Celebrate the Miracle

December 18, 2023December 17, 2023 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

I’m back again after another long break. Wishing my Jewish friends and customers a very belated Happy Chanukah! I’ve been busy making cards for the last two months but haven’t had time to do any blogging. I recently finished a major renovation project in my living room and dining room which affected my annual holiday card workshops due to the chaos going on around me. I usually begin my workshops in early November but had to push them back a few weeks. My last workshop was yesterday and now I can finally start getting back into more normal routines. I will be blogging my holiday cards for the next two weeks.

Here are photos of my living room and dining room. My home is over 100 years old and the downstairs floors, steps going upstairs and upstairs hallway were covered with old white carpet that was here when I bought the home 18 years ago. I had the carpet removed and wood floors were refinished to their original state. Paint job, all new furniture in both rooms and new light fixtures. I can’t believe it is my house! I’m looking forward to the fun part, shopping around for accessories, after the new year!

I held one Chanukah card workshop using the beautiful new and very long-awaited Stampin’ Up! stamp set, Celebrate the Miracle, and even managed to get my cards mailed out on time. I did three different cards. No instructions for how I made the card, however I have listed the cutting measurements for each. Supplies used are at the end of this post.

Cutting measurements

Night of Navy cardstock – cut one piece at 5 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ and score at 2 1/4″; cut one piece at 4 1/4″ x 6″ and score at 3″.
Very Vanilla cardstock- cut one piece at 3″ x 4″ and one piece at 2 3/4″ x 4 1/4″
Shining Brightly DSP- cut two pieces at 2″ x 5 1/4″

Cutting measurements

Night of Navy cardstock – cut one piece at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ and score at 4 1/4″; cut one piece at 3 3/4″ x 4 1/4″; cut one piece at 2 5/8″ x 3 3/8″
Very Vanilla cardstock – cut one piece at 4″ x 5 1/4″; cut one piece at 2 1/2″ x 3 1/4″
Shining Brightly DSP – Cut one piece at 4″ x 5 1/4″; cut one piece at 3 1/2″ x 4″

Cutting Measurements

Cut one piece of Pebbled Path cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″and score at 4 1/4″ and 5 1/2″
Cut one piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 4″ and 4 pieces at 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″
Cut four pieces of Boho Blue cardstock at 1 5/8″
Cut one piece of Pebbled Path Tartan Foil Specialty DSP at 4″ x 4″ and one piece at 1″ x 4″

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Celebrate The Miracle Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [165131] $24.00	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $10.00	Pebbled Path 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161722] $10.00
Boho Blue 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161724] $10.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $10.50
Shining Brightly 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [162378] $10.00	Tartan Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [162332] $10.00	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $9.00
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $9.00	Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [161650] $9.00	Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad [161648] $9.00
Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $18.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00	Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins [161627] $7.50
Night Of Navy & Gold 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Glittered Ribbon [162011] $9.00	Pebbled Path 3/8" (1 Cm) Textured Ribbon [161632] $8.00	Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173] $30.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $128.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $26.00	Paper Snips [103579] $11.00
Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971] $27.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $31.00

Happy Chanukah Cards

December 24, 2022December 24, 2022 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

Today is the seventh and next-to-last day of Chanukah. Here are two of the cards I designed to send to family and friends. Since Stampin’ Up! hasn’t had a Chanukah stamp set in many years I have had to purchase stamp sets from other companies. This year I purchased a new stamp set and coordinating dies from Honey Bee. I use Stampin’ Up products such as cardstock, Designer Series Paper and Specialty Papers, ink and embellishments. I also use retired products that I’ve kept, knowing that they work well with my limited blue, silver and gold color palette. This year I used Starry Sky, one of the 2022-2024 In Colors in several of the cards. It is such a bright and pretty blue and it worked beautifully. I also used greetings from the Brightest Glow stamp set in the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog. I loved that many of the greetings, while intended for Christmas cards, would be perfect for my cards because Chanukah is also known as the Festival of Lights and some of the greetings include the word “light.”

Here is how I made this card.

Card base – cut a piece of Basic White Thick cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
Cut a piece of the variegated paper from the Sun Prints Designer Series Paper at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and run through a die cutting machine with the largest Deckled Edge Rectangle die. Adhere to card base.
Cut a piece of the silver dot paper from the Silver & Gold Specialty Paper at 3″ x 4 1/4″ and run through die cutting machine with the third largest Deckled Edge Rectangle Die and adhere to card front. This DSP was a free Sale-A-Bration item earlier this year.
Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 2 3/4″ x 4 1/4″ and run through die cutting machine with the fourth largest Deckled Edge Rectangle Die. Flick Wink of Stella and Night of Navy and Starry Sky ink onto piece with Stampin’ Blends.
To make the candles, cut 1/2″ strips of the Starry Sky paper from the 2022-2024 In Color 6″x6″ Glimmer Paper and back with 1/2″ pieces of an adhesive sheet. For the flames, cut a scrap piece of Silver Foil Paper and back with an adhesive sheet. Use scrap pieces of Basic White cardstock for the candle backing pieces. Use the candle and flame dies from the Sentiment Silhouettes Dies. Die cut nine candles and nine backing pieces. Adhere together. Cut nine flames. Arrange candles on the Basic White Deckled Edge Rectangle piece and adhere with liquid glue. Adhere candle flames.
Stamp greeting with Starry Sky ink at bottom of the piece. The greeting I used is from the Honey Bee stamp set. Adhere to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Stamp greeting with Starry Sky ink on inside of card.

Here is how I made this card. I got the idea from Pinterest and apologize for not remembering who it came from. I had thought of using DSP strips for the candles and this design shows off the DSP very nicely.

Card base – cut a piece of Starry Sky cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″. Run through embossing machine with the Peacock Embossing Folder (retired) and adhere to card front. I love this folder and it looks like flames!
Cut eight strips of Designer Series Paper at 3/8″ x 3″ and one strip at 1/2″ x 3″. I used paper from the Sun Prints DSP and the 2022-2024 In Color 6″x6″ DSP. Arrange the strips on the card front, placing the 1/2″ strip in the middle. Adhere with liquid glue.
Make the flames by using any bird punch that has a separate wing. I used a retired punch to do this. Use a scrap piece of Gold Foil paper and punch nine pieces. Adhere with either liquid glue or a glue dot.
Stamp greeting with Starry Sky ink on scrap piece of Basic White cardstock. Run through die cutting machine with the smallest label die from the Seasonal Labels die set. Adhere over candles with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and stamp a greeting from the Brightest Glow stamp set with Starry Sky ink. Adhere to inside of card.

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Product List

Brightest Glow Cling Stamp Set (English) [159542] $25.00	Sentiment Silhouettes Dies [158733] $35.00	Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173] $30.00
Seasonal Labels Dies [156299] $38.00	Starry Sky 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159263] $9.25	Basic White 12 X12 (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock [159231] $8.25
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.75	Sun Prints 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158790] $12.00	2022–2024 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159253] $12.00
2022–2024 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Glimmer Paper [159246] $12.00	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457] $10.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $5.00
Starry Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [159212] $8.00	Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154891] $9.00	Starry Sky Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [159222] $9.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $125.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00
Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $11.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25

Happy Hanukkah

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello and Happy Hanukkah! I kicked off the holiday by attending a menorah lighting ceremony in Lancaster City last evening and then lit the first candle when I got home. Last week I had a Hanukkah cardmaking class and these are the four cards we made. Stampin’ Up! hasn’t had a new Hanukkah stamp set in many years so I pulled out my favorite retired set, Jewish Celebrations, and also used stamps and dies that I’ve purchased over the years from a few other companies. All of the cardstock, inks, Designer Series Paper and embellishments are Stampin’ Up! products. It is always a challenge to come up with creative ways to make cards for Jewish holidays so I always keep retired products that I think will work well for future holiday projects – so glad for my stash!

I got this fun card layout from LeeAnn Greff’s blog, Flowerbugs Inkspot. The menorah image is from the Jewish Celebrations stamp set. I stamped it on Very Vanilla cardstock and cut it out with one of the Tasteful Label dies. The Happy Hanukkah greeting is from a current SU stamp set, Snowflake Wishes. The embossing folder I used for the side panel is Stylish Scroll. The DSP and blue frayed ribbon are from the Boho Indigo Product Medley, which was in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. The inside greeting is from Altenew’s Love and Light Stamp set. The cardstock and ink are Misty Moonlight.

This is a fun fold card. I purchased Rubber Cafe’s Celebrating the Festival of Lights stamp set several years ago at a scrapbooking show and it is no longer available. I used Night of Navy cardstock and ink. The DSP is from You’re A Peach, which is currently available in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. I colored in the dreidels with Smoky Slate, Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy Stampin’ Blends. The inside greeting is from Altenew’s Love and Light stamp set. The bling is from Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

This card features the beautiful menorah from Altenew’s Love and Light stamp set, which is still available. I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Shimmery White cardstock and colored it with Smoky Slate, Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Granny Apple Green and Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I die cut a piece of silver foil with a Stitched Rectangles die and popped the menorah up on it with regular and mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. The card base is Smoky Slate. The DSP is Springtime Foils Specialty DSP, which was a Sale-A-Bration offering a few years ago. The silver ribbon came in a combo pack with gold ribbon and is retired.

This is another fun fold card that uses the Celebrating the Festival of Lights stamp set. I heat embossed the dreidel and greeting with gold embossing powder on a piece of Basic White cardstock that I cut with one of the scalloped dies from the Stitched so Sweetly dies. I cut a piece of NIght of Navy cardstock with a larger scalloped die and adhered them together. Card base is Night of Navy and the gold striped paper is from the Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper from the current 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. I added a few Champagne Rhinestone Jewels for a bit of bling.

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Product List

Snowflake Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158267] $26.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $35.00	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $32.00
Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] $31.00	You're A Peach 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155686] $11.50	Expressions In Ink 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [155464] $15.00
Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $8.75	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081] $8.75	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131202] $8.75
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $9.75	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $9.75	Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101910] $10.00
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $7.50	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $7.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00
Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $18.00	Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154891] $9.00	Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153108] $9.00
Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154830] $9.00	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $9.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $9.00
Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154887] $9.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $6.00
Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels [150457] $6.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $120.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

Chanukah Greetings

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello! Happy Chanukah to my Jewish customers, friends and family! I’m playing catch-up with my blog posts so I’m posting this later then I had planned, but there are still a few days left before the holiday ends on Thursday evening!

This is one of the rare times that I am posting a project that doesn’t use a stamp set from Stampin’ Up! We haven’t had a new Chanukah stamp set in many years and I’ve used all of my old sets so many times that I needed a “pick me up!” so purchased this set, Love and Light, from Altenew. It comes with a coordinating die, but I didn’t use it for this card. Everything else on this card is from Stampin’ Up!

Here is how I made the card.

Card base – cut a piece of Night of Navy cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
Cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Run through your embossing & die cutting machine with the Ornate Floral 3D embossing folder. Adhere to card base.
Cut piece of Seaside Spray cardstock at 3 1/2″ x 5″. Use the second largest of the wider dies in the Ornate Layers die set and run through your embossing & die cutting machine.
Cut piece of Whisper White cardstock at 2 3/4″ x 3 5/8″. Stamp image with Memento Black Ink. Color image with Stampin’ Blends. I used dark and light Gray Granite and light Smoky Slate for the menorah, light Seaside Spray for the candles, dark Daffodil Delight for the flames, light Misty Moonlight and dark Seaside Spray for the rose and dark and light Old Olive for the leaves. Adhere to ornate frame and adhere frame to card front.

Cut piece of Whisper White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Stamp greeting with Misty Moonlight ink. Adhere to inside of card.

Give this idea a try by changing up the stamped image!

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 Product List  
         Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock 
  [100867] 
  $8.75 
 
 
       Seaside Spray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock 
  [150883] 
  $8.75 
 
 
  
       Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock 
  [100730] 
  $9.75 
 
 
       Ornate Frames Dies 
  [150664] 
  $34.00 
 
 
  
       Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder 
  [152725] 
  $9.00 
 
 
       Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad 
  [153118] 
  $7.50 
 
 
  
       Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad 
  [132708] 
  $6.00 
 
 
       Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack 
  [149537] 
  $9.00 
 
 
  
       Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack 
  [145058] 
  $9.00 
 
 
       Seaside Spray Stampin' Blends Combo Pack 
  [154901] 
  $9.00 
 
 
  
       Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack 
  [153108] 
  $9.00 
 
 
       Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack 
  [154892] 
  $9.00 
 
 
  
       Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack 
  [154883] 
  $9.00 
 
 
       Stampin' Seal 
  [152813] 
  $8.00 
 
 
  
       Multipurpose Liquid Glue 
  [110755] 
  $4.00 
 
 
       Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine 
  [149653] 
  $120.00 
 
 
  
       Paper Trimmer 
  [152392] 
  $25.00 
 
 
       Bone Folder 
  [102300] 
  $7.00

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Happy Chanukah!

December 4, 2018 | Rhonda Kleiman

Today I’m sharing the Chanukah card I sent out this year. It’s been quite a few years since Stampin’ Up! has offered a Chanukah stamp set so each year I try to find creative ways to use retired sets, or to use current sets that have images that might be suitable. This year I decided to go back into my retired stash and pulled out my favorite Jewish holiday set, Festive Hanukkah, which was available in the 2004 and 2005 annual catalogs.

I used Night of Navy cardstock for the base and ran a piece of Whisper White cardstock, cut at 4″ x 5 1/4″ through the Big Shot with the Swirls and Curls Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, which is available in the current holiday catalog. I stamped the image with Versamark onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock cut at 2 1/2″ x 3 1/4″ and heat embossed the image using Copper Embossing Powder. Next, I cut a piece of copper foil at 2 3/4″ x 3 1/2″ and adhered it to the stamped image. I cut a 12″ piece of Night of Navy Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon (retired), folded it in half, centered it in the middle of the card, and attached the image on top of the ribbon using Tear and Tape.

I attended a community Chanukah dinner this past Sunday and will attend another one on Friday evening. For me, the highlight of the dinner is always the potato latkes – so yummy!

Wishing you a happy holiday. May the glow of the candles burning brightly in your menorah bring warmth to your heart and home!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Product List

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $8.75	Seaside Spray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150883] $8.75
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $9.75	Ornate Frames Dies [150664] $34.00
Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder [152725] $9.00	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $7.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [149537] $9.00
Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [145058] $9.00	Seaside Spray Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154901] $9.00
Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153108] $9.00	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $9.00
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $9.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $120.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00