Happy First Day of School and saying good buy to Scrappy Hands

Hello my dear blog readers! It looks like another month passed without me visiting here. My excuse is that I've been busy. We had a very busy month filled with travels, family visit, graduation party and we are getting ready to say good buy to Lila as she is heading to college, eager to start her independent life.

But I still have a high school sophomore and a third grader and for them September 6th will mark a beginning of another school year.
I made a simple "Happy First Day of School" card to mark the occasion. I was inspired by the latest Scrappy Hands challenge. It says "Stationary" in English but I would translate it as "Writing Instruments"

I used a pencil sticker from the "K & Company" sticker sheet. I wanted to keep it simple so I designed my sentiment in Silhouette software, cut it from vinyl and used cardstock layers with small offset underneath the vinyl.

I used foam tape under the words for more dimension.

Sadly, this challenge is the last Scrappy Hands challenge. I enjoyed being part of the Design Team and working with these talented ladies. Stop by the blog and take an look on their take on out last challenge.

Happy new school year to everyone!

Dream big and shine bright - Scrappy Hands sketch challenge

Hello my dear blog readers! 

I am making a quick stop here just to share a new happy card I made for the latest Scrappy Hands challenge.

I used papers and embellishments made by Recollections that are sold at Michael's stores.

The big oval die cut is popped up with foam tape for more dimension. 

I cut out the hexagons from the paper and layered in top small pieces of washi tape and triangle epoxy stickers.

Check how other DT members were inspired by the same sketch and share your take with us here,

Good luck and symmetry

Hello my dear blog readers!

I am a little late posting this (more like a week late) but in this case it's better late than never.

I made this colorful card for the Scrappy Hands Symmetry challenge.

I printed the hamsa design on a piece of cardstock and colored it with Faber Castell markers.

The sentiment says Mazel Tov in Hebrew and is cut from glitter vinyl. I added few dots with gold smooch ink to the design.

It took me quite some time to finish the coloring but I love how it turned out!

New Scrappy Hands challenge is already out but there are still 12 days to participate in the symmetry challenge. Link your work right here. We would love to see it!

Spring birthday card - Scrappy Hands #63

Hello my dear blog readers! I had busy two weeks filled with roller derby, college visits, Passover and orders. I also had some gifts to make, one of them for a little girl from Eli' class. I wanted to make a sweet girly card and it worked perfectly with the latest Scrappy Hands Spring challenge.

I made a tri fold card with pop up butterfly. I designed and cut the card with Silhouette Cameo and used glitter vinyl to decorate the butterfly wings. The patterned paper is by American Crafts.

The card opens to reveal the birthday message.

The card came with the birthday gift - personalized storage container. I love this container - it has a removable tray and a carrying handle - perfect to store craft supplies or small toys.

I filled it with pretty stickers and washi tape. What 8 year old girl would no like this gift?

Check what other DT members did for this challenge and share your take with us. Let me know if you do!

Baby cards

Hello my dear blog readers!

Today I am sharing two cute cards I made for the latest Scrappy Hands challenge. 

The challenge theme is "Babies" and what can be more adorable than cute little onesies?? I used this card I saved to my Pinterest board as an inspiration.

I stamped the onesie from the Fiskars baby stamp set and colored it with Faber Castell big brush markers.

Supplies: stamps (Fiskars), ink, (CTMH), markers (Faber Castell), paper (Lil' Davis), twine, jewels, Silhouette Cameo

The two layered banner is made from paper scraps in pastel colors. I used a glue pen to attach the twine and finished with tiny sparkly stars and a sentiment cut from vinyl.

And while I was at it I made another one in different color scheme.

 Supplies: stamps (Fiskars), ink, (CTMH), markers (Faber Castell), paper (Lil' Davis), hearts (Heidi Grace), twine, Silhouette Cameo

Stop by the blog to see what other DT members did for this cute challenge and if you have your baby project to share with us, please do!

Scrappy Hands Mask challenge

Good morning my dear blog readers.

I have a new card for you today that was made for the Scrappy Hands Mask challenge. 

I decided to use a masking technique. I masked off a circle and stamped the rest of the card with butterfly stamps in blue ink.

I added a sentiment sticker that I cut from vinyl and 3 blue pearls. I love how simple and elegant it looks.

Take a look what other DT members made for this challenge and visit their blogs for more inspiration. Tell them I sen you ;-)

Naama

Osnat

Shir

Live fully - Scrappy Hands bingo challenge

Hello, my dear blog readers. Another Sunday and another Scrappy Hands challenge. This week we are inspired by bingo cards.

I remembered that I had dome old Jenni Bowlin bingo cards in my stash and after some searching I found them. I picked the one that says Live and added "fully"

The background is a simple patchwork of patterned paper squares. I designed the word "fully" with Silhouette software. The white layers is cardstock and the top mint layer is vinyl.

I used thin pieces of foam tape to pop up the word.

Stop by the Scrappy Hands blog to see what other designers made for this challenge. And most important - live fully!

Scrappy Hands Plant Challenge

Hello my dear blog readers! Time for another Scrappy Hands challenge. This week the theme is "Plants"

I made a card using American Crafts collection that I got few years ago at Target dollar spot! I know, a little unconventional for scrapbooking shopping, but I liked the paper, so why not? One of the papers had 6 images of seed packets. I cut out the lilies packet, layered it on top of green chevron paper and added a sentiment sticker.

I finished with adding matching butterfly stickers and going over the lilies stamens with gold smooch ink.

Stop by the Scrappy Hands blog to see what other DT member did and play along if you wish.

Sweet birthday card - Scrappy Hands challenge

Hello my dear blog readers! For my first post of 2016 I am going to share a sweet and happy card. I hope it will set the mood for the rest of the year. That would be great, right?

I made it for the Scrappy Hands new challenge. 

The challenge theme is "candy" or "sweets" and I used bright colored cardstock stripes to make a birthday cake.

I used a scallop blade of my trimmer to make a cake pedestal and added few epoxy heart stickers.

I finished with a little banner decorated with the birthday girl name.

Stop by the Scrappy Hands blog to see what other DT members did for our sweet challenge and share your take with us.

I hope your first week of 2016 is wonderful and sweet!

Happy New Year!

As 2015 coming to an end, I am able to squeeze one last post.

This was an interesting year. I could look at it as a year of big plans and not so big accomplishments. Let's just say the my plans for 2015 didn't work out as I hoped. But I choose to look on the things I did accomplish. The biggest one is opening my own business - Maya Crafts.  If you didn't see my Facebook page yet, go take a look and let me know what do you think. It will mean a lot to me. 

2016 is looking good. I am optimistic (as always), and excited to start a new chapter. Bring it on!

I made the next card for Scrappy Hands embroidery challenge. There is still time to enter!

I hand stitched around few circles with gold thread and added a gold diecut snowflake.

P.S. I've been a lousy blogger and follower in 2015. If you wrote a post about your scrapbooking or life plans for 2016 leave me a note. I would love to read!

Scrappy Hands challenge 52

Another Sunday and another Scrappy Hands challenge. (One day I need to share what I am doing during the two weeks between Scrappy Hands challenges. ) This week the challenge theme is Zipper.

A little unusual for paper crafting blog, right? Lucky I had the last piece of the CTMH zipper ribbon. It think it is retired now. I used it to decorate the edge of my card and just added few chipboard embellishments.

Supplies: cardstock (Teresa Collins), chipboard (American Crafts), zipper ribbon (CTMH), letter stickers (Simple Stories), pearls (KaiserCraft)

I added brown pearls to the ice cream cone and few letter stickers to the chipboard banner.

That was a very quick card, a great way to use up those chipboard embellishments that didn't find their way to my layouts.

Stop by the Scrappy Hands blog and see what other DT members did for the this fun challenge and visit their blogs for more inspiration. Tell them I sent you ;-)

Ifat

Na'ama

Share your take with us, we would love to see it!

Scrappy Hands Challenge 51 - Fall

Another two weeks disappeared which means it is time to share another Scrappy Hands challenge. The new challenge theme is Fall. I drew my inspiration from the fall colors and the beautiful leaves that right now cover every yard, park and road here in the North East.

I used patterned paper from my old stash (Cloud 9, anyone?), seam binding ribbon and a metal leaf.

I added a sentiment with letter stickers and a row of dark brown pearls.

I love using supplies from my old stash. What about you? What is the oldest paper that you keep?

Stop by the Scrappy Hands blog and see what other DT members did for the this fun challenge and visit their blogs for more inspiration. Tell them I sent you ;-)

Ifat

Na'ama

Tammy

Share your take with us, we would love to see it!

Scrappy Hands Challenge 50 - Gold

Another two weeks flew by and it is time for another Scrappy Hands challenge. 

The theme is Gold so it was only natural to use some of the pretty papers from the Studio Gold collection by Teresa Collins.

 I used one of the gallery art postcard that I matted on a piece of matching cardstock.

I added some hand stitching with gold embroidery thread, a sentiment that I cut with Silhouette Cameo from gold vinyl and few sparking jewels.

Check the beautiful projects from other team members and share your take on the challenge with us.

Time to celebrate - Scrappy Hands "Clock" challenge

Hello, my dear blog readers!

This is going to be a quick post. I just wanted to share a card I made for the Scrappy Hands new challenge. The theme is "clock".

I used some oldies on this one - Heidi Swapp chipboard. I also added a doily and few punched out birdies. The sentiment was designed in Silhouette Studio and cut from vinyl.

Stop by the blog to see how other DT members were inspired by this challenge and share your take with us.

Fave a wonderful week!

June Love My Tapes projects

As June is coming to the end I thought I will do a quick post and share few Love My Tape projects that I didn't share on my blog.

The first is a simple card set. I used several different washi tapes in black. 

More details about the cards are here, on Love My Tapes blog.

Here I used a set of fabric tape to alter a cardboard box. The fabric really takes this box from blah to wow. Love how it turned out!

More details about this project can me found here.

Spend some time checking the Love My Tapes blog - new post every day with tons of inspiration!

Three cards from the last week

Good morning!
I always write my blog posts at night and usually it is the last thing that gets done. If it's get done... But I am itching to share my last three cards that I did for various design team assignments, so I am going to check off this blog post from my to-do list right now!

The first card for made to "Baskets" challenge over at Scrappy Hands blog.

I cut out a big basket from vinyl and filled it with bunch of felt, fabric and paper flowers. That simple!

Obviously, I had to add some bling!

The next card was posted on Love My Tapes blog. I used pretty washi tapes to make a background and added a journlaing card and handmade paper flowers.

I cut the flower layers from white cardstock and misted them with Glimmer Mist in Valentine Pink and Mr. Hueye's in Mary Mary.

The last one was for the June Scrap It Girl challenge. We had to use buttons, brads and bling.

I used pretty paper from Pink Paislee and Fiskars butterfly squeeze punch.

I layered two punched butterflies in different colors and added a matching brad to the center.

I would love you to check all the links, see what other DT members did for these challenges and maybe even share your take with us.

Now back to my to-do list.