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Monday, October 31, 2011

Halloween Freebies X2!

Happy Halloween everyone!

I hope you are ready and have amazing scary costumes. Make sure you have big baskets or bags and get ready for the great sugar rush!

Here are… not one, but two freebies for your Halloween layouts: A paper and a set of stamps! Use the background to create spooky layout with your photos and embellish it with the "scary" monsters.
You can Download the paper here

























You can download the stamps (png file) directly by clicking on your right mouse button and saving it on your computer.











Here is my scary LO. I've used the background, three of the stamps and part of the this stamp:

























Have fun trick or treating!

Einat

Friday, October 28, 2011

Personal scrap jewelry

How many times did you look for just the right piece of jewelry and couldn't find it? It happened to me so many times, the color is wrong, the shape is too big, the mood is completely off and you left with the what you have worn so many times before.




















Well..I think I found a solution, Make your own! I know I'm not inventing the wheel and that people have been making their own jewelry for a long time. However I want to share with you my way of doing it and combining my love for paper and scraps.

You can take a piece of acrylic block and turning it into a pendant by adhering a pretty pattern paper on the back and attaching a small metal ring for the necklace. Another way is to take a small metal frame and insert a square of paper in it. You can stamp the paper, distress it or paint on it. On top of the plastic add a little bling and you're set to go.





















Or you can take a bottle cap and create a more 3D pendant. Punch a circle from pattern paper and adhere to the inside of the cap. Add handmade flowers, rhinestones and some metal embellishments.

































Have fun creating!

Einat

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Sizzix Fresh Vintage Blog Hop: 3D Flower #2

I'm so excited to be a part of another Sizzix blog hop. This time I was asked to create a project using Eileen hull's new 3D flower die. I had a lot of fun playing with this die and trying different possibilities.

To view the hop, you can click on the Fresh Vintage blinkie on the sidebar. This will take you around to all of the designers on the hop. You can see projects that have already been posted here.

This die is versatile you can create flat layered flowers for layouts, journals or cards or build a 3D flower to embellish boxes, canvases and home décor projects.















Card with Layered flower

1. Cut two sizes of 3D flower die from patterned paper. I used a paper with a floral pattern from Grant Studios. The die has one size, so in order to change the flower size cut a smaller piece of paper and positions it with in the center of the die.

2. Layer the flowers and adhere with foam tape.
















Pop Up Flower

Inside the card I created a pop up 3D flower.














1. Cut eight 3D flowers. Cut each flower in half so you will have 16 halves. Divide to two groups of eight.














2. Adhere two halves to each other. Add the other six halves in the same way.

3. Repeat with the other group of eight halves.














4. Adhere the two parts of the flower to the inside of a card. Make sure to put adhesive only on the first and last flaps.
















3D mesh flower embellishment

I decided to experiment with another material besides paper.

1. Cut five 3D flower die from Mesh. Each flower will be one petal in the final flower.

2. While they are folded string the flowers together using a needle and thread.

3. Distribute the flowers evenly. Adhere to the top of a box.
















For a chance to win a Sizzix die leave a comment on Eileen Hull's blog.


Make sure to stop by on Nov 3rd for another great new die!

Have fun creating!

Einat

Monday, October 24, 2011

Halloween Freebie!

You want it, you got it!

I want to thank all of you for all the support, warm words and compliments you have showered upon me after posting the first freebie stamp last week. You wanted another one well…here it is!









Isn't it a "scary" and funny Halloween stamp? I enjoyed making it and I hope you'll enjoy using it. Here is a digital Lo with the stamp. Thanks Emily Giovanni for the paper and frames.

























Have fun creating!

Einat

Friday, October 21, 2011

Technique Corner: My guys, a loving LO

A special tribute Lo I made for my three guys from My Punch's monthly kit. There are a few fun and easy techniques in the layout:




















Puzzle pieces with rub-ons
















1. Adhere the puzzle pieces with a little temporary adhesive to a piece of paper to keep them from moving.

2. Add the rub-on on to the puzzle pieces.

3. Gently cut the rub-on along the edges of the puzzle pieces.

4. Remove the temporary adhesive and attach the puzzle pieces to the LO.

Waves of music
















1. Draw "music" lines with a pencil.

2. Add different sizes of rhinestones on the lines.

Hope you liked it!

Have fun creating!

Einat

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

101 Flowers Tutorial #8: Beads in the center!

Hello friends! It's time for another easy, fun, pretty flower tutorial. This time we'll give some lovin' to the flower center and create a really fancy center from beads:
















1. Punch 3 flowers. The shape or size doesn't matter.













2. Ink the edges and give them a 3D shape.













3. Thread small beads on a piece of thin wire. The length of the wire depends on the size of the flower you punched. The bigger the flower the longer the wire. I used 2" flowers with approximately 3/4" piece of wire.


















4. Decide which flower you want to be on top and insert the edges of the wires through the center of the flower. Make sure the wires stay in their place by adhering the edges with a little scotch tape on the back side of the paper flower.


















5. Twist the wires to give them the desired shape.

6. Attach the other two flowers to create a 3D flower.
















Have fun creating!

Einat

Monday, October 17, 2011

New! Digital Freebies

I'm so excited! Finally I can share with you my new blog feature: free digital stamps!

Every month I will post a new stamp that you can use on your projects. All you need to do is save this stamp in your computer. The stamp is a png file that you can change to any type of file you need. Here are a few ways you can use this stamp:

• Digital scrapbooking – drag the stamp to your LO, color it, make it bigger or smaller and even multiply it.

• Traditional scrapbooking – print the stamp on any piece of paper, cut it and add to any Lo.

• Cards – you can add the stamp to your Digi or Traditional cards.

• Paper crafts – create a banner, a home décor decoration or add to a photo frame.

Halloween is just around the corner, so what is more suitable than to start this new, fun, free feature with a cute "scary" stamp!





















You will be able to find all the stamps under the "freebies" tab on the top of my blog.

Have fun creating!

Einat

Friday, October 14, 2011

Technique Corner: maximize your products: part 2 – create a magical LO!

Last time I shared with you how to "stretch" your products and how to use existing embellishments to create even more embellishments. Today I want to share how to stretch your paper. How to take a pattern paper and use its pattern to create a LO.


















I used a paper from the lost and found collection by My Mind's Eye. I got the inspiration from the paper itself. When I saw the squares on the paper I immediately thought to use them as frames. However, there were only two squares and I wanted to use three photos.












So I took a tag from the same collection and cut out the frame. This way I had another frame and I could also use the tag for a different LO.












Then I cut out the inner part of the frames, creating a hole in the paper. I adhered the photos to the paper from its backside, so the frame will have a more real look. I used the written sentiment on the paper as a title and added embellishments.














That's it! My LO was done. A really inexpensive, interesting, rich LO that was created by using elements on the paper instead of adding extra ones.

Einat

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Technique Corner: maximize the products you have: part 1

Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to do something on your LO but didn't have enough supplies or the right products for it? This is what happened to me when I designed this month's Kit for My Punch.




















I found a really cute photo of my sun having fun on the grass. A great photo like that needed an equally great LO with fun embellishments like flags and flowers. The flowers were not a problem I cut them from a pattern paper that was on the kit.
















But I got stuck with the flags: I wanted six, but only had three. I had the Lost & Found stickers, which are so beautiful, but have only three flags and one tag. So I decided to transform them into six flags by cutting them.
















Try to maximize your supplies and stretch them as far as you can!

Einat

Monday, October 10, 2011

Ins(paper)ation

“Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they are a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.”

Johann Gottfried Von Herder

Sometimes you are lucky and you get inspiration a double dose. This is the story with this LO. I was driving my car and the radio was playing the Beatles song "Baby you can drive my car". I immediately thought about my dear husband who doesn't like me driving his car. He will let me drive the car, sure, but if something will happen to it…I'm in big trouble, so I would rather not. Then I thought…wouldn't it be really funny to do a LO about it? So I did! Another "My Punch" DT LO and a funny one too!




















I showed it to my hubby…he really liked it!

Capturing Humor in your scrapbook LO's is not only fun it's life!

Einat

Friday, October 7, 2011

Single sheet of paper: Top 10 Mini Album

If you are like me, a fan of projects made from only a single sheet of paper, you must love all the pattern papers with the journaling cards on them. They are perfect for small, fast but great one paper projects! Here is a mini album I made from Victoria Gardens journaling cards paper by Echo Park as a DT project for My Punch Kit of the month club.






















You can do it too:

1. Cut the paper into two leaving the upper 8 journaling cards as one block. Leave the other part of the paper aside, we will use it later.


















2. Make a slit in the middle of the paper piece two journaling cards across.

3. Make three fold lines starting from the left: first and third fold lines valley and the second middle fold line a mountain.














4. Fold the paper into a mini album.


































5. Now you can use the remaining piece of journaling cards to embellish your mini. I chose a theme of top 10 things I love about you. You can insert journaling cards into the pockets created in the mini album.































































Have fun creating!

Einat

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Technique Corner: Hanging

I wanted to share with you a great technique that would make your LO's interesting and fun. Creating a LO with hanging embellishments or photos gives your page movement and flow. It is very easy to create hanging elements and give you're LO that extra something.




















Here is how it works:

1. Pick the right photos or embellishments: these photos would either have to be with a hanging motif, like an omega ride or laundry hanging outside, or embellishments you want to hang in order to give them a special appearance.

2. Create a hole in the photos embellishments so you can thread a twine, ribbon or a string through them.















3. Arrange the elements in the way you would want them to hang and adhere to the page.

4. Thread the twine or ribbon gently through the holes and adhere it to the LO.
















You can arrange all the hanging elements in a row or diagonally, anyway you choose, but in whatever way you do it you will definitely get a striking LO!

Einat

Monday, October 3, 2011

Westcott Pink Challenge – DCC Blog Hop

It's the first Monday of the month which means it's time for another Designer Crafts Connection hop! This month we had to create a project using the products from these three companies: Westcott Brand® Cutting Tools, who are sponsoring the hop, the Duck Brand® and VELCRO® Brand, and since October is Brest Cancer Awareness Month it had to be pink!




















Make sure you keep on hopping around to the other 32 talented designers' blogs to see what great projects they have created. Just Click on the blinkie on the right sidebar to go on to the next blog.

For this challenge I decided to create a purse from the amazing products I got!

Here is how I made it:

















1. I used the pink Velcro sheet to create a purse by folding it in three. The great thing about the Velcro sheet is that it is duel sided with the male and female on opposite sides! This way I didn't have to use any adhesive.
















2. I cut small slits on the sides to create flaps to fold and close the purse.

















3. I folded the Duck Tape so a small strip of the adhesive will show and created ruffles on the edge.































4. I add Velcro duel sided strip.
















5. Then I created a scalloped Duck Tape border. I punched a piece of paper and trace the pattern on to the Duck Tape. Then I cut the pattern with Westcott craft knife.




























Since I had so much fun, I decided to create another version for the purse, a "younger" version for a girl.



















6. I add another Duck Tape border with a cool pattern of Hello Kitty.

7. I cut one Kitty image with the fabulous 3" fine cut scissors ad attached it to the purse.

Materials used in the project:






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Westcott Brand® Cutting Tools have the best performance! The 3” scissors can even cut through 5 layers of fabric!

Westcott Brand® Cutting Tools are ergonomic and come in several different color options!

And now for all the giveaway details:
















To win a fantastic Deluxe Assortment of Westcott Cutting Tools, go to http://westcottbrand.blogspot.com/2011/10/designer-crafts-connection-charitable.html and leave a comment to win prior to November 1st (actual prize package may vary slightly). Westcott will announce the random winner on November 1st.

Einat