Happy Hanukkah with CAS- ual Fridays

Hello my dear crafty friends! Irit is here today and I am going to share one more Hanukkah card.
Hanukkah is just around the corner and as CAS- ual Fridays have the most beautiful Hanukkah stamps and Fri- dies this is a time to get yourself a few new items from the shop and to make a few new Hanukkah cards.
This time I decided to stay with die cutting  only and there is no stamping on this new card. But then there are a few background techniques that can be useful for non  stamping crafters or for these who want to make a set of cards with just dies and to try some Mixed Media easy techniques.

This card was made over the thick white cardstock without any patterned paper (not so much of  Hanukkah cardstock can be found in the shops).

I tried to stay in our traditional Hanukkah colors of blues and silver, but believe me you can use purples and gold, black and white or even reds and oranges of candle flames.

This is how it looks from the side: flat and fits the regular cheap mailing envelope.

And here is the main part- with both CAS- ual Fri- dies.

I used two sets of dies for this card: the first is the new and just released Happy Hanukkah Fri- dies set and the second is the older,but still much loved ........ Fri-n dies set.

Happy Hanukkah

Happy Hanukkah Fri-dies

And I made a full step by step photo tutorial for you all too.

1.Cover the card front with 3 strips of painters tape (repositionable tape to use for painting lines).

2.Use inks (I used American Crafts Mixed Media inks for this card) to ink the first strip on the card and then move the strips and ink all other parts with different blue ink colors.

3. Die cut the Star of David as shown and then arrange it inside with colors in the different spots.

4. Cover the card front with the stencil and use translucent texture paste over the stencil.
Let it dry for a few minutes.

5. Heat the dry paste and use silver foil and bone folder to add some distressed silver foil over the stencilled parts. This is not the usual way to use the foil, but  it worked without any laminators or other fancy tools. Anyway all I wanted is the get some silver over the texture paste lines, not to foil the stamped images.

6. Add some silver glitter drops over the die cut star as shown and let them dry.

7. Die cut the Happy Hanukkah and heat emboss it using VersaMark ink and glitter blue embossing powder.

8.Arrange the card and add more glitter glue drops over the card front.
Happy Hanukkah to you!

 I really hope that you like my Hanukkah card and my small tutorial.

And if you want to buy our fantastic Hanukkah dies in the shop- here is my discount code  for you to use:

See you soon again  with more CAS- ual Fridays inspiration!

Irit

Best day layout with BoBunny Sunshine Bliss collection

 Hello my dear crafty friends!
Irit is here today with a lovely and sunny baby girl layout made with a new and just released Sunshine Bliss collection.
This collection is so versatile. You can do baby girl pages or projects and you can also use it  for bright summer crafts and there are darker green cardstock designs in this collection that are great fit even for some Mixed Media projects.
I decided to make a baby girl layout just because the photos I used was a great fit for the colors.
This is my adorable grand daughter Netta who was here just 16 months old. She is a lovely and smartest  almost 5 years old now,but these photos are so great to scrap again and again.
So I made this layout with cut out photo as the background was out of the color range and made double matting for the cut out photo part with stamps.
The layout is pretty dimensional, but not Mixed Media kind.
Also I stamped over the background, but it was for more interest , not for making it messy.
Actually I really love classic scrapbooking and I am really sorry that it's out of the trend right now.
I made double title using this collection's Thickers and one single layered chipboard.
Some so called " journalling" was added with Combo stickers.

I used Vicki Boutin Mixed Media inks  to color the bare chipboards " as is"- just  grab ink over the pieces and let them dry as these inks are pigmented. You can also heat dry the inks or add some clear embossing powder over the ink.
The Noteworthy die cut flowers were embellished with green pearls and more  jewels were added over the layout.

 Here you can see all layers of this page, but it's still a flat scrapbooking page that can be kept in a clear pocket.

BoBunny product list:
Sunshine Bliss cardstock collection 12*12'': Tranquillity, Joy, Euphoria, Sunshine Bliss, Charm
Sunshine Bliss Combo Stickers
Sunshine Bliss Layered Chipboards
Sunshine Bliss Noteworthy die cuts
Sunshine Bliss Thickers
Fanciful Flourishes Stamp
Take Note Stamps
Wall to Wall Textures Stamp
Leaves Laser cut chipboards
Double Dot Citrus Jewels
Double Dot Emerald Jewels
Double Dot Citrus Flourish Jewels
Beautiful Dreamer Buttons
Color Weel Mixed Media inks Vicki Boutin by American Crafts

Thanks for being here with me today and I hope that you like my baby layout as much as I love it.
See you soon again!

Card inspiration with Scrapberry's

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my first June post made for Scrapberry's with their most gorgeous products.

This time I made a couple of cards with two different collections and in two totally diefferent styles.

The first card is kind of a light vintage card that was made with 6*6'' pad of Primavera  paper collection.

Each piece of patterned paper was die cut with stitched rectangle dies and natted over Kraft cardstock.

 Then a piece of lace was added over another paper strip.

The sentiment and the embellishments were arranged over this single strip of paper.

 Scrapberry's products used for this card:
Primavera 6*6'' paper pad SCB220609009
Shabby ribbon  Aquamarine SCB110110
Epoxy stickers French Journey SCB34001081b
Elegy Set of decorative ribbons SCB391019
Branch Charms set
Fairy tale set of polymer itmes SCB26002012
Stains ink Blue
Chipboard die cuts SCB 2022646

The second card was made with a totally different and new paper collection- Home sweet home.
The most interesting thing in this card is the use of the collection printed name as the sentiment on this card.
The paper layers and the tags were die cut from the patterned paper and arranged over and inside the pocket.
The flowers were hand cut from the paper and paper and resin flowers were added to make the full cluster.

Scraoberry's products used for this card:
Home Sweet Home collection:
Home Sweet Home 12*12'' paper SCB220610204
Treasured Findings 12*12'' paper SCB220610208b
Accessories 12*12'' paper SCB220610207b
Elegy Set of decorative ribbons SCB390519
Stains ink Pink
Metal flairs Cats SCB340001090
Metal flairs  SCB340001035
 Paper flowers SCB300105
Set of chrysantemums French Journey 2 SCB250001093

CAS-ual Fridays Stamp Guest Design post

Hello my dear crafty friends! This is part 2 of my Guest design for CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and this time they tell a bit about me and this is a project I made for this separate post.
You are most welcome to their blog HERE see the full post.

If girls celebrate their adult age on 12, for boys it's 13. And still it's not just the religious part that is important, but boring, but the party!  So this is a gift box (also we mostly give cash…) that was the Swatch watch box and it's about 12'' long. First I covered it with cardstock and then added two spots of stamped images. On the right side I stamped the general sentiment. On the left I stamped, heat embossed, colored and hand cut the hot air balloon and added the number 13 for the age of the celebration. Small blue stamped sentiment was added under the balloon.

I want to thank CAS-ual Fridays Stamps for a great chance to be their Guest designer this  month and to work with their beautiful stamps.
I hope to be back there some day! Cross my finger I will.

Thank you window card tutorial with IBS

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my March Inspired by Stamping tutorial.

This time I made a clear window card and made a full step by step tutorial.

This is how this finished card look:

And now the full tutorial:
1. Die cut a window using two dies from Stitched Rectangles by Elizabeth Crafts.Make the window on the folded card and not of a single panel.

2. Die cut the patterned cardstock  (Scrapberry's) into the same size as your card.

3. Stamp the Inspired by Stamping Cherry Blossoms with white pigmented ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder over the frame. Hard to see as this is all white on white color.

4. Stamp the sentiment over the transparency using black pigmented ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

5. Glue the stamped sentiment over  the back of white window and glue the colored window cardstock over the transparency.

6. Stamp the cherry blossoms on white cardstock with black pigmented ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

7. Hand cut the stamped image and color with Zig Real Brush markers.

8. Glue the colored flowers over the card front as shown.
Add a few random black rhinestones.

Inspired by Stamping stamps used:
Cherry Blossoms


Big thanks


Other products:
White cardstock- Michaels
Dies- Elizabeth Crafts
Markers- Zig Real Brush
Inks- Clearsnap, Tsukineko
Embossing powders- WOW! Embossing powders

Love is all you need card tutorial

Hello my dear crafty friends!
Irit is here and today I am going to share three Love cards made with new, just released , Inspired by Stamping productsLove is certainly in the air just a few days before the Valentine day. So those new Inspired by Stamping Love sentiment bundle that included the most perfect  Love sentiments  stamp set and a delicious Love die all together.
All cards are pretty much clean and simple and I made a full step by step tutorial for the shaker card and I am just showcase the two other cards with written instructions.
So here is the Shaker card and a tutorial for you!

Step by step instructions:

1. Die cut the thick white solid cardstock with two larger rectangle stitched dies from Elizabeth Crafts set.

2. Die cut the transparency with the second die to fit the second layer of your card.

3. Die cut your second die cut rectangle with a largest heart die. Die cut one transparent heart with the same die.

4. Use heart dies to make the foam glue sheet die cut using 3L foam sheet. Keep the inside die cut for the future use.(not today).

5. Die cut another 2 hearts using white and dark red cardstock.

6. Die cut the word LOVE 4 times using Inspired by Stamping die. Make three white die cuts and one dark red.

7. Glue the  transparent die cut rectangle on the back of the white rectangle as shown.

8. Glue the glue foam die cut heart   on the front of the rectangle and cover with white cardstock die cut, Glue the card front over the card base.

9. Add Inspired by Stamping sequins inside the heart shape.

10. Cover with transparent die cut heart and glue the dark red  die cut heart over it. Your shaker is done!

11. Glue three white Love die cuts  one over another and cover with red one.

12. Stamp the rest of the sentiment  using Inspired by Stamping stamp set and dark pink ink.

I enter this card to a couple of web challenges:

Addicted to stamps- Love

Anything goes with dies for Happy Little stamper
Hearts for Die R us
 Shape your love for AAA
Creative with stamps- Valentine
Paper Players- Valentine
Just us girls- Hearts