A DIY cards box - thinking of better days

We have to believe there will come better days, and we will again have lots of happy occasions, reasons to give greeting cards to people we love.

Since lately I'm making lots of greeting cards, and my old greeting cards box is too small for hosting all of them, I made a new one!

It's all from chipboards and patterned papers (Echo Park 'Happy Summer' collection).

I still need to label the dividers...

The measures are 7.5"x5.5"x6", and it can hold over 60 cards!
Basicly, building it is just like the 6x6 stacks holder I made with a tutorial, which you can find HERE.

מאחר שבזמן האחרון אני מכינה  ה-מ-ו-ן  כרטיסי ברכה, והקופסה הישנה כבר לא מכילה אותם, החלטתי להכין להם בית חדש וצבעוני, לקראת ימים טובים יותר שעוד ישובו.

הקופסה נבנתה כמו הקופסה הקודמת, לסאטקים של 6X6, שיש לה גם הדרכה, רק שהפעם המידות קטנות יותר - אורך "7.5, רוחב "5.5 וגובה "6.

Shana Tova cards for charity

Rosh Hashanah is 3 months ahead, and I've started making greeting cards. There's a great initiative on a local FB group to make charity greeting cards for an elderly people, holocaust survivers, and I decided to join the project.

I've used my June Counterfeit Kit, and this project is 'a killing kit' project :).

I've already made 14 cards, and I intend to make more in the next 2 months (till the project reaches it's dead line).

It feels so good to know that these cards will make people happy.

Actually, I've used most of my kit and it makes me so happy! There's another layout I've made using this kit, but you'll have to wait till July 1st to see it. Meanwhile I can share a sneak peek:

Thank you for visiting my blog. I appreciate your comments very much.

Guest Designer at Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog

Welcome to Challenge #3 at Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog! I'm so honored to be a Guest Designer for March.

Challenge 3 is all about vintage or retro style:

Graphic 45 is our sponsor this month, so let's see what you can make in a vintage or retro style. Do you hoard lace or vintage hat pins? Do you snap up all the postcards at yard sales? Do you love mid-century modern? Do you long for avocado appliances and orange shag carpets? Show your vintage or retro spin on a paper crafting project. 

Here is my project, a vintage style pen holder and a coordinate card:

Challenge Rules can be found HERE. Make sure to link your project using the Link Tool on the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog. 

Make sure you visit the Designers and Guest Designers to see what they have 

to share!

Design Team Links:

Amber Milone - http://pinkchicpaperdesign.blogspot.com/

Christy Butters - http://creatingwiththegirls.blogspot.com/

Debbie Seyer - http://www.debbieseyer.com/

Donna Idlet - http://myblogidlet.blogspot.com/

Ginny Nemchak - http://pollyspaper.wordpress.com/

Glenda Brooks - http://glendabrooks.blogspot.com/

Gloria Stengel - http://www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com/

Jan Marie Ennenga - http://re-creations4him.blogspot.com/

Karen Zueger - http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com/

Kathy Clement - http://www.kathybydesign.com/kathy-by-design-news/

Pam Bray - http://www.pammejoscrapbookflair.com/

Tammi Bennett - http://www.tjsmemoriesblog.blogspot.com/

 Thank you for visiting my blog. Your comments are much appreciated.

Supplies used:

wooden pen holder; K&CO. dp, K&CO. die-cuts, Studio Calico pp, My Mind's Eye pp, Kaisercrafts stamps, memnto dye ink,  canson papers, TH distres stain, TH distress ink, acrylic paint, pearls, ribbon, lace trim, CheeryLynn die, Die-namics dies, MS butterfly punch, IB distressing tool, Big Shot.

snowy Tilly

Completing last week's 365 challenge:

This Tilly image is freebie from Wendy's digial doodling, and I put on it cotton woole, to give it the furi look. I colored the coat with glimmer gel pen. the snowflakes were made by me, no machine.. :) and I sprayed them with silver spray, to give them the glimmer look. the round snowflakes are punched. I also embossed and distressed the pale blue cardstock and put under the image vellum. the sentiment is rub-ons.

even though it might give a chilly feeling, I find it quite a warm feeling card. that's it.

and it goes to the flollwoing challenges:

1. Imagine this: snow - day 259 365 cards (I realy have to imagine snow....)

2. color combo - blue, white, silver - #31 colour create

3. thinking of you - simon says

4. punching - the digikitty

5.another punching -La la land -

6. recipe - stamping (the image), paint (I colored the snowflake with silver spray, ) metal - (again - the silver spray gives metal look) - lots to do

7. circles - kraftin' kimmie

8. cold embossing - just us girls (the pale blue cardstok with circle embossing)

9. embose something - die cuts r us

10. distressing - design dolliets

11. digi sparkle - papertake weekly

12. glitter me silly - cute card thursday

13. bling it - frosted designs

14. stitching - my grafico

15. stamp something - crafty card makers

16. doodles - creative card crew

17. doodle ing - creatve inspirations

18. wether - crafty calander

19. more stitching - Quixotic.

20. snow flakes & sparkle - bizzy becs

21. snowflaeks - kl stampin n' scrapin

My hunged love for you

This hung up challenge at 365 cards was quite hard for me, since we don't celebrate Christmas, so the theme is not familiar to me. We do have one holiday, when we hang up ornament, but it was 2 month ago and I didn't feel like making decoration fot this holiday.

I just crossed this tutorial for a very beautiful heart shaped card (highly recomended to hop and take a look, the have very beautiful tutorials), and was planning to make one for this challenge, but then Tesab was quicker tham me, so I felt I can't make the same card to this challenge (Tesa, once again- I think your heart card is just fab!

So I made a different heart, with a hidden sentiment, seen when you open the heart... It is small enough to be hung over the car's mirror, for example..

I love this color combo, it is so elegant. the swirls are in silver, but it is hard to tell from the photo.

still have tomorrow to finish the last card for this week at 365 cards... (have I already said I'm adicted?...)

האתגר הזה ב- 365cards היה מהיותר מורכבים עבורי. הבקשה הייתה לכרטיס שהוא גם עיטור תלוי, כשהדוגמא הייתה עיטור לעץ חג המולד (למרות שלא הייתה כלל דרישה לקשר לחג המולד). חשבתי להכין סביבון (חחחחח...), ממש כמו שתלוי בגני הילדים, אבל איכשהו זה לא התחבר לי במוזה.

נתקלתי בהדרכה ליצירת לב עם שתי וערב של ניירות מדוגמים (כאן - מומלץ מאד להיכנס, יש להם הדרכות מאד מעניינות), וחשבתי להכין כזה, אבל אז מישהי הקדימה אותי ולא רציתי להכין כרטיס זהה, גם אם הניירות המדוגמים היו שונים.

בסופו של דבר הכנתי את הלב הקטן הזה, שיש בו מסר נסתר כשפותחים את הקשר (ואת הלב...). בגודל הוא מספיק קטן כדי שניתן יהיה לתלות אותו על המראה ברכב, למשל.

and it goes for these challenges:

1. I'm hung up - day #254 365 cards

2. color combo - blue, white and silver - colour create

3. hidden (the sentiment inside the heart) - abc

4. store ad inspiration - etsy inspired (see the photo I chose)

5. doodling - creative inspirations

6. another doodling - creative card crew

7. thinking of you - simon says

8. glittery - cute card thursday

9. recipe - 1 tag, 1 sentiment, 1 ribbon - C.R.A.F.T.

10. tags so much! - my time to craft

11. bling it on - frosted designs

An easel birthday cupcake inspiration, just too late..

I was planning to do this easel card on time, since the web was full with easel cards challenges, but plans are sooooooo good till you come to implement them.. I just didn't plan right the order of making the 365 cards challenges. Well, it doesn't matter that much, since I got to learn this new technique of easel card. for those of you who are not familiar with this technique, here is a wonderful video tutorial. it's amazing how easy it is to make these cards.

I fell in love with these kind of cards, and I'm sure I'll be making lots of them in the future.

I love the outcome - cupcake is one of my fav images, the color combo is also one that I love, and I think that the dp goes perfectly with the colors here.

so it goes for the following challenges:

1. picture this - day #257 365 cards

2. cupcake inspiration - hope stamp eternal

3. punching - the digikitty (the corners of the pp under the cupcake)

4. geting punchy! - la la land (same)

5. dry embossing - just us girls (the whole front was dry embossed - the pp under the cupcake, the cup itself' the 3 layers of the toping), and it was made as a birthday card (Happy Birthday, Dana!).

6. emboss something - die cuts r us

7. embossing - lots to do

8. hand stamp or digi - paper cutz (the sentiment is from new hand stamp I got)

9. feeling a bit distressed - design dollies (the edges of the sentiment were inked with 'really raspberry' pigment ink).

10. buttons - gingersnap

11. digi sparkle - paper take (the pink paper of the layer and the cherry are shimering and I add some glitter touch.

12. glitter my silly -cute card thurday )again)

13. new or neglected - cinspirations - the sentiment stapm is new.

14. stamp something - crafty cradmakers

15. glitter - prosted designs

16. out of my comfort zone - paper manic - not using any flower, any riboon, any rehinestones, just the image on front - that was a challenge for me.

Let's play tictactoe rick rack!

Well, I guess rick rack & buttons are perfect pair.... they sure can play together... LOL.

The last days were very intensive at work and at home. so I couldn't find enough time to scrap :( . But now it's weekend, so I hope I can catch up a little.

anyway, I had no real rick rack riboons at home, and didn't have time to go shopping (did I hear a relife sigh from my bank accountant?), so I had to use what I already have... and that happen to be paper accents I bought a few weeks ago and hardly used (neglected...), and since it was in neutral colors, I just colored it with acrylics and so I did to the small buttons, just to get to the exact color I wanted.

The only problem is that my kids want to play tic-tac-toe with the card...

The colors of this card make it another 'male card'... )where are all the pink florish card had gone?...., well, don't worry, now I'm off to make the cupcake challenge at 365 cards, so pink will glory again...

have a lovely weekend. here it finally starts raining...

and the cards goes for the following challenges:

1. perfect pair: rick rack & buttons -day #256 - 365 cards

2. sketch - #42 icsketches

3. colors - #4 play date cafe

4. buttons - gingersnap supply

5. cardstock - practical scrappers

6. new or neglected - cinspirations - the rick rack was neglected, the sentiment is of new rub-ons I just bought.

7. color - color dare

A dream in blue and green

Here is my card for these challenges:

1. Super Sketchy Sunday - day #253 - 365 cards

2. Sketch - CPS #141

3. Colours - Blue, Green, Black & White only - paper cutz

4. Bling - allsorts

5. Stiching - my grafico

6. Stich it up - kraftin' kimmie

Pink Alice in Green Wonderland

This is a birthday card for a 7 years old girl. She is having a birthday party in 2 days and my older kid will bring her this card (plus a present, of course... LOL).).

I made the flowers from a tamplate I have, and the leaves were made according to this tutuorial.

I like the way Alice came out, she looks so young, innocent & expect something exiting to happen. The greeting letters I made myself long time ago.

I'm not sure whether it is a 'green card' or a 'pink card'. so I put it for both ot them....

and it goes for this challenges:

the corrosive challenge - sketch; bee crafty - photo inspiration (lovely colours); abc - G is for green; craftycardmaker - stamp something (My alice is stamped; my time to craft - so many scallops; digital tuesday - flowers; ; creative card crew - Ribbons & gems; - bring the bling; la la land - pink. ; one stop craft challenges - cards for kids; 2redbananas - recipe; pile it on - leaves.

White space

A real challenge for me, to leave the card almost untouched... LOL.

Day 252 at 365 cards, and the instruction were to leave the "white" space with no decorations. I decided to leave the whole card only with the white lace ribbon as a decoration.

I think the embossed white paper and the black and red dp are enough. kind of simple and elegant.

I haven't decided yet for what purpose this card will be, so I didn't write anything. If necessary,I can always add it.

and this time it goes for not many challenges (don't know if I can sleep quietly not fulfill many challenges as possible... LOL)

and the challenges are:

1. Day 252 - White space - http://365cards.blogspot.com/2009/11/day-252-white-space.html

2. Colour - Red & Black - http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-34-red-black.html

3. Inspiration - http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.com/2009/11/play-date-cafe-challenge-pdcc03.html with this card I fulfilled all 7 cards of this week. It was a great challenge for me, combining it with all other life projects (full time job, kids, house - you name it), but I"m so glad I did it.

Thank you so much!

Gloria from 365 cards brought this ad to inspire us all. I know I'm not too original being inspired to a wreath, but still from the very begining I knew that I'll be making a wreath of fall leaves on a golden platform. and so it was. later on I saw this sketch at carismacardz, that looked to me just perfect for the wreath. and I realy placed the enormous small punched leaves on a golden cardstok my sister gave me a few weeks ago.

at first, I stamped a heart rubber stamp in the middle of the wreath, but I didn't like the outcome at all, so I took this green paper I ambossed in a cold ambossing, and printed this rake digi stamp. It was a good opportunity to use it.

I could't resist making and using another fan flower... LOL.

so it goes for the following challenges:

1. Add Inspired - http://365cards.blogspot.com/2009/11/day-247-ad-inspired.html

2. Sketch - http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/2009/11/charisma-cardz-challenge-44-sketch.html

3. Banana split sunday colour challenge - Red, Orange, Yellow and Brown (and I managed to make all 4 colours!) - http://2redbananas.blogspot.com/2009/11/banana-split-sunday-color-challenge.html

4. pile it on thank you - http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/2009/10/pile-it-on-thank-you-challenge-22.html

5. - Recipe - only scraped/used sheets + flower I made myself - http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/ (all the paper in this card were leftovers from other cards I made and I've made the fan flower.)

6. Circle - use atleast 3 ribbons - http://www.practicalscrappers.com/2009/10/our-first-ever-tri-challenge.html

7. Getting Crafty - http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/ (the brown cradstok)

8. Favorite things - for me its brown packages - http://flourishesnewsletter.blogspot.com/2009/11/favorite-things-challenge.html

9. Colours - Orange, Green & Brown) - http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2009/10/gc27-color-challenge-orange-green-and.html

10. Buttons & Ribbons - http://sophisticatchallenges.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-week-9.html

11. Stamp sometthing! - http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-7-stamp-something.html

12. Get digified - http://littlepapershop.blogspot.com/2009/11/lpsc40-get-digified.html

13. So many Scallops - http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-84-so-many-scallops.html (the golden ring underneath the wreath is with scallpos/

14. Ribbons & Gems - http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-35-ribbons-gems.html

15. Flower - http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-31-flowers.html

16. Brads - http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2009/10/gc26-spicy-supply-challenge-brads.html

17. Colours - Red, Green,& Gold - http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-44.html

18. Bring out your Bling - http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/

19. Thankfulness - http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2009/10/gc28-random-redhead-challenge.html

20. Gratitude - http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/2009/11/be-inspired-56-teresa-collins-jamie.html

21. Give Thanks - http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2009/11/simon-saysgive-thanks.html

Rounding Dream Duo for Jaimie

No question, Pam from 365 cards does realy challenging... this time she asked what are our 2 colours that we love best when we scrap. I won't say I love them all, but much more than just 2!!

but a challenge is a challenge, and so my two most fav colours in scrapnig are brown and pink.

I crossed this project of rownding Jaimie with love, and I was touched by her sad and tragic story, that you can read here.

and the sketch at cps-card sketch was perfect for this request for "rownding" jaimie.

at spcc, it's finally friday, and Mariana wanted us to use our fav stamp and our fav colour combo - and here it is:

the stamp is fairy cake tilly is from this blog (I've just missid the cupcake tilli, but still this stamp is my fav, and as I said before, brown & pink are my fav colours for scraping.

so this card goes to the following challenges:

1. Dream Due day 251 - http://365cards.blogspot.com/2009/11/day-251-dream-duo.html

2. sketch - http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/2009/11/cps140-sponsored-by-susan-tomaino.html.

3. Finally Friday - http://spcolorcombos.blogspot.com/2009/10/finally-friday_30.html(used my fav stamps & my fav. colour combo.

4. Rounding love for Jaimie - http://whimsystamps.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-26-rounding-up-love-for.html

5 more Rounding love for Jaimie + recipe: 1 ribbon, 2 papers, 3 embellisments - http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/2009/11/recipe-for-love-somethings-challenge.html

6. spread the love - http://spreadthelove-forjaimie.blogspot.com/2009/11/spread-love-challenge-prizes.html

7. Embosing (the paper Tilli sits on is with cold embossing) - http://whimsicalinksorority.blogspot.com/2009/10/saturday-challenge-time-embossing.html

8. Stamp something - http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-7-stamp-something.html

9. Get Digified - http://littlepapershop.blogspot.com/2009/11/lpsc40-get-digified.html

10. So many Scallops - http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-84-so-many-scallops.html

11. Circles - http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.com/2009/10/scrapbox-challenge-4-circles.html

12. The Flower Power - http://www.sunflowers-dragonflies.ca/blog/3144/sd-challenge-15-flower-power/ (the pink flower rhinestones).

13. Distressing (plus a stamp) - http://bee-crafty.blogspot.com/2009/10/challenge-16-distressing-winner-of-no15.html

14. Ribbons & Gems - http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-35-ribbons-gems.html

15. Flowers - http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-31-flowers.html (the brown dp is with flowers and the rhinestones).

16. Show us the shimmer - http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/november-2009-desgn-team-challenge-show.html (the pink paper is shining - I'm not sure it can be seen in the photo - and the rhinestones).

18. Stitching - http://digital.sewmanycards.com/2009/11/03/winners-and-st-challenge-11.aspx (in this card - faux).

19. Pink! - http://lalalandcrafts.blogspot.com/2009/11/la-la-weekly-challenge-11-pink.html

20. Favorite things - http://flourishesnewsletter.blogspot.com/2009/11/favorite-things-challenge.html (my inspiration for this card is: "Brown paper packages tied up with strings".)

21. Sketch - http://heartsandhugz.blogspot.com/2009/11/try-it-out-tuesday-42-sketch-time.html

22. Cupcake Inspireation - http://hopestampseternal.blogspot.com/2009/11/good-morning.html

23. Distressed - http://lotstodocallenges.blogspot.com/2009/11/week-45-distressed.html

24. Red Head - http://copiccreations.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/challenge-no-15-red-hair/

Mondrian & a Family Challenge

Well, Pam at 365 cards made me google for Mondrian, LOL, and when I saw his pictures, I just knew that this challenge is perfect for a family joint project.

In the morning I told the kids that this afternoon, we'll be making cards, so when they go to one of their freinds birthday, they'll be able to give the card they made.

And in the afternoon, I cut for all of us rectangles in red, yellow, blue + black stripes, after I showed them some of Mondrian's pictures, for inspiration.

and that what we came up with - 4.5 & 7.5 kids (plus their mom....)

It was such a fun making this cards together, and I enjoyed so much looking at my kids creativity.

and now I'm going to try to complete the two cards for today's and monday's challenges at 365 cards...

and this cards goes, naturally for day 250 at 365 cards, and for primary colours challenge at cute cards thursday. It also goes with the art inspiration challenge at http://annscreativenook.blogspot.com/2009/11/gca-64-inspired-by-art.html.

בעקבות האתגר ב- 365cards, הסתכלתי בגוגל על תמונות של מונדריאן, ומייד חשבתי שזה יכול להיות רעיון נפלא לאתגר משפחתי, שנכין ביחד כרטיסים ברוח הציורים של מונדריאן.

כבר בבוקר אמרתי לילדים שאחה"צ נכין ביחד כרטיסים, כך שהם יוכלו לתת אותם במסיבות יום הולדת של חבריהם. ואכן אחה"צ חתכתי לנו ריבועים בצבעים אדום, צהוב וכחול, ורצועות בשחור.

ואלו היצירות שלנו - בן 4.5, בן 7.5 ואמא שלהם :-)

היה ממש כיף להכין ביחד את הכרטיסים, ומאד התענגתי לראות את היצירתיות של הילדים.

ועכשיו נותר לי רק ללכת ולהשלים את שני הכרטיסים הנוספים לאתגר של היום ושל יום שני ב-365cards... חלקים מהם כבר התחלתי לעשות, ועכשיו רק נותר להשלים....