Soooo busy

November was an amazing month! So many things have happened and I just didn't get to blogging!

First of all I got -unexpected- a new job starting November 4th (3 hours more away from home than with my old job). Something I did before for 24 years (QA in tin can production) so just getting back to the old routine.

Than Sarai had her 4th operation on her shattered elbow.

On November 21 I accompanied my mom to the Netherlands for a week as she wanted to visit the family. We had a wonderful time and even saw Saint Nicholas' arrival :) and of course visited my favorite city Groningen.

As we returned from abroad the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah had started already!

I was working on a freebie for Hanukkah but didn't get it done before the trip, so I"ll post that as soon as I can. Hanukkah is still going on :)

Also didn't get in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, but I"ll make it up to you soon!

I hope to catch up on all your blogs this weekend! (I only have the Saturday as a free day). Wishing you a great day!

Soooo busy

International Digital Scrapbooking Day Sale and bloghop!

It's International Digital Scrapbooking Day (weekend)! I hope I"ll have time to visit all my favorite designers and stores for this special day! My own store is set to 35% off! First Featured Designer, than Halloween and now iDSD, almost a month of sales! Ends November third! Don't miss this as there probably won't be any sale this big anytime soon again! Have fun this weekend at iDSD!

iDSD Blog Hop - The Stories of Our Lives

The DigiScrapAddicts iDSD blog hop is starting today (12:01 am EST on Nov 2) in honor of iDSD! You can download my part below. If you get lost during the hop, click the banner to get back to participating designers! Have fun!

International Digital Scrapbooking Day Sale and bloghop!

Freeeeebie time!

I am featured designer this week at coolscrapsdigital and therefore my store is on sale; 35% off all my store! Normally it would be only for a week but because it's halloween soon, the store will be at sale till October 31!!

And for being featured designer I have this store product that you can get free in the CSD newsletter!!

A add-on to EMS Arts - Spooky.
See the full kit at my blog and the free add-on I gave when the kit was released (which makes two free add-ons to a kit on sale!).

And because we are celebrating, I have this fun scrapkit Little Monsters free if you are a facebook fan!

Don't miss them as they are free for a limited time only!

and as a blog freebie, get the matching word labels down below!

Have a great weekend!

Freeeeebie time!

Flower power dress

When I emigrated to Israel 27 years ago, I didn't take much from Holland with me. I did take a few memories of my childhood though. My favorite red flower dress (bought), which I got around 1968 and the jacket of a suit my mom had made for me. The suit had a flower flare pants too and a denim miniskirt, but I lost them over time. I still have the jacket though. It has popper buttons. How clever my mom made this herself! They still look in amazing condition after more than 40 years!

Flower power dress

Sleepy cats

The days are finally getting cooler and I noticed the cats are more inside than before. The four kittens are almost a half year old now! And as most of our cats, sleeping all day!

Nina and brother Gerrie (with the white socks)

 and Nala, the smallest of the four.

Brother Ozzie was outside at the time.

Have a great week!

Sleepy cats

Bulletin Board - a new kit and freebie!!!!

Don't you love big bulletin boards full of memories, with scanned children's drawings, photos, tickets, pricetags, postcards, newspaperclippings etc? The possibilities are endless in a bulletin layout and you can have as many layers as you like! These are so much fun to make!

In the bundle you get all four products, a total $13.50 value, for just 7.99!

Contains the corkboard framed backgroundpapers, the coordinating patterned papers, the elements and the add-on color element pack. Over 200 mb! Fullsize, 300 DPI, Personal use - S4O, download only.

The four packs are also available seperately! Exclusive at CSD!

The bundle

The framed corkboard papers - 
This pack has 16 framed cork and canvas bulletin board backgroundpapers. Size: 12"x12". 300 dpi. JPG files (one in png format). Personal use - S4H, download only.

The coordinating patterns -

16 Coordinating papers to EMS Arts - Bulletin Board. Size: 12"x12". 300 dpi. JPG files. Personal use - S4H, download only.

and coordinating elements -
containing 35 coordinating elements (tags, paperbits, journal cards, paperclips, other clips, eyelets, arrows, bardcodetags), fullsize, 300 dpi, png files.

and finally the elements in color pack, containing colored elements to provide you each element in a matching color. 11 Folders: 7 bookplates,8 bulldogclips, 7 day of the week brads, 8 keyrings, 8 needlepins, 8 pencils, 10 simple brads, 10 smilybrads, 10 sticky notes, 10 shadowed sticky notes, 10 thumbthacks. Fullsize, 300 dpi, png files, a total of 108 files! 

and to give you a start I am offering you a sample layout, a quickpage to add your own photos and text (the pink clip and pin are added layers to the QP).  

Avaiable as psd file or psp (paintshop pro 7 and onwards).

Click to download the PSD file (ca 52 mb)

Click to download the PSP file (ca 27 mb)

Bulletin Board - a new kit and freebie!!!!

Fall freebie!

We had the first rain of the season, the first rain since April and the smell of the wet earth was just wonderful! I thought I would make a few fall clusters and decided to offer them as a freebie! Hope you like!

Created with EMS Arts - The colors of Fall.

For some reason the file uploaded to 4Shared doesn't open (the file is there complete), I have reuploaded it and it downloads and opens fine now. In case you still have trouble you can download it from an alternative link at Mediafire.

Fall freebie!

Creative Team - call up for new members!

I am looking for some talented scrappers to join our creative team!
 Requirements:

• use your own photos or licensed photos 
• speak English, German, Dutch or Hebrew 
• post layouts at CSD & and Digishoptalk (other galleries of your choice, always appreciated) 
• promote at your blog and/or facebook 
• scrap 1-2 pages per kit (about one in 1-2 months) 
• have fun 

Interested? please mail me at elsina.emsarts@gmail.com with some words about you and a link to your work

Call up will close with 5 new members added to the team!

See you! Elsina

Creative Team - call up for new members!

New years wishes

Last week we went with the girls to the Jordan River to cool of a little, which was lovely, as it's still over 30 Celcius here! Really really waiting for fall and winter and I hope we"ll get a lot of rain!

Yesterday evening we celebrated the start of the Jewish New year holiday. It's great to have a few days off from work and not having to do anything! I wish all my friends who celebrate, a very happy new year, filled with love and happiness, health and prosperity and above all a  new year of peace!

Shana Tova!

New years wishes

Jewish New Year kit, CU pack and freebie

Next week we"ll celebrate Rosh haShanah!

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the High Holy Days or Yamim Nora'im ("Days of Awe") which usually occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere. Rosh Hashanah customs include sounding the shofar and eating symbolic foods such as apples dipped in honey. The common greeting on Rosh Hashanah is "Shanah Tovah", which, in Hebrew, means "(Have) a good year"

My latest scrapkit has all the material to scrap your Jewish New Year and Autumn pages! 16 Fullsize papers, 42 elements and 13 wordart bits (8 word art and 5 year stamps for the years 2011-2015).

Downloadable, PU/S4H, fullsize, 300 DPI.

Exclusive at Coolscrapsdigital

sample layouts

at CSD

at Digishoptalk

created by Shirl

and a matching kit for commercial use. This is an update of my Shana Tova CU pack in store. If you bought it in the past, you can ask for a download reset through the contact form of the store.

see my store for a preview of what is inside

and a freebie, 4 bottle caps, add-on to the kit (PU)

Jewish New Year kit, CU pack and freebie

From our garden

Next to the organic tomatoes and cucumbers in April May

and the cooked lemon syrup from winter (frozen)  from our organic lemons which still makes a delicious cold lemonade! (we just opened our last bottle, so waiting for the new harvest!).

We got organic peppers too!

and today we had  organic watermelon and honey melon. The honey melon was juicy and sweet. The watermelon didn't get very big. It was juicy but the taste was a bit "watery", not really much taste to it.

Have a great sunday!

From our garden