Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha

Great monochromatic blue challenge over at Pals Paper Arts this week:

For this one, I decided to pull out my Shalom stamp again. It makes a lovely card for just about any Jewish occasion. It’s been a while since I made an easel card, and they look great and are so easy to make! This one folds down to 4 1/4″ square, so it will fit in a regular envelope and you don’t have to pay any extra postage.

Stamps: Shalom
Ink: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
Paper: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla
Other: Not Quite Navy Striped Ribbon, Finial Press Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Boho Blossoms Punch, Basic Pearls

I first inked up the whole stamp in Baja Breeze, and then used my Not Quite Navy Stampin’ Write Marker to go over just the word Shalom. The ink  is dark enough that the Baja Breeze doesn’t show through. I also used one of the  flowers from the Boho Blossoms punch to make Jewish Stars again. I love that! And since it is Friday, I will sign off by wishing you a Shabbat Shalom!

I had so much fun making my punch art dreidel yesterday, that I decided to try a punch art Menorah for the Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge!

Ever since I saw the little candle as part of the Create a Cupcake punch, I knew it would be awesome to use for Hanukkah. To complete my Menorah, I also used half a strip from the Word Window punch, and half a 1″ circle. I put a dap of Dazzling Details on each candle flame for a touch of sparkle.

Stamps: Delightful Dozen
Ink: Night of Navy
Paper: Marina Mist, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Brushed Silver, Whisper White, Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack, Regals Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack
Other: Cupcake Punch, Word Window Punch, 1″ Circle Punch, Modern Label Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Night of Navy 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Dazzling Details

This was a fun little menorah to make. I think it is the first punch art that I’ve come up with on my own.

I had a little dreidel, I made it out of cardstock…

What? Yes, yes I did. Thanks to my friend Holly and her super duper punch art dreidel, I did in fact make one out of cardstock! I decided it was the perfect embellishment for this week’s Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge.

Since I made a Hanukkah card, it also works great for the current SUO Challenge of all things holiday related. It didn’t show up well, but I have drops of Dazzling Details on the candle flames.

Stamps: Shalom Sayings
Ink: Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Crumb Cake
Paper: Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Other: Snowburst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Not Quite Navy Striped Ribbon, Large Tag Punch (used to be called the small tag punch), Word Window Punch, 1″ Square Punch, Dazzling Details, Stampin’ Dimensionals

I changed my dreidel a little from Holly’s. I used three punches, and simplified it a touch.

You turn the square so it has one point down behind the tag punch to make the tip of the dreidel. You will need to trim off two of the corners that stick out. The Word Window punch makes the perfect handle for the dreidel. I glued everything together, and then sponged around the outside to make it look more like a unified whole. I chose to put a Hey on  it because I find that the easiest of the four letters to write. Alternatively, you could print the Hebrew letters on cardstock before punching it out with the tag punch.

One last note about the tag punches — the used to be called the Small Tag Punch and the Large Tag Punch. They are now the Large Tag Punch and the Extra Large Tag Punch. It has to do with the body size of the actual punch. I know this is very confusing, but the tags are the same size they have been for the last five years. There are still only two sizes. Hope that helps!

Great blues from ColourQ today!

Of course, I had to use this for a Hanukkah page, and what better than Leo’s first Hanukkah?

I used the Jewish Holiday Sayings Stamp Brush Set to decorate my page. Sorry for such a short post. I was just diagnosed with pneumonia, so my posting may be spotty over the next week or so. Thanks for understanding!

As I mentioned yesterday, I followed Cindy’s fabulous tutorial to make the Jewish Star Card that I showed you yesterday. I learned some things along the way, so I wanted to put together a tutorial for others to enjoy as well. You can use either thin card stock or patterned paper. (I recommend Stampin’ Up Designer Series Paper.) For this tutorial, I will be using card stock. Here is my finished card:

Supplies needed:

• Card Stock or Designer Series Paper
• Pencil
• Ruler
• Paper Cutter
• Scoring Tool (such as Stampin’ Up’s Simply Scored)

Start with a piece of card stock or Designer Series Paper that is 10” x 8 3/4”.  Mark the top of the paper at the halfway point of 5”.

Using your ruler, draw a 10”  line from each of the bottom corners to the midpoint that you marked.

Cut along those lines, and you should now have an equilateral triangle that is 10” on every side.

Place one of the sides flat against the left edge of your Simply Scored (or other scoring tool). Score each point at 4 3/8” and 5 7/8”. Rotate the card stock to score all three sides.

Fold the corner in towards the center on the score line closest to the middle, then back out on the score line closest to the tip.

Repeat on all three sides.

Cross fold the outsides, over and under, tucking them in and alternating, all of the way around. Now you have your finished star!

For a more finished look to your Jewish Star Card, you may wish to line the inside.

• For one layer, create a 5” Equilateral Triangle. Start with a 5” x 4 3/8” piece of cardstock, mark the midpoint at 2 1/2” and follow the same steps above.
• For a second layer, create a 4 1/2” Equilateral Triangle. Start with a 4 1/2” x 4” piece of cardstock, mark the midpoint at 2 1/4” and follow the same steps above.

After creating these once, I made templates of all of the triangles that I used, to make the creation of multiple cards easier.

Again, here is the outside of the card:

And here it is opened up:

Stamps: Shalom
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze
Paper: Baja Breeze Textured Cardstock, Not Quite Navy Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock
Other: Simply Scored, 2 3/8” Scallop Circle Punch, 2 1/2” Circle Punch

Would you like a PDF version of this tutorial? You can download it for free here. I also make my tutorials available for Kindle or Nook.

Did you see the amazing Jewish Star cards over on Cindy’s blog last week? They were so incredible, that I had to make some myself! This is the outside of the first one that I made.

And here is the inside. As you can see, it really is a card that you can write inside and everything!

Stamps: Shalom Sayings
Ink: VersaMark
Paper: Whisper White card stock, Regals Patterns Designer Series Paper (Night of Navy), Silver Glimmer Paper
Other: Simply Scored, 2 3/8” Scallop Circle Punch, 2 1/2” Circle Punch, Silver Embossing Powder

I followed Cindy’s fabulous tutorial, and along the way I figured out a few things that worked better for me. I’ll be posting my tutorial here tomorrow. I hope you’ll come back and see!

Freshly Made Sketches is a fairly new sketch challenge that I’ve been meaning to play along with, and I finally had time this weekend. Here is this week’s sketch.

When I saw those rectangles, I knew that the new Hanukkah stamp would fit just perfectly! I also knew that I wanted to use the Tempting Turquoise Embossing Powder with it, so I built the rest of the card around that.

Stamps: Hanukkah
Ink: VersaMark
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Big Top Birthday Designer Series Paper
Other: Tempting Turquoise Embossing Powder, Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

The Tempting Turquoise Embossing Powder really matches, it’s the flash bouncing off of it that makes it look lighter. I love having these colored embossing powders again!

On  the fifth Saturday of any month that actually has five Saturdays, we have a day of challenges, called a Stamp Jam, over at Stampin’ Addicts. I was honored when Trina asked me to host the “Other Winter Festivities.” So of course, I made a Hanukkah card. I used the fabulous sketch from today’s Stamping 411 challenge as well. It’s a great all-purpose sketch.

In case you were wondering, the main Hanukkah images from Shalom Sayings fits nicely in both the 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch and the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch. I also used a considerable amount of homemade Shimmer Mist on the Night of Navy piece. It is super sparkly in real life! To make this, put rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle and add a few drops of Shimmer Paint. I used the Snow White Shimmer Paint.

Stamps: Shalom Sayings
Ink: VersaMark
Paper: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Silver Glimmer
Other: Bashful Blue Satin Ribbon, 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch, 2 1/2″ Circle Punch, Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Snow White Glimmer Paint, Bashful Blue Satin Ribbon

I hope you’ll come along and play over at Stampin’ Addicts today! I’ll be posting the rest of my projects over the next week or so, I hope you will come back to see them.

This is another one of the cards that the Fourth Graders will be making with the seniors on their field trip to the Jewish Home. (See yesterday’s blog post for more information on this Service Learning project.) It also ties in well with the Pals Paper Arts challenge this week, to use ribbon on a project. I think this may be the first time I’ve used the Shalom stamp without embossing it! I decided I wasn’t brave enough to try heat embossing on the field trip. I did manage to bling up the card with some silver glimmer paper though.

Stamps: Shalom
Ink: Night of Navy
Paper: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla, Silver Glimmer
Other: Night of Navy 1 1/4″ Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (retired)

Unfortunately, this striped ribbon is no longer available in Night of Navy, though I did see it on the Clearance Rack not that long ago. If you are looking for shades of blue, it is available in Marina Mist and Not Quite Navy.

Another great sketch from Margaret Moody over at Pals Paper Arts this week.

Although I do love square cards, I made this one into a rectangle because I finally got a chance to play with Stampin’ Up’s new Hanukkah Stamp! Isn’t it super cute? I have to say that I didn’t particular like the way they hung the stars and dreidels off of the letters. It made them look a little too much like ornaments, if you know what I mean. Since I was using markers in different colors to ink up my stamp, I simply didn’t color the strings. That’s the great thing about markers on stamps — you can omit whatever you want!

Stamps: Hanukkah
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight
Paper: Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Other: Marina Mist Scalloped Dotted Ribbon, Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Big Shot

We’ll be making this card at Stacey’s holiday card workshop this weekend! I can’t wait!