Three vases for a 'Mazal Tov' card

 

Happy Saturday dear crafty friends!

Today's card is in rather cool colors, inspired by the challenge at Color Throwdown, which asked for light blue, gray and brown:

I partially embossed a white panel, and grounded the vases on a brown cs stripe, which was also embossed in a woodgrain look, so the vases are standing on a wooden shelf.

From a light gray cs I die cut 3 vases, in different shapes (Sizzix Bigs Crockery), and partially distressed them with Distress Oxide 'tumbled glass'.

The vases were adhered on the woodgrain shelf with foam dots, and I added some pre-cut leaves in two brown hues and light blue.

The sentimen, 'Mazal Tov', is from some old letter stickers, in dark brown.

For the layout, I followed a sketch given in a local FB group:

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Wishing my self for 2020 - CSi case file nw. 306

A new year, a new month - a new challenge at CSI - case file no. 306:

I was inspired by the inspiration photo and the colors and made a lo of what I wish for myself for the new year. I mimicked the pedestal in the inspiration photo.

The clues I used are: floral pattern, dots, flowers, leaves, scallops, hearts, butterflies, pedestal.

I put my journaling in an envelope - inspiration cards with a list of my wishes on the back:

Happy New Year to you!

A box for greeting cards

My sister asked me to make her 2 wedding cards, and I thought 'why not making her cards, AND a box to host the greeting cards with their envelopes?'...

I used Mintay Papers from my October Counterfeit Kit.

I used Yael Youtzis' tutorial, which you can find HERE (it's the 2nd box).

The black basis is from a very heavy cardstock, so it's very steady.

I've kept it very clean and simple and hope to fill her box with many more greeting cards.

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Summer 2019 - CSI case file no. 288 reveal

Warm July is already here, and we have a summer theme inspiration for you at CSI, with case file no. 288:

Isn't it just a yummy inspiration image?

I scrapped without a photo, only documenting our plans for this summer. it's the first time I scrap in real time and not about something that already happened.

I used all 5 colors and for the evidence I used: ice cream themed elements, circular elements, triangles, labels, sprinkle (embossing powder, sprays, sequins), bows and numbers.

I was inspired by the inspiration word 'Great", and placed my journaling on labels.

I used a mixed media tag I've made a while ago, and backed it with another tag, colored with brown mist and with a patterned paper with triangles.

For the background I stamped with 7 Dots Studio stamp and used Lindy's sprays in coordinating colors for the splatters.

The leaves and the doily were also colored with Lindy's spray in pink.

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Circles of lights and colors - CSI case file no. 281

Top 3 at Sketches in Thyme 

I'm late with my DT work for the new case file at CSI, case file no. 281, with this beautiful inspiration photo:

I used the sketch as a starting point, mostly inspired by big circle. As for the clues, I've used: woodgrain, cameras, stamps, globe, winges things/animal (butterflies), a label (and placed my journaling on it), pie charts, numbers and a light bulb.

It also goes for the sketch no. 237 at Sketches In Thyme:

First, I stamped here and there with 49 and Market stamp, Pascale's 1878. Then I stampped the Stamppers Anonymous' circles stamp with clear embossing ink and used Lindy's Purely White ep.

Next, I spllattered Lindy's sprays: Grab a Guy Gold shimmer, Yellow of the Seas Gold shimmer and Sassy Sapphire shimmer.

It was a great opportunity to use all those scraps, I just picked scraps in the matching colors of the challenge, and made some pie charts with them. Then I die cut circles and rings.

The grayish woodgrain paper is from Altair Art, and so are the fussy cut butterflies.

Here're some close-ups on the details:

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Let's eat cake - Scrap The Boys April challenge

Scrap The Boys has a great challenge this month - 'Let's eat the cake!'

I have a perfect photo for this challenge - my boys with macaroons at a cafe in Paris.

I've used my April counterfeit mini kit, and did a lot of fussy cutting of floral elements.

I kept my layout very simple - no dimensional, no mixed media - clean & simple. I had so much fun making this one!

The pink/green dp is Lemoncraft - both sides of the same paper. I also added some 13@rts stickers and fussy cut the milkshake element.

Here're some close-ups:

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Inspiration - CSI case file no. 275

It's a new months and there's a new case file at CSI - case file no. 275, with this beautiful inspiration photo, with the guidelines to solve the case:

I was inpired by hanging prints on the wall. I used stripes, polka dots, leafy elements, washi tape, typewriter, hangers, frames and created a "shelf" for my journaling spot. I also adhered the journaling spot to the 'wall' with washi tape.

The title says, in Hebrew - Inspiration, and my journaling is about what gives me inspiraton in my crafting.

This layout is way far from my usual style. no mixed media, no multy-layers, quite CAS one. it feels a little 'empty' for me...

Here're some close-ups:

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Two notepad holders - for Altair Art

It's my turn on Altair Art blog, and I've made two notepad holders with beautiful papers from the 'Nightfall' collection.

The folders were built from scratches - chipboards covered with efalin paper (which is a perfect paper to wrap chipboard for binding, much more than cardstock!).

I then covered the front and back covers with beautiful papers from the Nightfall collection.

In the inside, there's a place for the notepad.  A belly band holds the notepad, so it can be replaced, once it's finished.

On the other inner side, there's a pocket for notes, and on top I've placed a paper clip, also covered with pp.

Here's a look to the inside part:

And some close-ups on the details:

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Family! that's the whole story - CSI case file no. 231

After a very long period of absence, it is so good to join again with CSI! Love, love, love the case files and the ton of inspiration by the DT and the special investigators.

Here's no. 231 case file:

The clues I used to solve this case were:

Scheme - I've used all 5 colors

Evidence - solid white cardstock, stripes, twine, panctuation marks, stars, hearts.

Testimony - my journaling tells what was (and still is) my source of power, which helped me go through when my boy was diagnosed with cancer and got the chymotherapy.

This is what I wrote: "The family support, the legacy we inherited from our parents, these are the things that helped us to deal with your cancer disease. The way they stood by us, the love and comfort they gave me, were the source of my power to go through that rough period we had."

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A world that has been gone

A new challenge at CSI, special case file S365-9:

And this is my take on this case file: 

My clues were:

Scheme - all 5 colors are here.

Evidence - leaves/branches, music elements, mist, hearts, fence, scatter something (scattered Stars of David),.

Testimony - I documented about a journey I had recently to Poland. this photo was taken at the old Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw. I wrote my journaling right on the background, and it reads: "A journey in time, to a world that has been and don't exist anymore. Great communities, enriched colture, a varied world, fuul of content. The Jewish Cemetery at Warsaw, a very big one, full of old tombstones, that tell the story of people who lived and contributed to their people, as much as to their country. A cemetery with so much sorrow in it, with a monument for 1.5 million jewish children, who were murdered by the Nazis."

I used sketch #126 from Sektchabilities:

It also goes fot the 'Good 'ol Days' challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show.
Here are some close-ups on the details:

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