Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha

Such gorgeous spring colors from ColourQ this week! They are just right for combining with a great double-page spread from MDS Monday!

I took some fun pictures during First Seder last week, and I was able to include most of them on this spread. The Soft Suede Patterns stripes made very Matza-like background and set off the pictures nicely. (You can click on the photo to see it larger.)

One of the great upgrades in MDS2 is the ability to see and work on double page spreads in the same window. If you have not already upgraded your original MDS, you can do so now for FREE!

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.

This week’s Pals Paper Arts challenge has some lovely spring colors. I love pink and brown, I love pink and green, and I love green and brown, so it goes without saying that I love this color combo!

With Passover starting tonight, I wanted to make another Passover card. I know some people think that all Jewish cards should be blue and white, but Passover is a spring holiday, and these colors work great for it. I got creative making my little matza squares. (You can tell that they are matzah, right?) I used my Woodgrain background stamp with Chocolate Chip ink on Very Vanilla card stock, then used my 1″ inch square punch to punch the pieces where the lines were going mostly straight. I sponged a little more chocolate chip over the squares to make them look more matza-y. (Is that a word? It should be…) “Next Year in Jerusalem” are the words traditionally used to end the Seder, and they are printed out on the computer.

Stamps: Woodgrain
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack (Certainly Celery)
Other: 1″ Square Punch, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, Circle #2 Bigz Die, Chocolate Chip Dotted Scallop Ribbon

I just want to give a shout out to Lauren, one of my blog readers, who took the time to let me know that she was glad to see my Jewish cards. Thanks so much! This one’s for you!

Passover is fast approaching, and that means not only cooking and cleaning, but making cards, of course! I put together this card during Stampin’ Addicts Stamp Jam over the weekend. It is pretty clean and simple, but I think it conveys the look of a Seder plate. I printed out the words in the middle, since I didn’t have a stamp that said what I wanted.

Ink: Daffodil Delight
Paper: Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Brights Patterns Designer Series Stack (in Daffodil Delight)
Other: Scallop Circle Bigz Die, Clear Circle Bigz Die, 3 1/2 inch Circle Bigz Die, 1 inch circle punch, 1 1/4 inch circle punch, 1 3/8 inch circle punch, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

While I have made many Passover cards since then, my all-time favorite is still the Ten Plagues card I made 3 years ago.

Passover starts Friday night at sundown. Whatever holiday you are celebrating next weekend, I hope you enjoy it!

I’ve been trying to figure out how to make a SUO (Stampin’ Up Only) seder plate, and I think I did it! For a detailed explanation of the elements of the seder plate, you can visit Chabad.org. The hardest of all of the items for me to find was the egg. I don’t have any single egg stamps, and a pile of Easter eggs just wasn’t going to cut it! I ended up using my marker on just the outline of the baby’s head from All in the Family.  The maror in the middle is made from the stem that is included with Fifth Avenue Floral. I used the cupcake top and sprinkles from Create a Cupcake to make the charoset. The sentiment is printed on the computer.

Stamps: D is for Dog, Build a Blossom, Fifth Avenue Floral, Create a Cupcake, All in the Family, Fresh Cuts
Ink: Soft Suede, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Soft Suede, Whisper white
Other: 1″ Circle Punch, 3 1/2″ Circle Bigz Die, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Big Shot, 1/4″ Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon

The Ten Plagues card that I made two years ago is still my all-time favorite Passover card, though. Passover starts Monday night, April 18, this year. Plenty of time to make your Passover cards!

A little over a week until Passover starts! That means it’s time for cleaning out the chametz and making Passover cards.  I decided to use this week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch to get started on them.

As I’ve mentioned before, my family equates frogs with Passover. This comes from the second plague in the Passover story. And it helps that they are cute and spring-like. Decorating the house with boils just doesn’t have the same type of charm! Here’s what I came up with:

Stamps: Hoppy For You, Calendar Alphabet & Numbers
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Pad, Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad
Other: Modern Label Punch, Gold Brads, Paper Snips, Stamp-a-ma-jig

There is a strip of torn bashful blue at the bottom to make the water. The lily pad and cattails are both paper-pieced. If you are interested in other Passover cards, check out my all-time favorite, the Plague Card that I made last year.

Today’s My Digital Studio tip — the undo command. I love it. Use it often, that’s my motto! Sometimes, when using My Digital Studio, it is easy to rotate when you mean to resize, or resize when you mean to move. If that happens — DO NOT PANIC! Just stop, go up to Edit at the top, and choose undo. Everything will go back as you had it. You can “undo” multiple steps, as long as you have not saved since doing them. Then, when you have it how you like it, save!

Moving on in the calendar, we have April and May.

April focuses on Passover, especially the frogs! I tried to make the background of the first page be reminiscent of matzah. What do you think, did it work?

May has both Mother’s Day and my mom’s birthday, so I used those as the theme.

Feel like making your own calendar yet?

I’m so excited that Kristina Werner’s color challenge this week works perfectly for a Passover card! I’ve been feeling the need to make more, especially with these adorable froggies! Here are this week’s colors:

I decided to do another scalloped circle card. The circle reminds me of a seder plate. And the frogs, the second plague, are one of my family’s traditional Passover symbols. I used textured cardstock for the Kiwi Kiss and the Baja Breeze. I liked how it adds just a little more dimension.

Stamps: Hoppy for You, Simple Serif Alphabet
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Accessories: Baja Breeze Striped Ribbon, Scallop Circle Bigz Die, Big Shot, Circle Scissors Plus, Stamp-a-Ma-Jig

Hoppy Passover to you and yours!

Here’s another Passover related card. Well, for me it is Passover related because of all of the frogs, and frogs always make me think of Passover. For you, a frog may just be a frog. This is from a sketch challenge on a new website I have been visiting called Stampin’ Addicts. It’s a happy, upbeat group of crazy stampers like myself.  The forums are a great place to chat and the gallery is growing. Today’s card:

Stamps: Hoppy for You
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: Kiwi Kiss Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch