Time Out #86...Reminder...Mazel Tov (part II)

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is:

        Celebrations with the optional twist of one layer cards.

Our sponsor this time is CAS-ual Fridays, and they were kind enough to provide stamps to some of us for our inspiration cards.  I used a fun new set called Mazel Tov, and this is the second of two cards I made for my niece in celebration of her Bat Mitzvah.   Click here to see the first card.

Her colors were pink and gold, so I stayed with that theme for my card.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is TaeEun, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.  CAS-ual Fridays is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.

This challenge will run for another week.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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Time Out #86...Mazel Tov

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is:

 Celebrations with the optional twist of one layer cards.

Our sponsor this time is CAS-ual Fridays, and they were kind enough to provide stamps to some of us for our inspiration cards.  I used a fun new set called Mazel Tov, and it was the perfect set for the card I made for my niece on the occasion of her Bat Mitzvah last month.  

I actually cut apart her invitation, and used it as part of the focal point for my card.  The white and gold portion is from her invitation, and I heat embossed in the sentiment Mazel Tov (means congratulations) in gold, and then fussy cut it and adhered it with foam tape.  She was thrilled that I used her invitation as part of her card.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is TaeEun, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.  CAS-ual Fridays is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.

This challenge will run for two weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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CASology Week #86: Roots

It's time for another CASology challenge.  This week, our cue word is ROOTS.  What do you think of when you see the word ROOTS?  Are you thinking of trees or plants?  Family roots?  Root..root..root for the home team?  Have some fun with this cue word, and then please link up your creation on the CASology blog by Monday 3/17 at noon (CST).

When I saw the cue word, my first thought was family roots.  My family heritage is Jewish, and, since Passover is coming up, and I needed a Passover card to send to an elderly relative back in New Jersey,  I went with that.  I think I have used every appropriate image from PTI Mazel Tov on Passover cards at one time or another, so I decided to take a different approach.  I went for a sweet tree from Teach and Inspire to signify spring and new growth.  This tree has the happy coincidence of also having roots.  A two-fer.  It doesn't get much better than that.

I stamped my tree on a narrow panel in Memento Luxe Rich Cocoa and Simply Chartreuse inks and tied a little tag around it with my sentiment (from Mazel Tov).  I adhered that panel to my card base with foam tape.  I impressed my card base with the Woodgrain Impression Plate.  Impression plates and folders are a great way to add interest to white space, while keeping the overall card clean and simple.

So, what do you think of when you see the word ROOTS?  

Check out the beautiful designs from the CASology Design Team members and see how they were inspired by ROOTS.  Then, please play along and link your creation to the CASology blog by Monday 3/17 at noon (CST)

Yay--More time to play:
In order to give participants more time to play along, we are extending the deadline for entries to Mondays at noon (Central Time). Due to this extension, we will be announcing our winners and honorable mentions on Tuesdays at 7:00 a.m. (Central Time), one hour before a new challenge begins. Challenges will begin at the same time as usual, 8:00 a.m. (Central Time) on Tuesdays.

How will you be inspired by ROOTS?

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg (that's me)

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

Maureen Merritt

May Park

Meghan McMillan

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

And our guest designer this week, Claire.

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My Newest Flower Set and A Bat Mitzvah Card

I made a card with my newest Flower set, Pretty Poppies from MFT.  I am entering it into the following challenges:  Dynamic Duos DD#52, using the colors from DD#23, CASology #44 where the cue word is 'bloom' and Simon Says...Flower Power. What do you think of that orange ink?  It is Orange Fizz from MFT, and it is so pretty in person--almost like a toned down Orange Zest.

My next card is not for any challenge. What???  We received an invitation to the Bat Mitzvah of the daughter of one of Peter's college buddies.  Too bad we can't attend, but it is in New York the same weekend as Sarah's 8th grade graduation.  The invitation had some beautiful shimmer papers all layered together.  I pulled it all apart and used those papers to make her a card.  I stamped the inside, too, but forgot to take a picture of that, and the card has already been sent.

Supplies Used (PTI):
Happy Birthday
Stamps:  MFT Pretty Poppies
Paper:  White, True Black, Simply Chartreuse
Ink:  Simply Chartreuse, MFT Orange Fizz, Versafine Onyx Black
Other:  Picnic Plaid Impression Plate, Filigree Border Die, Ellen Hutson Sequins, Twine from my stash

Bat Mitzvah
Stamps:  Mazel Tov
Paper:  From the invitation
Ink:  Versamark
Other:  Silver Embossing Powder, Mehndi Impression Plate, Menorah Medley Die, Ribbon (thanks Kim), Rhinestones

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CAS(E) this Sketch #3

I had some time to play around with this week's CAS(E) this sketch #3, and I have to say that the more I played with the sketch, the more I liked it.

First, I thought I would make a Chanukah card, using my new Menorah Medley dies from PTI.  Shimmer paper is so beautiful in person, but doesn't work very well in my photos.  I ended up having to flip the sketch because I messed up the embossing of the sentiment, and didn't want to waste my precious shimmer paper, so I just turned it over and tried again.

I decided to play around with this sketch some more, and tried a few versions for next year's Rosh Hashanah cards.  Nothing like being ahead of the game, since it won't roll around for another 11 months.

I made this card using all the pieces that were cut out from the star of David die cut above. 

The card in the middle is my favorite, so that is the card I am linking up to this week's CAS(E) this sketch.  Do you have a favorite?


Supplies Used (PTI):
Stamps:  Menorah Medley, Mazel Tov
Paper:  Spring Rain, Silver Shimmer, Dark Blue Shimmer, Rustic Cream, Scarlet Jewel
Ink:  VersaMark, Scarlet Jewel
Other:  Menorah Medley Dies, Silver Embossing Powder, Canvas/Linen Impression Plate

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Retro Sketches #29

I was so excited to see this week's Retro Sketches challenge.  The sketch is based on a card by Laurie Willison, that I remember very well.  I loved it then, and I love it now.  I cased it here back in January.  

I have been drooling over this darling Paper Smooches owl, and my dear friend, Kim, from Cupcakes, Cards, and Kim was so sweet and sent him to me yesterday.  I used that owl to make a non-traditional Bat Mitzvah card for my youngest daughter, who is in love with all things owl.  The theme of her Bat Mitzvah party is owls, and her color scheme is pretty close to Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist.

I used some of my newly learned copic coloring skills on the owls.  I know that Sarah loves this little owl stamp as much as I do, and I think she will be so excited to get this card. 


Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Paper Smooches Spookalicious, Alphadots, Lawn Fawn A Birdie Told Me
Paper:  PTI White, Hawaiian Shores, Dark Chocolate
Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa, Hawaiian Shores
Other:  PTI Take 3 Die, Woodgrain IP, Copic markers

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The 12 Kits of Christmas: May

What is going on?  Where is Christmas?  Has it been stolen by the Grinch?  No, don't worry.  This is just a brief interruption in our regularly scheduled '12 Kits of Christmas' program, to bring you the 1 kit of Hanukkah.

This month was my turn to host the kit, and I decided it might be fun for everyone to play with some Chanukah stuff, just as a change of pace.  I was pretty sure that I was the only one in the group who owned some of these stamps, and decided to send them out and see what happened.  Suzanne, our resident graphic designer, was kind enough to give us a new, temporary logo for this month, too.

Here is a picture of the kit I sent out.  Doesn't Kara do such a great job of taking photos?

Photo Courtesy of Kara

I found some digital paper on Etsy that had a Chanukah theme as well as lots of fun other patterns, in a color scheme that matched with the PTI colors of Enchanted Evening, Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain and Harvest Gold.  I used Mazel Tov, Tranquility Trilogy and an Obsession Impression Jewish Greeting set, plus lots of different die cuts in matching colors.  There is a complete supply list at the end of this post.

Since I was the host, I felt obligated to make a lot of projects.  No need to hold back any supplies to CASE any creations, since I could just make more of anything I needed.

Now for the best part--head on over to the blogs of all the other gals in The 12 Kits of Christmas to see what they have done with their Chanukah kits.

Renee of It's a Patchwork Life

Cathy of Empty Nest Crafter 

Suzanne of The Card Yard

Marybeth of Marybeth's Time for Paper

Joyce of Cards-by-the-Sea (that's me!)

Amy of Stamp-n-Paradise

Christina of Sea Glass and Sentiments

Kim of Cupcakes, Cards and Kim

Kara of KandR Designs

Jessica of The Paper Parade

Jeanne of A Kept Life

Sharron of On Papillon Wings

Here is a list of all the supplies I sent:

Stamps:  PTI sets:  Mazel Tov, Tranquility Trilogy, Fillable Frames # 4 & #10, Label Basics; Impression Obsession Jewish Greetings

Dies:  PTI dies:  Wine Bottle Tag, Favor-it #3, Tag Sale 3, 5 & 6, TranquilityTrilogy, Fillable Frames #4, & #10, Double Ended Banner, Label Basics, Limitless Layers Circles & Ovals, Make a Wish, Pinking Button;  Memory Box Wimsy Circle, Nestabilities Postage

Paper:  PTI:  White, Enchanted Evening, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Harvest Gold;  Patterned paper is a digital kit from Etsy.

Ribbon & Buttons from PTI

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Bar Mitzvah Card

I am back from my trip to New York for my nephew's Bar Mitzvah.  In case you were wondering, going to New York from San Diego just for a weekend is very tiring.  But, it was great to see all the family, the Bar Mitzvah ceremony was very nice, and the party was one of those 'over the top' parties I had only read about until now.  Let's just say that it was a night to remember, but that my husband and I are glad that we live in low-key California, and that our girls wouldn't ever expect or even want such a shindig.

Here is the card I made for my nephew.  I used the colors of his invitation.

This has become my standard format for Bar and Bat Mitzvah cards.  I like how the trifold makes it like opening an ark.  Here is the inside:

Looks like I will be spending the rest of the day doing laundry (boo) and catching up on all my favorite blogs (yay).

Come back tomorrow night for our May "The Twelve Kits of Christmas" post.  I am the host this month, and I guarantee a surprise.

Supplied Used (PTI):
Stamps:  Mazel Tov, Paper Source Mazel Tov
Paper:  White, Smokey Shadow, Scarlet Jewel
Other:  Limitless Layers Ovals dies, Herringbone IP

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Make it Monday and Giveaway Winner Announced

This is my second post today.  For my "12 Kits of Christmas", please scroll down or click here.

We learned how to make a Dimensional Sentiment Banner in this week's MIM #51.  Since I was set to make a Bat Mitzvah card for a party my daughter will be going to this weekend, I used this technique for my card today.  The colors are a bit unusual for this type of card, but I tried to match the invitation.  I created my own background paper by repeatedly stamping the Torah scroll image from the Mazel Tov set in Summer Sunrise ink on Summer Sunrise paper.

Here is a peek at the inside, where I will be putting a gift card.

 

On another note, the winner of the giveaway for my extra thank you set is Pauline who said:

Oh Joyce, this is wonderful! I love the aqua colours, and the beautiful butterfly shape, just stunning!
And I am only just starting on my PTI collecting lol! So Yes I would love to be included in your fab draw! 

Pauline, please check your mailbox in a couple of days/weeks/months...however long it takes to get from San Diego to the UK.

Supplies Used (PTI):

Stamps:  Mazel Tov, Background Basics Twinkle, Tranquility Trilogy, Paper Source Mazel Tov wood stamp  

Paper:  Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold
Other:  Library Card die, Buttons, twine

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Chanukah Snowmen

I finally got a chance to play with my new snowman dies, and, wouldn't you know it, my coordinating stamp set decided to play hide and seek with me.  Fortunately, my good friend Cathy from Empty Nest Crafters was kind enough to loan me her set for a bit.  I don't have any stamping friends close by to hang out with, but having a generous friend who is 1 day away by USPS is the next best thing.

I decided to make a few Chanukah Snowmen (or Snowwomen) cards.  I have given each of them a Yiddish name, just for fun.

I am entering these cards into this week's Passion for Papertrey challenge, which is to make a card for the holidays using at least one Papertrey product.  My snow people and I would like to send wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy Chanukah to all our European Papertrey friends.

Moishe

Frayda

Gittel

Who do you like best?

Supplies Used (PTI)

Moishe 

Stamps:  Shape Up Snowman, Peace Be Still

Paper:  SU Night of Navy, White Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy, Kraft

Other:  Dies:  Shape Up Snowman, Wonderful Words, In the Meadow

Frayda

Stamps:    Shape Up Snowman, Mazel Tov, Fancy Flourishes

Paper:  White, Scarlet Jewel, Autumn Rose, Sweet Blush, Kraft

Other:  Felt, Dies:  Shape Up Snowman, Angled Labels

Gittel

Stamps:    Shape Up Snowman, Mazel Tov, Fancy Flourishes

Paper:  White,Aqua Mist, Simply Chartreuse, Kraft

Other:  Felt, Dies:  Shape Up Snowman, Double Sided Banner Border 

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Rosh Hashanah

Here are a few more of my Rosh Hashanah cards:

All my cards this year used Rustic Cream, Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, or Terracotta Tile.  Since I couldn't settle on one design, I just made a few of each, and am trying to keep track of which card I sent to each person.  All these cards use Mazel Tov, and either the Woodgrain IP or Mehndi Medallion IP.

To see the rest of my Rosh Hashanah 5772 
cards, please click here. 

Here is a peek at the inside:

I stamped a shofar image on the outside of the envelopes.

L'Shanah Tovah 

(wishing all my friends a good year)

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