Some Angst and Some Scraps

 

 

I had a very hard day last week and i knew I wanted to do something creative to get out some of the negative energy but I didnt want to plan and measure and ink up and get messy. This was the simpler option, where I chose my scraps- and about halfway through I realized most of them were either neutrals or had some pink in them!- cut them up, gluesticked them & pasted in place. Of course it ended up being a bit technical and I had to strategize a few times & i had some messy cuttings afterwards but it was probably still a simpler project compared to my usual!

Hole Punches, Adhesive Papers & Sticker Package Papers

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/sketch-challenges/what-if-wednesday-sketch-challenge-o213/
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/i-spot-dots/

Rochel'e's Card and Pin

(Sorry, blogger apparently wanted to have fun with the orientation of the second pic!)

http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2013/08/stamp-a-faire-opening-ceremony-and-breakfast-bake-take.html This is meant to resemble the 2nd color recipe & the 2nd sketch

Sara'le's Card and Pin

http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2013/08/stamp-a-faire-opening-ceremony-and-breakfast-bake-take.html This is meant to look like the 6th color recipe & the 4th sketch. I think I need to win some PTI goodies so I can follow the challenges more closely!

Liba's Card and Pin

My nieces get to celebrate at their aunt's wedding tomorrow night G-d willing and I've been given the (paid :)) honor of making their hairclips. In my (overly) loving aunt-hood, & also because I love these challenges, I made cards to clip the pins onto. This is the card for my almost-3-year-old niece, Liba (her name is stamped in Hebrew under the rest of the stamps):

 

Fun fact: Liba had her first haircut for her pretty baby curls just 3 weeks ago! Her talented older (by a bit more than a year) brother gives surprisingly half-decent haircuts! He voluntarily cut his sister's hair & left only one small bald spot. He also very kindly only cut the hair on the right side of her head. Lucky for him his parents were amused & now his little sis is the first (& prob only one) to sport this ultra-modern hairstyle!

http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2013/08/stamp-a-faire-2013-gallonquartpint.html

Birthday Cake II, Not as Speedy

So this is what my first cake card looked like, once it dried:

 

I like the beads but its about 25x stronger than the rest of the image, esp with the yellow layer on top (that's one end of my multi-color inkpad).
But, now that I already opened my birthday cake set, I wanted to play with it successfully & eventually I came up with this tag:

 

Speedy Birthday Cake

I can't believe this only took about 8 minutes! Once the beads dry I may make the yellow a bit bolder but I'll definitely post a picture!
http://prettypinkposh.com/2013/08/10-minute-craft-dash-birthday-bash.html

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/08/week-220-use-your-new-stash.html I finally broke open my new birthday cake set!

Edited to Add:
http://creativechabadcrafts.blogspot.com/2013/08/cake-card-ii-not-as-speedy.html Here's the update on the card, as promised!

Checking Off a Few Things From My To-try & To-use Lists!

 

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-good-to-be-green.html The "transparency" is a clear sheet that came with one of my stamp sets
http://flourishes.org/2013/07/timeless-tuesday-and-a-sneak-peek/

Pretty Punchouts Get a Chance to Shine

 

Most of the elements card on this card are the leftovers and salvaged mess-ups of another project I recently did- they were too pretty to throw away!
http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/designers-choice-challenge/dcc73-monochrome/ I consider the light browns, beiges, ivories and golds to be monochromatic but you can disagree & remove this from the contest
http://sweetstopsketches.blogspot.com/2013/06/sss217-june-29.html

New Table Tray!

there are a few things i like to keep on my table such as a napkin holder, a salt shaker, a prayer book etc. and I find it easier to just keep it all on one small tray. I finally got a new melamine tray to replace my old &  filthy one. the new one, however, was just as ugly as the old one, even though its a dif pattern, because apparently the tray's designers try to outdo their previous achievements in ugliness :/.  you can see a bit of the original pattern along the top edges length-wise, where it shows through the tissue paper. once this layer of mod podge dries im going to do another one of outdoor podge so I can wash it eventually (and/or feel guilty about not washing it ever). im really liking it so far!
http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/2013/06/challenge-week-24-pink-green.html
http://joannamunster.com/2013/06/11/ibsic-55-56-57/

Paisley Stamp!

I love paisley and I recently finally splurged & ordered a paisley stamp & when it came I had to take it with me, with my stamp block, ink etc., to  school to play with. the paisley was done on regular copy paper & colored with my prisma color pencils. the top picture is more accurate but still not so true to life. sorry about the lighting- I have awful lighting in my apartment & a camera that's really making me appreciate how much my skills have advanced, definitely more than the camera's!

http://withoutwordschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/06/june-hot-colours.html
http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/p-for-pretty-in-pink.html

Happy Birthday with Upcycled Trimmings

The colored paper strips are the trimmings of another project
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2013/05/may-challenge.html
http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/2013/05/challenge-134-lots-of-layers.html
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2013/05/if-paper-fits.html

Circles and String

http://scrapbookersparadise.blogspot.ca/2013/05/playing-in-paradise-friday-sketch.html
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2013/05/3-of-something-2-of-anything-and-1-of.html
3 embellishing circles, one focal circle and 2 strings tied around the panel
http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/2013/05/challenge-134-lots-of-layers.html

Dashing Dots

So I decided it's just about time to say hi to my baby sis. I think this card is fun & pretty & wonky enough for her!

http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/2013/05/cfc100.html This card is simpler than it seems at first glance. the front has the message in the center dots & the outer dots are each embellished with something sparkly
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2013/05/himcr-97-super-scraps-satruday.html
http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/2013/05/weekly-challenge-stash-it.html
http://drsdesignsblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/challenge-69-circles.html

Charity Box Take 2

Before I made the charity box I ended up giving my nephew I made some other ones that didn't work. This is one of them:

http://wowembossingpowder.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-wow-2013-challenges-may.html

Bookmark as Gift from the Charity Box

My nephew just turned six and he asked me for a charity box as a birthday gift. I am very happy to indulge his wishes!

I couldn't bear wasting the ink as I was stamping the charity box so I pulled out a piece of scrap paper to clear the sponge between colors, and later made the piece of scrap into a bookmark. The charity box is already spreading its goodness! (Mushkie is the nickname of a girl I want to lend a book to.)

http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.se/2013/05/challenge-109-theory-of-negativity-use.html
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/altered-item-challenge.html
http://tando-creative-challenges.blogspot.com/2013/05/may.html the twine is blue and purple

A One Layer Card I'm Proud of!

 

http://www.runwayinspired.blogspot.com.es/2013/04/ric34-reem-acra.html
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2013/04/challenge-218-no-patterned-paper.html
http://stampedblessings.com/2013/04/amusing-challenges-monochromatic/

You're a Star!

 That's clearsnap smooch along the edge of the panel

 

The back of the card was a little longer than the front so i closed the card and smooched the "overhang"

 

The inside of the card

http://www.cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/2013/03/cfc93.html
http://www.cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2013/03/cupcake-233-its-only-words.html
http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.com/2013/02/march-challenge.html the center star on the front is a double-sided sticker covered with glitter

Happy Birthday Little Brocha!

This is for my now-four-year-old niece, hence the abundance of pink and flowers :)

http://www.cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/2013/03/cfc92.html
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/monthly-challenge-triple-stamping.html
http://theprettylittleribbonshop.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-challenge-20-happy-birthday.html

Purim Heart

 

http://flourishes.org/2013/02/timeless-tuesday-208-im-seeing-red/
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2013/02/february-challenge-and-our-march-guest.html
http://www.cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/2013/02/cfc91.html you can only tell from some of the smudges but i outlined the card with silver smooches

Pink and Purple Mazel Tov

The sentiment is מזל טוב, or in English letters "mazel tov", the Hebrew expression commonly used for congratulations.
http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.com/2013/02/be-our-valentine-pdcc168.html I love this color combo and I wish I had more colors closer to the originals
http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2013/02/introducing-cutting-garden-boutique-borders-mother-and-my-mother-my-friend.html the center design element was made using one of the stamps from the guidelines set. its actually a segment of a longer strip of stamping, from my third attempt of matching the colors, stamps and layout!
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/think-pink-challenge.html

Lots of Updates and Comments, Most Recent First

http://creativechabadcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/12/good-morning-sdc80.html

I always read and enjoy the comments that people post about my projects. I found it intriguing/amusing (I'm not sure of the right word) that noone commented on this project, even though I shared it on three challenge blogs. It is a ritual Jewish item, but I've posted about Jewish items before (chabad is in my name!) and a short morning prayer and hand washing seems pretty straight-forward to me. And it is just a post about a decorated bowl and cup. I guess my attempt to scale down my overthinking from my usual 130% got me to about 110% & as usual it still wasnt enough & this post was more intimidating than I thought it would be! At least I enjoyed it :)

http://creativechabadcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/12/golden-grid.html
The final version:

http://creativechabadcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-actual-hair-pieces.html
Two of my nieces wearing their pins:

http://creativechabadcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/07/unsentimental-for-now-sssaslayered.html
Unfortunately, I didnt take a picture of the cover but in the sentiment place i used a black felt-tipped pen to write something like Shapes... Paper... Colors... and (with some help from my computer for the sentiment) this is the inside:

http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4773938365876222714#editor/target=post;postID=8736691625138347631
http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4773938365876222714#editor/target=post;postID=1160309565322275908
I love constructive criticism! with the help of some friends, i realized this card needed some more clarity. I hope this helps!

Train for YM

My friend's son just turned 6 and he asked me for a gift. I didnt want to get him the remote control car he asked for but i offered to make him a card and he was very excited by the idea. the hebrew words are his three names, in Hebrew.

http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/fabulous-friday-challenge-bucket-list.html i want to make different style projects, for different age groups and interesteshttp://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/
http://liveandlovecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/challenge-7-something-old.html the ribbon, the blue background paper and the border sticker used to close the envelope are ancient!
http://www.vostamps.blogspot.com/2013/01/victorine-originals-challenge-50.html
http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2013/01/make-it-monday-100.html a few months ago i mad something for his brother using the guide line's set, and i was worried about using it here, in case he would think i was just repeating same old, same old. before i gave him the card he double checked with me that it would have the same design as on his brother's card. i guess thats another fan of the guideline set!

Black, White, Purple & a Punch! (SDC82)

 

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2013/01/himcr-79-black-white-1.html
http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2013/01/happy-new-year-101.html http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/2013/01/challenge-34-use-dies-or-punchies.htmlhttp://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/01/blackwhite-splash-of-colour.html
http://stampotiquedesignerschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/01/sdc82-die-cuts-and-punches.html