I'm Lucky To Have You

Hi,

Hello Hero Arts. Long time no see. Here I'm back again, after soooo long. Hero Arts was the first brand that my friends and I adored for the stamps. It was the era of Flickr. I had plenty sets of stamps, mostly the old ones. But, I think, the stamps are versatile, and not out-dated.

Yesterday, I checked all the blogs I saved here, and found Hero Arts blog. Then today I saw the monthly challenge. So, why not? ;)  I wanted to join, but what I have is only one heart die cut and stamps. I tried to use them as the theme for the challenge is Include A Heart. I made this card. I cut the heart, but I still kept several pieces of the negative of the die cut. I embossed the white cardstock with Heart theme folder from Cuttlebug. The sentiment is from Mama Elephant, and the die cut You is from Papertreyink.

But before that card, I remembered I have the butterflies stamp set. It is an old one. Do you still have this?

I stamped 4 butterflies on the white card with Versamark, and gave white embossing powder and heated. Just an ordinary technique. I die cut a white heart and the rest is the same. This is the first card.

I was not really fond of it, so I made the one on the top. ;) The butterflies seed too crowded as the background.. hehe.. 

Well, anyway, it feels good to be back on the blog. I do hope I can maintain my wishes to continue my journey as a card maker. 

I hope you enjoy my cards. Stay safe and healthy.

Love,

Dwita

Tag 12 - Jesus is the Reason for the Season

Hello friends,

It's the final tag of #12tagsofchristmas that I promised myself to make before Christmas this year.

It's a simple tag. I stamped the image and the sentiment from Hero Arts using Versamark ink pad. Then I heat-embossed with white embossing powder. After that, I rubbed a foam with DI Faded Jeans. The white image and sentiment showed up. And I cleaned the image using a tissue paper so that it would be real white.

Happy Christmas, my friends....

Tag 2 - Three Girls in Pastel Colors

Hello friends,

Happy Sunday

Here are my second tags for 12 tags of Christmas...

I cut tags using Papertrey Ink die cut. They were white card stock. They I distressed the tags using 2 colors: blue and yellow. I stamped this set of girls from Hero Arts. They were quite old stamp set. I still adore them. I colored them with Copic markers without gradation. Just colored them with 3 different colors. For the hair, I recolored it with Copic Multiliner 0.7. The sentiments were also from Papertrey Inkc. I love this kind of sentiments. I tied each of them with twines Shore then tied a ribbon using twine Buttercream.

I adore the result. Just the way I wanted them to be.

Today is Sunday, no special things. I played keyboard twice in Sunday school. Then in the afternoon, I traveled to Jakarta by train. There, I met my hubby. He was having a small reunion with his HS classmates. One of them was my college mate.

In the evening, we went to the hotel to spend the night there, because on the following morning, we would have a annual medical check up. I met this cute dog again. It's Junior. It was our sixth meeting. He looks healthy, bigger and taller. I just wished I had had a dog like him.

Ok, then. Until tomorrow.

The Birthday Story - Green and Red Christmas Card

Hello friends,

It's Thursday.. Yesterday was my daughter's birthday. I came to my Mom's house. And the tradition continues. My Mom prepared a boiled egg, plus a pinch of salt and pepper. That's for the birthday girl. This tradition has happened since long time ago, since I was a little child.

 We celebrated it together in Jakarta. We ate at Bottega Restoriante. It's an Italian restaurant. We were just four.

I chose to have Spaghetti Aglio Olio with pork. It was yummy...

Then, my Mom and my sister's family came over. This is Kezia and my Mom.

We all enjoyed the meals and drinks and the talks.. And before we went to the parking lot, we took pictures in front of the resto. This is a recommended resto. The service was also awesome.

Three generations...

And then, we visited my parents' in law's house. Luckily we could meet everyone there. It was so joyous. My father-in law was so happy that he asked to have a picture with my kids.

And, finally we took picture together. What else can I say about this moment? A rare moment.. 

After that, we went back to my mom's house, cleaned ourselves, and left the house to Grand Indonesia. I spent time with my kids. And this picture was taken before we left the mall. The decoration was awesome. There were many paper wind mills. The idea was simple but the result was great.

Then, the final destination was the railway station. Before my daughter left, she took this picture.

Bye bye, Kezia. See you next week... Take care of yourself.

By the way, this is the card I want to share with you. I used Spellbinders die cuts. MS birder punch and Hero Arts stamp.

 Ok.. thanks for reading this post. See you again tomorrow...

Share Kindness - November Challenge

HAPPY WORLD KINDNESS DAY

Hi friends,

Here comes November Challenge. I want to share kindness and so do you. I will send to you the kit: a card with a stamped sentiment and 3 small card stock that you can decorate. All you need to do: leave your comment below, and email me your address. I will send the kit to you. Please send me back the picture of your creation to my email address. I will upload the pictures by November 25. Then everyone can vote. You can add my Facebook Account here.

When it is already on the Facebook on November 25, then it's your turn again to send your card to someone you think you want to share your kindness. Feel free..

For my card, I used stamps from Hero Arts and Penny Black. I always love flower stamps. The sentiment was from Stampin Up stamp set. So versatile stamp set.

Share your kindness... #sharehandmadekindness in Jennifer McGuire, 2nd week.

I made several of this, and will send them to several people who work in the sewing community, who need a real help for their children's school tuition.

Day 10 - ODOP Christmas - Happy Birthday

Hello friends,

It's getting late. It's almost bedtime. Yeahhh.. I am not feeling well today. I just laid down on the bed. The reason I went out was to teach at school in the afternoon. It was only for two hours. After that, I went home and laid down again.

For the ODOP, theme was using (still) the stamp set as yesterday, but it's for a birthday in red and pink.
So, again, I used this stamp set.

I used the different girl. Now she's holding a gift, representing it IS a birthday card.. :D

Again, I did the paper piecing. I adore this technique. Easy, as long as we know which one comes first. This has 4 parts. Can you imagine it?

I also made a shaker. Inside: pink and red sequins. The polaroid die cut was from MFT. Then I added some Liquid Pearls.

Happy 5th birthday (anniversary) for my friend, Pat, who has been online-selling for five years in Facebook: Scrap With Love. It's not a short time. I do hope you will still have joy and peace in touch with all your customers.. ;D
All the best for you....

By the way.. it's #throwbackthursday #tbt. I have this picture...

It was me and my first daughter. It was at the end of 1998, I think. We were in my mom's house in Jakarta. Now she's a college student. How time flies so fast...

And just now, when I uploaded this card to instagram, I found that Simon Says Stamp is following me.. Yuuuhuuuu... Oh my soul... Can't believe it!! Say chiiiizz.... :D

It is like a booster for me at almost bedtime, that make me want to make more cards. Hehehe..
Okay, let's take a rest now.. See you tomorrow..

Day 9 - ODOP Christmas - 'tis the Season

Happy Wednesday, my friends...

It's a quite hectic day for me, especially with the sore throat. Last night, as I mentioned, I prepared for the new adventure. Yes.. this morning, it seemed like "a dream comes true". I finally got a chance to share knowledge of little sewing to mothers. Mothers here were the parents of the students at my school. The registration form was designed to accommodate 5 people only since there are only 5 sewing machines. Then, 8 ladies showed up. C'est pas grave... :D
They learned how to draw a pattern, to hand-sew and finally to sew using the sewing machine. They were so excited. Because it was their first time operating and even seeing the machine in person. We had so much fun. We made owl pin cushions, but then we added a chain and made it into an owl keychain. See the picture.

And after that I went home to take a rest for a while. I felt so tired. Then before 1, I went to school to teach until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. I picked up my daughter and waited her for her piano lesson. I overslept in the car. Hehehe... *the prove that I was exhausted.
Just now, I managed to make this card. Still using the same stamp as yesterday's. The theme: use yesterday's stamp with Christmas background.

 It's a simple card, but I like how it turned out, just as I imagined previously.

I used Canson paper for the white basic. The front part was embossed with Snowflake embossing folder from Cuttlebug. The pattern papers were still from Bazzil Basic Papers. I love this set. The sentiment was from Papertrey Ink, punched with Stampin Up label punch. The banner die cut was from Simon Says Stamp.

Look at the cheeks, the coat and the beanie. I added dots of Pearl Liquid. So cool.. This is the closer look. I also used 'paper piecing' technique for this cute girl. I love this technique. So less time consuming.

Do you like her? :D

Day 8 - ODOP Christmas - Happy Holidays - Paper Piecing

Hi my friends,

I had many events today. I went to the Tuesday Fellowship in the morning. It was in the church where I went 10 years ago. I was just attending the Sunday service for a year there, before becoming the member of the present church.

For lunch, I joined the ladies gathering. We are the mommies of P3 in my daughter's school. It was a monthly gathering. I ate "tahu telor". The taste was not the same as I expected. But, that's okay lah.
Then I went home, and met my assistants. I helped them prepare the kits for teaching tomorrow. It was about Paper Tole. Surely the students will have fun tomorrow in craft sessions.

Then I had a little time to make this card. It used one stamp from a stamp set from Hero Arts. It's an old stamp set, but I still love it.

And this is what I came up with:

I did some paper piecing on the coat and beanie. That meant I stamped the image on the pattern paper and cut it along the lines. Then I adhered using foam tapes. Lovely. The pattern papers were still from Bazzil Basic Papers. This is also one of my favorite techniques (while I'm not in a real mood to color.. Hehehe..)

I gave a color to the snowflakes using All Purpose Ink from Tsukineko. I used a fine brush to apply this ink.

Ok, see you again tomorrow, using the same stamp set. Bye now...

ODOP - Day 14 - Wherever You Go

Hello friends,

It's Wednesday. The theme for today is Paper Flower. My favorite theme. I love flowers.  This card carries so many famous brands for each thing on the card. This time I play with flower stamps from Stampin Up! They are from 3 different stamp sets. They also come with punches. The punches make the work easier. I just stamped and then punched. The ink pad was the new one from Hero Arts Shadow Ink: Fresh Peach (mid-tone). I love that color. The leave stamp was from Papertrey Ink. The word stamp was from Hero Arts. The die cut for the circle swirl was from Sizzix. The new one in my craft room. The pattern paper was from Doodle Designs. The four-petal flower punch was from Carla Craft. The sentiment was from Mama Elephant. See that, so many brands. They are my favorite ones.

Here is my creation:

I took several photos. These two were under the sunshine:

Hope you also enjoy the flowers around you.. :D

ODOP - Day 12 - Garden

Hello friends,

How was your weekend? I did have a wonderful one. I could stay at home and relax. It's a rare moment I could have. Almost every weekend I would be away from home, either in town or out of town. So relaxing that I only read, chatted and ate. Lol...

And here we go. The new week has started. Today's ODOP is garden. Gardening is actually my other passion. I just don't have enough time to do it. In the past, before I joined the school, I did gardening once a week. I love to decorate my porch with the pots of flowers. I visited some nursery to buy some new plants. I think I will start it again, after I settle with the craft gallery stuffs.

I remember I ever bought the AI stamp set in SSS. It has arbor, leaves, grapes and bunny. Actually I needed more stamp if I wanted to complete the picture as it is. Well. it's not easy to find AI watercolor stamps.

I made 2 cards. On the first card, I used ZIG Art & Graphic Twin markers. Those were my favorite markers to make stamping like painting.

On the second card, I used ZIG Clean Color Real Brush markers.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts. I love Hero Arts sentiments. I have lots of them. I used a brush for both of them. Just to make them look like a painting. I love the technique. Because it really made me feel at ease. So relaxing. I think I will fly to Sing and visit JDA to find more AI WC stamps there (as I promised them before).. Coming?

The conclusions: I need more colors of those two ZIGs. Lol..