Garden Visit

Still making cards in pastels :-) Can you tell I am tired of winter!!

This is the third and the last card for my upcoming "Spring Penny Black" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class, all with new Penny Black stamps. To see the first two cards please click here and here. This class is scheduled for:

Sunday, February 28th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Thursday, April 1st, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, April 1st, 4:30 pm to 7:30 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, I just LOVE their new collection!! Martha Stewart border punch. EK Success flowers and leaf punches. Stamps from Penny Black, Garden Visit 40-019. Cut with Nestabilites, then used die cut as a stencil and sponged yellow ink around the image. Colored with Copic Markers. Hedgehog's feet were stamped again on a scrap piece of paper, cut and popped on the main image. Diamond Glaze on the pot and on the snail's shell, doesn't really show in the pictures but looks pretty nice in real life. Stickles on hedgehog's needles and on the background paper.

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!!

Spring is HERE!!

Well.. almost here :-) I made one more Spring card with the my new stamps from Penny Black.

This is the second card for my upcoming "Spring Penny Black" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class, all with new Penny Black stamps. To see the first card please click here. This class is scheduled for:

Sunday, February 28th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Thursday, April 1st, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, April 1st, 4:30 pm to 7:30 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 3 3/4" x 9" and fits in the business size envelope. I do like making this size cards a lot, but don't do it very often..




My Minds Eye Designer paper. Martha Stewart fence punch. EK Success flower punches. Fiskars Border punch (inside of the card). Marvy Urchida scalloped circle and circle punches (inside of the card). Stamps are from the clear stamp set by Penny Black called Garden Friends. Circles cut with Nestabilites. Colored with Copic Markers. Crystal Stickles on the flower and the butterflies, I also added some stickles to the background paper.

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!!

Have a Purr-fect day!!

Spring is almost here!! Cranberry Hill Mercantile just received a shipment of new stamps from Penny Black.. CUTE stuff!!!! Of course I couldn't resist and grabbed a few stamps from the shelves ;-)

Here is one of the cards for my upcoming "Spring Penny Black" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class, all with new Penny Black stamps. This class is scheduled for:

Sunday, February 28th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Thursday, April 1st, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, April 1st, 4:30 pm to 7:30 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".




I really do LOVE how this card has turned out!! My Minds Eye Designer paper. EK Success scallop border punch. Martha Stewart grass border punch. All of the stamps are from Penny Black clear stamp set called "In the Garden". Images colored with Copic Markers. The clouds behind the cat are airbrushed.

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!!

Penny Black Mice - Enjoy!!

I had to re-do this card with a different image. Yes, everything else is the same, just the image is different. I used one of the stamps from the clear stamp set by Penny Black called Micey Day.. CUTE!!!

This is the second 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 card please click 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.


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!!

You Have a Piece of My Heart

Don't forget to visit La-La Land Crafts blog for the INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH THE NEW RELEASE Blog Hop for the chance to win the new stamps. Everyone on the Design Team and Guest Designers have made the cards with the new stamps, you just have to see them!!!

Oh, I just LOVE these little hedgehogs and the sentiment that goes with them!! ADORABLE!!!

This is the third card for my my upcoming "Penny Black Valentine" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. To see the first two cards please click here and here. This class is scheduled for:

Saturday, January 9th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Thursday, January 28th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, January 28th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 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 January 28th, $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".





Cloud 9 Design designer paper. Hedgehog images (both on the front and inside of the card) as well as the sentiment on the front of the card are from the clear stamp set by Penny Black called "piece of my heart", 30-042. The sentiment inside of the card is from Hero Arts clear stamp set. Martha Steward border punch. Marvy Urchida heart and circle punches. Crystal Accents on the puzzle hearts.

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!!

Love Is The Message

Happy New Year Everyone!!! I hope you all are having a wonderful Holiday Season!!! Tomorrow early morning I am off to Disneyland with my best friend to celebrate my 40th Birthday!! What else can a girl wish for!! I know we are going to have a lot of FUN!!!

Between laundry and packing for Disneyland I have managed to make a card today, a first card of this year. This is the second card for my upcoming "Penny Black Valentine" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. To see the first card please click here. We will make three cards in this class, I have not made the third card yet, but I already know what stamp I am using. It's going to be more on a cutesy side then the first two cards. This class is scheduled for:

Saturday, January 9th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Thursday, January 28th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, January 28th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 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 January 28th, $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".





Designer paper is from BoBunny Christmas Collection, can you believe it? I just thought that this deep red color with the design on it would work perfectly for Valentine's Day. The heart stamp is from Penny Black, it is called Love is The Message, 4023K. The heart was heat embossed in gold. Borders are from the clear stamp set by Hampton Arts called Blooming Memories. Cuttlebug Corners.

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!!

Kiss the Frog

I am not sure I will be making another post before the New Year.. In fact I am pretty sure that I won't. I want to wish everyone a wonderful 2010, may all your New Year's resolutions come true ;-) I have quite a few resolutions on my list, we will see how it goes..

Out with Christmas cards and right onto Valentine's Day!! I made this card for my upcoming "Penny Black Valentine" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class, I will just have to make the other two cards right after my Birthday trip to Disneyland on January 2nd (yay!! I can't wait!!). This class is scheduled for:

Saturday, January 9th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Thursday, January 28th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, January 28th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 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 January 28th, $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".



Graphic 45 Designer Paper. Both the frog and the sentiment stamps are from Penny Black. Spellbinders Fleur De Lei Shapebilites. EK Success Corner punch.

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!!

The Forever Dream

For La-La Land Crafts FAIRY TALE Blog Hop please scroll to the post below or click HERE!!

With Christmas right around the corner, it is time to start making cards for other occasions :-) I do love bird stamps and have absolutely had fallen in love with this stamp from Penny Black!!

This is one of the cards for my upcoming "Things with Wings" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, January 21st, 11 am to 2 pma
Thursday, January 21st, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, January 31st, 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 January 31st, $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".

Bazzill Cardstock. Designer paper by Basic Grey. Penny Black stamp, the forever dream 4024J. Birds were colored with Copic Markers, sponged yellow ink around the image. Frame was made with Circle Nestabilites and one of the dies from Floral Accent Shapeabilities set. Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Borderabilites. Marvy flower punch and EK Success Leaf punch. Small pearls in the centers of the flowers are from Memory Box.

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!!

Surprise Gift Box Card

Check out my La-La Land Crafts blog for a sneak peek of the new Halloween release and to enter into the Blog Candy!!

I couldn't decide what to do for the third card for my "Shaped Cards" class at Cranberry Hill Merantlie, so I turned to Splitcoaststampers for ideas.. I found this card by Valita, followed to her blog post for this card and then from there to the instructions on the Stampohmania website. It looked interesting and I decided to give it a try.. The template from Stampohmania was for a smaller card, and I of course just had to make a bigger one. I used their template as a reference and made one of my own.. My card measures approximately 5 1/4" X 6".

This is the third card for this class, to see the other two cards please click here and here. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, September 3rd, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, September 3rd, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, September 6th, 12 pm to 3 pm

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

$30, 10 participants max.

Class Kits will be available until September 6th, $35 each.

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

I have had hard time photographing this card.. This is the best I could do.. The lines of the card are straight in real life, I did work hard on my angles :-) It is a pretty cool card, I am very pleased how it has turned out.. When you lift the top of the box up, the tag inside pulls out!! I have not seen anything like this before!! I LIKE it!!


Designer paper is by Imagenisce, it is from their new Christmas collection, but I do love the sparkly dots and stripes and I think it worked quite well for the Birthday Card. The embellishment on the top of the box was made with Scalloped Cirlce Punches, I used two sizes.. I cut into every scallop and then folded cirlces in half. The Birthday Mice stamp is by Penny Black, it's called "Cheescake Party". The image was colored with Copic Markers and I added Stickles for the sparkle. The sentiment is by Savvy..

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 to place your order.

Check out my La-La Land Crafts blog for a sneak peek of the new Halloween release and to enter into the Blog Candy!!

Hugs!!
:) Irina

Water Lily Skiing

I love, love, love Penny Black stamps!!! Isn't this mouse just too cute for words??!! When I saw this stamp, I knew excactly what I was going to do with it..

This is the second card for my upcoming "Cute Critters" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class, to see the first card please click here.. I am still working on the third one.. 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".





This Penny Black stamp is called "Water Lily Skiing".. hense the title of this post, not too original, I know ;-> The number for the stamp is 2063K.

The images were colored with Copic Markers and then I applied Stickles (of course!!). Ovals were cut with Nestabilites, I used the smaller one as a stencil and sponged blue ink around the image.. The circles were done with punches. Martha Stewart border punch on the bottom on the front and on the border inside of the card. This very pretty Designer Paper is by Darcy, it has very nice kind of glossy finish..

All the supplies used on this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can even call the store (during the business hours) to place your order, here is the number 408-736-9151.

Hugs!!
Irina

Have a WONDERFUL day!

This is one of the card for my upcoming "Cute Critters" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class, still working on the other two.. 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".





This card is finished all the way, inside and out!! It will make a great Birthday card or can be used for any other occasion...

I really love these cutest hedgehogs by Penny Black, all of the stamps used on this card are from the clear stamp set called "Wonderful". If you look closely at the sentiment (you might have to click on photos to enlarge), you will see that I overstamped the sentiment in yellow ink with the flower from the same stamp set. I really like this look..

Images were colored with Copic Markers. Circles were cut and embossed with Nestabilites, I sponged yellow ink inside of the circles.

Bazzil Cardstock and Designer Paper is by Imagenisce.

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

Flight of a Humming Bird

This is the second card for my upcoming "Emboss Resist" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three different cards in this class. To see the first card please click here, I am still working on the card number three. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, May 14th from 11-2pm
Thursday, May 14th from 4:30-7:30 pm
Saturday, May 30th from 12-3pm

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

Since this is a technique class, the Class Kits will not be available.

This card measures 6" x 6"..





Instead of stamping images on the plain cardstock, this time I stamped them on the designer paper instead. This gives an instant background and creates a "collage" type of feel. This paper is from Basic Grey and is the same paper that I have used to make this card, can you believe it?

The Humming Bird stamp is by Inkadinkado, 92647-X. The image was stamped and embossed, and then I used my new favorite medium, Smooch, to color in the bird. The Smooch gives the images nice shine with the pearl accent. I used Smooch in Green Apple and Pumpkin colors.

Flower stamp is by Penny Black called Leopard's Bane, 3873F. The flowers were stamped and embossed. I added gold microbeads in the centers of the flowers.

The main layer was sponged with yellow and orange inks to give it some depth.

The nice accents on the large layer are from the same stamp set that I have used to make this card, it is by Hampton Arts and is called Blooming Memories.

The filigree corners are the Cuttlebug die cuts.

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, please call the store during the business hours at 408-736-9151 to place your order.

Hugs!!
:) Irina

Tulip Jungle Cat

This is the second post for today, for the first one please scroll down to the post below or click here.

Here is the second card for my "Spring Penny Black" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. For the other cards in this class, please click here and here. This class is scheduled for:

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

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

This card measures 6" x 6".


Inside of the card..

This is one of my favorite stamps from Penny Black, I've been wanting to make a card with it for a looong time.. This stamp is called Tulip Jungle. Just like on the two other cards for this class, the image was heat embossed and then colored with Twinkling H2Os and the Pearlascent watercolors. Oval were cut with the Nestabilites. The designer paper is by My Minds Eye.

I did something new (for me) with the ribbon today. I colored (dyed) white ribbon with Copic Markers to match the color of the cardstock. It worked out great!!

The corners were punched out with the new punch from Tonic, it is the same corner as the one you would get with the Stampin' Up punch!! Red Dew Drops in the corners.

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

Hugs,
:) Irina

Just For You Spring Penny Black

This is the second card for my "Spring Penny Black" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards at the class, all different designs. To see the first card please click here. I will post the third card in a few hours. This class is scheduled for:

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

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

This card measures 6" x 6".


Close up..

Inside of the card..

This turned out to be such a happy card :) I just love this stamp from Penny Black!!

Image was heat embossed and colored with Twinkling H2Os and Pearlascent Watercolors. Liquid Pearls in the centers of the flowers. Scalloped rectangle was cut and embossed with Nestabilties, I left Nestabilites in place and used it as a stencil to sponge yellow ink around the image. Scalloped border was done with Martha Stewart border punch. Scalloped circle was done with punch from EK Success, I made it look like a flower by adding the leafs (Martha Stewart punch).

All the supplies used to create this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. As always, you can call the store at 408-736-9151 to place an 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