Merry Wishes

Hi friends,

Been away for a while. I've made 26 cards with Pure Innocence stamps. They include this Christmas card. Lovely image, isn't it? And the flower, do you know where the paper came from? Well, I recycled the packaging paper. The inside of the packaging paper has this polkadot pattern. So, I didn't throw the paper but kept it and made some flowers with this paper. Lovely. The green lace is the newest lace I have right now. In the scrapbook store in the mall, I saw it was on sale for quite expensive price. I bought the similar lace with so cheap price but the quality is the same, in the retailer shop. Love it, since this green is my fave green.

Image was colored with Copic markers, and the white 'fur' on the hat was given l'il Popcorn marker

Have you made your Christmas cards yet?

Challenges:
CPS 194 with the sketch

Digi Doodle Shop's Best for Anything Goes

PS: I have never thrown away the packaging papers and invitation envelopes as they can be recycled and turn into beautiful embellishments.

My card is on Elizabeth O. Dulemba Newsletter

Hi friends,

Do you still remember my card above? Last night I got a message from Elizabeth O. Dulemba in my wall in Facebook, telling me that the card had actually been featured in her October newsletter. You can read it here. Thanks so much, Elizabeth, for letting me know and appreciating my work.

If you happen to find difficulties in searching good images and the images you really need, you can go to her blog here.

Thanks for reading, friends.

Merry Christmas To You

Hello friends,

This late afternoon, I managed myself to make a quick card. No..no.., I don't have MS board nor Scor Pal, to make the embossed grids on the white cardstock. I just happen to have a paper trimmer that has a surface to do this embossing.
Love the result. This surface has made me easier to make a fold on everything. Do I still need MS Board? Badly...LOL...

Look at the poinsettia. Isn't it gorgeous? And the leaves behind the poinsettia, wow.. so adorable, I think.. If you wish to buy some of them, just leave your comment here or you can go here.

I enter this to join Cute Card Thursday: Anything Goes and One Stop Craft Challenge 105: Embossing. And also the one in Flickr, in Die Cut Divas.
And one more for the challenge that I just found out: Just Add Ink : #43 Just Add Christmas.

Thanks for looking, friends...

For The Love Of Music Parade

Hello friends,

Who doesn't like music? Who doesn't like crafts magazine? Who likes both of them? Me! Me! Me!..LOL. Yes!! The Papercrafts magazine showcased all the fabulous cards in the November/December 2010 issue. Love all the details on it. And the article about "For The Love of Music" really really inspired me to make some cards. Music on cards!! Wow!!

I imitated 2 cards with the stuffs I have on my stash. Making these cards really bring me enjoyment. I possess many new stuffs, so I tried to use them on my cards. I used Glimmer Mist and Versamark. Two adorable things that I can't stop using..

First is this one. It was on the magazine cover. This is how it looks on the cover:

made by Kelly Marie Alvarez

And this is mine:

And this is another one with the bird on it. This one in in the magazine:

made by Clouds Shadler

And this is mine:


I also made another two cards.



It's so glad to have such adorable magazine on hands and try to make the similar ones. That's the reason the magazine has been published, right?

Thanks for looking, friends...

PS.: The cards I made here are all for personal use. Hope the original designer don't mind.

Mini Meet with Card Lovers

Hai friends,

Last Saturday, I went to Jakarta to meet my fellows in making cards. We were in Rina Damay's place in Sudirman area. She has a wonderful place. Moreover, she has a walking closet which are full of.......stamps!! Also ink pads (complete Ranger Distress Ink Pads), Stickles, etc., etc. It's a real WOW!!! It was exactly a typical time of ladies who met together. Did we make cards? Not really!! LOL.

We did stamp a lot, punch a lot, read Magnolia mags, share where to buy these and those. And most of all, we ate a lot. At the end, we exchanged goodies. Wowohoo.. The pics will tell you what we've been doing.... Enjoy..

We are Hero Arts stamp lovers
We really adore TILDA from Magnolia
We are eaters, as well..LOL

We are Cuttlebug lovers, too
We love all the food

We love the goodies that we exchanged

Thanks, pals, for this togetherness... Love this friendship so much.

A Card of CCC

Hello friends,

This is a card from Anita Recksiedler, Canada. It's from September CCC. Thanks so much, Anita. Your card is so adorable. Yours confirmed me to buy Glossy Accent...LOL. So sorry, that I received this way. The paper was a bit loosing the image. Touched by water? And the envelope was opened and sealed with the cellotape. Well, that's okay with me. Look at the stamp, the flower on it is so beautiful. I treasure this all.


Thanks for looking, friends.

October CCC

Hi friends,

Been a while not posting anything here. These are the cards for exchanging event in Deborah Nolan's blog: October CCC.

This is my card for Annette Hjerpaasen in Norway. I made it based on the sketch, the theme ( I chose friendship), and the colors. The colors mentioned were nutmeg, fawn, taupe, eggshell, burgundy. Tot ell you the truth, I am not familiar with names of colors. I only know colors of rainbow...LOL... I said to Deborah, what I knew was only burgundy, because my hair is in burgundy color now... ehkk...


And this is the card I got from Heather Doran in Ireland. She said that this is the farthest she's ever sent a card all the way to Indonesia... Thank so much Heather, for the pretty card, the rub-on, some gems and silvery string. Love them all...


I'm so glad to always participate in Deborah's CCC. I meet another card maker around this globe. We make new friendships every month, at least 2 new friends each month. Isn't that beautiful?

Thanks for looking, friends...

Cards With MS Border Punches

Hi friends,

I have several MS border punches, and I made several cards with those punches. The purpose was to show my friends in Multiply account that they can buy those have from me. You know that MS punches are not that easy to find in my country since they are sold abroad and quite expensive.

Here are the cards. The bird card was adopted from one card in Papercrafts Mag, July-August issue.


Thanks for looking.

(PS.: If you need the MS punch-outs, you can go here)

September CCC

Hi friends,

Been a while.. This is my card for Jenny Swords in Ireland, as I joined the September CCC held by Deborah Nolan. As I forgot the sketch and the color choices, so I just made the one with Friendship theme.
I used Hero Arts clear stamps for the swirls and the flower. Punches are from MS and PB. The white pen was the one from Pilot (I bought it not on purpose on my trip to Schenzen)

And the card below is the one from Rikke Poulsen from Denmark. I "met" her in August CCC.


Actually she was not the one who had to send me a card. We just did some swap. Beside this card, she also sent me some petite roses, paper flowers and colorful nets. So lovely. Thanks Rikke...

And I am still waiting for the card from the lady who was supposed to send me the card...

Thanks for looking, friends...

Autumn Pics by Barb Especially for Me

Hi friends,

In the countries with four seasons, right now is Autumn. I ever mentioned that I've never seen any autumn happening in my country. Barbara, then, told me that she would upload the pics of the Autumn she would have in her country. And she did. She sent me a Flickr mail telling me that today she would post those pics.

When I went through her post, wow... I can tell you that those pics really took my breath away. So beautiful, indeed. I think Autumn is the loveliest season among those. You can see the pics in Barb's Autumn post. Barb is so thoughtful. She took some pics especially for me. I can sense that while taking those pics, she was thinking of me. That's so lovely, Barb.

I wish I were there once again to feel the moment of Autumn. (The first time coming to USA was on October, some years ago. Houston seemed not giving me lots of chances to feel that Autumn at that time. But I could smell the pine, see the squirrels and spend so much time walking).

Thanks so much, Barb...

WCMD 2010 - Cards of Togetherness Among Indonesians

Hi friends,

How's your WCMD? We had a fabulous day. Though we were separated by roads, islands and oceans, but we can connect each other via Facebook. I asked my friends to make a card on that day and upload it on each wall. It was great. Everyone made one card. Even there was a friend who never made a card, she made one. Wow.. Isn't that fabulous? Now, it's me who have to update all the cards made by us. Posting a photo in Facebook is seen only once and then forgotten. So, it is made purely to treasure them in one post.

Here are the cards made by us. They are all gorgeous and exposing that through cards, we are friends. I arrange them in alphabetical order.

Ayu - Jakarta
Dwita - Cirebon
Eva - Bogor
Evieta - Singapore
Hany - USA
Iin - Yogyakarta
Jane Albertine - USA
Jovita - Jakarta
Monika Reeck - Germany
Niken - Salatiga
Rieka - Jakarta

Rina - Jakarta

Susan - Malang
Tanika - Bali
Vera Rhuhay - Surabaya
Vina - Semarang

Yenni Nathalia - Singapore

Thank you, my friends, for playing together last Saturday. I really treasure our friendship. Keep crafting, keep creating more and more cards. Love you all.

Thanks for looking all the cards...

Cook Up A Card October Recipe Challenge

Hello friends,

After WCMD, now it's time for Cook Up A Card challenge. Please visit the blog and see the DTs' creations. The recipe for October :

3 brads

2 pumpkins1 witch or something spooky

with alternative recipe:

3 brads
2 patterned papers
1 spider or creepy crawly

How's that? So, this is to inspire you, or, at least you can see my creation with that recipe.


You can also find the notice from Susie that she has a candy blog. So, visit the blog right away. It's a fabulous candy.

I used the images from Elizabeth O. Dulemba website. Check the site and you'll find fabulous works of hers.

Don't hesitate to join us. It's really the month of that recipe...

Thanks for looking...

Ohlala.... My pic in Papercraftsconnection

Friends,

This is really my day... My friend, Vera Rhuhay, just shared a link in my Facebook Wall.. And..this is it.. I found my face on this page. Take a look on these pictures from around the world.

Lalalala......

You're Truly Amazing - WORLD CARD MAKING DAY

Helllooo my friends,

Happy World Card Making Day
October 2, 2010

I feel so glad that we've finally come to this day. My friends and I also commit to make a card and show the card on our own Wall in our Facebook. We are about 15 ladies. I do hope they are doing on their cards now. I'll show their creations on Monday in this blog, because it's me who promised to keep them as treasures. (as in Facebook, once and forgotten). Please go to my Facebook. Then click the names that were tagged, as most of them join me for this special day.

This is the card, based on the colors given in OTW Craftiness Challenge #27 this week. I was inspired by Jenny's card, as I saw this challenge in her blog. This color combo is also part of the colors in EBTK Challenge this week.


And this is the kind of flower that I'm addicted to make. I won't get bored making ones. And this looks 3D, so I enter this card to join DDSB challenge this week with 3D It and Cuttlebug Challenges with: What Made Us Happy.

I used Hero Arts stamps for all: Old French Writing for the layered flower, the sentiment is a clear stamp, and the for background is Dot Cling. The leaves are punched using a big punch from Punch Bunch.

What do you do today? Have you made your own card? Do you join any blogs that have giveaways? Wow.. today must be a fabulous day for all of us.

Have a pleasant day and enjoy...

SUSIE's Bloggerversary

Hello friends,

This is to let you know that Susie Little is having a Bloggerversary. Just click here and you'll come to her fabulous blog. Her works are inspiring me. Get a chance to win the goodies. All the best.

Thanks!

Hi friends,

This morning I was inspired with a card on a magazine called Paper Creations. Then, I made one with the same sketch. I think, that's the reason we buy craft magazine, to inspire us. Agree??

The stamps are from Hero Arts, both are clings: Branch background and Dots; and the sentiment is from clear stamps set: A Million Thanks. I adhered the white cardstock on a so-called kraft paper then adhered again on brown cardstock. The ribbon is an old ribbon that I bought looooong time ago when I was still in Borneo. Gosh, it looks so beautiful on white. Where have you been?? Have I forgotten you my orange ribbon? Ow, so sorry, then. I love the color combo and this really brightens my morning..


I enter this thanks card to join Hero Arts September challenge. There's still time to join until September 30th. And also MTTC Challenge with the theme: Looks Like Autumn. One further more for Simon Says Challenge this week: It's Autumn. I wish to be able to enjoy Autumn, too..

Ok, friends, have a pleasant start of the day. And thanks for looking.

Your Kindness Is Truly Appreciated

Hi friends,

Today I managed to make a small gift bag. It is very simple as I only fold an A4 paper. Then I added the stamped white paper. I actually stamped it with the Madness Mango ink color, then I stamped slightly with red and orange ink colors. I'm a bit satisfied with the result. I put it in front of the bag, added a flower and more leaves and also a sentiment.

This is for the Hero Arts September contest second batch. The theme is harvest, halloween and thanksgiving, and featured technique is making simple gift bags. You can click here, as it is still going on until September 30th. There is still time, my friends. This is my gift bag.


And this is the closer look on the layered flower. I added All Purpose Ink (Champagne Mist) on the edges of the flowers.


I used Hero Arts stamps. For the background, I used Branch background. The flower is from Printed Flowers set, and the sentiment is from Truly Appreciated clear set.

Thank you for looking...