Hanukkah

I have a commission to make some Hanukkah cards. I've never made them before so went searching on Pinterest and clip art. Then looked through my blue shades of paper. 

I used Melissa's new sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches 

and came up with this.

The plaid paper is Core'dinations by American Crafts. The navy background has a subtle tone on tone pattern. It is from Stampin" UP!.  The background rectangle is a metallic gold. This is the best photo of metallic paper  I have ever done. I think it photographed so well because it is cloudy here. Th Star of David is clip art, printed and fussy cut. The computer made sentiment is trimmed down and fish-tailed. I used a foam square in the center and glue dots on the ends to give it a wavy appearance.

Inside, I copied and printed a sentiment from my home Hallmark program. I trimmed it to off set and then added a strip of the navy, same as the background on front, and a thin gold strip.

I like how this turned out. I hope my customer will like it.

I know it is a busy time for everyone but hope you find some time to escape to the craft space and create a card to share with us.  Look at is as a little self-care mental therapy.

Here is another one I made with the same paper. Helpful hint: make flames with a daisy punch--just snip the petals apart.