OWOP 2 - Exploding Box

Hello friends,

Meet again.

Indonesia is in grief. Yesterday, there was 6 bombs exploding in Jakarta. Several people were killed and wounded. We were so sad that this happened. Mr. President actually visited Cirebon, a city where I live. I didn't see him, but there was a very hectic traffic. And when there was a breaking news about the bomb, I could hear helicopters came and went. We do hope that terrorism will stop. Hope the families of the killed and wounded people stay stronger and hope only to God. And hope the government knows exactly what to do.

Well, it is not a coincidence that the theme for today is Exploding Box. This is the first time for me to make this kind of box seriously. Actually last year I made one as a sample for the students to make. This time, I wanted this box to accommodate the Christmas family pictures. But they were not ready yet. So in the meantime, I put in ATCs I received from the swap in the WhatsApp group: WLC - With Love Crafting (later, I'll change the heading ATC, and insert the family pictures). That meant, for this box, I had to put two themes: Christmas and Friendship as decorations. 

I used the papers from Teresa Collins for inside and outside. I love the colors. Black and white with some neutral colors. The die cut of ATC is from Memory Box. The tree die cut is from Sizzix Tim Holtz. The edges of the lid were covered with the black paper punched with MS border punch. You also can see that I added the base under the box. It would give more strength to the box when lifted.

Take a look at the top of the lid below. I found this words from other pattern paper.

Yeah... Good friends are like stars. The paper from TC also shows you the stars. I also added the star die cut from Sizzix Tim Holtz.

Here are the pictures of each side of the box from outside.  Well, I don't want to make this box so boring with black and white. That's the reason I added all the sentiment papers were from Kaiser Craft.

This is when I open the lid of the box.

On each side (there are 4 sides) I made a pocket. There are 4 pockets here. Each pocket can accommodate 5-6 ATCs. Beautiful ATCs from my lovely friends. Take a look at each pocket below:

 On each pocket I added poinsettia leaves die cut. Actually it was a circle wreath. I divided it into 4 parts.

What do you think? Adorable, right? It's another way to collect the ATCs in a neat place.

And voila.... This is the middle of the box. So cuuuuute..... The first one from the front, and the second one from behind.

Let's take a look at these cutie pie closer.. I made these cute dolls from wool. They are quite small. The height is only about 10 cm. They fit in a box made from 12 x 12 in. paper.

On the base, I glued some Flower Soft Vintage Christmas

They look like good friends who are chatting. Yeah.. that's what we always do every day in the WhatsApp group: chatting. About what? About ANYTHING. You name it.. :D

Do you want to see how I took these pictures? Don't laugh...

I needed good light. So I took the pictures in the swimming pool. The pool itself was empty as it was still being repaired.

In other words, I had so much fun making the box as well as had so much fun taking its pictures....

Hope you enjoy the pictures in this post. See you again later.... Happy weekend, my friends...

ODOP Day 6 - Blue Takeout Boxes

Hello friends,

Today the "one day one project" is about something blue. I don't want to make a card. Then I checked all my long die cut from Sizzix. My eyes came to this one: Takeout Box. I wanted to make 2 boxes, to express the blue colors I adore.

Here they are:

 
The flowers are from StampinUp! punches. They are my favorite flower punches. I made so many flowers in many colors using these 2 punches. The leaves are from Cheery Lynn Designs die cut; and the thanks is from Simon Says Stamp die cut. The handles are mizuhiki chord that I bought from Aileen. Her website is www.origami.com.au. Check it out.

Below are each box in close up:

Here are the two boxes shot from above. Adorable, right? Especially when the background is from #alasfotolipat. 

I really enjoy making something 3D. Moreover, I like the very useful 3D. Come again tomorrow and you will see something more adorable. I promise you..

Happy Birthday Blue Box For A Boy

Hi, I'm back... I just finished making my blog a little bit clean. I am still learning on how to upload pics on the header. Perhaps my English is not that good to understand the orders..LOL.

Here is a blue box, for a friend. She asked me to make one in everything blue. He likes blue, so I tried to make everything with blue nuance. This lid cover actually represents the front "card" for him. I gave her some choices of mix-and-match stamping results. So this is the best one she likes.


The digis of car and bicycle are from Digi Dodle's Shop. I bought them via my friend (due to the not-having of a credit card..LOL..) The digi sentiment is from Create With TLC, that says "A Million Hugs and Kisses". Wow! The monogram stamp is from Inkadinkado. And the Chinese Boy is from Hero Arts.

And as the inside of the "card", she wanted me to make just a little note (without her name on it..). So I just cut this shape, stamped the note as the background, and the sentiment from Hero Arts and Fiskars. The digi cupcake is from Paper Cupcakes which I got freely in TMITA.


I enter this blue box to join DDSB this week: Anything Goes. Love to create anything on my craft desk. I also enter this for Hero Arts Challenge second round this month in the Flickr group.

Thanks for looking, friends..

Teacher's Gifts - Card Set

It's almost the end of the schooling year of my DDs. I need to make something for each teacher and will give it to each of them on the day of the farewell celebration. Selin, my youngest Dd, goes to Nursery class. She is in Nursery 1. For her teachers, there are 4 in her class and 5 in another class but they help her a lot, I made sets of cards. Where did I get the idea? Here they are, ideas from brilliant crafting persons.

I came to Jennifer McGuire's blog last April and found the card set she made. Simple but, of course, adorable. So I decided to make cards similar to hers. I embossed each card. Then I used Hero Arts stamps for the girls and the sentiments, and Anya images (given by some friends). Here how they look.

Each set has 6 cards.

And for the wrapping? I do have clear boxes a lot, but they are bigger than the size of the envelopes. It won't look good. So I decided to make purses and boxes. For the purses, I was really inspired by the purses made by the customer of Becky Roberts here. It's Becky who has the pattern and sell it on her blog. Gorgeous purses. I wish I could buy one of her pattern but I can't just click "add to cart", since I don't have paypal or credit card...LOL. So I create the size of the purse and everything that goes with it. For the box, it's quite easy as I adore making boxes. I just cut the pp and the acetate for the cover. Here how they look, the purses and the boxes.

These purses are for four teachers in Selin's class. Each purse contains 6 cards and 6 envelopes. I put each of their names on the tag. The tag was embossed with the word "Danke" which reminds me of my friend in Munich...

These are the closer look of the purses :

Five boxes are for the teachers in Nursery 2, who happen also to care for Selin and will be her teachers next term. Each box contains 6 cards with blossom shape.

I'll make two more sets for teachers of Kezia and Priscilla. For them, I'll stamp some flowers and butterflies.

Making all these really made me relaxing, since the period of tests of my DDs and other compulsory activities are over...LOL... Really love this relaxing moments...

Thanks for looking... Enjoy your day, peeps...

Small Boxes

I love boxes!! These boxes were made with papers. The boxes were covered with colorful plain papers. The lids were covered with Yuzen Washi (Japanese Paper). Yuzen Washi is a name of one adorable Japanese paper. These papers are indeed beautiful. Inside the lid, I stamped: "The Beauty Of Washi".