12 days of December Blog Party

Getting ready for the December holidays with 12 days of projects, inspiration and fun!

Every day you'll have a chance to win the daily giveaway and who ever participate in minimum of 7 missions out of all 12 missions will have a chance to win the grand prize!
Here is how it works:

I need to do:

Post a daily project and mission.

You need to do:

Subscribe to my blog (only if you are not already subscribed)

Post the mission in whatever on line media you want: blog, FB, twitter etc. with a link back to the Blog Party.

Go to my blog and write a comment with a link to your post.

You can join us for some of the days or all of them. Each day I will randomly choose a winner for the daily giveaway and post it the next day. Whoever takes part in minimum of 7 missions out of 12 will have a chance to win the grand prize, which will also be randomly selected. More about the giveaways and the grand prize tomorrow.

We start tomorrow, join us!

Einat

Why I love bikes layout

Everyone in my family loves bikes. Well..almost everyone. I'm not a big fan. I wanted to create a special layout with bikes photos, but I wanted it to be really special not just with a bicycle sticker or cutout.

I decided to make a wheel layout, a layout that would turn like a wheel of a bicycle. This is a DT layout for My Punch's Kit of the Month Club. It is made of two papers and a brad. I cut a window in the round scalloped paper and attached it with a brad to the center of the background paper. Then I adhered the photos to the paper. First the bottom photo, then I turned the wheel and added the second photo. I added embellishments and a title to finish the layout.

BTY I didn't have any bicycle sticker or cutout in the kit, so I ended up drawing it myself!

Have fun creating!

Einat

First gift is ready!

Wow! I'm so excited; December is just around the corner! I have planned an amazing, inspiring December Marathon with a great giveaway. Tune in next week to find out all about it!

This Friday marks the beginning of my "start making gifts or you'll miss the holiday" month. Actually it's only 3 weeks and the clock is ticking!! I have to make all my presents and cards and time is short. Here is the first gift I made: an embellished frame that can be hanged on the wall or stand on its own. I plan to make a few more of these and after they are ready to add photos according to the recipient.

This is a wooden frame I covered with patterned paper and sanded the edges a little. Then I added matching festive embellishments.

Have you started working on your gifts/decorations/cards?…so much to do and so little time!

Have fun creating!

Einat

Designer Craft Connection on FB

Some of you are following and taking part in the Designer Craft blog Connection hops every month. There is always lots of inspiration to find and great giveaways. For those of you who yet to discover this fabulous talented group of designers, this is a group of professional Arts & Crafts industry designers, who are linked together to support each other and industry manufacturers with one objective – to share their love of crafts with as many people as possible. We post projects and giveaways on the First Monday of each month. Look for this logo on your favorite craft blog then hop around for inspiration. You'll be glad you did!

Now, this inspiring, innovative group is on FB. Give us some lovin' and LIKE our new page:
Designer Craft Connection on FB

Have fun creating!

Einat

Technique Corner: Open a window

This is another LO I did for My Punch's kit of the month club. The LO has a really fun and easy technique you can do in any layout or card, a window technique. The window has a double purpose, it frames the photo and draw your eye to it, as well as add interest and dimension to the LO.

Here is how to do it:

1. Measure the photo you want to use.

2. Draw a photo size square on your paper.

3. Cut the square in three places: the top and bottom lines.

4. Open the paper to the sides and create your window!

To enhance the window effect you can add a balloon like I did, or clouds, birds and even sun or snow.

Have fun creating!

Einat

Digital fall cluster Freebie

Have I got a treat for you! After getting such great comments on the Fall Cluster tutorial I got in a creative mood and decided to create a digital version as well. This cluster is full of flowers, leaves, branches and other details, all in beautiful fall colors.

You can use it for your digital projects such as cards or layouts. All you need to do is save the image (png file) to your computer. You can also use it in traditional projects simply by copy the image, resizing it and printing the cluster on a cardstock or pattern paper, cut it in any shape and add to your card or layout!

You can find more digital freebies in the "Freebies" section of my blog.

Have fun creating!

Einat

Recycled Crafts – FaveCraft Blog Hop

We're hopping again with all of our friends at FaveCraft! This time we're all sharing recycled projects! Great ideas and inspiration on how to create wonderful projects using everyday objects, leftover materials, things you don't need anymore and even things you want to throw away.


















My project is a printer's trey. But this is not your ordinary printer's trey, the one you buy at the craft store. My trey is made from an old tea box I didn't need. At first I wanted to throw it away, but then I saw its compartments and I had an idea: why not turn it into a printer's trey?!

I painted it and added photos. To make it interesting I gave each photo a little curve. Then I added a few handmade embellishments. I made it really simple and easy because as it turned out, I ended up teaching it in a few classes for girls and teenagers.

Have fun creating!

Einat

101 Flower Tutorial #9: Fall Cluster

Fall is in the air! It's my second favorite season (the first one is winter). I love it when the skies turn grey, the leaves turn orange and yellow and the first drops of rain clean the streets. So, of course today's flower tutorial is going to be all about fall. You can make this fall cluster for all your Thanksgiving cards and layout and you can make it in a larger scale as a center piece for your holiday table or to decorate the front door.

1. Take different size and color flowers and adhere them together.

2. Cut pieces of metal wire and swirl the edges.

3. Punch or cut leaves from yellow and orange scraps of paper and attach to the wire.

4. Attach the wires and some more leaves to the bottom of the flower.

Have fun creating!

Einat

Ins(paper)ation: Home is where the heart is 3D frame

“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you?”
William Arthur Ward

In spite the fact that I don't celebrate Thanksgiving (since I don't live in North America) I think it's a great tradition to appreciate the things you are grateful for. Life has a different meaning if you stop and take stock of all the things you are thankful for. This wonderful tradition has inspired me to create something for and about my family. I created a 3D frame with a family photo, layers, embellishments and one of my favorite quotes: "Home is where the heart is". I first colored the frame with a white acrylic paint. After it was was dry I painted it with brown color. I created the distressed look by sanding the brown layer up to the point where the white color was showing.

I built the book shelf from a few scraps of wood. I painted it with brown acrylic paint and added a distress look with a little bit of white paint. I created the mini books by folding a piece of white paper and wrapping it with a "cover" made from cardstock.

The flower pots and vase including the flowers are created with quilling techniques.

The small grass bed is also built from scraps of wood. It is filled with plain white paper and covered with green flower soft to create the look of grass. The letters are hels by pins stuck to the "grass".

Don't forget to stop for a minute and be thankful for what you have!

Have fun creating!

Einat

DCC – I'm Thankful for freebie…

It's the first Monday of the month, which means it's time for the Designer Craft Connection's blog hop! This month is going to be full of exciting things! First, we have great Thanksgiving inspiration from our great designer friends. Then we have another fabulous hop on Nov. 15th a manufacturer's challenge from Flip Pal. We will also have a fantastic giveaway by Julie McGuffee! She will be giving a Sizzix Sidekick with 2 sets of Sizzlets Alphabet Dies. To enter to win you must identify the blogs on the hop where a die cut has been used in the designer’s project. Go to Julie’s blog at www.juliemcguffee.blogspot.com to list your answers.
To keep hopping just click on the DCC blinkie on the right side of my blog and it will take you to all the designers' blogs for some great fall inspiration.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and fall is in the air. To celebrate this wonderful colorful season I have treat! A brand new freebie! A pumpkin stamp you can use for all your layouts and cards. Just click on the stamp and download to your computer. You can find more stamps in the freebies section in the blog.
Here is a layout I created using the stamp.

Have fun creating!

Einat

Scraptastic!

Yesterday we had a great party honoring the three finalists in the first Israeli scrapbook championship. We had good food, make and takes, great friends and lots of fun!

We have a great month ahead of us with blog hops and giveaways. Don't miss it!!

Have fun creating!

Einat

Sizzix Fresh Vintage Blog Hop: How do you feel?

Welcome to the last Sizzix blog hop featuring the new Fresh Vintage dies by Eileen Hull. Today we are using the beautiful, versatile Petal Flower die.

You may ask yourselves what possibly can the designers come up with now, what can they create from a flower that we haven't already seen? Well, to answer this question just keep on hopping to see all the wonderful projects created by these talented designers. 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.

I have decided to use the flower not as a flower but as a clock, a mood clock! I can turn its hands according to my mood. It came out so pretty that it will serve another purpose, to improve my mood on a bad day!

Here is how you can create your own mood clock:

1. Cut ten petals of each size and two small flowers from a pattern paper. I used some lovely papers from Grant Studios.

2. Adhere the large petals to the small flowers. Adhere the small petals on top of the large ones. To finish the flower adhere the small flower in the center.

3. Write different moods or feelings on the petals.

4. Attach two hands to the center of the flower using a brad
.

5. Create a 3D frame and adhere to a background paper.

6. Add a title and embellishments.

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

I hope you have enjoyed this blog hop as much as I did!

Have fun creating!

Einat