HS Handmakes: May 2018

Ramadan 2018 card series | Floral heart

by Hanaa - Saturday, May 19, 2018

Hello!

I haven't been making videos for a bit because frankly, I have been so busy with preparation for Ramadhan.

I am back and back with a Ramadan card series! Oooh - it will be a challenge to see how many I can make especially when I have only one Islamic stamp set. But, it will be combined with others to show you how versatile it can be.

The one Islamic set I have is called Ramadan Greetings and it is by Altenew.

Today's card is this clean and simple wreath card using the Neat and Tangled Floral Heart stamp set.

It was very easy to put together and this is how:

Using Extreme Black ink, stamp the floral image from the set onto white cardstock (preferably watercolour.)

I coloured in the image with Distress Markers in the colours; mowed lawn, peeled paint, mustard seed, worn lipstick, and candied apple using a water brush.

With the coordinating die, I cut out the inside and outside of the wreath.

Next, I heat-embossed the sentiment, Welcome Ramadan, in Hero Arts gold embossing powder. I used the Extra Sentiment die by Lawn Fawn to cut out the sentiment.

To create dimension, I added dimensional foam squares on the backs of both die cuts and glued it to a 5 1/4 x 4 1/2 cream card base.

Finally, I stamped inside the card with a prayer and finished the card with clear sequins (I love)

and that's it.

SUPPLIES USED

- White cardstock

- Neat and Tangled, Floral Heart stamp set

- Altenew, Ramadan greetings stamp set

- Tim Holtz distress inks

- Neat & Tangled, snowfall sequins

- Simon Says Stamps, pre-scored card

Thank you!

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Ramadhan 1439 | what's in our Ramadhan boxes

by Hanaa - Friday, May 18, 2018

Assalaamu 'alaykum all!

Here is a complete list of everything that was mentioned in my youtube video, if you haven't watched it please do go and see it

To start off, the plastic boxes are from Poundland! Yes, as you have guessed I bought gazillions because they were 1) a pound! 2) white 3) good size to fit so many things. I have it all over my house.

In each of the boxes, there were a few sheets that I printed off Qamar Designs. Sarah...is...wonderful! She has an array of vibrant and fun illustrated printables that she has designed and kindly shares it on her website, for free! It's so good, I even want to print out the ones in her language!
She has templates, charts, flash cards, games and even posters. Such a gem of a website, mashaAllaah.
I mentioned in a previous post, this one, what themes each child had so refer back to that post to see what theme I gave to each child to work on.

Aaishah's box (4 yrs old)

Under the Ramadan Moon by Sylvia Whitman

Allah Our Creator by Sajda Nazlee

But...Who is Allah? by Bachar Karroum

Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors by Hena Khan

Children's Stories from the Quran (book 1) by Achla Aand Achal K. Aand

Haajar's box (10 yrs old)

Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story by Hena Khan

My Charity Game

Ramadan Colouring & Activity Book: (UK Spelling) by R Ismail

All about Prayer (Salah) Activity Book (Discover Islam Sticker Activity Books) by Aysenur Gunes

All About Wudu (Ablution) Activity Book (Discover Islam Sticker Activity Books) by Aysenur Gunes

Islamic Manners Activity Book by Fatima D'Oyen

Ibrahim's box (6 yrs old)

Rashad's Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr (Cloverleaf Books: Holidays and Special Days) by Lisa Bullard

·Ramadan Colouring & Activity Book: (UK Spelling) by R Ismail

 Mosques of the World Activity Book (Discover Islam Sticker Activity Books) by Aysenur Gunes

Build a Masjid Game

A Whale of a Wish! by Ms Razana Noor

The Story of Prophet Yunus (as) - Written By Me!

These boxes are perfect to introduce any subject; and the good thing is that everything is stored in one place!

Thank you for having a read and happy Ramadhan!

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Ramadhan 1439 | 30 days of Qur'aan words activity

by Hanaa - Sunday, May 13, 2018

Assalaamu 'alaykum (peace be upon you)!

As Ramadhan draws near, I have been incredibly busy preparing and I am nearly complete. I just have cleaning to do and I think I should be done! It's... been... hectic!

But in all the chaos - pretty things emerge.

Sara from Parenthood Muslim Style created an activity for her kids where each day of Ramadhan an envelope will be opened containing a word from the Qur'aan and then they will find that word in the Qur'aan.
I thought this was a great activity to do this Ramadhan for my daughter and my siblings and so I took this activity and instead of printing out her PDF, I created my own envelopes and cards and I will show you how. I still use the words in her PDF and sketched her drawings too. Here's where you can find her PDF, it's beautifully made and I really recommend it! CLICK BELOW!
RAMADHAN 30 DAY ACTIVITY
When printing out- make sure to select multiples in the printing section; this way you can get 4 words on 1 sheet.

Now onto the tutorial:

I took white cardstock (from Poundland so nothing expensive or fancy) and die cut 30 stitched heart envelopes.

Of course, if you do not have a die-cutting machine you can, print out this free printable:

Heart envelope printable

(print it out 30 times and fold across the dash lines to form a rectangle envelope.)

with the stitched heart envelope die set, it comes with a die that cuts out a scalloped note card that fits perfectly inside the envelope.

I also die-cut 30 of these from the same white cardstock. Using the words from Sara's PDF, I wrote an Arabic word on each card and drew a picture too.

I took the honeycomb background stamp by My Favorite Things to stamp the back of the hearts in yellow ink. I found using it this way to be faster and had a better impression than using the Tim Holtz Stamping platform. Make sure to use scrap paper as to not get ink all over your hands.

Next, using an alphabet stamp, stamp out days 1 - 30 on each envelope heart. I also stamped this cute bee and its trail.
The stamps I used where Clarks ABC's and Hello Sunshine, both from Lawn Fawn.

Crease and fold at the embossed fold and place the card inside and close up

To seal the envelope, I used this beautiful foiled honeycomb washi.

These cards are stored in a wooden box I got from Ikea. I stuck a strip of washi across the front and popped a white strip of card with the words 30 days of Quraan words on top of it to label the box.

Now it is ready for Ramadhan! As we do each word, we will stick it on to the cork board to mark our progress.

Tell me, what 30 days activities will you be doing?

I would love to know.

leave me a comment!

thank you for stopping by and don't forget to visit Sara's website at Parenthood Muslim Style for more Ramadhan ideas.

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Scrapbook layout | Love

by Hanaa - Sunday, May 06, 2018

This layout was a scraplift that I took from a member on the FTLOPP (For the love of pretty paper) facebook group.
It was the 1st challenge for interNational Scrapbook day which was to scraplift a layout that was made in April.

Below is the original beautiful made by Terri-Ann

Her layout features two photos, a large title, watercolour background and a scribbly border.
The first thing I loved about this layout was the colours and then the embellishments and splatters.

What I did very different was instead of using two photos I used one 4 x 6 photo.

The top right cluster of flowers are from the Maggie Holmes Flourish ephemera pack.

The butterflies came from the Maggie Holmes sticker book, the wood butterfly from Turn the page by Paige Evans, and the LOVE acrylic word from Crafty Templates.
I tried to use distress inks for my waterolour wash by doing the smooshing technique but it didn't work because my paper wasn't a watercolour paper.
So I decided to put a layer of white acrylic paint (no gesso!) and waited it to dry before I added watercolour which worked out pretty fine. It matched the picture very well!
It is really about time I invest in some gesso.

Lastly, I added the journaling. This layout is about my 5 kittens - which I had the privilege of raising since they were newborns till 5 months. They were such a lovely bunch of furballs with very different personalities. They are all gone now to different homes - but they are definitely not forgotten.

Thank you for checking out my scraplifted layout.
see you soon!

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Scrapbook layout | Wedding selfies

by Hanaa - Sunday, May 06, 2018

Hello!

I have this layout to share with you featuring the Crafty Templates March/April kit.

This kit was full of florals, corals and peaches and gorgeous copper accents. An ABSOLUTE DELIGHT to have this kit - if you want to see what was in this kit, I have a youtube video over on my channel.

I began this layout with a white 12 x 12 paper to which I backed the bow printed vellum paper from the Oh darling! collection by Dear Lizzy.

Fussily, I cut out the floral paper called Real (Be You collection by Pink Fresh Studios)so that it makes a frame. I popped it up on foam tape to give it dimension and so I can tuck in some pieces underneath if needed.

I layered my photo with the softer colours of the patterened papers that came in the kit. (field notes by 1 canoe 2 twilight collection, hugs and kisses by websters pages the good life collection)

From the Be You ephemera pack, I created this embellishment cluster that also doubles up as an interactive journaling spot.

With the flower pieces, I glued them on to a similar looking flower on the frame to make dimensional flowers and in blank parts, I added the leafy pieces.

The kit came with copper sequins which I used as "splatters", and the kit also came with fabric leatherette pieces and dimensional wood veneers which I used in this cluster.

The title matches my hijab on my photo to the T! it was from the puffy alphas by Pink Frest Studios, The Mix collection.

These alphas come in so many different colours - I love the size and font of these stickers!

I love how this layout turned out; although it took me a while to figure out where to position the photo and what to do with the floral wreath paper.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you can grab some inspiration from this layout :)

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