3 cards, 3 challenges

I don't know, why at the meantime, I really adore Fuschia..., in cardstock, in marker.... My eyes always fall to anything with that pretty color. I even have double Fuschia Copic.. (LOL)..

First take is for Card Patterns Sketch 60. It's been quite long time that I don't join challenges from Card Patterns. This card is for Eva, my friend. I combined 2 Anya stamps: Stella and Geisha. Not on the fuschia cardstock, a bit nuance of it...

This my take on that sketch:

I combined the stamps, based on the card given by Vera Rhuhay. She gave me when I met her last Wednesday night, in Surabaya, her home town. This is her card :

Second, I enter the following card for Stretch N' Bubbles Sketch Challenge 3. Love this blog with pretty free digi image and the sketch..This is my take on that sketch:

The third one, I enter CPS 163. It's been also long time that I don't join this challenge.

This is my take on the sketch:Hero Arts Stamps, Nestabilities, Fiskars Punch, Copic markers. (already sold just now in my gallery)

Thanks for looking..

Hope your day is full of sunshine

Just got lots of stamp images of TGF. And I really enjoyed coloring each of them.
This card will be sent to one of my friends. I will enclose some stamp images, too, to her.


I enter this card to join Digi Doodle Shop's Best Spring Time Sketch Challenge 3.
Hope it's not too late.

Thanks for looking..

Happy Mother's Day (1)

Reading at the title, you'll think there will be more Mother's Day cards. You are right... As May is the month to celebrate the day, I'm sure I will make 2 or 3 more cards for my beloved ladies...

In this card, I used the stamp image (digi stamp) from Stretch and Bubbles Blog.

Colored the chicks with Copic Markers. The sentiment was printed from the computer.

I enter this card to join SNB Challenge.

Update: This card won the challenge.

Great Sista

Made this for my sister on her birthday on April 11, 2010. This is the second card for her, which I finally decided to give this one...(LOL).. She is a piano teacher. And when I searched my pp, I found this musical paper.. Ow, I was glad, and used it here. Well, from five siblings, she is the only one who continued learning piano until the Teaching Preparation and has been a piano teacher for more than 14 years. Proud of her...

The Tilda image was a gift from Maryann, colored with Copic; Punches from Fiskars; Butterfly digi stamp from Hero Arts

I enter this card for Just Magnolia Week 50: Pinch It Out challenge. I was inspired by the DT Donalda's card... So pretty in red.

Thanks for looking..

Love Begins From Home

I'll visit my Mom tomorrow evening (Sunday, April 11, 2010), as it is my sista's birthday as well. I need to let my Mom know how I love her and the love she showers me from time to time. Indeed, that's the her love that I inherits from her. So, I made this card for her.

The closer look of the open door

I enter this card to join Hero Arts Challenge in the Flickr, April 2010A.

Thanks for looking...

Un JOur A Celebrer - CPS 161

My sister is going to have her birthday next Sunday. Since we've been not met each other long, so I stamped a big house and houses on the card. We'll all celebrate it in my Mom's big house in the capitol.

Stamped HA Clouds, Home With Flourish, Row Of Houses, and C'est Chouette; HA Shadow ink; Spellbinder nesties, Fiskars punch; Flowers from local thread store, and some pearls

I enter this card for CPS 161. Hope it meets.. Just a simple card..

Thanks for looking..

Celebrate - Mojo Monday 133 - Contest

Well, a very pretty sketch to take today. As my friend loves purple, so I made this in two colors: purple and white. This is for her birthday. I know she will love this card... (LOL)

Spellbinder nesties, embossed the purple with "Birthday", stamped the white with HA Silhouette Spray and Silhouette Burst, colored the stamps with ZIG brush, and Carla Punch Vinca-a.

I enter this card to Mojo Monday 133 - Contest. I love the one made by the DT Sarah Bigelow. Love her take.

Thanks for looking.

Start Again - Digi Doodle Challenge

Wow... it's been more than a month that I didn't post anything here.
Teaching craft from town to town really occupied me and made me away from my craft room.
Tonight, I just finished starting again, stamping again. I made 30 Biblemarkers for the ladies in the Praise & Worship where I belong. As the youngest among all, I sometimes give them something. So, these tags are for them for the Easter celebration, Tuesday, April 6.

I used 5 flower stamps. Four Hero Arts flower stamps and one Penny Black flower stamp.

Here they are.
The sentiment "Selamat Paskah" means "Happy Easter".

I enter this creation to Digi Doodle Easter/Spring challenge. My friends, Monika Reeck and Vera, are ones of their newest DT. Congrats to you.

Thanks for looking...

Cook Up A Card March Challenge

Hello everybody...
Wow..it's been such a long time that I haven't posted anything in my blog... There are some places to visit and I have to teach clay at those places. I didn't have chances to make cards, let alone to join challenges.

These are my DT cards for Cook Up A Card March Challenge. The recipe is:

Bunny
Eggs
Patterned papers

Here are my takes.

Don't hesitate to join the challenge as your chance to win is really great... I assure you about this. Moreover, let everyday be filled with making cards and other craft creations..

Thanks for looking.

TMITA Challenge - I Heart You Tag

Hello my friends, happy Saturday....

It's been quite some months that I haven't made any tags... Wow.. This digi image is sooooo cute that I made three tags. At first, I only just printed 4 times, just in case I made wrong color. But, in my sight, they are all ok So, why not made three right away. These are for my DDs. Even they saw me taking these pics, they said, "Wow, Mom, my name's on it!! Ok, Mom, we'll wait 'till next Sunday.."... LOL. I promise them to give them a Valentine's gifts with the tag on it.. Hope the gifts will be surprises for them. Just small ones..

Here is my take on the digi image that Nina gives in There's Magic In The Air challenge, with theme: Valentine Tag and Stitching. Oops... so sorry, I don't have any needles on my craft desk. Precisely, I forgot where to put them. So many things around the table. So, I made faux stitching using my pens. Thanks Nina, for allowing us using stitching that can be hand drawn.

Color them with Copic sketches.

Each bear bears each name of my Dds. They are 12, almost 8 and 2,6. They are adorable. And my DH is the happiest man in the house, surrounded by 4 girls all the time...LOL....

Thanks for looking...

Faith, Hope and LOVE - Paper Play Challenges Week 5

Wow... I found again this lovely stamp in the box. "How long have you been laying there, pretty stamp?". I bought it several years ago when I had a chance to visit Houston, TX. I think I bought it in Michaels. I still can recall that almost every day, I went to Michaels, just to feast my eyes. I stayed there for 3 weeks in that city and found fabulous and wonderful crafts there, as well as in Hobby Lobby. I joined stamping course ( which I was able to and pretend not to be able...LOL, just to see how they taught me..) I also learned how to emboss on craft tin. It's a lovely craft ever made.

Back to this stamp. This February is really full of heart, flowers and love. In the stamp, it says that "..But the greatest of these..is Love.." I couldn't agree even more... 1000% agree...

Here is my take for PaperPlay Challenges Week 5, with the theme : Love Notes. Do hope it matches...

Light blue cardstock stamped with Hero Arts Clouds with Soft Pool Hero Arts Shadow Ink, Stampabilities Faith, Hope, Love stamp, checked red ribbon, Copic Sketch and punched hearts

Hope you love this verse as much as I do....

Thanks for looking and appreciated kind comments.

LOVE

Hi friends,

February seems to be a month of love, friendship, flowers, hearts, chocolates... Wow.... So sweet...

This is my card with flowers and love.

CB embossed cardstock, Magnolia stamp, Fiskars Love stamp, Paper Shaper scallop punch, local flowers, heart button from Beutron, Copic Sketch

I used the sketch from Mojo Monday 124-Contest, and I enter this to join the challenge.

And also for Just Magnolia with the theme Hearts and Flowers. Hope this match the challenge.

Thanks for looking and for your kind comments..

Cook Up A Card February Challenge

Hi..Hi... It's good to meet you again today... It's a lovely day here...

It's February and Cook Up A Card has its new challenge for this month. Don't hesitate to join. You have a great great chance to win the prize. Believe me...

The recipe is: 2 hearts, 1 stamp and some Paper Piercing.
Here are my takes.

CB embossed cardstock, Ornare Paper Piercing template, Hero Arts Potted Plants and Amour stamps. punched hearts, Copic Sketch markers

CB embossed cardstock, Ornare Paper Piercing template, Penny Black Asters Stamp, punched hearts, sentiment: my handwriting, Copic Sketch markers

The phrase "Love you full" on the above card was once famous in my country. It belonged to a song sang by belated Mbah Surip, a phenomenal singer of Indonesia. I like that phrase, too.

Thanks for looking and your appreciated nice comments..

Other Hibiscus

More about Hibiscus... Whenever I have to draw, it is always this flower which comes to my mind. Even for "batik" painting, this flower was there. And for fabric painting, I also drew this flower, as you also can see it on my photo in my Profile. I don't know what made me love this flower. What I know, this hibiscus will bloom in the morning. I consider it as a human being, who should get up in the morning and start the activities. And in the evening around 5, the flower will close all the petals and faces down. It looks like it needs some rest for tomorrow's energy. So is human. Needs to rest for gathering energy again....

If you happen to have time and click my Multiply, the title is "J'adore Hibiscus", with the hibiscus flower in the photo profile. This is my Multiply.

"Batik" painting for beginner, from the start to finish took 2 days (I joined this couse while I also was giving craft courses in Cilacap)

In another town, Pekalongan, while most ladies joined batik course, I joined this fabric painting. So enjoyable..

Thanks for looking and for your appreciated kind comments.

Amour

Wow!! It's already February. Even yesterday, 01022010 was said a mirror date. For me, it was a day to reflect what we had done in January. May the good deeds continue and the blessings of God be with us all the way.

It's just today that I had a chance to make another card. I really adore this hibiscus stamp. So, I do hope you all don't mind that I use it again. I love hibiscus. Once in my life, I ever had various kinds of hibiscus. The most I love is the broken white color petals with the maroon inside. So lovely.. Also once in the past, I even used hibiscus for my email address (not any loger active) to show how I adore this kind of flower. One more thing about this flower, even to my father's graveyard, twice a year for more than 16 years, while my siblings brought roses or orchids, I brought my own hibiscus flowers.

This card is for my brother who will fly to Chad this coming Thursday to work for WFP (UN) for 3 years. He likes green so much. This flower will remind him of me...LOL... (he gave me 2 books about Jakarta...prior to his leaving)
Hope you will also enjoy this pink hibiscus as well..

CB embossed green and white cardstoks, Penny Black Hibiscus stamp, Hero Arts CL325 Amour stamp, Zig markers on the flower and sentiment

I enter this card for PaperPlay Challenges Week 4, with the theme: color combo Pink, Green and White. Also for Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 86, with the theme Someone Special. And of course for the sketch challenge in Inspirational Card Sketches #51(a bit late).

Thanks fo looking and for your nice comments.

Hello Friend

Yay... found so little time to make cards this morning. I was unable to join Hero Arts challenge this month. That makes me upset a bit... While making that card, my friend told me that the challenge will close almost noon our time... I thought today is still 28th... Oh, time flies soooooo fast...

So, this is the card I just made, after my English students were gone.

Closer look: CB embossed green cardstock, 3 crochet flowers and 3 flower buttons, punched leaves, CB diecut sentiment in Chiyogami paper

I enter this card for : Card Positioning Systems sketch 151 and for Virginia Lu's challenge, hope the colors of summer warm you all over there.

Thanks for looking..

CPS48 - Happy Day

Hi friends, how's life? Well, it's been quite busy in the gallery, packing for some ordered goods. Love working like this. A little work with great impact to others in doing crafts.

I just made this card. Love the stamping technique I learned some time ago. I kept practicing and found the best color for each stamp.

Stamp: Penny Black Languish, Chihyogami patterned paper, Purple recycle paper, Punch Paper Shaper Swirl Flourish, Crayon Red Net, Red Ribbon

I enter this card to join Card Patterns Sketch 48. Hope my take meets the sketch...

Thanks for looking, and a fabulous day...

So Sweet

Hi friends, I feel good to be back on my craft desk after a long weekend travel.

I love this stamp the first time I saw this. Love the way she is holding the cake. I colored it just the way it was colored on its wood.. LOL.. Hope it's good..

Stamp: Penny Black Cinnamon, Markers: Copic, Sentiment : my handwriting...

I enter this card to join Inspirational Card Sketches #50. This is the sketch. Hope the take is okay...
I also enter this card for Penny Black Saturday Challenge "Something Sweet"... and also for Paperplay Challenge 10 "Handwriting". I sometimes use my handwriting when the mood is on... LOL..

Thanks for looking.

Just Magnolia - Thank You

Love this Tilda stamp. Sooooo cute... I colored her with my brand new Copic sketches...LOL.. just got them last early January.

Thank You stamp and Leaves punch are from All Night Media

I enter this card to join Just Magnolia with the theme "Thank You". Hope it meets the challenge.

Thanks for looking.

Update: this card was given to Deborah Nolan.

CPS47 - Happy Birthday

Wow!! I'm back again, after a quite pause in making cards. Here is my card again.

I used the technique that Freddy (JDA S'pore) taught me in using brush pen. I love Hibiscus and bought (again) this Hibiscus stamp from Penny Black. I used Zig brush pens. Here, I used 6 colors.
The paper first was stamped with shadow ink: HA Soft Sand and the HA Kanji Poem stamp. Then I stamped the hibiscus on it. The two small tags on the left were stamped with HA Dots & Flowers stamp, then I stamped the sentiment, Happy Birthday stamp from Hero Arts, too.

I enter this card to join Card Patterns Sketch 47. Here is the sketch. Hope my card meets the sketch.


Thanks for looking.

(PS: So far I have 4 kinds of Hibiscus stamps. How I love this sweet flower...)

Cook Up A Card - Thank You Card

Happy New Year, everybody...

Finally coming to 2010. My resolutions for this new year are staying healthy and keep creative. What are yours?

I'm glad to be back again to my hometown after more than 10-day away from home for an exhibition, for a vacation in Jakarta and abroad. Unfortunately I didn't find any craft things in that country.... or maybe I joined the tour that was not to the craft stores... LOL...

Anyway, here is my first post this year, as I become a new DT in a Cook Up A Card blog. First time ever on becoming a DT. For January, Susie has a new recipe: 3 brads, 2 flowers and 1 Big thank you. Here is my card for her blog.

Flowers stamp is from Hero Arts, Thank You stamp is from Adirondack, Flower brads are from Bradletz

Please don't hesitate to join this challenge. Just click this blog and join.

Thanks for looking..

Merry Moose-mas

HAVE A FABULOUS CHRISTMAS
AND
A FANTASTIC CREATIVE NEW YEAR
to all of you and yours (everywhere you are)

Below is my last card to join the challenge this year. So, see you next year with more creative works and fruitful friendship. Love you all..

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Once I saw this digi stamp, wow... It's really soooooooo cute... Thanks to Nina for this digi and the sketch for this week challenge. Nina has her own store, where you can find her digis. It is called Paper Cupcakes.

Here is my take on the sketch and the digi stamp for this TMITA Magical Monday challenge.


I printed this image 3 times. Why? Because I used paper piecing technique for the scarf and the antlers. I also cut the head and adhered on the scarf. For the rope of the small star, I cut thinly the blue navy paper. And the hat is with a purple pompom. The stars are now the double snowflakes with blue and mango colors. The sentiment is from Hero Arts, Holiday Dolls.

The closer look to see the paper piecing.

Here is the sketch given by Danielle . Isn't it a pretty sketch?

Thanks for looking..

Tilda Celebrate

Well, another Tilda stamping... I love this image, she is holding a heart. I used CB folder Swiss Dots (my favorite folder ever) for these 4 color cardstocks. The card is a pale pink, stamped with Hero Arts stmap: Flourishes. The flower is 2 Daisies, punched with Carl Giga Punch. For the little rounds on the right side, I used pale pink gemstones.

She is so cute, isn't she?

I enter this card to join Friday Sketchers #83. I like the sketch. Thanks Aud for hosting this week challenge. Here is the sketch.

Thanks for looking..

Have fun Tilda

This is the third card I made today with Tilda.. The sketch is really fun. This is what I enjoy doing, using many scraps. I got this stamp image from my blog friend in England..

Isn't she cute, sitting there?

I enter this card to join Inspirational Card Sketches #47. Love the sketch. Here is the sketch.


Thanks for looking..

Valentine Tilda for a birthday

Again with Tilda. This is the second card I made today. This is a birthday card... I embossed the card with CB folder Happy Birthday. The cupcakes are from Hero Arts. Love this stamp, too.

I enter this card for Just Magnolia Week 38. Here is the sketch.

I also enter this card for Magnolia Down Under Challenge # 29. The theme is : Stamp with another use. This Magnolia stamp belongs to Love Collection. I used this for a birthday. Hope it meets the theme.

Thank you for looking..

Celebrate Tilda Swing

I love love love Tilda. I think I'm in love with Tilda stamps.... But I didn't have any Tilda stamps until I won the random card. Then I chose Tilda Summer. And one day, I gave comment in one blog, saying that her cards were adorable with Tilda on them. I said to her, how lovely having TIlda stamps. Then she replied, telling me that it is ashamed not having Magnolia stamps. She asked my home address... And voila!! She sent me a bunch of Tilda images. So lovely... Thank you Mandy... So, here is one creation using one of them. Love her so much....

This card was made for Olene, the most genius child in our country (will be 2 years next Jan 1). Oma Ayung asked me to make this card for her. Go Olene go.. to Sidney for International competition... All the best..

Isn't she soooo cute?

I used my coloring pencils to color Tilda. The card was embossed with CB folder Happy Birthday. The scalloped oval was stamped with Hero Arts Flourishes.

I enter this card to join Stamp With Fun Challenge 38. Here is the sketch.

Thanks for looking..

My friend "published" me in her blog....

Somewhere in the early of year 2006, I joined "Multiply". At first I was a bit confused what name I should use for this Multiply. So I use "kartucantik" which means beautiful cards. In my own Multiply, I uploaded so many images of the cards that I ever made. I also gave some tutorial for my very own contacts. I have lots of friends with the similar interest, making cards.. That's the interesting part of all.

One of these friends is Hany. She is an Indonesian who married to an American, and they live happily in Claremont, NH, USA. This is her Multiply. Take a look at it. And now, she has her blog in the blogspot. She loves publishing her friends. I was the first that she published. You can read what she wrote about me here.
I just saw it and read it.... LOL... (red cheeks now..), then you know me more.... LOL...

Happy reading, everyone...

Teaching "clay" to Kinder Teachers

Since last February 2009, I was assigned by Erlangga Book Publisher (Erlangga For Kids 2) to teach "clay dough" to Kinder and Playgroup teachers in the island of Java. I travelled to several cities (some of them the big ones).

Last Thursday, I was in Madiun, 8-hour train traveling from my town. I was teaching how to make "clay dough" to more than 250 Kinder teachers in that town. This was my eleventh time teaching "clay dough" this year.

Here are the pics.

This is the banner to welcome everybody.

This is how I give the theory of making the "clay cough". I always use slides. The participants sit in groups.

I always come to each group to see what they have been doing. And this is their best result.

It is a wonderful time for me to share what I have. I give and share what I have in me. What I have is my talent in crafting.

Thanks for reading my story and looking at the pics.....