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!

Hanukkah irisfolding

Hello Crafty Friends,

Tonight is the first night of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah.

Of course I made a card and for this I took out an old

irisfoldingtemplate and made this card:

and used this template:

Feel free to safe the template to your computure.

The papers I used are some old design papers by Stampin'Up!

and a sentiment from the set Happy Hanukkah Collection.

The gemsones are SU! Blue Adhesive - Backed Gemes.

Wishing you all a wonderful and Happy Hanukkah!

May the light give you peace and be happy with  your family.

Creative greetings!

 

Sukkot Blog Hop

8 days of Hanukkah

 Today is the last day of Hanukkah.

This Jewish Holiday lasts 8 days and every day we light one more candle. To learn more about Hanukkah look HERE. For each day I made a card and here I share with you all 8 cards.

All cards are made with clear stamps by Funky Fossil Design.

The menorah and Jewish sentiments are from my stash.

Thank you for looking and

I hope those of you who celebrate

had a very 

Happy Hanukkah!

Happy Passover

Today is the first day of Passover,

the Jewish Easter. You find more information HERE.

The background is a grid and I have done thes before.

You find the tutorial HERE.

I printed the grid on green paper. 

The design paper looks like the matza we eat.

It is a picture of it that I took from internet and 

then printed and punched out.

The eye catcher is a seder plate,

 a stamp by ZumGaliGali.

Left overs go to the inside of the card!

And i used a leftover square on the back of the card.

Wishing everyone who celebrates:

Chag Sameach, A happy Holiday!

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and

keep crafting!

 

Shana Tova - Happy New Year!

With this card I want to wish all my family,

my friends on and offline and all those who celebrate

a very Happy, Healthy and Sweet New Year!

I made a z-fold card with images and stencils

 by Funky Fossil Designs.

It was so fun to see that the honey gift bag fitted perectly

inside this card. You find instructions  for the gift bag here.

May 5781 bring goodness for everyone!

Thank you for looking,

have a wonderful celebration

and stay safe.

 

Honey Gift treat

I found some lovely small honey jars that are a 

perfect gift for Rosh Hashanah with an apple.

For on the Jewish New Year we eat an apple with honey

to wish each other a sweet New Year.

It is easy to make, here are the instructions:

I made two so you see here two of each.

For one treat box you need a piece of cardstock of

2x 11 inch and a piece of 4x4 inch.

You can decorate or stamp directly on the cardstock

or use some design paper, like I choose to do here.

We start by scoring the  4x4 piece on each side by 1 inch.

Next we cut the corner square so we can make it into a box.

Glue the corners and you can even add some design papers 

on 2 sides opposite each other on the box.

Take the long strip and scor at 4,5 inch and 6,5 inch.

 For top and bottom of the strip, I used  this topper punch

by Stampin'Up!. I also cut some design paper and used

both sides.

Put the box inside the strip and fold on the score lines.

Glue or tape the bottom to the strip.

I also taped the sides of the box to the front and the back.

I found these mini honey jars for my treat bag

and made the box to fit them.

I added the honey jars inside.

Even my grandson liked to make one.

Coloring and cutting

and adding the images with stapples to the strip.

Her the bacg of the treat box.

For my box I used some stamps, that my friend Donna

made for me by special request. They are not for

sale anywhere: a big and small apple and the honey jar.

The Hebrew sentiment is by Zum Gali Gali.

Thank you so much for looking,

stay safe and'

keep crafting.

 

Cards for the Jewish New Year

Today I have been crafting for the Jewish New Year/ 

Rosh Hashana. This important Jewish Holiday starts this year on

September 18, so it is time to try out some cards.

This year I found some nice apples at the

Funky Fossil Design, 

a home based online shop in the UK.

I used the following:

the Bees Knees stamp set

the apple a day stencil,

the loving tree stencil and

the sunray stencil.

The apple is a special stamp, especially handcarved by request

(thank you so very much Donna, I love it!!)

Why is the apple a symbol for the Jesish New Year?

Apples and honey: One of the most popular Rosh Hashanah customs involves eating apple slices dipped in honey, sometimes after saying a special prayer. Ancient Jews believed apples had healing properties, and the honey signifies the hope that the new year will be sweet.

More info about the Jewis New Year can be found HERE.

So for my cards I used oxide distress ink with the stencils

and markers to color the bees.

To get the bees in a circle, I used one of my circle dies and

drew a line around it with a penil (later erased). It did take some

finding out how many bees in the circle.

The sentiment L'Shana Tova is Hebrew for wishing

a Good Year.

The apples in the background are colored with green

and red oxide distress ink and a stencil.

To see how I did this technique with the Sunray stencil,

look below:

I first stamped the apple and covered it with a piece

of post-it note where i had stamped the apple again and cut out.

This is called a mask. Now I lay the Sunray stencil on

top and color with the blue ink.

I know i am going to need a lot of bees for my card, so I colored

a bunch at the same time. I added a little glossy accent

on the winks for some shine.

This is a totally different card with a big apple on the tree

and a bee wondering what is going on.

I am not sure which card I shall mass produce. 

Which one do you like best?

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and

keep crafting.