Another Blog Candy

This time, it's on Jennie's blog.
Jennie is on my SBS19 group and she broke her arm a while back but now it's getting better.

I'm so glad you arm is better now, Jennie!

An Awesome Blog Candy With a Cause

I recently found out about a wonderful blog. Carolyn King is raised a blog candy of about 1000$ worth to remember and honor all the caregivers of Alzheimer patients around the globe.

My grandmother passed away last January because of that horrible disease so I want to thank Carolyn for this wonderful cause and effort.

Go and visit her blog and see what it's all about.

Another one?!?!

Well, in addition to my newly created Hebrew blog, I've create a links blog.
I usually keep all my links for future projects in my favorites folder but it's full to the top...
So I thought, why not create a blog that shares all the links that I find on the web with everyone and keep them all organized?
Well, why not?

I'll update the blog every few days that I'll have some new projects that I like.
Plus, I'll update every post that I use with the picture of what I've created out of the project.

So, have fun everyone!

First Mini Album Template

This is actually the only thing I got around to do this weekend. I decided to work with my Bind-it-All so I created a mini album to show people as template of a mini album when they’ll want to buy one.
All the pages have only embellishments. No pictures. Have a look.

The first picture is the first page. I used a piece of transperancy paper to create a clear tag of the baby's details:

All the other pictures show the actual mini pages I've created just to show what the page would look like:It turned out quite cute. Don’t you think?

A new Hebrew blog

OK, now it's for real. I've created a Hebrew blogon an Israeli site, but that site seems to hate me... I just couldn't add pictures or update my posts.
To make a long story short - It was a nightmare.
At the end - I decided to move my Hebrew blog "back home" to Blogger.com :)
So, for all you Hebrew readers - Here's my new Hebrew blog (I feel like I'm repeating myself).

I hope you'll enjoy it!

לכל הקוראים והקוראות שלי בעברית - פתחתי בלוג חדש בעברית. אני מקווה שתהנו ממנו!

My First Sale

Look at that! I've made my first sale! I just can't believe it.

I decided a while back to start and sell my creations. Why not? All the materials I use cost a lo-o-o-o-t of money. Why shouldn't I make some money back out of it? At least to cover my costs.

So, one day I went to work and took the mini album that I made for my sister-in-law's birthday just so I can show off. And, who knew? It worked.

One of my coworkers decided to to order 2 mini albums for her sister and for her mom for the birth of her new nephews.

Here are a few snapshots of the mini albums I created for her:

I finally used my Bind-it-All like I should and it turned out so cute.

The mini albums are about 3.5 by 3 inches so it fits great even in small bags... If you have such cute kids - why not bragging???

I really hope you all like it!

The Second SBS19 swap

This time we had to create a friendship card.
Once I read what the theme was, I immediately had an idea for the card in my mind.
I remembered that I had an image of a cute girl holding a flower, and I really think that it look like an image for a friendship or a thank you card. It’s so cute. I love it.
Anyway, as soon as the idea came up on our SBS19 group, I set down and made the card. I used some cream colored paper on top of a red paper and stamped the image on top of the cream paper and the red ribbon.
I got to trade the card with Jewel, which made me so happy because I love her cards.
I’ll show you all what she sent me as soon as I’ll get it.

Thanks for looking!

Me? Sewing?! You can’t be serious…

Well, I did it. I finally got the courage to sew something. I’m scared of sewing machines and I get bored easily with sewing by hand. But I did it!
My friends & I got together and made Tilda bags. Maya, which hosted us so wonderfully, has a Tilda book with patterns for all sorts of Tilda bags & stuff…
We were at Maya’s house till 1 am last night and we sewed like crazy. I “stabbed” myself with needles and pins at least a thousand times, but it was worth it:
And look - It's double sided...
I just love the Tilda bag that I made. It’s amazing to me that I made it. I’m thinking about making some more.
Besides, I got to know a new “scrapbook & stuff” friend & I got to spend time with my other friends – I had a great time! Thank you gals!

2 in 1

I wanted to take part in the All That Scraps Design Team Challenge for a while now.
I saw the sketch and for some reason it immediately reminded me that my mom has a birthday next week. So I decided to do 2 in 1 post. Get it? I’ll show you the card that I made for the ATSDT challenge and I’ll give it to my mom for her birthday… I’m a genius... lol...
Anyway, this is the card that I made for the ATSDT challenge & for my mom’s birthday:
What do you think of it?
I used a white cardstock and layered it withe a piece of purple "wavy" cardstock and another piece of white cardstock that I stamped with a cute image that I like. Then, I added some buttons that I got from my mom and some pearl gems. I like the result.
I attached it to the gift that I bought her:
[Picture of mom’s gift]
All in all, it turned out nice. I think…

A bit different…

I decided to do something different. You know, just to clear my head…
So, first I decided to use some of the canvases that I bought (don’t know what).
Now, what should I do? First I do something ugly… Keep reading, you’ll see what I mean.
I have some acrylic paints so I sat down and started painting the first canvas… I wanted to paint a transition from red at the bottom to yellow at the top. After painting for about 15 minutes I remember that I had no idea how to do that so I just tried whatever I thought that would help to do the transition.
Then, I decided to use some buttons to cover some parts of the border between the red and the yellow. So I sawed those on…. After that I glued a big flower and a butterfly, added a “Butterfly” title and did some doodling…
“There you go, I’m done” I thought… Well, my advice – When you try something new (and you’re not sure you know what you’re doing), take a step back (literally) every few minutes and make sure that you’re work doesn’t become a huge pile of confusion…

I don’t like it… at all. My husband, on the other hand, think that it look great and that we should hang it in the living room… You get that his idea wasn’t accepted, right? I think he just wanted to be nice, but I think it’s ugly… Wanna know what I did with it? I hanged it in my creations room to remind me not to do this mistake again… I’m thinking about making a sign for it that says: “Always take a step back. Always!”… lol…
That was a few weeks ago. Last week I decided to try again. This time I thought it through. I found this tutorial: http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2008/01/5.html.
And I decided to use that idea for a card on my canvas. I think that what I did is called “lifting” (when you see someone do something and that make your own version of it).
That’s the result:
Now that’s more like it. Now I’m happy and I can sleep safe and sound. I’m not a complete disaster when it comes to canvases…

And now, I went ahead and put it in my etsy shop. Have a look & spread the word!

Thanks for looking & reading!