Tags today

Today no sketch, I need a tag, so that is what I am going to make.

I was inspired by another blog, where I noticed

 the technique of stamping with gesso.

You can see her sample here:

http://stampingmathilda.blogspot.nl/2013/08/stapel-op-jou.html

So mainly what you do is instead of stamping with ink

you use gesso to stamp with. I used a foam brush

to dab the gesso on my stamp.

And then stamped with it. Leave it to dry

or use your heatgun.

To color the tag I used distress stains.

Add some color on your craft sheet and pick it up with 

the tag. Dry this with heat gun, add some more ink until

it is the color you like.

For all the tags I used the elephant stamps by

Michael Strong.

And you alsosee some washi tape on top.

I loved the result,so I also made a blue version.

One can never have too many tags! LOL!!

The sentiment you see on the tag is by

Create with TLC and printed on

paper,cut to fit the tag (a sizzix die).

For this tag the stampis embossed with white

embossing powder before the distress stains

are added to the tag. 

I used the tag on a buch of flowers

for today it is my MIL's birthday.

Happy Birthday Betty!!

May you live to be 120

in health and happiness!

Have a creative day !

Jewish New Year cards

Here are all the finished cards,

I made with the papers from last night, that

I made with the gelli plate. You can see it HERE.

These cards are for the Jewish New Year that is

this year on 5/6 September 2013.if you want to know more

about what it is and the symbols here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah

 The numbers you see on the card  represent the new Jewish year.

 Years are counted since the creation of the world, which is assumed to have taken place in the autumn of 3760 B.C.E. In that year, after less than a week belonging to AM 1, AM 2 started (AM = Anno Mundi = year of the world).

The Hebrew text you see on the cards says:

Shana Tova

This means "a good year" of as we say:

"Happy New Year"

It is a rubber stamps I  have for many years,

not sure were I got it.

 The small bees on the card are 

stamped with a Penny Black stamp.

The ticket and the numbers on this card

are made with Tim Holtz dies.

The apple stamp with new year wish can be found on a site with

lots of  other Jewish stamps called Zum Gali Gali

In the heart of the pomegranate are always a lot of pips

and here they are accantuated with red sticky gemstones

on this card.

And here are the last two cards. Hopefully you are inspired

 to have fun with your gelli plate for any kind of project you are

thinking of.

Thanks for looking!

Have a creative day!

Gelli plate and New Year cards

Now that I have a Gelli Plate

my first project is to make my 

Jewish New Year cards with them,

So I share with you a little how 

I did them:

I started with cutting two pomegranates

On the second night of Rosh Hashanah, we eat a "new fruit" – meaning, a fruit that has recently come into season but that we have not yet had the opportunity to eat. When we eat this new fruit, we say the shehechiyanu blessing thanking God for keeping us alive and bringing us to this season. This ritual reminds us to appreciate the fruits of the earth and being alive to enjoy them.

A pomegranate is often used as this new fruit. In the Bible, the Land of Israel is praised for its pomegranates. It is also said that this fruit contains 613 seeds just as there are 613 mitzvot. Another reason given for blessing and eating pomegranate on Rosh HaShanah is that we wish that our good deeds in the ensuing year will be as plentiful as the seeds of the pomegranate.

Now it is time to get the gelli plate, the acrylic paint

and the stencils to make some cards.

Starting with the first layer here iuse the

honeycomb stencil.

Honey on a sweet apple is eaten to symbolize a very

sweet New year.

Here you see the building up of layers on the card.

When I had a lot of cards done, I took out

some rubber stamps and a Jewish sentiment in

 Hebrew saying Happy New Year.

Here you see my cards lying on the table to dry.

I have quite a lot of cards in a short time.

 

 A few close up shots here.

 Click on them and you see a larger version.

Now I need to make them all into cards.

Come back tomorrow to see the finished cards!

Have a creative day!

Club Scrap Tribal Blog Hop

Welcome to the August Blog Hop

of Club Scrap Tribal kit

Did you come over here from Tricia's

wonderful and  the Efficient Crafter's Blog?

or

do you use the complete list of contributors

to the blog hop on the Club Scrap Create Blog?

Anyway, you are here now and I have a  tutorial for you today.

You see, my youngest DD asked me to make

a photo collage of her and her boyfriend in celebration

of being together for 3 years: Congratulations love birds!

but....

here in the Netherlands there is no fitting frame

for 12 x 12 inch papers, so I had to come up with

another solution of decorating the empty parts of the

picture frame.

How about making your own matching washi paper

to fill the empty space? This is easy to do.

All you need is: tissue paper, ink, double sided tape,

a kraft knife and your rubber stamps.

There atre two ways to make your own washi tape.

the first way is to stick the double sided tape to the tissue paper

 (it can be white or it can be a color)

Next you cut along the tape and this way you

have your own tape, 

Now we take some colors of stamping ink

to decorate the washi tape to your taste.

After you colored the tape, you take your stamps

and stamp on the washi tape.

Make sure you have some papers underneath.

You can use larger stamps for decorations.

And on the strips it is easy to use a text strip.

I always save my Club Scrap logo from the unmounted sheet

and it is fun to make your own club scrap washi tape.

To use your tape, you just remove the

protection tape from the double sided tape.

Here just a small sample.

The other method of making your washi tape

is using colored paper ( I sprayed some

paper with matching glimmer mist).

Start stamping on the paper

a few different lines in different colors.

When done with stamping, turn your paper and

take the double sided tape.

Ad this on top of your stamping.

When you want some wider tape, 

just add two lines close together.

Take a craft knife and cut your strips.

Now you are ready to use the for decorating.

Below you see the complete pages with washi tape

in the picture frame.

Hopefully I have given you a simple idea to make lots and

 lots of your own tape that with your choice of themes.

As for the blog hop, let's move on.

There are so many wonderful blogs taking part.

The next blog is from the wonderful Kay:

Kay's Keepsakes Blog

Enjoy your trip around Club Scrap's blogs.

 Have a creative day!