In this layout I used a few easy but really cool techniques to create the festive light effect I wanted. I started with creating a corrugated paper. I had a piece od corrugated paper I got from IKEA but it was covered only on one side. So I covered it with a 12X12 patterned paper to create the cover. Then I tore it to create a layered effect.
I created dripage with acrylic paint to mimic the melting wax of the candles.
I added more layers of paper all in orange and yellow colors like the colors of a candle's flame. I also embossed some of the papers with a Spellbinders embossing folder.
I finished my page with hand made candles I created from rolled pieces of paper and layers of flowers in matching colors.
If you were looking at this page and asking yourself "what exactly is Hanukkah anyway, why 8 candles?" Here's the Hanukkah story in a nut shell...
* In 175 BCE, Antiochus Epiphanes, invaded Judea (ancient Israel).
* The Temple in Jerusalem was looted and services stopped, Judaism was outlawed.
* Antiochus ordered an altar to Zeus erected in the Temple. He banned circumcision and ordered pigs to be sacrificed at the altar of the temple.
* Antiochus's actions provoked a large-scale revolt. By 165 BCE the Jewish revolt was successful.
* The Temple was liberated and rededicated, it was cleansed, a new altar was built in place of the polluted one and new holy vessels were made.
* Olive oil was needed for the menorah in the Temple, which was required to burn throughout the night every night.
* The story goes that there was only enough oil to burn for one day, yet it burned for eight days, the time needed to prepare a fresh supply of oil for the menorah. An eight-day festival was declared to commemorate this miracle - Hanukkah!
You can easily create the same layout for Christmas simply by changing the color scheme and using green, gold and red.
Have fun creating!
Einat
מקסים! כל הרבה אור, לגמרי חנוכה :)
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