Celebrate your Day

I just LOVE how these cards turned out!!  It is the same design as you can see, I just used different color cardstock and distressed it with different color inks.  I don't even know if I have a favorite one of two, I love them just the same!!  :-)

This is one of the projects for my JUNE Workshop.  To see other projects please click HERE.

JUNE Workshop is scheduled for:

Saturday, June 25th

10 am to 6 pm

at Scrapbook Island in San Jose, CA

This Workshop is by invitation only.  If you would like to attend but did not receive an Evite invitation from me, please email me at irina_ca@msn.com and I will add you onto the list.

These cards measure 5 1/2" x 5 1/2".

Project Recipe:

Stamps: JustRite

Papers: Cardstock by Bazzill  in Walnut Cream and Craft 

Tools: Tim Holtz Ink Blending Tool, Martha Stewart Border Punches, various Spellbinders Dies
Other: Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Victorian Velvet, Mark Richards pearls

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Glamour Girl

Here is one more card that combines two of my favorite products, Pink Paisley paper and a Silhouette die cut!!  Plus craft cardstock and machine stitching!!  Simple but yet so elegant!!

This will be one of the cards/projects at my upcoming Workshop this Sunday.  If you live in Northern California and would like to attend one of my monthly Workshops, please email me for details :-)

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

 

 

Card Recipe:

Papers: Cardstock - Couture and Bazzill,  Designer Paper - Pink Paisley

Tools: Tim Holtz Mini Baroque Die Cut, Martha Stewart Fence Border punch, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, EK Success Border Punch

Embellishments: Ticket from Pink Paisley, Viva Pearl Pen in Cream

Other: Machine Stitching

 

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Just a note...

This is the second card for my upcoming ARTSY CARDS card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA.   To see the other card please click HERE.

This class is scheduled for:

Wednesday, February 23rd, 5-8 pm

$35, 12 participants max

We will make three cards in this class, all different designs.  These cards feature different techniques and products from Pink Paisley.

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

Please call the store at 408-736-9151 to sign up for this class.

This card measures 4" x 6".

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Sentiment - Hero Arts

Papers: Cardstock - Couture,  Designer Paper - Pink Paisley

Tools: Tim Holtz Baroque Die Cut and Embossing Folder, EK Success Flower punches, Silhouette Bird on the Branch

Embellishments: Viva Pearl Pen in Gold and Black

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aRt Journal

First of all I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and the best wishes for the upcoming New Year!!!

I worked on this project for three days and had finally finished it yesterday morning!!  I am SO HAPPY with the way it has turned out!!  It is something so very different from my usual work and I actually had tons of fun creating it!!   I combined A LOT of different product to create this Art Journal!!  LOVE all the quotes from two of Tim Holtz stamp sets!!  Pink Paisley paper has a resist emboss design on it and is just AWESOME for distressing with different inks!!  This Art Journal is a real EYE CANDY with all those different shapes of pages and tags, different colors, textures, and various elements!!

This aRt Journal can be used for so many different things!!  It can be expended with more pages and used as a journal, sketch book, idea book.. it can be turned into scrapbook if you add some photos..  And, it is just so much FUN to make!!   

 This aRt Journal is one of the projects at my upcoming upcoming January Workshop!! 

January Workshop is scheduled for Sunday, January 9th in the scrap room at Scrapbook Island in San Jose, CA.  We will be there all day, from 10 am to 6 pm!! That is a whole 8 hours of lots of FUN!!!

This Workshop is by invitation ONLY!!  If you have not received an email from me with information about the Workshops and would like to attend, please send me your email address and I will email you an Evite invitation. 

Please email me if you would like to join my Workshop and/or if you have ANY questions  :-)

This album measures 6 3/4" x 6 3/4".

for some reason Blogger would not let me upload all the photos the way I wanted, so I created a SLIDE SHOW.. If the SLIDE SHOW below does not start automatically for you, please DOUBLE CLICK ON IT and it should open in a different page.. If you are still having problems viewing it, please let me know and I will try something else..

PLEASE CLICK ON THE PHOTO ABOVE TO VIEW THE SLIDE SHOW OF ALL THE PHOTOS OF THE JOURNAL!!

..and below are just a few more photos for your viewing pleasure :-)

Project Recipe:

Album: fabric covered album from Pink Paisley

Stamps: Basic Grey clear stamp sets - Basic Notes, Date and Time, To Dos; Tim Holtz - Good Thoughts, Odds and Ends

Papers: Pink Paisley - Parisian Elements and Bayberry Collections

Tools: Tim Holtz Die Cuts - Flourish, Flowers, Heart, Label, Bird Cage; Martha Stewart - Butterfly punches; EK Success - Border Punch

Embellishments: Punch out Tags, Border Stickers, Flip Notes and Tickets from Pink Paisley; Viva Pearl Pen in Cream and Gold, Stampendous Embossing Powders in Pirate Gold and Jeweled Gold, Crystal Lacquer, Distress Stickles in Faded Jeans, Distress Crackle Paint in Picket Fence

Inks: Distress Inks - Wild Honey, Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot, Fried Brick, Broken China, Crushed Olive, Mustard Seed, Shabby Shutters, Vintage Photo, Pumice Stone and Walnut Stain

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White Christmas

I LOVE making white on white cards for Christmas.. they seem to ALWAYS turn out so elegant!!  I wasn't sure about white poinsettia, but I think it works!!!  Believe it or not, this card was inspired by one of Tim Holtz's tags, this one. 

I used this Spellbinders Poinsettia die last year, but my card last year didn't look anything like this.. this one I LIKE!!  I shaped the petals and popped the layers of the flower.  Background grid was made with my Scor-Pal.

This card is one of the projects at my upcoming upcoming December Workshop!!  To see other projects that we will be making at the Workshop please click HERE.

December Workshop is scheduled for Sunday, December 12th (this Sunday!!) in the scrap room at Scrapbook Island in San Jose, CA on Sunday, December 12th. We will be there all day, from 10 am to 6 pm!! That is a whole 8 hours of lots of FUN!!! Snacks, soft drinks and lunch will be provided.

This Workshop is by invitation ONLY!!  If you have not received an email from me with information about the Workshops and would like to attend, please send me your email address and I will email you an Evite invitation. 

Please email me if you would like to join my Workshop and/or if you have ANY questions  :-)

This card measures 6" x 6".

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Hero Arts- sentiment

Papers: Cardstock - Couture

Tools: Spellbinders Poinsettia, Tim Holtz Flourish Die, Scor-Pal

Embellishments: Pearl Pan in Cream

Inks: Encore in Gold

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On this day..

I am really trying to use all of my new "toys" before Christmas is over!!  I really LOVE these Tim Holtz Texture Fades!!  and, of course, because they are TH products, everything on this card just had to be distressed!!  I am very pleased with the way this card has turned out, it has such a vintagy look to it!!

This card is one of the projects at my upcoming upcoming December Workshop!!  To see other projects that we will be making at the Workshop please click HERE.

December Workshop is scheduled for Sunday, December 12th in the scrap room at Scrapbook Island in San Jose, CA on Sunday, December 12th. We will be there all day, from 10 am to 6 pm!! That is a whole 8 hours of lots of FUN!!! Snacks, soft drinks and lunch will be provided.

This Workshop is by invitation ONLY!!  If you have not received an email from me with information about the Workshops and would like to attend, please send me your email address and I will email you an Evite invitation. 

Please email me if you would like to join my Workshop and/or if you have ANY questions  :-)

This card measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2". 

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Hero Arts- notes background and sentiments

Papers: Cardstock - Couture

Tools: TH Snowflakes and Snowman Texture Fades, Spellbinders Oval Nestabilites, Martha Stewart Snowflake punches, EK Success Border punch

Embellishments: May Arts Ribbon (colored with Distressed Inks), Pearl Pan in Gold, Button from my stash

Inks: Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain

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I am IN LOVE!!

I have to confess.. I have two new loves in my crafting life right now..  Tim Holtz's products and my new toy, Silhoette machine!!!  Just take a look at my card, how can you not LOVE these products!!!

I know I am not getting paid for this, but this also tells you that this is my absolute true opinion ;-)  Tim Holtz's dies and embossing folders are to die for!!  And I am not only talking about the designs, I am talking QUALITY!!!!  Did you know that with TH dies you can cut through a THICK chipboard??!!  Did you see how deep the embossing is from his embossing folders??!!  OH MY!! 

And what about Silhoette??  I have no idea why Cricut is so popular and not so many people even know about Silhoette??  You won't believe how much more freedom you have with Silhouette vs. Cricut!!!  You can buy individual images instead of a whole cartridge (where you might only love a few designs), you can cut whatever size you need, you can make changes to the images, you can position the image on the cut mat where you want (thus saving on paper)!!  I can go on and on.. and I have only had this machine for a few days now and I am still learning!!

Onto my card now :-) 

This card is one of the projects at my upcoming upcoming December Workshop!!  To see other projects that we will be making at the Workshop please click HERE.

December Workshop is scheduled for Sunday, December 12th in the scrap room at Scrapbook Island in San Jose, CA on Sunday, December 12th. We will be there all day, from 10 am to 6 pm!! That is a whole 8 hours of lots of FUN!!! Snacks, soft drinks and lunch will be provided.

This Workshop is by invitation ONLY!!  If you have not received an email from me with information about the Workshops and would like to attend, please send me your email address and I will email you an Evite invitation. 

Please email me if you would like to join my Workshop and if you have ANY questions  :-)

This card measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2". 

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Hero Arts- sentiment

Papers: Cardstock - Couture

Tools: TH Reindeer, TH Flourishes, TH Snowflake Embossing Folder, Silhoutte Banner, Silhouette Christmas Tree, Spellbinders Oval Nestabilites

Embellishments: TH Distress Stickles in Clear Rock Candy, Copper Brads

Inks: Distress Ink in Old Paper and Vintage Photo

and don't forget about my BLOG CANDY, here is the LINK!!

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