an Easter Delivery

Still making Easter cards :-) and this is not the last of it, I have a few more planned!!

This is the third card for my upcoming "Easter Bunny" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class, all with bunny images from different companies. To see the first two cards please click here and here. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, March 4th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, March 4th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 7th, 12 pm to 3 pm

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

$30, 10 participants max.

Class Kits are available until April 1st, $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".





My Minds Eye designer paper. Martha Stewart grass punch. EK Success flower and leaf punches. Circle Nestabilites. Tree stamp is from Magnolia. Bunny and Chick stamp is from Whipper Snapper, it's called An Easter Delivery MY885. Sentiment inside of the card is from AMuse.

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 make your purchase over the phone.

Hugs!!

Three Kittens

I am in the mood to start making Spring cards!!! This is the third card for my upcoming "Life's a breeze.." card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class with stamps from different companies. To see the first two cards please click here and here. This class is scheduled for:

Tuesday, February 2nd, 12 pm to 3 pm
Saturday, February 6th, 12 pm to 3 pm

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

$30, 10 participants max.

Class Kits are available until February 6th, $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".




Basic Grey designer paper. Whisper Snapper stamp called Triple Threat Kittens, BBY856. I created an embossed frame around the image with Scor-Pal and then sponged some yellow ink. Martha Stewart border punch. EK Success corner punch. Flower punches from are also from EK Success.

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!!

Warm Winter Wishes

I love this cute penguin so much that this is the third year in a row I am using this image for my Christmas cards :-) Isn't he the CUTEST??!!

This is the second card for my upcoming "Cute Christmas" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. 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, December 3rd, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, December 3rd, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, December 6th, 12 pm to 3 pm

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

$30, 10 participants max

Class Kits are available until December 6th, $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".



Metallic cardstock from PaperCuts. Basic Grey Designer Paper. Warm Penguin stamp from Whipper Snapper, CY879.

Penguin was colored with Copic Markers, cut out with Nestabilites. I then used Nestabilites as a stencil and air brushed the background. Oh, and I just couldn't resist and gave the penguin googly eyes ;-)

Beautiful velvet ribbon, gold thread, button, rhinestones and tons of Crystal Stickles to finish off the card.

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

Hugs!!

I am NOT LION!!

I needed to make a third card for my upcoming "Father's Day" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile.. and I thought that the third card needed to be somewhat whimsical.. Can't be serious all the time.. This will make a great card for the kids (of any age) to give to their father..

We will make three cards in this class, to see the other two please click here and here. This class is scheduled for:

Sunday, May 31st, 12 pm to 3 pm
Tuesday, June 2nd, 12 pm to 3 pm

Please bring your favorite adhesive to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

The cost of this class is $30.00

If you can't make it to the class and/or would like to make more then one set, the Class Kits will be available. The Class Kit will include all materials, the stamped images and the photos of the cards. The cost of the Class Kit is $35.00.

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

This card measures 6" x 6".





The lion stamp is from Whipper Snapper Designs. The image was colored with Copic Markers and then cut out. I actually stamped the lion twice, his face is popped up!!

Both of the sentiments (on the front and inside of the card) were made with JustRite alphabet stamps. I used two different fonts, Branton and Curlz, and also used different size letters.

Designer paper is from Cosmo Cricket.

All of the supplies used to design this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you don't live in the area, you can call the store at 408-736-9151 during the business hours to place an order and it will be shipped to you.

Hugs!!
:) Irina

Yes, I can!!

A few people have been challenging me to make a "regular" size card instead of my favorite 6" x 6" square... Guess what? I still can!!

This is the second card for my upcoming "Whipper Snapper Easter" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. To see the first card, please click here. This class is scheduled for:

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

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

This card measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (!!!)


Close-up of the envelope..


Inside of the card..

Easter Bunny Trio and the Easter Post stamps are from Whipper Snapper. The "Happy Easter" sentiment is by Magnolia. Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder for the background. Colored with Copic Markers. Rectangulars on the front card were cut and embossed with Nestabilites. Martha Stewart fence punch. Circles inside of the card are the Marvy punches.

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

Hugs,
:) Irina

Lessons I learned from the Easter Bunny...

Before I start with this post I wanted to mention that I had added another date to the "Easter Tilda" class - Saturday, April 4th, 11 am to 2:30 pm. To see one of the cards for this class please click here.

The card below is one of the cards for my upcoming "Easter Whipper Snapper" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. This class is scheduled for:

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

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

This card measures 6" 6".





I just LOVE this adorable Bunny, and that Poem just cracks me up every time I read it. Both of these stamps are by the Whipper Snapper. The "Happy Easter" sentiment inside of the card is from Magnolia. Designer paper is by My Minds Eye. Corners were done with the punch from EK Success called Photo Corners Fancy. The flowers in the centers of the corners were also done with the punch. Circles were cut with Nestabilites. Image colored with Copic Markers.

All the supplies used to design this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you don't live in the area, you can call the store at 408-736-9151 during the business hours to place an order and it will be shipped to you.

Hugs,
:) Irina

"Diamond Fold" Christmas Card

OK, so here is the second card for my "Different Folds" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. This style of the card is called "Diamond Fold" and the instructions can be found on Scor-Pal website, here is the link. To view the first card for this class please click here.

This card measures 4" x 4" when closed and 4" x 12" when opened (if you stretch it all the way out).

This adorable stamp is by Whipper Snapper and is called "A Hug for Ike". I stamped the image with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored with Copic Markers. The snowflakes around the image are the stamp by Lizzie Anne Designs. I put Crystal Stickles in the center of the stamped snowflakes and on the snow.

There are Cuttlebug Snowflakes with the Dew Drops in the centers on both borders of the card.

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.

:) Irina

Dear Santa, Define Good

This is a pretty simple card, but I just love this Santa image and wanted to keep the card simple to have the image stand out.

This is the second card for my "Whipper Snapper Santa" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. To see the first card, please click here.

This card measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".




Santa was stamped with Memento ink twice and colored with Copic Markers. Santa's head, hands, shoes and the list are popped up on dimensionals. There is Diamond Glaze on his shoes, and gold brads for the buttons. I sponged with yellow ink around the image.

Corners were punched out and I added gold dots with Gold Zig Painty.

Both stamps on this card, the Santa image and the greeting are from Whipper Snapper.

This class is scheduled for:

Friday, November 28th, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Saturday, November 29th, 11 am to 2:30 pm

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

:) Irina

Believe in the Magic of the Season

I got back from Carson Monday night and got back to teaching classes on Tuesday. Busy-busy-busy :-). I will tell you more about the Carson show and will post some photos in a few days.

Today I wanted to show you one of the cards for my upcoming "Whipper Snapper Santa" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. I will show you the other card for this class tomorrow.

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



I love-love-love this Santa stamp from Whipper Snapper, isn't he just too cute?!! I stamped the image with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored with Copic Markers. Stamped snowflakes with Blue Sky Memento around Santa image. I stamped the same snowflakes with White Pigment ink on the red cardstock.

Added Crystal Effects to Santa's belt and his shoes. For the snow on the chimney and under Santa's feet, I put on some Crystal Effect and then sprinkled on some glitter. This way there is dimension and also the sparkle on the card. There are Stickles on the snowflakes around Santa.

Both ovals for the greeting were punched out with Marvy punches, blue for the oval and the pink one for the scalloped oval.

The greeting and the snowflakes stamps are by Lizzie Anne Designs.

This class is scheduled for:

Friday, November 28th, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Saturday, November 29th, 11 am to 2:30 pm

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

:) Irina

Bobblehead Birthday Elephant

This card was so much fun to make. It is not really in "my" colors, but I like how it turned out. Bright and Fun!!

This card measures 6" x 6".

The Elephant was stamped twice on white cardstock and colored with Copic Markers. I then used Nestabilites and cut out the circle shape with the Elephant in the center. From the second stamped image I cut out his head only and attached it to the main layer with a spring. I made my spring by curling the thin wire around the pencil. And I got myself a bobblehead Elephant!!!

For the balloon I punched out the circle, colored it with Orange Copic Marker and then heat embossed with a layer of UTEE.

The elephant stamp is by Whipper Snapper, the greeting on the balloon is by Penny Black and the presents inside are from Magnolia (Tilda).

This will be one of the cards for my "Happy Birthday" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile . This class is scheduled for

Thursday, October 23rd, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Thursday, October 23rd, 5 pm to 8 pm

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

:) Irina

Whipper Snapper Snowmen

I guess this is what happens when you teach classes.. One day you make Halloween cards and the next day jump right into Christmas :-).

I love, love, love these cute snowmen from Whipper Snapper. Don't they just make you smile?


Both cards measure 5 1/4" x 5 1/4".

First card is pretty simple, but I really like the layout. Used Snowflake Cuttlebug Embossing folder on the white layer. Snowman (or is he a snowball?) was colored with Copic Markers, added some Stickles and Gold Brads for the buttons. The greeting is from the clear stamp set by Hero Arts.



Second card is the Shaker Box style. The white layer was embossed with Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder. The opening in the red layer and the blue scallop around it were cut with Nestabilites. There are light blue glass microbeads inside of the shaker box, fun!! Snowman was colored with Copic markers and I stamped little snowflakes from Magnolia around him. I also stamped the same snowflakes on the white layer inside of the card. The greeting inside of the card is from the clear stamp set by Hero Arts.



I will be teaching a class with these cards at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. The class is scheduled for:

Sunday, October 19th, 11:30 am to 2:30 pm
Tuesday, October 21st, 11 am to 2 pm

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

:) Irina

Witchy Tilda

One more Tilda card today with another new stamp from the Halloween and Fall Collection. Actually, I used two new stamps on this card, Tilda stamp and the Web.

This is a 6" x 6" card.



Tilda was colored with Copic Markers. If you enlarge the photo (just click on it), you'll see that there are orange Stickles on her hair and Crystal Effects on Tilda's hat, boots and also on the spider. I sponged purple ink around the image.

The web was heat embossed with black Embossing Powder and then I added orange Stickles over the embossed lines for the sparkle.

The greeting is from Whipper Snapper. After I stamped the greeting, I outlined the letters with purple Copic Marker and then added orange Stickles on the top. The spider on the greeting has been covered with Crystal Effects. Sponged the purple and black ink around the greeting. Both ovals (plain and the scalloped) were cut with Nestabilites.

Inside of the card I stamped the same web image and sponged some purple ink around the edges.

All supplies used on this card, including Tilda stamps, are available at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you can't stop by the store, please call the store at 408-736-9151 to purchase the stamps and they will be shipped to you.

:) Irina

Halloween Swing Card

I've seen these type of cards before and always wanted to make one. I don't know why I waited, it was so easy to make and so much fun.

The first photo is the front view of the card.

The photo below shows you how the card looks like pulled out open.

Close -up of the image above.

This is the back view of the card.

For this card I used Whipper Snapper stamps again. I just love this cat!! And how about the post sign, isn't is just adorable?! The post and the greeting ("keep out") are two separate stamps. I think the post would also look really cute on the back of any Halloween greeting card to sign your name on.

The spider web is the part of the stamp by Penny Black, I used it on the card here. It has a mouse hanging from the spider web, so for this card I only inked the web part. The spiders are the Die Cuts from Cuttlebug.

This will be the second card for my Halloween Card Class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. Class is scheduled for Tuesday, October 7th, 11 am to 2:30 pm. To sign up for the class, please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151.

:) Irina

Pumpkins, Bats and a Cat

I made this card for my upcoming Halloween class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. I think this will be the last Halloween class of the season.

This is a pop-up style card. I had hard time taking photos of it, I hope you can see the details. I kept the front of the card simple, but when you open the card there is a folded triangle there that pops out for a little surprise.

The moon was sponged with yellow and orange inks by Memento. I also sponged around the whole perimeter of the inside layer for the spooky look.

The bats are Cuttlebug Die Cut and Emboss combo. I only adhered the bodies of the bats to the cards, not the wings.

The pumpkins and the cat stamps are by Whipper Snapper, the greeting is from Imagenisce. Images were colored with Copic Markers.

I already made the second card for this class, it is a Swing style. I will show it to you tomorrow.

This class is scheduled for Tuesday, October 7th, 11 am to 2:30 pm. To sign up for the class, please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151.

:) Irina