Happy Birthday Ann!

Surprise! Surprise!
We are all hopping today to wish Ann Butler a happy birthday!
This blog hop was a secret for more than a month but it's finally here!

We each made a birthday card for Ann to celebrate her special day. here's mine...

This is a turning crad. The whole card turns to reveal a hidden message under the numbers... Happy Birthday, may all your wishes come true!

Dear Ann, I hope you have a wonderful birthday and that all your wishes come true! Wish for the starts and you will surely get them!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Thanks for stopping by. Check out all the other DT and guests' cards for Ann.

An InLinkz Link-up
If you want to wish Ann a Happy Birthday too you can go to her blog and add your card.

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Have fun creating! 

Mixed Media Art Journal Page: 42 is just a number

I'll be celebrating my birthday on Monday and I'll be 42 years old. I don't know why but it feels kind of old. I know in my head I'm young but I loo back at all the things I've done and it seems like it's not enough... So I decided to create an art journal page to cheer myself up and remind myself that 42 is just a number!

 

I started with creating a numbered texture on white cardstock with Spellbinders M-bossabilities Letters and Numbers folder. I tore some pieces and glued them to the page with gel medium. Then I covered the page with gesso.

I sprayed the page with spray paints and then enhanced the color with matching distress inks. I added more numbers with two sizes of numbers stamps.

Finally I cut the number 42 from patterned paper and added color with the same distress inks I used for the background. I wrote the sentence on a white piece of paper and added everything to the page.

I hope you liked the page and it has inspired you not to think of your age but to feel young because that's what counts!

Have fun creating!
Einat

The BEST BLOG CANDY EVER....WINNERS

Thank you everyone for the overwhelming participating and amazing support and wishes. It's time to announce the blog candy winners!

 

The 5 lucky winners are.....

 

Andrea

Sola

AmandaScrap

Gloria

Sisipi

 

And the best birthday wish goes to....

 

פילפילונת פ

 

Please send me your addresses so I can send you prize.

 

Thank you everyone for celebrating my birthday with me!!

 

Have fun creating!

Einat

THE BEST BLOG CANDY EVER

It's that time again....my birthday is coming up in two days and you know what that means....

THE BEST BLOG CANDY EVER is here!!!

 

I'll be 41, which means you'll have 5 times more chance of wining because I'll be giving away 5 amazing surprise grab bags!! One for each decade and another one for entering the fifth decade of my life.

Each bag will be packed with papers, embellishments and all kinds of goodies!!

I promise you will not be disappointed!

 

Here is what you need to do

 

1. Congratulate me on my birthday (Leave me a comment).

 

2. Subscribe to Scrappin' it (leave me a separate comment telling me this).

 

3. Spread the word about the BEST BLOG CANDY EVER on your blog/FB/Twitter/Forum

(leave me the link in a separate comment).

 

You have to fill all three items to be eligible to win.

 

BUT WAIT.....there is more!! I'll pick my favorite congratulation and the person who wrote it will win a fabulous grab bag too! That means 6 great grab bags for you to win!!

 

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT!!! 

You can enter until May 10th.

The winners will be announced on the following Monday.

 

Have fun creating!

Einat

13 Years o Magic

I have a few last pics to share with you from my son's Bar-Mitzvah album.

He loves to read. Everywhere we go he always brings a book to pass the time.

Riding his scooter.

 

A beautiful boyscout. This is a pocket page with cards to write blessings.

he loves Astronomy and space, so I dedicated two pages to his favorite subject.

The door to my dreams is open!

 

Stay tune next Monday for all the tips & tricks on how I created this special album!

I want to thank you all my dear friends for all your love, warm words and compliments. I told my son how much love he got from each and everyone of you, and how much you all loved his special album. He smiled his cute,little smile and said..."tell them I love them all back!"

Have fun creating!
Einat

13 Years of Magic - Part 4

It has been a privilige and an honor to share this special album with all of you. Your comments here and on FB have really moved me. I thank you dear friends and I hope you'll enjoy these pages as well.
This is a "Nature scene" I created by using a bandage as the soil. I added chipboard flowers which I misted and embellished with flowers and leaves.

"Looking through the window" is one of my favorite pages in the album.

 

"Sitting on a branch" and "Frames" are both pages for writing blessing and adding words of whisdom.

 

Have fun creating!

Einat

13 Years of Magic - part 3

Thank you all for the kind words and compliments. It really warmed my heart and made me proud. Here are some more photos from the Bar-Mitzvah album.
Part of the album was pages with special places for blessingsby loved ones. For personal reasons I'm sharing with you the empty pages' photos.

Two more pages with answers to questions. "What is special about me: I love Astronomy, I'm curious, friendly and surprising.

"My favorites"

 

Have fun creating!

Einat

13 Years of Magic - Part 2

So many of you wanted to look inside the album and browse through its pages, so here it is...
The first page opening the album is a special dedication that I wrote for him.

In Hebrew it rhymes. Here's the very loose translation: 

This is a special album
Not just a present
It tells your story
in a different way.

I asked questions, you answered
Every answer turned to a page
You discovered yourself through the pages
and designed by them.

And between the pages
Greetings are hidden
From those who love you
and wish you the stars.

Mom.

The next two pages show him as a baby.

The journaling reads: 13 years ago you arrived to the world with a smile and magic curls. The world filled with light and love. The angles were smiling and so was I.

 

A smile of a baby...

 

The journaling is an answer to the question: "What makes you smile?"

He answered: "Tickles, funny movies and thing I like.

Make sure to come back on Monday for more pages from this special album.

Have fun creating!
Einat