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I was surprised knowing that I am here, in this CBN news. My friend tagged this in my Facebook.

Just click here to know what it is all about. It's about me...

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TMITA Recipe Challenge

Nina in her The Magic Is In The Air holds this challenge. Love to join this challenge, as it gives us a chance to copy the digi kit. Ow... the mouse stands so bravely.. So cute digi kit. Great recipe, Nina... Love it.

The recipe for this challenge includes:
1 tag
2 textures
3 pattern papers
4 pieces of ribbon
5 brads or 5 buttonsI colored the cupcake and the mouse with Copic Sketch markers. The paper patterns are on the tag, on the bottom part of the cupcake and on the green rectangle. The background of the cupcake was stamped with pink ink. Four ribbons are tied on a checked ribbon. I don't have round brads. I use these star brads, instead.

Take a look on the closer catch. I did paper piecing on the cupcake. It has 4 parts : the top cake, the "love", the bottom with polkadot pattern paper and the ribbon. I love doing this paper piecing.
Hope this meets the challenge...

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TMITA Blog Hop

It is so much fun... to join this blog hop.

The Secret Sentence is : "Paper Cupcakes, Where The Main Ingredient Is Love"

There's Magic In The Air With Paper Cupcakes.. See the blog under "Challenge and Swap Blogs" on the right side bar.

Enjoy it, and hope for the candy...

With My Students: Cooking and Crafting

Today is the last day having an English course in my gallery. I have 14 students of elementary school, learning English with me. Three in the first grade, five in the third grade and six in the fourth grade. Once a month, we have a crafty time. The theme is according to the lesson taught. Once a semester, we have cooking time. Today, I combined those two activities, cooking and crafting. My driver picked 9 of them in their school (different from my DDs' school), then dropped in my house. Then we started making the cake, a simple one.

The recipe: 250 gr flour, 250 sugar, 250 gr margarine, 5 eggs, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp vanilla powder. How to : mix sugar and margarine, until a bit white. Pour 5 yolks and mix, then the baking powder and the vanilla powder. On the other bowl, stir the egg white until stiff, then mix together with the dough. Then pour in the aluminum baking pan. Bake in 175 degree for around 40 minutes.

Making the cake. Sugar, flour, eggs were poured by each of them. So, sugar was poured in 20 spoons!!


While the cake was in the oven, they made a Christmas card, using stamps, punches and colored pencils. There was a "Snowmen" from Hero Arts; Santa, X'mas Tree and Angel from PSX. Punches from Carla and Paper Shaper


Look!! They are very serious in coloring the stamped images... They love the Snowmen...


Almost finish...............................and.....................tadaaa........here are our cards.......
(forgot to picture each of them)


Lunch from Wendy's...........................and.............here is the cake....hmm..so yummy....


Each of them got 2 pieces....... Before going home, play "We wish you a Merry Christmas"

See you in January 2010, my little fellows...

(PS. I love my life as a crafter, that I can share my I can to these little fellows. Who knows, some day they can be DT or owner of the craft store......Amen..)

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Mass-produced Cards Part 1

The station radio where I teach English on the air needs 50 Christmas cards. It's me who have to make them and the budget is so so so limited. So, I divide into 5 themes. Each theme includes 10 cards. These 10 cards has the same stamped image, but I try to put it in different layouts.

This is the closer look on the stamp:

Stampendous V071-Chick Carolers

Love this stamp a lot. The chicks are too cute.

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Merry Christmas Red Bows

I felt glad that I found my Bow punch. I didn't use it for a year, I guess.

Hero Arts CL110-Many Blessings, CL 238-Owl Christmas

I enter this card to join Cook Up A Recipe: December Recipe. The details must be : 2 paper patterns, 3 bows and a snowman. Hope it meets the details... See closer here :


I also enter this card for The Pink Elephant Challenge # 44. The theme is : favorite Christmas Color Combo.

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Peace

Playing with this Snowmen... I love the color of the ribbon..

Hero Arts CL110-Many Blessings, CL238-Owl Christmas, Paper Shaper Snowflake

This card joins Creative Inspirations Challenge 22.

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Hello Tilda

Hello Tilda... Welcome to my world. This is my first Tilda stamp. I got it when I won the card challenge.

Magnolia Summer Tilda, Hero Arts CL238-Owl Christmas, Paper Shaper Snowflakes & Scallops

This card is specially made for my best friend who lives in London UK.

I enter this card to join Just Magnolia Week 34 and Magnolia Down Under Challenge #28.

It also goes for Friday Sketchers 81. Here is the sketch:


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Three Snowmen

In making the cards for the radio where I am teaching English on the air, this sketch came to my mind. The use of many papers is really tempting.

Hero Arts CL110-Many Blessings, CL238-Owl Christmas, Doily Lace MS punch, Punch Bunch Leaf punch, Paper Shaper Snowflake punch

I enter this card to join Stamp With Fun: Challenge #36 Sketch. This is the first time I join them. Hope the layout meets the sketch. Here is the sketch.

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Thank You in Sepia

I don't know about this color at first. But suddenly I remembered that once in the past I used to love this color in printing my photos. Then I checked the DT's cards. Well... almost the same color that I thought. Yes... I remember that favorite color...

Hero Arts CL 304 - A Million Thanks, Folder Swiss Dots & Snowflakes

I enter this card to join Daring Cardmakers: Say It in "Sepia". Hope the color meets Sepia...

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Christmas Without Red and Green

Christmas without red and green makes me feel a little bit out of the box. It's cool...


I used Hero Arts stamps on this card with brown ink.

I enter this card to join Paperplay Challenges 09-Week 44. That's the theme: Christmas without red or green.

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Circle of Christmas

I wanted to use my new nesties, and here it is. And again, I used the big stamp for the background. Love it..love it..

I enter this card to join Mojo Monday 116. And it's a contest!! Hope to get the chance to win...hehe.. Here is the design :Thanks for looking..

Merry Christmas Three Snowmen

The design is so cool. Well, I thought it over to use which for which one, though..Hehe.. And finally decided to use the Label 8 nestie, square and circle scallop punches and this cute snowman stamp from Hero Arts.


I enter the card for Inspirational Card Sketches 46. Hope it meets the design here :

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Merry Christmas To You

I still used the big stamp as the background. Love the stamp and can't stop playing with it. I also used alphabet punch for "to you".


This X'mas card is for Kazan's Sketch 41, using the bonus sketch. This is the sketch:

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Merry Christmas Circle and Square

Love the stamp from Hero Arts. I can't stop playing with it.


I enter my card for Kazan's Sketch 41. hope it meets the design. Here is the design :

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Ho! Ho! Ho!

Just got the paper patterns. Love the cutie stamps.


I enter this card for Card Patterns Sketch 44. Love the design. Here is the design :

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Sing A Christmas Carol

Love this stamp so much.. Look at the chicks.... Singing so gloriously....


This card is for Cupcake Craft Challenge. Love the theme challenge : Sing A Christmas Carol..

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A Birthday Card

Well, I made this card very quickly, as it had to be sent today. Only within 15 minutes... This card is for Grace, my bestfriend in the university. We haven't met for ages, but we still have contacted with each other. I miss her and I always remember her birthday, December 2. Happy birthday, Grace.

HA Digikit Friends Definition and Tulips, HA Cling Butterfly

I actually distress the edges with distress inks. But..LOL... I used a square sponge, so the edge of the square echoes... I don't have that special tool for distress ink.

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Gifts from winning the card challenge randomly

Around 3 weeks ago I won the card challenge held by Cupcake Craft Challenge. This is its announcement. I was surprised. I know it was randomly chosen, however, it was really something for me... This is the first time for me to win anything on my cards. I felt like a little child got candies..LOL...

And I may choose my own gifts from www.simonsaysstamp.com. These are that I chose. First I chose Tilda, then the poinsettia. To finish that amount, I chose the pearl. I was so curious about the HA pearl.

HA Cling Poinsettia Circle, HA Pearl, Magnolia Summer Tilda.

Isn't it great? And today, they arrived safely at home. Wow... Can't wait to make crafts with those stamps. Especially that Tilda.. Ow.. I adore it...

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Blog Candy

Her name is Susie. She has her own challenge blog right now. For this December, 'till December 14, she has a blog candy. This is her link. And look at the picture below.

Happy go lucky...

Giveaway Swap

Love swaps.
I join this to get this Martha Stewart glitter.
Wish me luck...

Merry Christmas Circles

In this gloomy evening, I made this card. TO make my evening brighter, I used these colors. I made 2 cards for this challenge bu Card Pattern Sketch 42.



Stamps : Hero Arts.
Punches : Carl Craft Punch

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ATC Hero Arts arrived

Wow!! Incredible... This is my first international swap that I joined. I sent 9 ATCs to HA hostess (Shari) in America. Then she sent me 9 ATCs from 9 different person. I wish to know where they live. So, I searched in the Flickr and found some of them. I even got ATC from Israel!! That's the country I wish to visit some day. Here are the ATCs, including mine, in the upright corner.

Thank you to Hero Arts that made this swap possible. Thank you Shari, for your effort.

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We Love Heroarts - Mini Meet

After 3-hour travelling by train, I arrived at my Mom's house yesterday Sunday morning. I prepared everything, including the snacks and venue. Then I waited for my friends. The first batch arrived at 10 in the morning were Monika, Ayu and Rini. Next was Stephanie Lucy. Next was Eva, then Yussy, Rieka and the last was Fika.
We were 9 girls who adored making cards. Each of us has a special interest in cards. For example, Rini and Lucy enjoys quilling. But since they met us, they tended to try some stamps as well.

Here is some of us with the "We Love Hero Arts" banner. LOL. I made this myself in instant. We showed all the clear stamps and clings that we jut got and we brought here.

Left to right: Eva, Ayu, Me, Rini, Monika, Fika, Rieka.

We did not only make cards but also were exchanging stamps, nesties and cuttlebug folders. Everybody was free to use every single tool we had yesterday. We even exchanged our stamped images (I have Anya images now). It seemed that my Cuttlebug machine was a primadona. They had to queue to use it... LOL... Here are our nesties and some of cards we made. The cards made based on the sketch of Mojo Monday. I had posted my other card for the challenge. Maybe my other friends would finish the card embellishments and posted it last night.



Since I came from other town, I didn't prepare for the lunch. So we decided to order some Chinese food. This is the noodle that I ordered. So yummy...

We enjoyed our togetherness. They seemed wanted to stay longer and longer. However, their husband picked them up at the hour they asked, so they had to go home. The last person was Monika who left my Mom's house, around 6.30 in the evening. She even managed to take a picture with my Mom (my 70-year-old adorable lady)

What a card crafting day!!

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