More Owls..

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Here is another card that I had made with the Owl stamp from the new stamp set by Hero Arts. This is one of the cards for my "Hero Arts Owls" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. To see the other cards, please click here. This class is scheduled for:

Tuesday, February 3rd, 11 am to 2:30 pm

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

This card measures 6" x 6".



I used one of the new stamps, the branch, from Memory Box on this card along with the Owl and the greeting is from A Muse. The branch was stamped along the edges on all of the layers on this card, I just love the look it has created. The moon was reversed masked and sponged.

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Tonight I will tell you about the punches and some stamps that we had ordered at CHA for Cranberry Hill Mercantile.

Do you know those ever so popular and impossible to find Martha Steward punches? The ones that Michael's only gets three of in stock and if you are not the lucky one to be there when they put them on the shelves, you have to search high and low to find them on Ebay for $45? Fear no more!! Cranberry Hill will now carry a full line of Martha Steward punches!! We had ordered border punches too, have you seen the new Easter ones? CUTE!!

From EK Success we had ordered scalloped circle punches just like the ones from Stampin' Up, but we got them in two different sizes. Also different corner and swirl punches..

From Tonic.. We had finally found the company that make a ticket punch!! And this is two punches in one, it has a ticket punch on one side and the tag punch on another!!

Cranberry Hill will also carry a huge assortment of Just Rite stamps, aren't those just awesome! So many options!! Unlimited possibilities!! Here are a few photos of the samples from their booth.



And, if you like the vintage style, we are getting stamps from the Crafty Secrets.. Their designers did such an awesome job with the samples, they were just gorgreous!!






More tomorrow..

Hugs,
:) Irina

2009 Calendar with Tilda- AUGUST plus some CHA chat..

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First I will show you the pages that I had made for my Tilda Calendar, these are for August. These are for my class at Cranberry Hill. In this class we will make the calendar pages for the months of July and August. To see all the pages we had done so far, please click here.

This class is scheduled for:

Saturday, January 31st, 2 pm to 5 pm
Wednesday, February 4th, 12 pm to 3 pm

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



I used new paper from Making Memories on these pages. It is from the Valentine's Day collection but I think it worked out just great for the August page. It looks like a hot summer day to me..

All of these Magnolia stamps (Tilda in the swimming suit, clouds and the bench) as well as the paper are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can place your order online or over the phone at 408-736-9151 during the business hours.

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Now.. a few words about the CHA.. I am very excited about all the new products that Cranberry Hill Mercantile will be carrying at the store!! I can't wait until the boxes start arriving!!

Even though Provocraft did not release any embossing folders or die cuts for Cuttlebug at CHA, QuickCutz did!! We had ordered 9 new embossing folders, they are the same size and the same price as the ones from Provocraft and are very CUTE!! We had also ordered some die cuts from them.. And, guess who?? Spellbinders has release a line called Embossebilites, these are the thin metal plates for embossing and they had release four designs (we had ordered all four of them, of course!!). Also from Spellbinders are the new Nestabilites, great shapes.

Paper.. So many new designs!! We had ordered paper from at least 8 different companies. The new one is from the company called Graphic 45, their paper is amazing!! You won't believe your eyes, you really have to touch it to realize that what you see is the paper and not a piece of fabric. This paper should be arriving within a few weeks.

I really loved the new paper from My Minds Eye.. and the guys working at the booth were too adorable ;) . I even scored some free paper to take home with me.. I know the photo below does not tell you much, but you have to trust me on this one, this paper is to die for!! And, Geri had ordered the full line of the one on the photo, all of it!!! The paper, the stickers, the tags, the clear frames and even the display rack!!


The Little Yellow Bicycle had a super adorable baby line, we had ordered paper and the chipboard albums in pinks and blues..


Doodlebug had some really CUTE cupcake paper and their booth looked so yummy :) ..



More news from the CHA tomorrow..

Hugs,
:) Irina

Back from CHA and some cards

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Just got back home from CHA!! It was a great trip and I saw a lot of exciting things!! We have ordered so much for the store (Cranberry Hill Mercantile), I just can't wait for the boxes to start arriving. We are bringing some new companies to Cranberry Hill. I am sure you'll love them!! I will tell you more in a few next days.. too tired right now..

I know I had promised that I would have some posts for you while I was gone.. But.. I had not finished them on time before we left and even though Gerri had brought her laptop, we did not have an Internet access at the place we were staying. So today I will show you the two of the four cards that I had made with the Hero Arts Owls stamps right before we left.. These are the cards for my upcoming card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile.

This class is scheduled for:

Friday, January 30th, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Tuesday, February 3rd, 11 am to 2:30 pm

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

I am usually not really into the owls.. into the other birds, yes.. but not the owls.. But, when I saw these newly released stamps from Hero Arts, I absolutely fell in love with them!! Don't they look funny and adorable at the same time!!?? And, by the way it seems that owls are very "in" this year, almost every company at CHA had some stamps and/or paper with owls. They might just start growing on me more and more.

First card.. This card measures 4 1/2" x 6". I think this must be the easiest card I have made in a long time. The only things that I have done on the front of the card is to add brown brads to the centers of the flowers on the printed paper by Daisy Bucket and the punched corners. The Owl was stamped on the brown cardstock with black ink, cut out and placed on the card with the pop up dots.. Easy peasy.. The large owl is from the "Four Stylish Owls" stamp set, the Greeting on the front of the card as well as the stump and the smaller owl inside of the card are from the "The Hoot" stamp set. Both are from Hero Arts.


inside view..

Second card.. This card measures 6" x 6". Paper is from the same sheet of the printed paper from Daisy Bucket that I have used on the card above.. The owl is from the same stamp set and the greeting is from A Muse. Of course I could not resist and added the googly eyes to the owls on both cards :) Too cute!!


Inside view..


Now I am going to put my feet up and get some rest, maybe some TV time.. My Tivo must be full with the shows that I had recorded :)

Till tomorrow..

:) Irina