JustRite By the Sea 2

Talk about being last minute!! I finished two cards late last night for my class.. didn't even have enough energy to take pictures.. Something else is keeping me very pre-occupied these days!! It is a BIG secret for now, but not much longer ;-) Come back to my blog tomorrow morning to find out what it is!!!

Now, back to today's card :-) This is one of the cards for my upcoming "JustRite by the Sea" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class, all different designs. These cards feature one of the new stamp sets from JustRite called By the Sea (thus the name of the class, hehe!!). To see the first card for this class please click HERE. This class is scheduled for:

Saturday, July 31st, 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.

$30, 10 participants max.

If you can make it to the class or would like to make some extra cards, the Class Kits are available until July 31st, $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 6" x 6".



My Yellow Bicycle design paper. Bazzill Cardstock. EK Success Corner punches. Spellbinders die cuts. Copper brads in the corners. Shells stamp is from JustRite set called By The Sea. Image was stamped with Distress Inks.

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.

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oh happy day!

This is the first card that I made with this new stamp set from La-La Land Crafts, this is Summer Lucky and this set comes with three coordinating sentiments!! Lucky looks so cool and relaxed in his inner tube with a glass of cold lemonade in his hand!! Fun, fun, fun!! :-)

I used this card made by Cheryl as my inspiration and it came together in no time.. well, it took me "only" a few hours to put it together.. I am a pretty slow crafter when it comes to designing my cards. I think it takes me in average 3-4 hours to make a card..

This is the second card for my upcoming "Summer Fun" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class, all different designs. We will make three cards in this class, all different designs. To see the first card please click HERE. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, July 29th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, July 29th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, August 22nd, 1 pm to 4 pm

Please bring Cuttlebug (if you have one), Crystal Lacquer, Crystal Stickles, scissors, your favorite dry adhesive and foam tape to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max.

If you can make it to the class or would like to make some extra cards, the Class Kits are available until August 22nd, $35 each.

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or to purchase your kit/s. *Please wait until tomorrow to call the store, they do not have this class on their schedule yet..

This card measures 6" x 6".




My Minds Eye designer paper. "Waves" were made with Cuttlebug border. "Sun" was made with Scallop Circle Nestabilites, I cut the shape first then offset it and cut again.. "Clouds" were made using a template giving to me by one of my friends and they are embossed with Cuttlebug Swirls embossing folder.

Lucky was stamped with Memento and colored with Copics. Sentiment is from the same set as the dog. You can purchase this stamp in La-La Land Crafts online store, just click HERE.

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.

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What's goin' on?

You might be wondering why I have not been posting regularly these days.. Well... I have been working hard on a new project and I am VERY EXCITED about it!!!! I will be able to share the news with you in a about a week during La-La Land Crafts First Birthday Blog Hop. I can't wait to tell you what it is!!! I know you will be as excited about it as I am!!

On another note, there is something that I can share with you today :-). Last Saturday I got the September issue of a CardMaker magazine in the mail and there are not one, not two.. but FOUR of my cards in there!!! If you get this mag, check out pages 42, 50, 64 and 66!!!

There is even a small picture tutorial for one if the cards there!! Oh, and one of those cards is on the front cover on the right side of the title.. it is a small picture there, but it is on the cover nonetheless and I will take it!! ;-).

For those of you who might not be able to get the magazine, I thought I would post my cards here for you to see :-)





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:) Irina

Wishing you Oceans of Joy

OK, I am kind of sorry to show you yet one more of the same design card with LLLC Snorkel Sherman stamp.. Well.. I was asked by a few people to teach a class with this card, but.. since I used the stickers from my stash and those stickers are no longer available, I had to come up with something else to create the ocean scene for Sherman :-)

Lucky me, I found a clear stamp set from Hero Arts called Oceans of Joy with all kind of sea creatures!!! It was more time consuming than using stickers of course, but I do LOVE the result!! All of the ocean scene elements are stamped and colored with Copics, cut out and covered with Crystal Lacquer.. once it was dry, I applied Crystal Stickles to everything!! They look so shiny and sparkly in real life!!! Very pretty!!! Well worth all the work!!!

This will be one of the cards for my upcoming "Summer Fun" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class, all different designs. We will make three cards in this class, all different designs. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, July 29th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, July 29th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, August 22nd, 1 pm to 4 pm

Please bring Cuttlebug (if you have one), Crystal Lacquer, Crystal Stickles, scissors, your favorite dry adhesive and foam tape to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max.

If you can make it to the class or would like to make some extra cards, the Class Kits are available until August 22nd, $35 each.

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or to purchase your kit/s. *Please wait until tomorrow to call the store, they do not have this class on their schedule yet..

This card measures 6" x 6".






Best Creations designer paper. Cat stamp is from La-La Land Crafts, it is called Snorkel Sherman. Sherman was colored with Copic Markers, cut out and place on the card with the "paper spring". LOVE how it gives so much dimension!!! Bubbles are from another La-La Land Crafts stamp set, Bubble Lala.

All other stamps on this card (including the sentiment inside of the card) are from Hero Arts clear stamp set called Oceans of Joy.


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.

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Christmas pull-out drawer Card Box

This week is an Amuse release week at Cranberry Hill Mercantile and I decided to make a project using some of their new stamps. In fact all of the stamps used on this Drawer Box are new - the large snowflake, the label, the round winter scene and the sentiments!! To make my box, I used this tutorial on Splitcoast for my reference but of course I had to change the dimensions to fit my project.

This box would make a great gift on it's own ;-) Even once you use the cards, the box can be used for something else!!

This project is for my upcoming Make-and-Take event at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make a box with the pull out drawer plus four cards. This Make-and-Take is scheduled for:

Thursday, July 15th, 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, foam tape and Scor-Tape. All other supplies will be provided.

Kits are available while supplies last, $25 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.

This box fits regular size A2 cards.







BoBunny designer paper. Martha Stewart border and snowflake punches. Cuttlebug corner die cut. Snowflake was stamped with Tim Holtz ink and then heat embossed with the iridescent embossing powder. All other images and sentiments were stamped with Tim Holtz inks as well. Oh, and I just LOVE the drawer hardware - from Tim Holtz also!!

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.

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JustRite By the Sea

Oh my.. It took me a few days to get this card done, but I was determined to finish it TODAY!!! And, I am actually pleasantly surprised.. It turned out better than I expected, I think I even like it ;-)

This is one of the cards for my upcoming "JustRite by the Sea" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class, all different designs. These cards feature one of the new stamp sets from JustRite called By the Sea (thus the name of the class, hehe!!). This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, July 22nd, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, July 22nd, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 31st, 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.

$30, 10 participants max.

If you can make it to the class or would like to make some extra cards, the Class Kits are available until July 31st, $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 6" x 6".

Once again I had trouble taking photos of the card made with metallic cardstock, I hope you can see all the details even though there is some reflection..




Basic Grey metallic cardstock in dark gold and light gold. Tim Holtz embossing folder. Spellbinders Labels Ten and Petite Oval sets. EK Success corner punch. Lighthouse stamp is from JustRite set called By The Sea. Sentiment is from Amuse. Both the image and the sentiment were heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

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.

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NEW PLACE - NEW CLASSES!!!

I am so EXCITED to let you all know that I will be teaching some classes at the store in Fairfield, CA called Mainely Stampin'. If you haven't been to this store yet, this is definitely something to see!! It is a very CUTE store with an AWESOME WARM people and such an INVITING atmosphere!!! Makes you want NOT to leave!!! When I visited them for the first time a few weeks ago for a meeting, we ended up talking for SIX full hours!!! I had so much FUN!!!

I am going to teach just a few classes a month there, so if you would like to learn from me, make sure to check out my Class Schedule and to sign up well IN ADVANCE!! :-)

Coloring with Copic Markers - Basics

This is a hands-on technique class. We are not making any cards/projects in this class, we are going to concentrate on learning how to color with Copics.

In this class you will learn basics of coloring with Copic Markers. We will talk about the paper, the inks, what the colors mean, how to choose the colors.. You will learn the basics of coloring, shading and more!!

This class is scheduled for:

Saturday, July 24th 10 am to 1 pm
Saturday, July 24th, 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm

$35, 12 participants max in each session.

Please bring your Copic Markers to the class for your personal use.

Please call Mainely Stampin' at 707-435-9400 to sign up for this class.





Please bring all of your Copics, but here is the list of the markers that I used on the samples above. It is recommended that you bring these colors with you.

E00, E02, E11, E13, E25, E27, E50, E51, E53, E55
Y17, Y21
YR24
YG03, YG11, YG63, YG91, YG93, YG95
G82
BG10
C1, C7, C9

I will tell you in a few days about my other classes, but you can already see the schedule on Mainely Stampin' website.. just click HERE!! or scroll down all the way to the bottom of my page to check my class schedule on my calendar :-)

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Snorkel Sherman - Something NEW

Before sending this card to Bella (please read the details on my post HERE), I made a few changes and took more photos of the card that I made for this brave little girl..

This card was also made for this week's Challenge on La-La Land Crafts Blog.. This week's challenge is hosted by Kim. Kim has challenged us to TRY SOMETHING NEW!!! WOW!!! I know I am always looking for some new ideas for my cards :-)

Please click HERE to see all the wonderful cards made by LLLC Design Team, so many GREAT ideas!!! Also, don't forget that as always there is a prize for the winner of the challenge!! Why not play along and try something new??!!

For my card I wanted to create the ocean scene for Sherman and to make somewhat an interactive card.. So.. I made a paper spring for Sherman.. So easy and so much FUN!!!






..just in case if you missed this from my previous post.. 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. Dew Drops for the stones on the ocean florr. Sherman is mounted on the paper spring. Cat was colored with Copic Markers and I added Crystal Stickles to his flippers and the mask.

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!!

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Framed Just for You!!

I am very pleased with the way this card has turned out!! I wanted to try this punched art technique for awhile now.. Very pretty and delicate!!

So this is the third 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 other two cards for this class please click HERE and 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 Stewart punch around the page punches (border and corner). Martha Stewart Butterfly punch. EK Success Swirl and flower punches. Marvy Urchida small flower punch. Pearls are by Mark Richards, they match the color of cardstock much better in real life. Sentiment is from JustRite, stamped with Tim Holtz distress ink.

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!!