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.

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Spotlight Techinque

It's time to get back to work and design more cards for the upcoming classes!! :-)

I made a card today with a Spotlight Technique.. Can you believe I have never done of these before? Weird.. but true.. I LOVE the effect of this technique though..

This is one of the cards for my upcoming "It's not all Black and White" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class. All of the cards will feature heat embossing and watercoloring along with other techniques. This class is scheduled for:

Tuesday, February 9th, 12 pm to 3pm
Sunday, Feburary 14th, 12 pm to 3 pm

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

$30, 10 participants max.

Class Kits are available until February 14th, $35 each.

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

This card measures 6" x 6".




It is hard to see on the photos, but I used Cuttlebug Floral Screen embossing folder on the bottom of the card. The stamp is from Magenta, it does not have the name on the stamp but the number 40300.O . Circles were cut with Nestabilites. I used textured cardstock for image and the "spotlight" circle, the image was heat embossed in black and colored with Pearlacent watercolors. EK Success corner punch. Both the lace and the ribbon are from Webster Pages.. By the way, we had ordered some absolutely gorgeous new Webster Pages paper from CHA!!!

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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Miaw..

Cats always get in trouble because of their curiosity, I know my cat does!! Look at this little cute cat from Magenta.. I don't know how or why he got the flower around his neck, but he sure looks like he has been up to something in the garden!!

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

Thursday, July 2nd, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, July 2nd, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Tuesday, July 7th, 12 pm to 3 pm

Cost of the class is $30, 10 participants max

Class Kits will are available until July 7th, $35 each.

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

This card measures 6" x 6".




There is something that I want to ask you all, ask for your input.. What do you think about dark background on my photos, does it look better then the white one I was using before? Please tell me what you think..

Image was colored with Copic Markers. I stamped the cat twice more and cut out the flower and his cat separate to make the layers (both of the layers are popped with the foam tape).. Circles were cut with Nestabilites. Decorative paper is by My Minds Eye..

All the supplies used to design this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can call the store during the business hours at 408-736-9151 to place your order.

Hugs!!
:) Irina

One more Magenta Peacock

This is the third card for my upcoming "Magenta Style" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class.. If you would like to see the other two cards, please click here and here.. This class is scheduled for:

Tuesday, June 9th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Sunday, June 21st, 12 pm to 3 pm

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

$30.00, 10 participants

Class Kits will be available until June 21st, $35.00 each.

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

This card measures 6" x 6".




Cardstock is by Bazzill. Fancy Photo Corner Punch by Fiskars. Magenta stamp #37186.N . Peacock was heat embossed and colored with Pearlascent watercolors. Patina and Gold stickles. Scor-Bug to create embossed dots. Oval and Circle Marvy punches.

Hugs!!
:) Irina

Magenta Flower

This is the second card for my upcoming "Magenta Style" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class.. I am still working on the third card. If you would like to see the first card, please click here.. This class is scheduled for:

Tuesday, June 9th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Sunday, June 21st, 12 pm to 3 pm

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

$30.00, 10 participants

Class Kits will be available until June 21st, $35.00 each.

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

This card measures 6" x 6".



It is probably very hard to tell by the photos, but the orange cardstock is actually a very beautiful Bazzill Metallic cardstock. It looks really so much better in real life. This gorgeous flower stamp is from Magenta. I heat embossed the image three times, colored with Pearlescent watercolors and added just a little bit of Smooch over it.. Cut out the images and layered the flower layers with dimensionals. Ovals were cut with Nestabilites. Corners were done with the Fancy Photo Corners Fiskars punch.

All supplies used to design this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you don't live in the area, you can place your order over the phone. Just give store a call during the business hours at 408-736-9151. And, some of the products are even available on line, here is the link.

Hugs!!
:) Irina

Colorful Peacock

This is one of those love and hate things.. I love, love, love using metallic cardstock on my cards.. but.. hate, hate, hate taking photos of these cards.. I know, it's just me not knowing enough about the photography and the lights.. But for me, the cards made with metallic cardstock never look as good in the photos as they do in real life :-(

This is one of the cards for my new upcoming "Magenta Style" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. This class is scheduled for:

Tuesday, June 9th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Sunday, June 21st, 12 pm to 3 pm

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

$30.00, 10 participants

Class Kits will be available until June 21st, $35.00 each.

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

This card measures 6" x 6". I took a few photos from different angles to try to show you how beautiful this card really is..




This absolutely gorgeous Peacock stamp is from Magenta, I do not know the name of this stamp but here is the number from the package - C37271-N. The Peacock was heat embossed in black and colored with the Pearlascent Watercolors. The white highlights were done with Smooch. There are gold rhinestones in the centers of the flowers.

The corner fligree stamp is also from Magenta, the number for this stamp is 14122-I. I've tried different inks and embossing for this corner, and have decided on the green Stazon.. The beautiful corners are there, but they do not overpower the card and let the Peacock take the center stage..

Metallic cardstock is by Bazzill. I used two colors on this card, gold and patina.

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 place your order over the phone and it will be shipped to you, 408-736-9151.

Hugs!!
Irina

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

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

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

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

Tropical Birthday - Magenta

I swear.. it took me longer to find the black brads then to design this card!! I was so sure that I have had some of the small black brads left from making all those Halloween cards, but I guess I was wrong.. Oh well, at least I had some of the larger ones and was able to finish the card. And, by the way, this is the card number three for my "Masculine Cards" class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile and the first class is TOMORROW!! So, pretty much, I did not have a choice, the card HAD to be done tonight.. To see the other two cards for this class, please click here and here.

Even with all this drama, I really like how this card has turned out :-) .

This card measures 6" x 6".


This is how inside of the card looks like..


I used another stamp set from Magenta on this card that was sent to me as a Design Team member, this one is called "Tropical Retreat Trio". LOVE IT!! I kept the card in neutral colors with the black and tan, but added a punch of color to give it a tropical feel.

Images were stamped with Black Tuxedo ink by Memento on the tan color cardstock. The squares with the images as well as the black border under them are raised on the pop up dots.

Greeting is from Hero Arts. This card can be used for any occasion and I always give ladies in my classes a choice of the greetings.

This class is scheduled for:

Sunday, December 28th, 11:30 am to 3:00 pm
Tuesday, December 30th, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Tuesday, January 6th, 11 am to 2:30 pm

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

:) Irina

Bon Voyage with Magenta!

I LOVE this image from Magenta!! Definitely one of my favorites!! This is the second card for my DT Magenta work and also the second card for my upcoming "All Occasions Masculine Cards" class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile.

This card measures 6" x 6".


This is the inside view of the card..


I had this printed polka dots paper on my desk from making previous cards, the Tilda on Skiis card and the Birthday Cake card, you can see both of these cards on the posts below. Brown and blue is one of my favorite color combinations and it seemed that it would suit this card well.

I stamped the image with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and then colored with Copics. Because of the soft colors of the Copic Markers that I used, the image almost looks watercolored. I then outlined the image with the Gold Zig Painty. The square with the main image was embossed with Nestabilites. The panel with the main image and the tag with the greeting are raised on pop up dots.

The greeting is also from Magenta as well as the seagull that I used on the inside of the card.

This class is scheduled for:

Sunday, December 28th, 11:30 am to 3 pm
Tuesday, December 30th, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Tuesday, January 6th, 11 am to 2:30 pm

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

Merry Christmas!!

:) Irina

WANTED - My First Magenta DT card

Here is my first card with Magenta images as a Design Team member for this wonderful company. This is also one of the cards for my upcoming "Any Occasion Masculine Cards" class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile.

This card measures 4 1/2" x 6".



This is how inside of the card looks like..


For the front of the card, I punched out centers of the images with the 1" square punch and then adhered them on the top of the chipboard inchies. Love that effect!!

I wanted to create a look of a hot Western day.. I made the mask for the "sun" and sponged brown ink onto the orange cardstock.

The greeting was stamped first, then I distressed the light paper and adhered it to the card. All the layers have been distressed and inked..

This class has been scheduled for:

Sunday, December 28th, 11:30 am to 3 pm
Tuesday, December 30th, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Tuesday, January 6th, 11 am to 2:30 pm

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

:) Irina

Great News to Share!!

Have you noticed a new banner on my blog? I have some great news to share with you today!! I am on the Design Team!! For Magenta!!

I LOVE-LOVE-LOVE Magenta products and now I get even more chances to play with their stamps!! This is my very first time being on the Design Team for the stamp company and I am VERY EXCITED about the opportunity, thank you Hélène!!! My first stamps from the company are in the mail and should arrive by the end of the week!!

To see my previous, pre-Design Team, work with the Magenta products, please click here.

:) Irina

Explosion Style Gift Boxes

I made these explosion boxes for a make-and-take at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. I usually make these type of boxes for Christmas, I think they are way too cute and are a great way to package a small gift.


The first box features a stamp from Magenta, I don't have a name for it but the number on the stamp is 37197K. I stamped the image twice and colored it with Copic Markers. I cut out the "frame" and the penguins from one of them and then layered on the top of the second to create a window. Love how it's turned out!! The greeting is by Hero Arts.




For the second box I used Hero Arts stamps, the large snowflake is called Grand Snowflake and the all four small snowflakes are from the same stamp set (can't find the name of it, sorry..). The large snowflake was embossed with White embossing powder on brown cardstock and then cut out. I sponged brown ink on all the blue layers and on box for the shabby chic look. Dew Drops in the corners and in the center of the snowflake. The greeting is from Lizzie Anne Designs.





Actually, I think you can use these for any winter occasion, not just for Christmas.. especially the one with the Snowflake. It would make a great Birthday or a Thank You gift too..

The make-and-take is scheduled for next Monday, December 8th from 11 am to 5 pm. It will take about half an hour to complete the project. Sign up for the make-and-take is not required but is recommended as supplies will be limited. If you decide to sign up, please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151.

:) Irina

Christmas Santa "Spring" Card

Today was the first day in almost three weeks that I did not have a class or wasn't at the stamp show. And, what do you think I was doing? Well, besides taking about three naps I made two cards for one of my classes. I am so behind on everything.. and just trying to catch up.

For my "Different Folds" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile I decided to make two different "spring" style cards. I will show you the first card today and the second one tomorrow. The tutorial for this type of card can be found on Scor-Pal website, here is the link.

I made my card larger to accommodate the stamp that I really wanted to use. I started with 6" x 12" cardstock instead of 5" x 10" as per instructions and scored at 3" and 6". Because the top of the card has so many layers and became kind of heavy, I glued the lower triangle of the fold to the base to make the card more stable.

This card was so easy to make and I just love how it turned out!!



I tried to achieve a vintage look with my card. I just LOVE this Santa stamp from Magenta, I think it is so GORGEOUS!! I stamped the image with brown ink on the ivory color cardstock. Stippled red ink on on the edges and then inked the sides with Copper Encore ink. I colored the poinsettias in the corners of the image with Prisma pencils. The main panel is raised on pop up dots.

Paper is from Cosmo Cricket and the corners are from Cuttlebug.

This class is scheduled for:

Sunday, November 23rd, 11:30 am to 3 pm
Tuesday, November 25th, 11 am to 2:30 pm

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

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I don't usually post much of the stuff other then crafts on my blog, but I just have to let you see what I got emailed from my friend this morning. This is by far the most hilarious cat video that I've ever seen. Thank you Marcia for making my smile.



:) Irina