Framed Peacock

Since I haven't been feeling well, I was so behind on making the cards for my class which is tomorrow!!! But.. it seems that sometimes I work the best under the pressure, hehehe.. Since the class is tomorrow and it had to be done.. I made not one, but two cards today!! I will make a separate post for the second card and will show it to you in a few hours ;-)

Here is the second card for my upcoming "Frame It!" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class, all different designs. These cards feature different techniques and various images. To see the first card please click HERE. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, July 1st, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, July 1st 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 18th, 12 pm to 3 pm

Please bring your Cuttlebug, your favorite dry adhesive and foam tape (pop-up dots) to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

If you can make it to the class or would like to make some extra cards, the Class Kits are available until July 18th, $35 each.

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or to purchase your kit/s.

This card measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2".





Martha Steward border and corner punches (aka punch around the corner). EK Success flower and leaf punches. Small flower punch is from Marvy Urchida. Cuttlebug embossing folder. Circle cut with Nestabilites. Peacock stamp is from Magenta, stamped with Tim Holtz distressed ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. Pearls inside of the flowers are from Mark Richards.

All of the supplies used to design this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you do not live in the area, you can call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order over the phone.

Hugs!!

Wishes for Bella Blog Hop!

When my friend Erin asked me to participate in the Blog Hop for Bella, I just couldn't say "no"..

This hop is really about a very brave little girl, Bella. Bella is a member of the same gymnastics team as Erin's daughter. You can read the story about this little brave girl HERE. The gym, Bella's school and many members of the local community are working hard to raise money to help the Tucker family. Erin wanted to do something to raise Bella's spirits and let her know that people from all over the world are thinking of her and wish her the best on the hard road ahead she has. We are looking for everyone to shower Bella with cards for the next month. Please help us help her by making and MAILING as many cards as you can to help her smile each day. The mailing address is...

The Bella Tucker Fund
P.O. Box 199
Londonderry NH
03053 USA

There will be a hop each week for the next 3 weeks to keep the smiles coming! And lots and lots of candy for all of you!!!! Once you have made and mailed a card, please post the card on your blog and link it using THIS LINK TO THE GRAND PRIZE. Here you can read about the grand prize worth over 150$$$$$$. You can enter as many times as you like, as long as you are entering cards you are mailing to Bella! Let her know we are thinking of her or mail her a funny card to get her to giggle!

If you are here from Christy's blog, you are on the right track.. Your next stop is ERIN!! If you are just stopping by, please start your hop from the very beginning by going first to visit Denise.. And here is the order of the hop just in case you get lost along the way :-)

Denise Lynn
Marcea Watkins
Julie Glasgow
Jennifer Scull
Maria Matter
Fiona Robertson
Corry Arnason
Christy Dillman
Irina Blount - you are here
Erin Bailey

This is the card that I am going to mail to Bella.. This card measures 6" x 6" and features one of the newly released La-La Land Crafts stamps, this is Snorkel Sherman :-) This cat makes me smile and I hope this card brings a smile to Bella's face too.

Best Creations designer paper. Sealife glitter stickers are from MAMBI, so lucky to have them left from my scrapbooking days, they were just PERFECT to create the scene for this silly cat ;-) Fish and bubbles are raised on the foam tape. The cat is mounted on the paper spring. I will show you in my post tomorrow how I made it, it gives so much dimension and it also kind of interactive.. Cat was colored with Copic Markers.

You can buy this Snorkel Sherman stamp in La-La Land Crafts online store, just click HERE. Oh, and this stamp comes with three coordinating sentiments!!! Check it out!!

Now.. Don't forget that your next stop on this Blog Hop is Erin :-)

Happy Hopping!!

Hugs!!

ADDITIONAL CLASSES ADDED!!

If you missed any of my most recent classes.. both card classes and Copic classes.. Click HERE to go to Cranberry Hill blog to see which additional classes I have on my schedule :-) Call the store at 408-736-9151 to sign up!! Don't miss these card classes again, this might be the last time they are offered!!!

One more thing.. Don't forget about my Make-and-Take this coming Thursday.. As of yesterday, I can only take six more people!! Click HERE for details and to see the photos of this Make-and-Take project.. It is VERY pretty!! :-)

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My Minds Eye Notecard Holder

I've been working on this project for quite some time.. FINALLY I got a Martha Stewart butterfly punch and it all came together!! Isn't if funny how one thing can make such a big difference!!!!

I am really HAPPY with the way this Notecard Holder has turned out!!! I have been thinking about making another one of the oh so popular Notecard Holders for the make-and-take project, but wanted something different.. you know.. Can't do the same style over and over again.. Don't want to get bored and to bore my students ;-) HAHA!! Well.. How about using envelo-boxes for the pockets inside??!! LOVE it!!!

This is a project for my upcoming Make-and-Take event at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. This Make-and-Take is scheduled for:

Thursday, June 24th 11 am to 7 pm*

*it takes about half an hour to complete this project and you can stop by at any time between 11 am and 7 pm

Please bring your favorite dry adhesive, liquid adhesive and Scor-Tape, All other supplies will be provided.

Kits are available until June 24th, $20 each.

Sign up is not required, but is highly recommended as supplies are limited. Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up and/or purchase your kit/s.








My Minds Eye designer paper - GORGEOUS!! EK Success flower and leaf punches. Martha Stewart border and butterfly punches. Sentiments are from a clear stamp set by Hero Arts. Liquid Pearls inside of the flowers and on the butterflies bodies.

All the supplies used to design this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you do not live in the area, you can call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order over the phone.

Hugs!!

Framed Ocean Scene

This card came out of a happy accident :-) I was working on the card for my "Simple Cards" class and had made this one instead.. It was one of those days when things just happen!! Not much effort or planning involved!!! It was quick and painless!! And oh how do I LOVE the result!! It is very elegant, I think it can be used for any occasion and can be even used for men.. It looks so much better in real life too!!!

It turned out so beautiful, I just have to design a new class just around it!! I will make two more cards to go along with this one.. I am thinking about making it a "Frame It!" class..

So.. this will be one of the cards for my upcoming "Frame It!" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class, all different designs. These cards feature different techniques and various images. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, July 1st, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, July 1st 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 18th, 12 pm to 3 pm

Please bring your Cuttlebug, your favorite dry adhesive and foam tape (pop-up dots) to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

If you can make it to the class or would like to make some extra cards, the Class Kits are available until July 18th, $35 each.

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or to purchase your kit/s.

This card measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/4".


Martha Stewart punch-around-a corner punch. Spellbinders Nestabilites to make a window for the frame. Cuttlebug embossing folder. The scene stamp from Inkadinkado. Sentiment from Amuse. Both the image and the sentiment were stamped with Distressed ink and heat embossed with Clear embossing powder, such a nice effect in real life but so hard to see on the photo. Button is from Buttons Galore.

All of the supplies used to design this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you do not live in the area, you can call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order over the phone.

Hugs!!
:) Irina

Simple Note

Here are two more cards for my upcoming "All Occasion Simple Cards" class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. How about these colors, kind of Tiffany-like aren't they? ;-) These are simple but pretty..

We will make FIVE cards in this class, all different designs. You will have a choice of sentiments for your cards. To see the first three cards please click HERE and HERE. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, June 10th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, June 10th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2 pm to 5 pm

Please bring your Cuttlebug (if you have one), foam tape (pop up dots) and your favorite dry adhesive to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max

Class kits are available until June 22nd, $35 each.

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for this class and/or to purchase your kit/s.

Both of these cards measure 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".



Scalloped square and the circle were cut with Nestabilites, the scallops on the square were pierced. Blue border embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots. EK Success corner punch. Sentiment is from JustRite. Flower stamp behind the border is by BoBunny, LOVE this stamp!!



Background embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots. Embossed flower border is by Cuttlebug as well. Mark Richards pearls. SUPER EASY!!!

All the supplies used to design this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you do not live in the area, you can call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order over the phone.

Hugs!!

Love Ya!!!

We are having a Birthday Celebration for Jane on La-La Land Crafts Blog. HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jane!!! I LOVE YA!!!

For my card I stamped one of the new stamps from the Summer Collection, this is Beach Rosie!! Isn't she the sweetest!! And!!! This stamp comes with THREE sentiments!! Beach Rosie along with all other stamps from this collection are now available in our online store, just click HERE.

Basic Grey designer paper from Capella 6" x 6" paper pack. I just love how it works for this card, just nice and soft colors to go with the image.. Martha Stewart border punch. Circles were cut with Nestabilites. Rosie was colored with Copics, cut out and popped onto the card for dimension. Sentiment is the one that comes with this Rosie stamp, LOVE it!!! Pearl inside of the shell is from Mark Richards.

Now please hop to La-La Land Crafts blog to wish Jane a Happy Birthday and to see all the cards created for Jane by our awesome Design Team!!!

Hugs!!

Tall Order - more Butterflies

For La-La Land Crafts Summer Release Blog Hop please scroll down to the post below or click HERE.

This is the fourth and the last card for my upcoming "Tall Order" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make FOUR cards in this class, all different designs. To see the other three cards for this class please click HERE, HERE and HERE. This class is scheduled for:

Saturday, June 5th, 3 pm to 6 pm
Thursday, June 17th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, June 17th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Please bring your Cuttlebug, foam tape and your favorite dry adhesive to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max

Class kits are available until June 17th, $35 each.

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or to purchase your kit/s.

This card measures 3 3/4" x 9 and fits in the business size US mail envelope. I like how this card has turned out, it looks nice and has such a nice soft feel to it.





BoBunny designer paper, coordinating stamp set and ribbon. I used coordinating flower and butterflies stamps to stamp over the designer paper. Martha Stewart border punch. EK Success corner punch. Butterflies are die and emboss combo from Cuttlebug. Button is from Buttons Galore.

All the supplies used to design this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you do not live in the area, you can call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order over the phone.

Hugs!!

Spoil Yourself!!

Summer has arrived in La-La Land with a bang, and we have NINE wonderful new stamp sets (including fun sentiments) for you all in our wonderful deeply etched rubber. Please hop along to visit all the design team member blogs to see the wonderful creations.

If you arrived to my blog from La-La Land Crafts, you are on the right track.. Your next stop is KIM.

You can even play along with us and make a fun SUMMER themed card to enter into our weekly Wednesday challenge – just be sure to link your project to Mr. Linky on the La-La Land Blog by Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 11:59pm PDT (GMT-8). Be sure to link directly to the blog or gallery post featuring your entry!

After you've visited all the Design Team Blogs, head to the La-La Land Crafts store to pick out your fun new summer stamps, and have fun!!

My card today features one of my favorite new stamps (well.. really they are ALL my favorite!! haha) from the Summer 2010 release, this is Bubble Lala. And, guess what??!! All the stamps in this release come with the coordinating sentiments!!!

For my card I decided to create a room for Lala to indulge in her bubble bath :-) The design on paper sure looks like a shower curtain!! LOVE how it turned out!!!

My Minds Eye and BoBunny designer paper. EK Success border punch. Marvy oval and scallop oval punches (for the sentiment inside the card). Mark Richards pearls. Both of the sentiments, on the front and inside of the card come with this Lala stamp!!! How GREAT is that!!!

You can purchase Bubble Lala stamp along with all other ones from the new release (and of course your other favorite stamps from the previous releases) in our online store, just click HERE.

Now.. Hop, hop, hop to KIM's blog to see what she had made with Sunflower Rosie!!

oh, and just in case you get lost ;-) here is the order of our Blog Hop and the links to all of DT blogs:

Irina - you are here :-)
Kim
Jane
Lisa
1LuvnMama
Maureen
Jana
Cheryl
La-La Land Crafts Blog

Hugs!!

Summer is here - CONTEST!!!

Summer is here and we're ready for fun
at the park, at the beach, in the garden, in the sun!
NINE wonderful NEW stamps are waiting for you
go check them out, and maybe win some too!
We've got another CONTEST for all to play
so visit the La-La Land blog TODAY!

It is a ONE DAY ONLY contest!! Don't miss out the FUN!!

Hugs!!