Cards for Jewish New Year

Dear Crafty Friends!

As always around this time of the year, 

I start with my cards for the Jewish New Year: Rosh Hashanah.

It is always on a different date for the Jewish calendar

is a moon calendar and this year the New Year starts

the evening of Friday 15th of September and 

is celebrated on the 16th and 17th too.

This year I use a freebie from my friend Paulette.

She has this fantastic site on Facebook for

Junk Journaling with lots of freebies,

that I use for making cards. You find her site HERE.

These are digital images, that you can print

in whatever size you like.

All over the world, Jewish people will celebrate

Rosh Hashanah, the start of a new year on the Jewish

Calendar, with wishes all around for a 

"happy and sweet new year"- signified by dipping

apples into honey, and greeting one another with

"Shanah Tovah", the Hebrew words for the greeting

meaning "A Good Year"!

So here are a few cards I made:

For the Background I used printed paper from 

Paulette's Ko-fi shop called Autumn Hues.

The sentiment is from Stampin'Up! from a set

called "Slices of Happiness".

Shapes are cut with scissors and glued to some gold paper

and also cut by hand with a little border all around.

For this card I used the same printed background, but 

added apples with a stencil (Funky Fossil).

The sentiment is printed with the computer.

Here you see the background panels adapted with 

the apples through the stencil.

The stencil is also perfect for decorating a matching envelop.

I added Nuvo white blizzard glitter drops on 

the honey jars. Made this close up picture, so you

can see how wonderful it makes the honey jar look.

For more ideas for card for Rosh Hashanah, please type

Rosh Hashanah or Jewish New Year in the search box

that you find on the right side of this blog.

I made many different cards, so lots of ideas.

Thank you so much for looking 

and have a creative caffinated day!

Happy Rosh Hashanah 2

As we celebrate Rosh Hashanah for 2 days,

I made some more cards and today I share 

my last 2 for this year.

This card is made with a direct to paper 

mermaid distress oxide in and gold deco foil.

The golden circles are thinlits by Stampin'Up!

and sentiment by Zum Gali Gali Rubber Stamps.

The iside of the circles where 

perfect to make apples inside the card.

Iadded some glossy accent on the apple

of the sentiment to make it stand out more.

For card #2 I also used a Zum Gali Gali 

Rubber Stamp as a focal point. 

First I made the direct to paper background and stamped

the stamp with the darkest of the blue ink.

The focal point is embossed with silver.

The cut off strips of paper were glued inside the card.

Shanah Tova

and may it be a creative year!

Anything but a card

For the challenge on the Bugaboo Blog: 

Anything but a card,

I made this special apple wreath for the Jewish New Year.

I choose the Bugaboo Brat School - Apple

(half price this week!!).

For the Jewish New Year we eat an apple

with honey to wish each other a sweet New Year.

So I started punching out apples with my new SU! 

apple punch. I used a variety of papers to make 

the wreath. I exchanged the leaves and the stalk

in colors and added these to the other color apple.

The girl image is colored with stampin'blends.

The sentiment is  Hebrew  for Happy New Year

and by Zum Gali Gali.

After cuting the image I added it to the wreath

with double sided foam tape.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Apple free printable by Create with TLC

When I see apples, I think of card for the Jewish New Year, because

with a sweet apple and honey we wish each other a very sweet year.

In two weeks it is Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) so here

are some quick card ideas if you need them.

In two weeks we celebrate the New Year.

I found this wonderful apple free printable

in the Printables for your junkjournaling with TLC

Facebookgroup HERE.

Or go to the Create with TLC blog 

to grab the free printable HERE.

And I printed it several times and tried to made 

a few very different cards.

For this one I made a background with a set of stencils

and distress oxide ink.

The sentiment is printed with the computer and the leaves

are punched out.

Here is the sentiment for you to use.

Feel free to save it to your own computer.

The sentiment is the Hebrew way of saying: 

Happy New Year.

Here I just added some colors of paper,

a piece of twine and the sentiment. A very quick card.

This card is made with a yellow background and a honeycomb

stencil background. The sentiment is a rubberstamp b

Zumgaligali Rubber Stamps.

The apples are cut out and the honey jar is a stamp by

Stampin'Up! from a set called Jar of Love.

For the last card I used 2 Tim Holtz stencils,

the jar of love, cut out apples and a Hebrew sentiment

by Zumgaligali Rubberstamps.

As you must have noticed, there are two free apple printables on the 

Create with TLC Blog

and so here are also some cards made with the other printable.

For this card I printed the image on heave cardstock

and only added the apple on top (SU! punch from the

new Winter catalogue) and added the sentiment on top.

This last card is a little more work.

First i made the background with a SU! stencil

and inks. Only the border , for on the inside the printable 

will be fastned and with to much ink, it wont stay

glued.

Next i used a posteroid die for the green paper and 

measured the printable for cutting.

The sentiment punched out and with a piece of yellow 

card stock i cut out the rosette with a sizzix/tim holtz die.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Club Scrap Tapestry Linky Party

In the beginning of September I shared with you

pictures of applepicking my adoptive apple tree HERE.

So for today's Club Scrap Tapestry link party

I share with you what we did with all these apples.

For this page I used the Club Scrap Tapestry hybrid kit.

The apple and the "sweet" sentiment are from the 

Orchard hybrid kit from last year.

You see here my 3 grandkids helping me making

apple pie, apple in puff pastry and apple sauce.

As you can imagine we had lots of fun.

They were very proud when all was finished 

and of course their parents had to taste!

My Tapestry stamps arrived in the nick of time

 for this linky party

and here is the first card I made with them:

I used several colors on the big collage stamp

and applying it with the misty makes it come out real good.

The black flowery border and the sentiment in the middle.

Just a quick and easy card.

Finished off with a ribbon from my Club Scrap stash.

Hope to see your artwork at the linky party too!

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day.

Shana Tovah!

Tonight the Jewish New Year 5779 is about to start

and so to all my family and friends around the world:

Raymond and I wish you a New Year filled with

health, happiness, creativity and peace 

for you and your family.

To learn a bit more about Rosh Hashanah

(the Jewish New Year) you can go HERE.

And all the symbols like the apple and honey, the shofar

and more can be found HERE.

Shana Tovah!

Apple Picking

Today Owen, Raymond and I went apple picking. We have adopted

an apple tree in an orchard close by. We need apples for the

Jewish New Year that is starting tomorrow evening.

Why apples?

It is a custom to dip the apple in honey and wish each other

a very sweet New Year.

For my page I used Club Scrap Tapestry hybrid kit

in combination with the Orchard kit from last year September.

This page is made in Photoshop.

While I was busy with making this page,

I just had to try and make a card for

Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) as well.

Thank you Club Scrap for always have 

the right kit at the right moment!

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!

More apples for Rosh Hashanah

Here are a few more ideas with

Michael Strong's digital apple image.

I colored the apples in photoshop and then 

made this sheet in word. 

Small apples for background paper

and larger apples to cut out 

for the front of the card.

Here you see the apples as background paper.

The wish and apple up front is a stamp by

Zum Gali Gali Rubber Stamps.

You find it HERE.

I colored the apple with zig markers

and a watercolor brush.

Here another version of this card.

It is easy to change the background paper.

The honeycomb and the other paper on

the first card (as well as the base) are

Stampin'Up! design papers.

Here you see the larger apples on the circle

(that was first colored with a honeycomb stencil).

The little bee is by Penny Black.

Thank you for looking and have a creative day!