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

Cute Spring Bunnies

I just LOVE these little bunnies, aren't they just too cute for words??!! This is one of the cards for my upcoming "Spring Penny Black" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. At this class we will make three cards, all different designs. This class is scheduled for:

Tuesday, March 3rd, 12 pm to 3 pm
Saturday, March 7th, 12 pm to 3 pm

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

This card measures 6" x 6".



The image was heat embossed and then watercolored with the combination of the Twinkling H2O's and the Pearlascent Watercolors on the Esse White paper. Circles were cut with the Nestabilites. Butterflies were stamped with red ink on the pink polka dot paper. Stamps are from Penny Black. Designer paper is by Bo Bunny.

All of the supplies used on this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. Please call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order.

:) Irina

Finally!! Tilda Calendar Cover!!

I can't believe it!! My Tilda Calendar is finally done!! Here are the photos of the front and back of the calendar with all the pages binded together with the Bind-It-All machine. I had to use the largest coil available, 1 1/4".

Even though I did not use any pop up dots or any dimensional embellishments on the pages of the calendar, because of all the layers it turned out to be pretty thick and heavy. But how cool is that??!! Every single page has a different Tilda image along with the calendar!! LOVE IT!!

This gorgeous Designer Paper is by My Minds Eye, it is double sided and I used both sides of the paper. Red scalloped circles were done with Nestabilites, cut and embossed. The scalloped circles with the images were punched out with Blue Marvy punch.

If you would like to see the photos of every page, please click here.

All the Tilda stamps used on the pages of this calendar are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can place your order online or call the store at 408-736-9151 during the business hours.

:) Irina

Merci

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

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

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

This card measures 6" x 6".


Grid on the background was created with the Scor-Pal. Ovals were cut and embossed with Nestabiltes. Main image was heat embossed, the stamp is from the clear stamp set from Inkadinkado. Sentiment was heat embossed as well, the circles were punched out with EK Success punches. And, once again, I used the EK Success Fancy Corners punch :-) .

All the supplies used on this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can even call the store at 408-736-9151 during the business hours to place your order and it will be shipped to you.

:) Irina

For You

First of, I would like to announce that if you wanted to take my Sympathy Cards class, but wasn't able to attend, I had scheduled an additional one for Sunday, March 1st, 12 pm to 3 pm. To see the cards, please click here. Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up.

OK, now onto the new cards.. These will be card one and card two for my upcoming "Scor-Pal, Cuttlebug and Nestabilites" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards at this class, and I am still working on the third one. This class is scheduled for:

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

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

Both of these cards look much better in real life. I had hard time taking photos of the cards because of the shimmer of the metallic cardstock, and doing it at 2 o'clock in the morning sure did not help..

These cards measure 6" x 6".


I created the grid on the background with the Scor-Pal. The Butterflies are from the Cuttlebug die-cut and emboss combo set. Dew Drops on the butterflies bodies. The sentiment is by Hero Arts, embossed with White Embossing Powder. Circles were cut and embossed with Nestabilites. Corners are the punch by EK Success called Photo Corners Fancy.


This card wanted to stay "simple" and I just had to let it be ;-) . I wanted to make this style card for a long time!! I used Nestabilites Label One dies on this card, just LOVE THEM!! First I created the opening with the largest die in the set (cut and embossed), then I cut and embossed another shape with the second larger die and heat embossed the image in the center. Then I placed the layer with the image in the center of the card, that created the illusion of the frame but really the gold that you see is showing from the bottom layer through the opening. Hope this makes sense.. The stamp is from Inkadinkado. The corners were done with the same punch, I think I found my new favorite..

Hugs,
:) Irina

Easter Tilda Make-and-Take

These two projects are for the Make-and-Take at the "A Stamp in The Hand" show. If you are attending the show, please stop by the Stamp On Over (Cranberry Hill Mercantile) booth to say "hi" and to do this free Make-and-Take. You will have an option of making a tag or a card topper with your choice of either Tilda in a Bunny Suit or Sitting Tilda with an Egg.

Please be advised that the location of the show has been changed at the last minute, more information here.



We were setting up for the show last night, it took us almost six hours and we are not even done yet.. We will have tons of things in our booth: Magnolia Stamps, Copic Markers, Nestabilites, Punches (including Martha Stewart!!), Envelopers, Glue Gliders and refills, Dew Drops, Stickles, Memento Inks, Pearlascent Watercolors, Rubber Mats, Paper Piercers, Tim Holtz Rulers, Candy Dots, and more!!

See you there!!

:) 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

Sympathy Cards Class

Here are two cards that I made for my "Sympathy Cards" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. At the class we will make four cards, two of each design. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, February 19th, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Thursday, February 19th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm

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

Both of these cards measure 6" x 6".

First card features stamps from Penny Black (main image), Hero Arts (background) and Lizzie Anne Designs (sentiment). Image was stamped with the brown ink, colored with Prisma pencils and then I applied the Crystal Lacquer over it. The frame around the image was made with the Scor-Pal.



On the second card I used new paper by Basic Grey, it is so beautiful!! The main image is from Hero Arts and the sentiment is by Daisy Bucket.



:) Irina

2009 Tilda Calendar - DECEMBER

I stayed up late last night finishing up the December pages for my Tilda Calendar class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. Now all the calendar months are done!!! The next week I will work on the cover (front and last pages) of the calendar and then we will bind it together!! I am so excited to see how it will look completed!! Click here if you would like to see all the previous months.




I stamped the background and then cut it out with circle Nestabilites. Corners are the Cuttlebug die cuts and I added dots with Sakura Gel pen on them for the sparkle. Patina and Crystal Stickles on the Background. White Gel pen, Sakura Clear Star pen, Gold Zig Painty and a hint of Patina Stickles on Tilda. Paper is from BoBunny.

Both Tilda and the Winter Background stamps are from the Christmas'08 Collection from Magnolia and are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can place your order online or call the store at 408-736-9151 during the business hours.

:) Irina