Thank You For Your Kindness

Meet again,

I have a question for you. Who doesn't love Hero Arts stamps? Please raise your hands. Ow, nobody? I'm flattered. That means I have so many friends who love Hero Arts stamps. I bought my stamps via my friends who is HA stamps seller in Indonesia.

So, in this early 2011, I have on my hands several HA stamps which are on its newest catalogue. Isn't that awesome? Here is my card, using three new clings. Just a simple card.


I enter this card to join Fika's challenge. The prize? Hero Arts 2011 catalogue. Yummy... Thanks for stopping by...

OLW - Border

Hi friends, meet again.

I seldom use border stamp. This is a real challenge. Because the cards below are the result of the 10th and 11th attemps!! LOL... The Simplicity - OLW 17 this week is using boder stamp.

The card with green lace border was the 10th attempt. I added the blings there.


Then I thought of stamping with the lace facing down with brown ink and half pearls on it. So this one below was the 11th attempt...


Which one is okay?

Sources: Border stamp: Ribbons & Lace from Limited Edition. The sentiment: Merci from hero Arts.

Thanks for looking, friends. Have a nice day and happy stamping...

Retreat Result, Thank You card - OLW

Hi everybody. It's Friday morning here. It's been a week that I didn't blog.

Well, the retreat went so well... The theme was: "Is there a place for Jesus in your heart? There's a victory in Jesus". My Facebook status that day was : "I wish... whatever I do prospers". And, yes!! God has given me a big surprise. I thought it didn't go so well on the first day. On the second day, when Mr. Frans and his crew came and gave so much to us, wow!! That's wonders! At the end of the second session, nobody wanted to leave the venue. They seemed to wish to have more and more. And when I spoke a bit how I met Mr. Frans, which I believe was not a coincidence, well, everybody gave an applause (surprise..). When the committee spoke after me, he said, "Mr. Charles, please let me give credits to your wife. This event will not happen without her efforts. We know God has been working in her during all the process to make the retreat happen." Wow, I, aka Mrs. Charles, was flushed into red cheeks ( I guess).. Is that what they think about me? Oh, that's the most wonderful thing I ever heard. I really thank God for making what I have done prospers and for making everything possible.

And the card for today is still the simple one.

It's the challenge from Simplicity and the theme is about masking. So I used my nestie, then masked around it, sponged with distress ink. As I can remember that Susan Raihala, Simplicity blog owner ever mentioned that she tried hard not to use pink, so I used light purple for the flowers. The stamp for the flower and the sentiment are from Hero Arts. I colored the stamps with Zig brushes and sprayed then stamped.

This thank you card will be given to each member of the committee, to thank them for the effort and support they had done (..the vice-chairman was my DH..LOL.. Will he be happy with this card? Hope so lah..)

Ok, everyone, thanks for looking. As the retreat result said : "Keep smiling and don't complain", I want to say to all of you, that each day is made for you and me to choose and decide what to say and what to do. So, I choose to smile and not to complain (that's a struggle..God bless..)

Happy great weekend, everyone.

Thank You - One Layer Wednesday

Hai..hai.. happy Friday, everyone... It's the first Friday of the month.

My dedicated friends and I were tremendously busy preparing for the retreat. We'll go tomorrow morning. There will be more than 100 persons, using 4 buses and 6 cars, to go to Puspanita, 5-6 hours traveling. I know it will make them get bored along that long way. So, we prepared for the snack boxes, lunch boxes, and some candies. I myself surprisingly will give each of them a small book containing not only everything about the retreat but also two dozens of gospels that we can sing along the way. Thinking of singing together on the bus makes me thrilled. Wow.. that's the experience I will treasure, as I did it the last time when I was still single. (around twenty years ago.. Well, am I that old now? Oh..no... LOL..)

And here are some more one layer 'jobs' I did last night, bookmarkers with the Bible verses on it. Of course, it is in Bahasa Indonesia... It's one layer overlapping. I made 106 pieces. I printed the versed on the papers and stamped them. With Ivy leaves, I stamped one by one. With Silhouette Grass, I stamped twice at a time. I used Distress Inks this time. They were laminated. They come in 2 colors of cardstock and ribbon.

Ok, that's all about me and the retreat.

And just now, again, I could 'steal' a little time to make this simple and quick card with my fave technique.... I think one layer is the most simple, the easiest to make, the most efficient but still beautiful way to make cards. And for me, at this time, one layer is the best way to join many challenges (though this time only one..)

This time, the OLW is about Repetition, that means stamping small object repeatedly. On this card, I also repated the flowers thrice, without re-inking the stamp. I shall give this card to Sister Lenny who takes care the place where we are going to have a retreat. Here is my take.

All stamps for the bookmarkers and the card are from Hero Arts.

Thanks for looking and happy weekend. See you next week, everyone...

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.

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..

A Giving Card

In Indonesia, when there is a celebration (wedding, birthday, etc), we tend to give money rather than a present. I made this kind of cards more than I knew, but no pics of them. I made this one for my assistants, who help me a lot in my craft gallery.

The front card

Inside the card and the closer look on the "purse"

All of them

I enter this card for Hero Arts Challenge. I used the cling: CG 115 - Thank You and for the sentiment, I used clear stamp Thanks For All You Do.

And also Stamp With Fun with the the challenge: Little Present. So the present is inside the card.

Thanks for looking....

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...

Thanks for looking.

Merry Christmas Deer on Red Card

LOL... another deer card.. As I said, I am falling in love with the deer... I tried to use the red card. It was embossed first with Dots folder. It went also for the small green inside the rectangle. The rectangle was cut with the Nestabilities Label 8. Wonderful tool. I love it. The circle was punched with Scallop Circle from Paper Shaper then embossed with Snowflakes folder.

I enter this card to join Cuttlebug Challenges Be Inspired #57.

Welcome back, troops. Thank you for what you have done...

Here is the sketch.

Thanks for looking...

Thanks

I made 4 cards today, and this is the last one I made... You know what? I saw Virginia Lu's blog which appeared first in my Adorable Blogs. When I clicked, wow.. she made a cute card using this sketch. That's why I also wanted to make a card using the same sketch. Here is her blog where she made the card..

I enter this card for Card Patterns challenge Sketch 39.

I used Creative Memories Cutting System to cut the semi circle. The look of the shell, actually was an oval scallop. I cut a bit at the bottom. And then embossed with Thanks folder, but before being embossed, I scrolled my brayer to the folder with Mango Ink. Well..well, my brayer is new, so this is the first time using it.... The leaves wer punched from Punch Bunch Giga punch. (I like everything big...LOL...)

Thanks for looking, my friends...

Thank You Card

This is the card I made for the choir (who were my church friends, too, when I was in the same town with them) who sang the gospels in my Mom's 70th birthday party. My Mom asked me to make one for them, as she would include "something" inside the card..... Thanks, pals...


How to make: First, I stamped the Kanji with Tea Olive ink onto the off-white cardstock. Then I stamped the flower on the other card with pink ink, cut at the edge and adhere it with double foam tape. The sentiment was stamped on the cardstock and then was punched with a scallop punch. The notes were also punched.

I enter this card to join the challenge in the Cupkace Craft Challenge 60, for the first time, as I just found their blog (an inspiring blog...).

Thanks for looking.

Paper Piecing - thanks for all you do

This week HA challenge, paper piecing, is actually quite similar to Oshie. In Oshie, we need to cut part by part of the image and then wrap it with the patterned paper. While in paper piecing, we just cut it and adhere it. This is quite challenging for me, as it needs accuracy in cutting, and moreover, it needs neatness.
This is the front card.


Take a closer look at the mathryoska paper doll here. I used Chirimen paper which originally is from Japan.


For the inside of the card, I used my newest stamp. It just arrived the other day. Dot Flourish from Hero Arts. And I also stamped the sentiment.


Thanks for looking....