Masculine Notebook

I started a new project - 100 days of crafts.

During a private notebook class, I designed a masculine notebook.

What do you think?

(1/100)

New layout: Birthday

I wonder...

Is the counterfeit kit good for me?

On one hand - I like the fact that I use my stash, I love to see the variety of layouts / cards / tags using the same materials and techniques.

On the other hand - it makes it difficult to choose a picture. Colors are pre-selected, so not every picture can fit...

Anyway - this layout is inspired by Stuck sketch from November 15

The picture was taken on Yaara's birthday party with her friends from school. We did a "scrap party" - each girl created her own notebook for the summer vacation...

I think they had a good time.. I hope..

Thanks for stopping by...

New layout: How to spell Tooth Fairy?

This week was pretty incredible...
On Sunday morning I went to the hospital and came back on Tuesday, with our new baby girl :-)
I haven't done anything crafty this week (who has the time?) but I want to share a layout I created the week before - and didn't have the chance to post about...
Anyway - This, again, was done with my April counterfeit kit, and it's telling a story about me playing with Mor with letter cards. I asked her how to spell words, and she wrote it. Shirt, Glasses, Earrings, etc.. For each word she wrote - she pointed on the item that was described.. I took a picture after each letter, and knew I will create something to show the progress...
The first 3 pictures are showing her writing Fairy - and she pointed on her tooth that fell (probably few days earlier).
The lower picture shows the words "Mommy & Mor" and she does heart shape with her hands :-)
I knitted crochet heart & tooth for this layout and I'm proud of them! They make me smile.
Another interesting thing I did here was to color the Hebrew letters using my glimmer mists / inks, to match the splatter :-)

Other layouts with the kit:

1. At the restaurant 

2. Superstar

3. Mor = Doll

4. Bicycle Riders

5. Happy Holiday

6. Social Justice

7-8. Fun after the dentist

9. Out of the {bubble}

10. Find the differences

Thanks for visiting :-)
Love to read your comments!

Passover 2011 layout

Hmmm.... 

After I chose the papers to my first counterfeit kit I created this layout, thinking about the 5th challenge of the new Israeli blog - 'Yotzot'. Where do you get your inspiration from...? I think I get inspired mostly from my everyday life... Sometimes I find myself taking pictures and thinking of the layout / papers / concept of  using these pictures to document our life in a way we would love to remember...

Anyway - this picture was taken on Passover eve 2011. The "famous song" Ma Nishtana? (what has changed) - I have a lot of things to say about it... It brings up many memories, not so good... Since I was the youngest child (and the youngest has to sing it - ask the questions) - I remember being stressed weeks before, trying to think how can I avoid it, trying to convince my brother to sing a long with me... Always thought I don't want to "make this show".

Now, as a mother, with 2 girls that LOVE to perform (every Friday eve they sing and dance to my parents) - I don't think they suffer from it, but I try to understand each and every time if they do it because they "must" or because they want to...

About the layout: I messed-up the title a little, didn't calculate the required space... oops

I added the butterflies - matching the same position on the papers - as a symbol for freedom (one of Passover's names).

I sewed (using my Sew Easy) the papers to each other - to add texture and interest to the page...

I appreciate your comments!

New layout: Ladybug - דף מעוצב חדש: חיפושית

The Hebrew message will be followed by an English one.

Yaara surprised me: she's afraid of dogs / cats / insects, etc... Few months ago, when we were on our way back from "Jumpoline" (the trampoline in our neighborhood), she picked up this ladybug and was so happy that it tickles her... I was happy to see her happy :-)

ביום קיץ חמים יערה הפתיעה אותי: יערה, שבדרך כלל פוחדת מכלבים / חתולים / חרקים ושאר יצורים לא אנושיים, הרימה חיפושית והתחילה לשחק איתה. כל זה קרה כשחזרנו מה"ג'אמפולינה" - הטרמפולינה שקרובה למקום מגורינו.. יערה היתה כל כך מרוצה ושמחה, נהנית מהדגדוגים של החיפושית... אני הייתי מרוצה ושמחה מהשמחה שלה :-)

תודה שביקרתן, אשמח אם תשאירו תגובה :-)

Thanks for visiting, I appreciate your comments :-)

Recipe swap: Tu Bishvat (part 1) - החלפת מתכונים: ט"ו בשבט (חלק 1)

I participated in another recipes swap, this time the main focus was on dried fruits that is being eaten on Tu Bishvat - New year of the trees...

השתתפתי בהחלפת מתכונים לכבוד ט"ו בשבט. המתכונים אמורים היו להתבסס על פירות יבשים למיניהם, בהתאם להעדפות של השותפה להחלפה...

The first page I created is for "Chicken on rice & dried fruits". I used washi tape and tried to make the nature pops.... The blue strip is the sky, the yellow - sun, the greens - trees & grass and the browns - the land & ground... The butterflies were also punches out from a paper covered with red washi tape. I left a mat for a picture of the chicken that will be made by this recipe - kind of an interactive page...

בדף הראשון שיצרתי השתמשתי בסרטי-נייר צבעוניים וניסיתי ליצור בעזרתם רקע של טבע. הפס הכחול מדמה את השמיים, הצהוב - את השמש, הירוקים למיניהם - עצים, דשא וכו' והחומים - את האדמה... גם הפרפרים קורצו מדף שעליו הדבקתי סרטי נייר אדומים. אני מקווה ששותפתי להחלפה (היי ציקוש :-)) תשתף פעולה ותוסיף תמונה של האורז שהכינה (אם היא תנסה את המתכון)...

Close-up on the butterflies & background stripes:

This is the back (and the recipe) on the page. Again, tried to combine nature. I used bamboo pattered paper and punched 2 more butterflies to create a connection between the 2 sides of the page.

בצד האחורי כתבתי את המתכון עצמו וגם כאן ניסיתי לשלב משהו טבעי. השתמשתי בדף עם הדפס של במבוק והוספתי 2 פרפרים, כמו בצד הקדמי, כדי ליצור איזה שהוא קשר בין שני צידי הדף:

I would love to read your comments :-)

אשמח לקרוא את דעתכם / הערותיכם :-)

I used:

Cardstock & papers: Miss Elizabeth's, Harmonie

Stamps: EK Success Image Tree clear stamps, Marmelada Hebrew letters

Ink: Ink It Up!, StazOn

Pen: Sharpie

Tools: Martha Stewart border punch, unknown butterfly punch

Other: Washi tape, lace trims, The Paper Studio pearls

Mini Album - Pretty Photos

Mor, my 4 years old, LOVES to take pictures! She always takes my cell phone. Sometimes she makes funny faces, sometimes she asks me to smile and sometimes she takes pictures of things around her... As long as she hears the 'Click' - she's happy!
I took some of her pictures and created this mini album:

I used: DCWV cardstocks + chipboards, transparencies, Sharpie, Zutter Bind It All, Cuttlebug + nestabilities, felt, Ink It Up!, EK Success stickers & clear stamps, Stazon jet black, funny foam, ribbon, Hero Arts Timy Dot Circle stamp, Fiskars border punch.