oh happy day!

This is the first card that I made with this new stamp set from La-La Land Crafts, this is Summer Lucky and this set comes with three coordinating sentiments!! Lucky looks so cool and relaxed in his inner tube with a glass of cold lemonade in his hand!! Fun, fun, fun!! :-)

I used this card made by Cheryl as my inspiration and it came together in no time.. well, it took me "only" a few hours to put it together.. I am a pretty slow crafter when it comes to designing my cards. I think it takes me in average 3-4 hours to make a card..

This is the second card for my upcoming "Summer Fun" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class, all different designs. 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, July 29th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, July 29th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, August 22nd, 1 pm to 4 pm

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

$30, 10 participants max.

If you can make it to the class or would like to make some extra cards, the Class Kits are available until August 22nd, $35 each.

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or to purchase your kit/s. *Please wait until tomorrow to call the store, they do not have this class on their schedule yet..

This card measures 6" x 6".




My Minds Eye designer paper. "Waves" were made with Cuttlebug border. "Sun" was made with Scallop Circle Nestabilites, I cut the shape first then offset it and cut again.. "Clouds" were made using a template giving to me by one of my friends and they are embossed with Cuttlebug Swirls embossing folder.

Lucky was stamped with Memento and colored with Copics. Sentiment is from the same set as the dog. You can purchase this stamp in La-La Land Crafts online store, just click HERE.

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.

Hugs!!

Wishes for Bella Blog Hop!

When my friend Erin asked me to participate in the Blog Hop for Bella, I just couldn't say "no"..

This hop is really about a very brave little girl, Bella. Bella is a member of the same gymnastics team as Erin's daughter. You can read the story about this little brave girl HERE. The gym, Bella's school and many members of the local community are working hard to raise money to help the Tucker family. Erin wanted to do something to raise Bella's spirits and let her know that people from all over the world are thinking of her and wish her the best on the hard road ahead she has. We are looking for everyone to shower Bella with cards for the next month. Please help us help her by making and MAILING as many cards as you can to help her smile each day. The mailing address is...

The Bella Tucker Fund
P.O. Box 199
Londonderry NH
03053 USA

There will be a hop each week for the next 3 weeks to keep the smiles coming! And lots and lots of candy for all of you!!!! Once you have made and mailed a card, please post the card on your blog and link it using THIS LINK TO THE GRAND PRIZE. Here you can read about the grand prize worth over 150$$$$$$. You can enter as many times as you like, as long as you are entering cards you are mailing to Bella! Let her know we are thinking of her or mail her a funny card to get her to giggle!

If you are here from Christy's blog, you are on the right track.. Your next stop is ERIN!! If you are just stopping by, please start your hop from the very beginning by going first to visit Denise.. And here is the order of the hop just in case you get lost along the way :-)

Denise Lynn
Marcea Watkins
Julie Glasgow
Jennifer Scull
Maria Matter
Fiona Robertson
Corry Arnason
Christy Dillman
Irina Blount - you are here
Erin Bailey

This is the card that I am going to mail to Bella.. This card measures 6" x 6" and features one of the newly released La-La Land Crafts stamps, this is Snorkel Sherman :-) This cat makes me smile and I hope this card brings a smile to Bella's face too.

Best Creations designer paper. Sealife glitter stickers are from MAMBI, so lucky to have them left from my scrapbooking days, they were just PERFECT to create the scene for this silly cat ;-) Fish and bubbles are raised on the foam tape. The cat is mounted on the paper spring. I will show you in my post tomorrow how I made it, it gives so much dimension and it also kind of interactive.. Cat was colored with Copic Markers.

You can buy this Snorkel Sherman stamp in La-La Land Crafts online store, just click HERE. Oh, and this stamp comes with three coordinating sentiments!!! Check it out!!

Now.. Don't forget that your next stop on this Blog Hop is Erin :-)

Happy Hopping!!

Hugs!!

Tall Order - more Butterflies

For La-La Land Crafts Summer Release Blog Hop please scroll down to the post below or click HERE.

This is the fourth and the last card for my upcoming "Tall Order" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make FOUR cards in this class, all different designs. To see the other three cards for this class please click HERE, HERE and HERE. This class is scheduled for:

Saturday, June 5th, 3 pm to 6 pm
Thursday, June 17th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, June 17th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm

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

$30, 10 participants max

Class kits are available until June 17th, $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 3 3/4" x 9 and fits in the business size US mail envelope. I like how this card has turned out, it looks nice and has such a nice soft feel to it.





BoBunny designer paper, coordinating stamp set and ribbon. I used coordinating flower and butterflies stamps to stamp over the designer paper. Martha Stewart border punch. EK Success corner punch. Butterflies are die and emboss combo from Cuttlebug. Button is from Buttons Galore.

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!!

Dates To Remember - August

These are the August calendar pages for my "Dates To Remember - Tilda Calendar" Class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. It a is a series of five classes to create a 12-months perpetual calendar/book with Tilda and other stamps from Magnolia.

Click on these links to see the previous months.. Cover - January - February - March - April - May - June - July

In this class we will make pages for these three months: June, July and August. This class is scheduled for:

PART 3 - June, July and August

Sunday, May 1st, 12 pm to 3 pm
Tuesday, May 4th, 12 pm to 3 pm

$30 per class, 10 participants max

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

You have an option of making CARDS instead of calendar pages, please specify upon sign up.

Class Kits are available until May 18th, $35 for each session.

Pages measure 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".




Webster Pages designer paper. Martha Stewart border punch. EK Success flowers and corner punches. Background and Tilda stamps by Magnolia, click on the links to order. Ovals cut with Nestabilites. Month and Oval border stamps are from JustRite.

All supplies used for this project 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!!

Dates To Remember with Tilda - July

These are the July calendar pages for my "Dates To Remember - Tilda Calendar" Class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. It a is a series of five classes to create a 12-months perpetual calendar/book with Tilda and other stamps from Magnolia.

Click on these links to see the previous moths.. Cover - January - February - March - April - May - June

In this class we will make pages for these three months: June, July and August. This class is scheduled for:

PART 3 - June, July and August

Sunday, May 1st, 12 pm to 3 pm
Tuesday, May 4th, 12 pm to 3 pm

$30 per class, 10 participants max

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

You have an option of making CARDS instead of calendar pages, please specify upon sign up.

Class Kits are available until May 18th, $35 for each session.

Pages measure 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".




Webster Pages designer paper. Martha Stewart border punch. EK Success flower punches. Background and Tilda stamps from Magnolia, click on the links to order. Month and Oval border stamps from JustRite.

All supplies used for this project 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!!

Lazy Days of Summer - I am back!!

Hi all, I know I have not posted about anything besides my new baby, my new company, La-La Land Crafts for awhile.. You know why? I have been SUPER BUSY with it!!! But now I am BACK!! I made a card today with Tilda stamp from the new Lazy Days of Summer Collection. I just adore her!!! So CUTE!!!

This will be one of the cards for my upcoming card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. Yes, yes, yes, I am back to teaching classes too ;-) !!! We will make two different design cards plus custom envelopes in this class. This class is scheduled for:

Sunday, August 23rd, 12 pm to 3:00 pm
Thursday, August 27th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, August 27th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm

The cost of the class is $30.00, 10 participants max.

Class Kits will be available until August 27th, $35.00 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 6" x 6". There is tons of stuff going on on this card, I had tons of fun making it and took tons of photos to show you everything ;-)







Can you tell I really LOVE this new paper by Best Creations!! It has such summery look and is just perfect to use with Tilda. This Tilda stamp is from the new Lazy Days of Summer Collection by Magnolia, she is called Strawberry Tilda. Tilda was stamped with Memento ink, colored with Copics and cut out. I applied Crystal Effect to the water can and also the flower. Crystal Stickles on the flower, Tilda's hair and her shoes. I got a GREAT tip from my friend (and my DT Coordinator) Jane, she advised me to store my White Gel pen vertically upside down, this way it is always "juicy". It makes such a huge difference, thanks for the tip Jane!!

For the fence I cut the strips of the Coconut Swirl cardstock and used the corner punch to make the points on the top of the planks. I then run them through the Cuttlebug with one of my Cuttlebug embossing folders (don't remember the name of it, sorry) to give them some texture. Copper brads for the nail heads.

For the grass on the bottom of the fence I have used Flower Soft in Shamrock Green. Flowers were punched out with Fiskars punch. Pink pearl stickers in the centers of the flowers.

The envelope was made out of double sided designer paper (again by Best Creations) using the Enveloper. I made a dimensional envelope for this card so it is displayed inside of it nicely.. And, because the paper is double sided, I got an instant lining!! Nestabilites Labels One on the front of the envelope.

All of the supplies used to design this card (including this Tilda stamp) are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you don't live in the area, please call the store at 408-736-9151 during business hours to place your order.

I will be out of town for a few days, I will show you the second card for this class when I come back..

Hugs!!
Irina

a Bee-utiful day!

I am on a roll!! Two cards yesterday and a new card today!! Wooo-hoo!!

This is one of the cards for my upcoming "A Beautiful Day" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. At this class we will make two cards, different designs. The second card will be with "Tilda with Ladybug" stamp, still working on that one.. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, June 18th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, June 18th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 28th, 12 pm to 3 pm

Please bring your favorite adhesive. All other supplies will be provided. The cost of this class is $30.00

Also, for those of you who cannot attend the class, or if you don't live in the area, or if you are coming to the class but would like to make more then one set of cards, these cards will also be available as the Class Kit. Each Class Kit will include all pre-cut and scored materials, all punched out elements, all the die cuts, all stamped images. Everything that you'll need to make the cards!! The sheet with the photos of the completed cards along with the measurements and the list of recommended Copic Markers will be included with your kit. The cost of the Class Kit is $35.00.The Class Kits will be available for a limited time, only until June 28th.

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 6 x 6".





I really like orange and turquoise color combination, it just feels so summery to me.. This little Tilda is sitting in the "window".. I used Fiskars border punch to create the awning. The stems for the silk flowers are the Martha Stewart Fern punch. Sentiment is from A Muse. I tried to make a post with the sentiment to look like a flower marker. Inside of the card is the same bee as on the main image with Tilda on the front of the card. I stamped it again, colored, cut out and put inside of the card with dimensional on the punched out circles. The designer paper with the words is from Imagenisce, all other designer paper is by My Minds Eye.

All the supplies used to design this card (including Tilda stamp) are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. You can even shop for Tilda stamps online, here is the link. For all other supplies please call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order and it will be shipped to you. And, with the purchase of two or more Magnolia (Tilda) stamps, the shipping is FREE!!

Hugs!!
:) Irina