Day 13 - ODOP Christmas - Let It Snow

Hi friends,

It's Monday. Have a good start of the week.

Today's theme is anything goes. I chose this image. Colored with Copic. The card style is still the same as before.

Just a simple one. I'm quite sleepy today. See you.

Day 12 - ODOP Christmas - Music Background

Hi friends,

I'm feeling much much better. The bones are okay now. I can start the work again in my craft room.

Today's theme is music background. Here is what I came up with.

I love this Tilda with violin. I play violin, too. :D I colored it with Copic markers. The background was pattern paper from MME. The die ccut of the poinsettia and merry christmas were from Lawn Fawn. I added some frantage as well.

Ok, until then. I need to finish rearranging my craft room. Ciao....

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 11 - ODOP Christmas - Do Not Open 'til Christmas

Hello friends,

I'm feeling much better when I woke up this morning. But the body still needs to keep calm and do nothing. So I just checked everything in the craft room. The cupboards came yesterday. So this morning, the carpenter fixed them in my room. He needed to take out the previous cupboard from the wall. Then fixed it higher. What a work. Now I need a ladder to get the things on the upper cupboard. Hehehe.. I couldn't make anything until this late evening. I just stayed on my bed, except sorting out the ATCs. My assistants helped me distributing all ATCs.

The theme is Santa Claus. I just made this. To make this, I needed much much effort. Because I had to find where each tool was. Everything was not in each place. They still laid down on the floor.

I saw this tag in Pinterest and I felt I just wanted to make it.

 

I manually cut the tag. Because I couldn't find the tag die cut. It's easy, actually. I embossed a red cardstock for the hat. The face was cut using Spellbinders circle die cut. The eyes were stamped with a clear stamp from Hero Arts. You know, almost in clear stamp set of Hero Arts, we could find tiny little stamps. This big dot was one of them. So lucky me to have it. :D

The moustache was from Stampin Up punch which was actually a bird punch. Hehehe. The sentiments were also from Stampin Up. All the punches were also from Stampin Up. But, the punch for the sterns was from Punch Bunch. And as usual, the twine was from The Twinery.

And.... just to make this little tag, I needed these all.. Can you imagine? So many... Hahahahaha... Crazy...

Tomorrow, I will rearrange my own craft room. I will show you the pictures of "before and after". Hehehe.. I think it would be a fantastic change.. 

See you tomorrow...

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...

Day 7 - ODOP Christmas - Deers

Happy Monday, my friends...

The theme for today is using winter animals. I used these deed die cuts from Impression Obsession. The background die cut was Winter Church in The Wildwood from Precision Cutting Die by Frantic Stamper Inc. That's the newest die cut in the craft room. I love it.

 The pattern paper was from Bassic Bazil Christmas Countdown. White dots as the pattern paper look like falling snow. And the dots on the lower white paper representing snow were made of liquid pearl. It's not a white one, but Lavender Lace. The color was not so white. I love how it turned out.

However, I didn't have any idea where to put a sentiment. In my eyes, the sentiment would ruin the ambiance. Then I decided not to. I left it that way. I could put the sentiment inside the card. Or not at all..  ;D

This is from the side. You can see, that I used special foam tape. It's a circle foam tape. That makes the card looks neat from the sides.

What's your winter animals?

Day 6 - ODOP Christmas - Happy Holiday

Hello friends,

Happy Saturday.. I spent the whole morning and afternoon at home. I watched TV with my hubby, had lunch with everybody in the family, then ha d a chance to sew 6 more drawstring bags. Then, I managed myself to make this shaker pocket. The theme is snowflake.

It is only one piece of pattern paper. I stamped the sentiment using Versamark then heat embossed with white embossing powder. Then I punched several snowflakes using Carla punch and EK Success big snowflake punch. I inserted them all and also the voucher inside a plastic pocket. I fused those three sides with Photo Sleeve Fuse from WRMK. It was really fun. And finally, on the top part of the pocket, I used the die cut from Magnolia. It can be torn to open the pocket and get the vouchers. Fantastic!

Wow!! It seems I can't stop buying and trying new craft tools. This fuse is quite versatile, I think. I will try again later.

Happy weekend, my friends...

Day 5 - ODOP Christmas - Christmas Blessings

Hello friend,

It's a hectic day. Ohlala... I did so many things. I only want to tell you what I did after lunch. Yeahhh.. I cleaned the craft workshop. It was not a place where I usually do my crafts. It's a place outside my craft room, where my assistants work and prepare craft kits. I changed the whole look. Unfortunately, I forgot to take picture "before".

So, I just had time to make this card with the theme: Christmas tree. I made a shaker card. Inside, I inserted sequins and punch outs of tree... Hope you can see them. For the oval, I used a die cut fom MFT. The poinsettias were from Lawn Fawn die cut. The sentiment was from Papertrey Ink. And the pattern papers were from Mistletoe Magic, MME.

I like making shaker cards using this die cut. It's so versatile. I think I will make more shaker cards. They will be available in the gift shop and book shop in 5 malls in Jakarta. I'm so excited to make them, because I know people will take a look on them, and they will buy.. ;D

Day 4 - ODOP Christmas - Joyeux Noel

Hello friends,

Today I managed to make this Christmas card. I didn't use any images, as the theme said so. Then I used die cuts. They were all from Memory Box. So adorable die cuts. Love them all. And the papers were from Countdown To Christmas from Bazzil Basics Paper.

I love the result of using these die cuts...

Day 3 - ODOP Christmas - Let It Snow

Hello my friends,

How are you today? I do hope you have a wonderful day...

The theme for today is a gift on the creation. I still used Magnolia Tilda. I colored it with Copic Markers. I added the stickles on the hat and the skirt; frantage on some places. There's also Liquid Pearl on some spots and also on the bows. The let-it-snow die cut was from Lawn Fawn. The poinsettia die cut was from Marianne Design. The papers were from Floral Pavilion, 6x6 Premium paper Pad Trimcraft.

Sometimes I feel that blue is for ice. So the ambiance of the card was in blue. Hope you like this card..

Sympathy Card - Share Handmade Kindness For a Friend

Hello friends..

It's a sad day, as a husband of my friend passed away last night. And we visited the Funeral Home this late afternoon for a service from the church. So sad. The kids are still little. Here is a picture that the choir of the kids presented a song for the family.

And before going to the Funeral Home, I made this card. The stamp was from Stampin Up. I colored it with Copic markers. It's a one-layer card, so I couldn't colored it too deep.

I hope Ance, my friend, is strong enough to face the future with those two kids. I always cry a lot if I come to the Funeral Home. The songs sung there always reminds me of my own father who passed away 23 years ago.... Still, I miss him, too..

Anyway, I enter this card to join the Weekly Challenge in Jennifer Mc Guire blog. 
#sharehandmadekindness

Day 2 - ODOP Christmas - Red & Green

Hi friends,

Meet again.


The card style today is still the same as yesterday. And I also used the image I had colored last month. I colored Joyful Tilda with Copic markers.

The pattern papers were also from MME. I added frantage and green stickles on the hat. Some Liquid Pearl was added on the dots.. The poinsetia die cut was from Marianne Design. The merry christmas die cut was from Lawn Fawn.

Hope you like this card..

Day 1 - ODOP Christmas - Merry Christmas - Dominant Red

Hello friends, meet again.

Today, I made this card using the image I colored last month. It's Joyful Tilda. I colored it with Copic markers.

The pattern papers were from MME Mistletoe Magic, 6x6 Designer Paper Pad. The 'merry christmas' die cut was from Lawn Fawn. The poinsettia was from Marianne Design. Then I poured some frantage, embossed it. Et voila...

I love starting making Christmas cards again..... Coloring, cutting, adhering..and finally sending..
How about you?