merci

This is the third card for my upcoming "Scor-Pal, Cuttlebug and Nestabilites" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards at this class, to see the other two cards please click here. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, February 26th, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Thursday, February 26th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up.

This card measures 6" x 6".


Grid on the background was created with the Scor-Pal. Ovals were cut and embossed with Nestabiltes. Main image was heat embossed, the stamp is from the clear stamp set from Inkadinkado. Sentiment was heat embossed as well, the circles were punched out with EK Success punches. And, once again, I used the EK Success Fancy Corners punch :-) .

All the supplies used on this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can even call the store at 408-736-9151 during the business hours to place your order and it will be shipped to you.

:) Irina

For You

First of, I would like to announce that if you wanted to take my Sympathy Cards class, but wasn't able to attend, I had scheduled an additional one for Sunday, March 1st, 12 pm to 3 pm. To see the cards, please click here. Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up.

OK, now onto the new cards.. These will be card one and card two for my upcoming "Scor-Pal, Cuttlebug and Nestabilites" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards at this class, and I am still working on the third one. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, February 26th, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Thursday, February 26th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up.

Both of these cards look much better in real life. I had hard time taking photos of the cards because of the shimmer of the metallic cardstock, and doing it at 2 o'clock in the morning sure did not help..

These cards measure 6" x 6".


I created the grid on the background with the Scor-Pal. The Butterflies are from the Cuttlebug die-cut and emboss combo set. Dew Drops on the butterflies bodies. The sentiment is by Hero Arts, embossed with White Embossing Powder. Circles were cut and embossed with Nestabilites. Corners are the punch by EK Success called Photo Corners Fancy.


This card wanted to stay "simple" and I just had to let it be ;-) . I wanted to make this style card for a long time!! I used Nestabilites Label One dies on this card, just LOVE THEM!! First I created the opening with the largest die in the set (cut and embossed), then I cut and embossed another shape with the second larger die and heat embossed the image in the center. Then I placed the layer with the image in the center of the card, that created the illusion of the frame but really the gold that you see is showing from the bottom layer through the opening. Hope this makes sense.. The stamp is from Inkadinkado. The corners were done with the same punch, I think I found my new favorite..

Hugs,
:) Irina

Easter Tilda Make-and-Take

These two projects are for the Make-and-Take at the "A Stamp in The Hand" show. If you are attending the show, please stop by the Stamp On Over (Cranberry Hill Mercantile) booth to say "hi" and to do this free Make-and-Take. You will have an option of making a tag or a card topper with your choice of either Tilda in a Bunny Suit or Sitting Tilda with an Egg.

Please be advised that the location of the show has been changed at the last minute, more information here.



We were setting up for the show last night, it took us almost six hours and we are not even done yet.. We will have tons of things in our booth: Magnolia Stamps, Copic Markers, Nestabilites, Punches (including Martha Stewart!!), Envelopers, Glue Gliders and refills, Dew Drops, Stickles, Memento Inks, Pearlascent Watercolors, Rubber Mats, Paper Piercers, Tim Holtz Rulers, Candy Dots, and more!!

See you there!!

:) Irina

Magenta Tulips

Very quick post this morning... We will be at the "A Stamp in the Hand" show tomorrow and today we are going to the Rose Water Hall in San Jose to set up our booth. But.. before I leave, I wanted to show you the card that I had made last night..

This is one of the cards for my "Magenta" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. This class is scheduled for Saturday, February 28th, 12 pm to 3 pm. Please call Cranberry Hill at 408-736-9151 to sign up.

This card measures 6" x 6" and features new stamps from Magenta and the gorgeous paper from Graphic 45. I will come back and edit this post later tonight with the details. For now, enjoy the pictures :-) .


Close up..

Inside view..

As I promised, I am back to edit this post to add some details about this card.. The stamps that I have used are from Magenta, Tulip Bouguet 14.601.P and Vintage Letter 95.214.M. Both of these stamps have been ordered and should be available soon at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can even call the store at 408-736-9151 to place an order. The greeting stamp is from Hero Arts. As I already mentioned, the designer paper is from Graphic 45 and this collection is called Botanicabella. Corners are the Photo Corners Fancy punch from EK Success. Paper and the corner punch are also available at Cranberry Hill Mercantile.

The Tulips were stamped on the designer paper and heat embossed with the Black Embossing powder. I cut and embossed the oval with Nestabilites and then used Nestabilites as a stencil to add shading around the image. The Tulips were colored with the Pearlascent watercolors.

:) Irina

Sympathy Cards Class

Here are two cards that I made for my "Sympathy Cards" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. At the class we will make four cards, two of each design. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, February 19th, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Thursday, February 19th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class.

Both of these cards measure 6" x 6".

First card features stamps from Penny Black (main image), Hero Arts (background) and Lizzie Anne Designs (sentiment). Image was stamped with the brown ink, colored with Prisma pencils and then I applied the Crystal Lacquer over it. The frame around the image was made with the Scor-Pal.



On the second card I used new paper by Basic Grey, it is so beautiful!! The main image is from Hero Arts and the sentiment is by Daisy Bucket.



:) Irina

2009 Tilda Calendar - DECEMBER

I stayed up late last night finishing up the December pages for my Tilda Calendar class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. Now all the calendar months are done!!! The next week I will work on the cover (front and last pages) of the calendar and then we will bind it together!! I am so excited to see how it will look completed!! Click here if you would like to see all the previous months.




I stamped the background and then cut it out with circle Nestabilites. Corners are the Cuttlebug die cuts and I added dots with Sakura Gel pen on them for the sparkle. Patina and Crystal Stickles on the Background. White Gel pen, Sakura Clear Star pen, Gold Zig Painty and a hint of Patina Stickles on Tilda. Paper is from BoBunny.

Both Tilda and the Winter Background stamps are from the Christmas'08 Collection from Magnolia and are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can place your order online or call the store at 408-736-9151 during the business hours.

:) Irina

2009 Calendar with Tilda- NOVEMBER

FINALLY I finished the November pages for my calendar but still working on the December pages. This class is tomorrow, February 15th from 2 pm to 5 pm and then again on Wednesday, February 18th from 12 pm to 3 pm. If you would like to sign up for the class, please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to put your name on the list.




Tilda and the basket were colored with Copic Markers and accented with the White Gel Pen, Sakura Clear Star gel pen and Gold and Silver Zig Painty. The circles were cut with Nestabilites, the inside circle was then embossed with Cuttlebug Textile folder. Designer paper is by FlairDesigns.

Both Tilda with Rolling Pin and the Apple Basket stamps are from the So Heavenly Collection from Magnolia and available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can place your order over the phone 408-736-9151 or online, here is the link.

:) Irina

Enveloper

No cards to show you today, but I wanted to let you all know that Enveloper is now available at Cranberry Hill Mercantile, both in the store and online!!

Enveloper is an awesome scoring board that helps you make regular envelopes and envelo-boxes in different sizes. Remember this card that I made an envelo-box for? I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!! It is super easy to use and is super quick to make the envelopes with. The enveloper comes with the brochure that has clear and easy to follow instructions. Or, if you need help, just ask me ;) .

You can call Cranberry Hill at 408-736-9151 during the business hours to place your order or click here to shop online. And, with the purchase of two or more Tilda stamps, your entire purchase will ship for FREE!! Isn't that just great??!!

Hugs,
:) Irina

Two more Inchie Cards

Quick post today.. I am not feeling well.. Sorry..

Here are two more Inchie cards for my upcoming card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. To see the first two cards, please click here. This class is scheduled for:

Saturday, February 14th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Tuesday, February 17th, 12 pm to 3 pm

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class.

Both of these cards measure 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" and both of them feature stamps from Inkadinkado. The first card is black and white using different images and the second card has the same image stamped in three different colors.


Two different executions of the same design. I like them both, but the black and white one the most..



:) Irina

and the Blog Candy Winner IS....

My CHA Blog Candy is now closed..

It was so much fun reading your comments to see what products you are most excited about this year. For me, I am most excited about all the new paper from so many different companies (Basic Grey, My Minds Eye, Imagenisce, Graphic 45 to name a few) and of course stamps (Magnolia, Magenta, Impression Obsession..).

I used random.org to generate the winning number from 203 entries.

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

139
Timestamp: 2009-02-10 06:26:42 UTC

And..

the winner...

is....



PatsyB!!!

Here is what Patsy said in her comment:

"PatsyB said...
This is great!! I just figured out that CHA must stand for "Christmas Has Arrived" because this sure looks like it to me! Love your blog! Thanks for thinking of us."

Congratulations Patsy!! Please email me your address and I will send this sweet candy your way :)

Thank you so much to everyone for entering and for your sweet comments!!

Hugs,
:) Irina

2009 Calendar with Tilda- OCTOBER

ONLY A FEW HOURS LEFT TO ENTER INTO MY CHA BLOG CANDY!! HURRY!!! Details here.

Yesterday I showed you September pages for my Tilda Calendar (to view scroll down to the post below or click here), and today here are the October pages. If you would like to take this class, there are still a few spots left for the class on Wednesday. Please call Cranberry Hill at 408-736-9151 to sign up.

One of the great things about making a calendar is that in a short period of time you get to use so many different images from all seasons. Of course I had to do Halloween pages for the month of October. I really love this Witch Tilda, but didn't get a chance to make a card with her last year..

Tilda was stamped inside of the Nestabilites oval and colored with Copic Markers. I then used Nestabilites as a stencil and sponged purple ink inside of the oval. Pumpkins were stamped, colored and cut out. Orange Peel stickles on Tilda's broom and the pumpkins. I used Spica pen in Clear Star to add sparkle to Tilda's hair, hat and her shoes (I don't think you can see it on the photos, but it is there..). Designer paper is from Imagenisce.

All of the Magnolia stamps I used on these pages (Spiderweb, Halloween Pumpkins and Tilda with Spiderweb) are from the Halloween and Autumn Collection and are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. They are not shown on the website, but you can call the store at 408-736-9151 during the business hours to place your order.

:) Irina

2009 Calendar with Tilda - September

My Blog Candy ends this Monday, have you entered yet? Click here for details.

Just on time for the class this morning ; ) I had finished the September and October pages for my Tilda Calendar. This class is scheduled for:

Sunday, February 8th, 2 pm to 5 pm (this class is FULL)
Wednesday, February 11th, 12 pm to 3 pm

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class.

These pages measure 6" x 6 1/2". Half an inch of the cardstock on the sides will be used to bind all the pages together to create a calendar. This Tilda is called Tilda with Slate and she is from So Heavenly collection. Isn't she just the cutest in the paper pieced plaid skirt?




To make the chalkboard, I sponged a little bit of the white ink onto the black cardstock and stamped the numbers in white ink. I used the woodgrain stamp from Hero Arts on the light brown cardstock to make it look like it's made of wood. Designer paper is from Basic Grey.

This Tilda stamp (Tilda with Slate from So Havenly Collection) is available at Cranberry Hill Mercantile, you can either place your order online or call the store at 408-736-9151 during the business hours.

:) Irina

Two Inchie Cards

It has been a productive day today!! I made two of the Inchie cards and am almost done with the two Tilda calendar pages!!

These cards are for my upcoming "Inchie Art" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. At the class we will make four cards, all different designs and these will be the two of them. This class is scheduled for:

Saturday, February 14th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Tuesday, February 17th, 12 pm to 3 pm

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up.

Both of the cards measure 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". First card features Magenta stamp for the main image, background stamp by Hero arts and the greeting is from A Muse. All the stamps on the second card are by Inkadinkado.




My CHA Blog Candy ends on Monday, only a few days left to enter!! Click here to go to the Blog Candy post.

Hugs,
:) Irina

more about CHA..

First I want to remind you about my CHA Blog Candy, it is for some goodies that I got from CHA plus a brand spanking new Tilda stamp!! If you have not entered yet, go to this post to check it out and to see how to enter.

no new cards to show you today.. but I wanted take some time to tell you more about the products that we had ordered at CHA for Cranberry Hill Mercantile..

I had mentioned a few of the companies that we had ordered the new paper from in my previous posts, and here is the list of more companies : KaiserCraft, Imagenisce, Bazzil, Daisy Bucket, Basic Grey, Bo Bunny and I am sure I am forgetting a few.. Tons of gorgeous paper will start arriving soon and Cranberry Hill is having a 30% off sale on ALL the printed paper to make room for the new stuff!! The sale ends this Saturday.

Stamps.. to add to the ones that I had already told you about.. Impression Obsession has some great new ones!! Imaginisce has the stamps that coordinate with their beautiful paper line and they retail for $1.00 each!! From Darice - stamps and also paper. And HUGE line of stamps from JustRite!!

At Magenta booth I got to meet my Design Team leader in person, Julie. It is so nice to put a face to the name and she is such a sweetheart!! At the last day of the show I got to take home some of new stamps, LOVE THEM!! When I was choosing the stamps, Helene told me "don't be shy" :) . You will see some of my work with the new stamps here on my blog very soon, but for now I will show you the samples from the booth.





There is one company that Cranberry Hill did not carry before, Stampotique.. Their stamps are really DIFFERENT ;) .. Charlene found their booth and called us all to check it out.. Their images are kind of cute in a weird kind of way.. We ordered some stamps and some sentiments, the sentiments are really funny.. Here are a few photos with the samples from their booth..





Hugs,
:) Irina

One more Valentine Tilda

This is the second post today, please scroll down to the first one to check out my Christmas in February cards and also don't forget to enter into my CHA Blog Candy!!

Just a quick post.. Last night I stayed up until about 3:30 to make the cards for my "Christmas in February" card class, to see the cards please scroll down to the post below or click here.

This morning I wanted to show you the second card for my "Valentine's Day Tilda - Part 2" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. Since the class is scheduled for this Thursday, I thought it would be a good idea for you to see both cards before you come to the class. To see the first card please see this post.

If you haven't signed up yet, there are a few spots available in both morning and evening classes. Just call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to put your name on the list.

Thursday, January 5th, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Thursday, January 5th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm

This card measures 6" x 6".


On this card, I have used Tilda from the So Heavenly Collection. She is called Cross Stitch Tilda and is available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can place your order online or call the store at 408-736-9151 during the business hours.

Designer paper is from Making Memories, these are some of the prints that are from the paper pad that is included in my CHA Blog Candy. This paper is just GORGEOUS!! The greeting is from A Muse.

Hugs,
:) Irina

Christmas in February? Why not?

Starting this month, I will be teaching at least one class with Christmas cards each month. I LOVE making Christmas cards, and this will give us a big head start.

This class is scheduled for:

Saturday, February 7th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Tuesday, February 10th, 12 pm to 3 pm

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class.

I had a really hard time taking photos of these cards.. First of all, it is after three o'clock in the morning and also because of the shimmer and gloss on the paper. These cards definitely look MUCH better in real life. In fact, I am very happy how they have turned out.. If you click on the pictures below, they will enlarge and you might be able to see the details better.

I call the card below "White Elegance". White metallic paper by Bazzil, the Poinsettia stamp is from Penny Black (Sandy, thank you for helping me pick up this stamp today!!). Poinsettia was heat embossed with the gold embossing powder and then colored with the Pearlascent watercolors. This card measures 6" x 6".

Edited to add.. I got quite a few questions about this card today, so I decided to take a minute and answer all of them here.. This card is very simple, really.. I used white pearlasent cardstock for the card base and all off the layers. There are three squares on the front of the card, the main image was heat embossed on the smallest one and then I used Scor-Pal to dry emboss the frame around on its perimeter, that creates the illusion of an additional layer. The swirly things are the negative parts of the Cuttlebug corner die cut (I used the corners on the inside of the card). Hope this answers your questions.. :)


On the second card I used one of my favorite Magenta stamps, LOVE IT!! This stamp is called Santa and Child, 95.164L. Since the image has such an "old world" feel, I used the Cracked Glass technique on this card. Noel stamp is by Penny Black. This card measures 4 1/2" x 6".



And, don't forget about my CHA Blog Candy. For details and to enter, please visit this post.

Hugs,
:) Irina