Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha

The current challenge over at SUO Challenges is to make a spring holiday card. Not surprisingly, there were not any Passover cards entered in the challenge yet, so I figured I’d better hop to it! I used Debbie Henderson’s super cute punch art frog, and Stampin’ Up’s new photopolymer stamp set to put this together.

Stamps: Designer Typeset Photopolymer
Ink: Midnight Muse, Basic Black
Paper: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Basic Black, Subtles Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack, 2012-2014 In Color Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack
Other: 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, 1/2″ Circle Punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (circle), Owl Punch (black circles)

Pesach means Passover in Hebrew. I used it because it is two characters shorter, and so it fit better. And also because I could! I love the ability to easily personalize banners with this stamp set. I made a super cute birthday card with it for one of Eve’s friends that I will show you soon.

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This week’s color challenge from the Paper Players has some fun and bright spring colors in it.

Seeing those spring colors made me realize that I haven’t made any Passover cards yet. I pulled out my Jewish Celebrations stamp set that was in the holiday catalog. Fortunately this is still available to buy if you don’t have it already. That big circle makes me think of a Seder plate, which made it just perfect for this card.

Stamps: Jewish Celebrations, Moving Forward
Ink: Pool Party, Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Regal Rose
Paper: Lucky Limeade, Regal Rose, Pool Party, Whisper White
Other: 2 1/2″ Circle Punch, Early Espresso 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain, Square Lattice Embossing Folder

I used the frog for Moving Forward to add a little whimsy to the card. My family always associates frogs with Passover, because of the second plague. I printed the words Happy Passover on the bottom. I was really excited that my printer was able to handle the Pool Party card stock without a problem.

Welcome to Day 8 of the Hanukkah Blog Hop! Don’t worry, we still have one more day after this, Sunday, for the 9th Day of the Hop. Why 9 days? Well, for the shamash, of course! There are 4 of us participating so that is a total of 9 hop days for a total of 36 ideas!

Thank you to everyone who has visited the first 7 days of the hop. We hope you have enjoyed all the projects and found lots of inspiration! If this is your first visit, I hope that you will go back and visit Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

For today I have a scrapbook layout for this week’s ColourQ challenge. Aren’t these blues fabulous?

I used the new Hanukkah Happiness digital kit from Stampin’ Up. The papers are so cute! I fudged the colors a little to work with this paper. I used Midnight Muse instead of Night of Navy and Baja Breeze instead of Cool Caribbean.

Supplies:

Background
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Hanukkah Happiness – designer series paper\Hanukkah Happiness – 5

Embellishments
_Designer Kits\Hanukkah Happiness – embellishments\Hanukkah Happiness – star 2
Brads\Pacific Point – brad

Stamps
_Designer Kits\Hanukkah Happiness\Hanukkah Happiness – happy hanukkah, Color = WHISPER WHITE
_Designer Kits\Hanukkah Happiness\Hanukkah Happiness – happy hanukkah, Color = MIDNIGHT MUSE

Punches
Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Hanukkah Happiness – designer series paper\Hanukkah Happiness – 4
Borders\Tasteful Trim Shape 3,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Hanukkah Happiness – designer series paper\Hanukkah Happiness – 2
1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE
1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = PACIFIC POINT
Basics\1.25 Circle Punch, Fill Color = PACIFIC POINT
Labels & Tags\Modern Label Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE

Welcome to Day 7 of the Hanukkah Blog Hop! We are so excited to be able to share with you some wonderful Hanukkah related projects. We’ll be posting 2 projects a week on Sundays & Wednesdays until the first day of Hanukkah on December 9th! There are 4 of us participating so that is a total of 9 hop days for a total of 36 ideas!

Thank you to everyone who has visited these past 6 days of the hop. We hope you have enjoyed all the projects and found lots of inspiration! If this is your first visit, go back and visit Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

Today I have a fun shaped card for you! Dreidels are the second most important Hanukkah symbol to me, but unfortunately Stampin’ Up does not have any current dreidel stamps. Instead, I decided to make a dreidel shaped card!

I started by building a template for the front of the card.  I used a 3 1/4″ square for the body, and a 2 1/4″ square turned onto its point for the point. I glued these together and used them to trace on to my cardstock, which began as a 6 1/2″ x 5″ piece, folded down to 3 1/4″ x 5″. I used the modern label punch to make the handle. Depending on how much of this sticks up, you could get this in a regular envelope. Mine is too tall, but I’m okay with that. I glued the handle on the inside of the card, under the “Happy Hanukkah” layer.

Stamps: Jewish Celebrations
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise
Paper: Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Other: Modern Label Punch

Thank you for hopping along with us.
Your next stop is Miriam’s blog, where she is going to show you some more great Hanukkah related projects!

Please come back again and visit on Wednesday for Day 8 of our Hanukkah Blog Hop!

Here’s a complete list of the Hanukkah Blog Hoppers in case any links don’t work.

1. Andi Potler
2. Yapha Mason – YOU ARE HERE!
3. Miriam Permut
4. Jean Fitch

Welcome to Day 6 of the Hanukkah Blog Hop! We are so excited to be able to share with you some more wonderful Hanukkah related projects. We’ll be posting 2 projects a week on Sundays & Wednesdays until the first day of Hanukkah on December 9th! There are 4 of us participating so that is a total of 9 hop days for a total of 36 ideas!

Thank you to everyone who has visited these past 5 days of the hop. We hope you have enjoyed all of the projects and found lots of inspiration! If this is your first visit, I hope you will go back and visit Days 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Sometimes you don’t want a full size card, you just need a little card to go with your gift. I have two mini cards to show you that are just right for this! This first card is made with the Labels Framelits and measures 3 1/4″ x 4″. I used the Pewter embossing powder. It is a bit more muted than the silver. I hope that it counts for the Dynamic Duos Midnight Muse & Silver challenge anyway!

Stamps: Jewish Celebrations
Ink: VersaMark
Paper: Midnight Muse, Whisper White
Other: Pewter Embossing Powder, Midnight Muse Stitched Satin Ribbon, Labels Collection Framelits, Festive Paper Piercing Pack

My second mini card is 4 1/4″ x 3″ and uses Brushed Gold card stock for a subtle bit of elegance.

Stamps: Jewish Celebrations
Ink: Night of Navy
Paper: Night of Navy, Brushed Gold, Whisper White
Other: Night of Navy Stitched 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon

Welcome to Day 5 of the Hanukkah Blog Hop! We are so excited to be able to share with you some wonderful Hanukkah related projects. We’ll be posting 2 projects a week on Sundays & Wednesdays until the first day of Hanukkah on December 9th. There are 4 of us participating so that is a total of 9 hop days (one for each candle on the Hanukkiah) for a total of 36 ideas!

This month’s So Shelli Creative Challenge is to share Holiday Table Decorations. I have put together a lovely Hanukkah table setting for you — all that is missing are the latkes! (Mmmm… Latkes…..) Here is an overview of the setting:

The box in the middle of the plate holding the chocolate gelt is a hexagon box made by cutting out two of the milk cartons and putting them together. I used window sheets so you could see the gelt inside. (You can find a tutorial on making the hexagon box on Paula’s blog.)

Stamps: Delightful Dozen
Ink: Midnight Muse
Paper: Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse
Other: Milk Carton Bigz Die, Window Sheets, Midnight Muse Stitched Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch

I also created a place card and a wine glass tag. You can use a variety of images on the wine glass to differentiate the glasses. Andi’s card from the first day of the Hop has some great images for this! I used Champagne Glitter Glass around the edges of the place card to jazz it up.

Placecard
Stamps: Lovely Letters
Ink: Midnight Muse
Paper: Midnight Muse, Whisper White
Other: Champagne Glass Glitter

Wine Tag
Stamps: Every Little Bit
Ink: Midnight Muse
Paper: Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Champagne Glimmer Paper
Other: 1″ Circle Punch, 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Midnight Muse Stitched Satin Ribbon

Your next stop is Miriam’s blog, where she is going to show you some more great Hanukkah related projects!

Please come back again and visit on Wednesday for Day 6 of our Hanukkah Blog Hop!

Here’s a complete list of the Hanukkah Blog Hoppers:

1. Andi Potler
2. Yapha Mason – YOU ARE HERE!
3. Miriam Permut
4. Jean Fitch

Welcome to Day 3 of the Hanukkah Blog Hop! We are so excited to be able to share with you some wonderful Hanukkah related projects. We’ll be posting 2 projects a week on Sundays & Wednesdays until the first day of Hanukkah on December 9th. There are 4 of us participating so that is a total of 9 hop days (one for each candle on the Hanukkiah) for a total of 36 ideas!

For today’s card I am using this week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge and the Paper Players gold & silver challenge.

The background strips are Brushed Silver card stock run through the Big Shot in an embossing folder. It lends such an elegant look! The finished card is 5″ x 5″ square.

Stamps: Every Little Bit, Jewish Celebrations
Ink: Midnight Muse, VersaMark
Paper: Bashful Blue, Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Brushed Silver
Other: Midnight Muse Stitched Satin Ribbon, Silver Embossing Powder, Fancy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Chevron Embossing Folder, 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch

Thank you for hopping along with us.
Your next stop is Miriam’s blog, where she is going to show you some more great Hanukkah related projects!

Please come back again and visit on Wednesday for Day 4 of our Hanukkah Blog Hop!

Here’s a complete list of the Hanukkah Blog Hoppers:

1. Andi Potler
2. Yapha Mason – YOU ARE HERE!
3. Miriam Permut
4. Jean Fitch

Welcome to Day 2 of the Hanukkah Blog Hop! We are so excited to be able to share with you some wonderful Hanukkah related projects. We’ll be posting 2 projects a week on Sundays & Wednesdays until the first day of Hanukkah on December 9th. There are 4 of us participating so that is a total of 9 hop days (one for each candle on the Hanukkiah) for a total of 36 ideas!

For today’s project I inked up my Lacy Brocade embossing folder with Midnight Muse ink before running the Crumb Cake square through it. This makes an amazing background, and you can do it any colors! This card measures 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ so it can fit in a regular envelope.

Stamps: Jewish Celebrations
Ink: Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake
Paper: Marina Mist, Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Other: Midnight Muse Stitched Satin Ribbon, Window Frames Framelits, Festive Paper Piercing Pack, Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Thank you for hopping along with us.
Your next stop is Miriam’s blog, where she is going to show you some more great Hanukkah related projects!

Please come back again and visit on Sunday for Day 3 of our Hanukkah Blog Hop!

Here’s a complete list of the Hanukkah Blog Hoppers:

1. Andi Potler
2. Yapha Mason – YOU ARE HERE!
3. Miriam Permut
4. Jean Fitch

Welcome to the first ever Hanukkah Blog Hop! We are so excited to be able to share with you some wonderful Hanukkah related projects. We’ll be posting 2 projects a week on Sundays & Wednesdays until the first day of Hanukkah on December 9th. There are 4 of us participating so that is a total of 9 hop days (one for each candle on the Hanukkiah) for a total of 36 ideas!

For my first project, I am using this week’s sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. As you can see by the banner above (which I designed in My Digital Studio), any sketch with a big circle is fabulous for the Jewish Celebrations stamp set.

One of the great things about coloring stamps with markers is easily omitting parts that you don’t want. For this I omitted all of the candles except the shamash and the one for the first night. This way you can make Hanukkah cards specific to the night on which they will be given. I love the circles on the paper in the background — it reminds me of either latkes or Hanukkah gelt.

Stamps: Jewish Celebrations
Ink: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight
Paper: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper
Other: 2 1/2″ Circle Punch, Perfect Pennants Bigz Die, Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon, Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks here, it always is around the High Holidays. Now that things are starting to settle back down, I’m hoping to get back to playing along with my favorite challenges. Fab Friday challenge has another fun sketch this week.

As soon as I saw that circle, I knew it would be just perfect for the Jewish Star in the Jewish Celebrations stamp set, and the Pool Party seam binding would be great for those three stripes down the side.

Stamps: Jewish Celebrations
Ink: VersaMark
Paper: Pool Party, Island Indigo
Other: Gold Embossing Powder, Pool Party Seam Binding, 2 1/2″ Circle Punch, Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

I embossed the star circle twice — once on Pool Party card stock, and once on Island Indigo card stock. I cut out the Pool Party one and glued it on top of the other to make the Jewish star pop out more. This card would be great for any Jewish occasion, Bar Mitzvah, or holiday.