I {heart} you with a tag - cas card

 A cas card, with color combo that was a little challenging for me, but I really like how it turned out.

I had this journaling card for ages, from a 12x12 journaling page, in pink-purple colors. These colors are far away from my comfort zone.

As soon as I saw the challene at Inspire. Create challenge blog, with a not so usual color combo, I new this journaling card is perfect for the challenge!

The sentiment on the card says in Hebrew: "I {heart} you".

I die cut a stitched scalloped tag from a textured yellow cardstock. I trimmed the journaling card to fit and adhered it on the tag. I added some punched flowers in matching colors, and added glitter enamel dots in the center of the flowers.

I matted with pale blue cardstock and adhered to the basis.

Challenges:

Inspire. Create challenge - color combo:

SimonSays Stamps Monday challenge - Tag it!

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Autumn colors card

 

One of the Top Picks

at Inkspirational

As soon as I saw the current challenge at Color Throwdown, I knew I just can't resist those colors! So so beautiful.

I used several distress inks and distress oxide inks - aged mahogany, spiced marmalade, dried marigold and festive berries, with leaves stencil (Creative Impression).

I cut the leaf steam (SSS) from a golden cardstock, and put some of the cut leaves back inside, adhering it to the colored panel.

I die cut a small tag for the sticker sentiment, and added a red twine, and adhered it to the panel.

I then matted the panel with an orange cardstock and adhered it to the maroon basis.

Challenges:

Color Throwdown #579:

Freshly Made Scktches #602:

AAA Cards #248 - add a tag:

Inkspirational #298 - moodboard:

I loved the colors and the autumn leaves on the street.

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A traveler's notebook with pockets, inserts and tags

 

It looks as if the sky are really open, so traveling around the world is comming back!

For a near weekend vacation I will be traveling abroad, I made myself this travellers notebook, with cheerfol and colorful pp, stamps and stickers.

The basis for this notebook is a tyvek envelope a friend gave me. I cut and folded it to create pockets on each page, and also two more pockets on the pages.

I stitched the pages to the cover.

There are four pages, each has a pocket on top. I made inserets for each pocket, with a small tab to pull out. I used some of the cut appart journaling tags, either adhering them on the busy pp, or tacking in the small pockets.

I also made an envelope, so I can hold some stickers and handmade embellishments inside, to use while travelling. It will also be used to keep memorabilia from the journey.

There are inserets to write important information, like flights schedule, places I want to visit and opening times. Other inserest are for journaling while traveling. 

It can easily become a mini album, as there's enough room to place photos.

I tied a baker's twine to the middle of the spine, using the stitches, and the twine is wrapping the notebook all around  to hold it close.

Now I'm all set up for the journey!

Thanks in a tag

One of the FAV

at The Color Throwdown

Today I'd like to share with you a CAS card I created for a local charity initiative, and for some challenges. The challenge at Less Is More #464 asked to use a tag:

I decided to be a little creative and use the negative stencil technique.

I die cut a tag from a scrap paper, and used it as a stencil on a white cs.

I used colors according to the colors from The Color Throwdown #691 - mint green, strawberry, light yellow and navy:

The ink blending was with mint, yellow and red inks, and then I stamped the butterfly with 3 different shades of blue. I inked the sentiment with navy ink.

I matted the panel with navy cs, and adhered it to the white basis in an angle. I think it added some interest to the card.

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Love with tags

I saw the current challenge at Colors Hues, and really loved it:

The color combo of red, kraft and white, just screams  'Christmas', but I don't celebrate this holiday, so I went on something completely different.

I didn't add any sentiment, as I have not decided yet for what occasion I'll be using this card....

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Color Throwdown

Hello crafty friends and thank you for popping up at my blog.

Today I'm sharing a pile of autumn leaves for a 'thanks' card.

I really love the rich colors of this one!

I was inspired by the current challenge at Color Throwdown #663, where Broni asked for orange, brown and gray:

I started with a pale gray woodgrain dp, and made some splatters with brown, gold and orange Lindy's sprays.

I die cut 3 different leaves patterns from 4 different dp, and aranged them in a pile, overlapping each other.

I die cut 2 stitched tags, in 2 different sizes, one from gold cs and one from darker gray cs, stampped the setiment on the smaller tag, and tied a bow with both tags. I also adhered a brown leaf under the smaller tag. 

Then I adhered the tags to the gray pannel with foam dots. 

I matted the pannel with orange cs, and adhered to a dark gray card basis.

For the final touch, I added some golden sequins.

It alos goes for Tic Tac Toe challenge #134:

I took the middle row - leaves, Thanks and shades of brown.

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Hello, First Grade

Is it September already?! this year is just flying...

Anyway, a new month means a new challenge at CSI - case file no. 330:

This is how I solved this case file:

I used all 5 colors;

From the evidence I used: text patterns, school-themed elements, clips, washi tape, gold, bows, sequins and hearts.

The photo if of my eldest, on his first day at school, but the journaling is from today's point of view, as he graduated school last July!

The title says: Hello, Frist Grade!

Here're some close-ups:

Some school-themed elements -

The clips are either chipboards or stamps:

The journaling tag:

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Good vibes only - Corona days notebook II

I loved my first Corona days notebook so much, that I decided to make another one, again using my April counterfeit kit.

For this notebook, I used pp for the inner pages, so I actually combined two of Keren Skubatch's tutorials - Here and Here.

I also adhered pp to the inner covers and used the extra of the spine to create two little pockets on each cover, where I added some tags.

On each page I added a spot to write, stickers and mini cards for decoration. Each page is designated for writing down ideas, thoughts, projects I want to make during the lockdown, wishes for the day after the crisis ends, etc.

So let's have a look in the inside of this springy notebook:

Opening - inside cover with tags and 1st page - my new daily routine:

Pages 2 & 3 - good things about this period (and yes, one of them is lots of crafting time!), and a page for work:

Pages 4 & 5 - 'I'm tired of...' and 'I took a moment to think':

Pages 6 & 7 - 'I miss...' for all the things that I don't have on this period and that I miss. 'It about time to...' for all the home projects that I never get to do, and now I have time/energy to do (anyone said something about organizing my craft room?):

Pages 8 & 9 - for all the crafting projects I want to make and finally have time to do.

Pages 10 & 11 - well, I think I want to make a lot of crafting projects, so I left another page for the list... The other page is 'I also want...' - for other leisure activities I want to do (tv series binge, watching movies that are on my list, books I want to read, home spa, etc.):

Pages 12 & 13 - things I MUST do, not necessarily I WANT to do, or LIKE to do:

Pages 14 & 15 - 'Something good is about to happen' - plans for the day after (haircut for sure!), and 'I'm prouod of myself' - all the things I managed to do during this period (from all the previous lists... one of them - have lots of patience...).

Page 16 & back cover - 'Moving on'... for returning to the old routine, and another small pocket with a tag.

Now, do you agree with me that ' Good vibes only', or what?

This notebook is a real 'mix 'em up', as I used here papers from different companies (DCWV, Carta Bella, Echo Park, WhiteRus), washi tapes, stickers from different companies, lots of stamps, punches, dies - you name it. Therefore I enter it to the current challenge at Little Red Wagon.

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Childhood Hero - CSI no. 312

Happy March 1st to all! it's time for a new challenge at CSI - case file 312, with this awesome inspiration photo:

The colors of the inspiration photo screamed 'Disneyland', so I used two photos that were taken on our visit to Disneyland Paris on April 2016.

Winnie the Pooh was my eldest's childhood here. He just loved it so much, and went with his big puppet everywhere, and even went to sleep with it by his side on bed.

Naturally, we went to meet Winnie on our visit and took many photos with him.

I used all 5 colors from the scheme. For the eviedence I used: tone-on-tone patterns, wood (the arrow wood veneer), stripes, dots, checker pattern, speach bublles, stars, flair badage and stitching (faux).

My testimony is about how awesome and adorable was my son with his Winnie the Pooh.

I used Laura Whitaker's sketch for My Creative Scrapbook:

I used two photos, and for the third one on the sketch I just added stickers.

Here're some close-ups on the details:

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