גיוס קל - Good Luck

במסגרת תפקידנו בועדת חינוך של הקיבוץ אנחנו נותנים שי צנוע לכל מתגייס. הכרטיס הבא הוכן למתגייסת חביבה שאנחנו אוהבים מאוד. בהכנת הכרטיס השתמשתי בכמה טכניקות חדשות שרציתי לנסות, כך שיצא שהכרטיס לא ממש צועק "צבא", אבל שילבתי צבע ירוק זית כדי לחבר את הכרטיס לסיבת הכנתו. כמובן שרק אני רואה את הקשר, אבל זה מה שחשוב, לא? :-)

This is a good luck card for a girl who is joining the military for the mandatory service we have in Israel.

The card was all made on a white card stock.

The background was stamped with the Hero Arts Clouds stamp with Tumbled Glass distress ink. Then I added some Broken China to the card border for added "pop". The grass was colored with Shabby Shatters and Peeled Paint and then die cut with the Die-Namics grass die.

Both the background and grass was sprayed with the Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz in Silver. I hope you can see it in the picture, but the card is really shinning - I love it.

I tried to catch the glitter with the camera, so hopefully you can see it here:

The butterflies are punched with the Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly punch and colored with Mustard Seed and Barn Door distress ink. Then for added sparkle I added Silver Stickles.

The greeting says "Good Luck" in Hebrew and is from Mars Design and the border and flower around it are from the Hero Arts Sunflower cling stamp set. I used the Memento Cottage Ivy color since it's the color that matches the best to the color of the military uniform.

I am submitting this card to the Ellen Hutson LLC Hero Arts Cling Take 'n Make challenge. Here is a picture of the card and the cling stamp I used as they requested.



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My first mini album - Eilat 2011

My friend Hana (from my last post) and her family are not living in Israel, so it's not often we get to celebrate her birthday together. This year, she and her family came to visit and we went on a great vacation together. As she sends most of my packages from the US (you can call her my "scrap dealer"), I thought it's only fitting she will be the recipient of the first mini album I make.

So here goes (be warned - this is a picture heavy post). I will show each page individually and then the two fold pages, as I designed them to coordinate.

Front cover:

 

 

 

 

I am really happy how the Hero Arts "Dictionary greetings" stamp turned out in the background, so here is a close up.

What do you say about my Chanukah candles? I really love them.

The soccer boy was made with a LifeStyle Crafts paper doll dies.

Inside of the back cover.

Back cover. Same design as front cover, only different colors.

Now to the fold view:

 

The album was received with lots of enthusiasm. It's really fun creating for someone who enjoys what you make, so I'll make more of those in the future for sure.

Happy Birthday Hana

One of my best friends had a birthday this week. For her card I used a few new favorite stamps and dies.

I am in love with the lace square dies and am really excited to finally be able to create this kind of cards. I am also seeing so many possibilities to the owl punch and woodgrain stamp combination - I have a few ideas - stay tuned :-)

As a gift I prepared for her a mini album (my first). I will show it tomorrow.

I am submitting this card to the Simon Says - Anything goes challenge and I made this challenge by Lifestyle Crafts.

Supply list:

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Storing my dies

I am working on a big project (well... big for me) that will be delivered this Thursday and until that time I can't show it, for today I wanted to share how I store my dies. I think it's a clever way and I hope someone will benefit from it.

I started with storing the dies in their original packaging, but for the life of me, I can't understand why the dies manufactures choose to put them in containers that the jaws or life have a hard time opening (Yes - I'm talking to you LifeStyle Crafts and Nestabilities...). So that method was quickly determined as time waster and at least once I managed to cut myself trying to get the die out of the package.

I put the dies on a piece of cartoon with a magnet, and store it all in a clear plastic protector in a binder. It is real easy to find the one I'm looking for and pick just the right size. This method also helps me keep track of the dies I used and need to put back in place.

I also try to put the original image of the dies along with their name. It makes it easier to pick them when I'm looking for specific one.

 

Here is how my binder is looking today. Currently I have 15 dies stored in that binder, I think I can fit a few more, but probably not more then 20.

 The plastic package itself I cut into flat squares and am planning on using it sometime in the future. The rest goes to the trash.

Low cost Embossing helper

לפני מספר שבועות רכשתי לי אקדח חום ואני נהנית מאוד מהנסיונות איתו. אבל מאוד לא אהבתי את השאריות של האבקה שנשארות דבוקות מסביב להחתמה.

חיפוש מהיר בגוגל העלה שיש כרית מיוחדת או כלי של EK שאפשר לקנות לנטרול החשמל הסטטי. כמובן שפה בארץ אי אפשר לקנות את זה באופן מהיר אז הייתי צריכה למצוא פתרון ביתי מהיר.

מסתבר שקורנפלור פשוט עושה את העבודה מצויין ולא עולה הרבה. שמתי בגרב של אחד הילדים (אחת מהגרביים שנשארה יתומה...) ווואו! התוצאות פשוט מדהימות.

A few weeks ago I purchased a heat tool for embossing and am having lots of fun experimenting with it, but I was really  not loving all the extra small sprinkles that were left around most of the embossed images.

Quick Google searched turned out that there is a pouch I can buy called the Embossing Buddy. Being here is Israel means I can't just buy it and have it the next day, and being the impatient person that I am I tried to find an alternative. 

Turns out that if you put Corn Starch in a kid sock, it will work just as great and really doesn't cost anything, since it's two things that every house hold has :-)

And - WOW!! the results are just magnificent. So of course I had to share.

Here is how the image looks without the help of the embossing sock

הנה החתמה ללא האבקה לפני

 And here is after using it

והנה עם האבקה לפני, תראו איך אין בכלל נקודות מעצבנות

Such a big difference!!

Here is a picture of the sock :-)

והנה הגרב במלוא תפארתה....

Bon Voyage

This card was created for a good friend of mine who is going away for couple of years to the land of cowboys, beef and hunting (Texas...) due to her husband's job.

They had a farewell open house yesterday, and she got a few Hebrew DVDs for her daughter and this card. They are paying for their own shipping, so they are not taking anything heavy with them, so the gifts had to be light weight.

I searched a lot for a good "Bon Voyage" stamp that I can download, since I didn't have time to physically go and buy something and finally found this cute suitcase stamp on ebay. Bought it and a few hours later the card was ready. I am open for suggestion for a good farewell set to buy to have on hand for the future.

Again I added the Hamsa (Hand) symbol for good luck. The writing is "Bon Voyage" in Hebrew.

I am submitting this card to the Young Crafters Unite Challenge #4 - Use Dies

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Simon Says.... SKETCH TIME Challenge

What do you say about this cute happy birthday card?

I worked with the Simon Says sketch challenge for this week.

The DT team is showcasing the La La Land stamps plus glitter and stickles. 3 of my favorite things - How could I not participate.

I choose the sweet Marci stamp and paper pieced her dress, hair and shoes. I added red stickles to the trim of the dress for some shine.

The page is from the Sweet collection by DCWV. The paper had lots of glitter and shine in the design. Really love it.

I them added some sticker flowers with lots of glitter and shine, and to finish it all up, added the banner sentiment (Happy Birthday in Hebrew) with lots of silver stickles around it.

Here is a close up to all the glitter and sparkle.

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