Happy Birthday and

Happy accomplishment to me, that I finally got this done! I have a lot going on now thank G-d (passover, school, among other fun stuff) & i've been creating, contemplating & finally completing this card in lots of fits & starts over the past few weeks. I feel relieved to have it finished & it came out looking quite interesting, mostly in a good way :)!

http://ablognamedhero.blogspot.com/2014/04/challenge-41-build-background.html
http://www.mftstamps.com/blog/stamp-and-win-with-this-months-color-palette-challenge-4/

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