Holiday Wishes

Love this doll stamp and still adore this nesties dies. The nestabilities make me quicker in making card. And more beautiful, I guess...


I enter this card to join the 2 sketches 4 you challenge this week, Kazan's sketch 39. Here is the sketch.

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Glittery Pine Bough

Again I used my new stamps for this card. Hero Arts Young Deer and Big Pine Bough.


This card is for glitter challenge in Hero Arts and for Challenge 65 Tag So Much in MTCC.

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Glittery Deer

This is my last card for today. And the theme is still the same..... DEER.... I love you.... LOL...


I enter this card for Hero Arts challenge this week. It s all about glitter. What I love, the stamps that I was waiting for more than a month finally arrived and I used them on this card. Young Deer and Big Pine Bough...

I tried to make this card based on the video given in the blog. So great to join this fabulous group in Flickr.... Love you....

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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.

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Merry Christmas Deer

Again. I used this sweet punch. I love this one, the deer.... The ribbon is red with white borders. Well, I have a big roll of it...too much buying. I also adore MS scallop border punch. i used it quite a lot. Looking at the colors, I think this is a male card....


I enter this card to join the Card Positioning Systems Sketch 141. Here is the sketch below.

The sketch is very easy to follow. I even just used the scraps. So, it didn't take much new papers...

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Deer and Snowflakes

I love this stamp. It just arrived, the deer stamp. Love it so much. And it is much better, when the Copic marker also arrived almost at the same time. Perfect, though the deer only has one color. I used CB folder dots and snowflakes. The snowflakes were punched with Paper Shaper Giga Punch. (I love everything big..LOL..)

I enter this card for Challenge 65 Snow Much Fun in Cupcake Craft Challenges. I adore the snowflakes. I have 3 snowflake punch but this one is the best I adore.

I also enter this card for Card Pattern 40. The sketch is quite simple and we can use the scraps. Here is the sketch.
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Card with new Nestabilites

I love the Nestabilities that I bought online. Wow!! The result is always great. I used Label 8 with my Cuttlebug Machine. It seems that I can make more and more cards... I really love it... Feeling not guilty buying this nest... LOL...



I enter these cards for Hero Arts this week challenge called unexpected.

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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...

JOY

Christmas cards are on the way... I must make more and more to put them in one of the Christian bookstore in my town. The cards I made this year are much much different from the ones last year. Most of them are using the sketches, stamps, embosses, and new markers, Copic markers.
Do hope the customers like my cards, and of course will....buy them... LOL...

This is the pattern for CPS 140 challenge.


I also enter this card to join the Challenge 84 So Many Scallops.
I used my scallop punch for the circles. THe MS doily lace was used for the rectangle.
The stamp for the doll is from Her Arts Holiday Dolls.

Thanks for looking, my friends.

Happy Thanksgiving

In my country, we don't recognize "Thanksgiving". But as an English teacher, I must know exactly what it is. The countries I explained were USA and Canada. The time of the day is different in those two English speaking countries. This year, Canada celebrated it last October 12, where USA citizens will celebrate it on November 26.

Well, I made this card for you who celebrate this event. I myself am thankful to the Lord for making me able to make cards on and on....and also to run my small craft gallery in my town.

I used two kinds of CB folders. The leaves were stamped 3 times in 3 different papers.

Challenges for this card are "Give Thanks" and "Thanksgiving".

Thanks for looking. And...Happy Thanksgiving, my friends...

Un Jour A Celebrer (A Day To Celebrate)

Glad to have more time to make cards today. I finished all the cards to sell on the Balikpapan Expatriate Women's Club. Some Christmas cards. And now I joined the Cupcake Craft Challenge 64. This is the sketch.
LOL... Is this card okay for a wedding card? Black cardstocks make it gloomy?? Just tried orange, green, purple and black together. This is the result... LOL...


Punches : Martha Stewart ( doily lace edge punch), Paper Shaper (Oval scallop) Jeff (butterflies and small hearts)
CB folder : Flower Fantasy and Heart dies.
Stamps : Hero Arts

Thanks for looking...and if possible, answer my question above... Merci...

Update: This card won the challenge.

Take Care

I adore punches so much. Earlier, I used mostly punches for my cards. Please, if you have time, see my cards here, here and here.

I have these new punches. They arrived last month. I bought them online in an American web. Love the whale punches ever.
The butterfly was embossed with gold powder (but it didn't work well, I guess). The gems are attached on its body.

Punches : Marvy Uchida (Circle Scallop 3"), Paper Shaper (Retro Flower), Martha Stewart (fence), Carl CP 2 and CP 21 Daisy.
Stamp : Hero Arts for the butterfly and the sentiment.
Gems : Jewellery Seal (from the local store)

I enter this card for 2 challenges. First, it goes for Cook Up Card Recipe November Challenge. Second, it goes for Getting Punchy With It from Daring Cardmaker.

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Owl Merry Christmas 2

Another simple card. I think pink and light brown are close friends, just like pink and grey... ;-p


This card goes for Hero Arts challenge and sketch challenge in Card Positioning Systems CPS139 - Card Sketches,

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Simple Holiday

Christmas in pink??? And not much embellishments??? Wow, what a challenge. I join the Hero Arts weekly challenge. Click here for the details.

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Christmas Tags

Hello there,

Christmas is coming very soon, if we do these little cute things. I made these tags to sell in Expat bazaar and festival in two other cities. I also put some in the Christian bookstore here in my town. Just in case you also need some of them, don't hesitate to leave comments.


Thanks for looking. These dolls are happy that you are coming to see them..... ;-p

Two Trees - Paper Tearing

Paper tearing is actually a simple craft to do. It is just tearing the paper and that's it. To get better result of the paper tearing, we can try two ways, after we moisten the preferred edges. First, we can tear the paper to our body direction and second to the reverse direction. See the different result. Both are pretty.

In this week Hero Arts challenge, I made the first paper tearing card for the challenge here.

Today, the urge came to me as my first ever paper tearing card came to my mind. I made this card in the year 2003. For the snowman, I used 3 different punches.

And today, I made this one, and now I used Hero Arts stamps to jazz up the grey card. I think it is much much different now.

Supplies:
Hero Arts Stamp : Holiday Dolls.

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HA Stamps Lovers

Just few hours ago, we had this moment together. After 4-hour drive, I met Eva, Monica and Ayu in Bogor. We visited a scrapbook store, where we bought several PP. Really fun to be in this store.

Then we had lunch in a food court in the same building. We scattered finding the fight food for ourselves. I ate 'soto mi' and 'batagor'. Yummy.

Then, we went to Eva's house, where we shared our HA stamps. Each of us brought our stamps inventory. Wow!! Never thought that Eva has the most stamps among us. We stamped many images on white papers (and will bring home and make some cards later on). So many stamps, so many nestabilities, so many Cugglebug folders, that we didn't know where to start first... LOL.


We finally ended up in stamping images 'till the time we had to go back. It was a rare great moment to be able to share the stamps, giggle and enjoy each other's presence. Wish to have more time like this in the future...

(PS. : I made another 5 hours to go straight home)

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Je Pense a Toi ( Thinking of You)

I really want to send a card to my family friend in France. I was there some years ago. I really miss them and really want to share something about myself to them. I hope this card can represent that I miss them...


I enter this card to join the card sketches on Card Positioning Systems CPS 138. Love the sketch and I use my handmade paper (green) in this card. This is the sketch.


This card is also for the weekly challenge of Hero Arts (paper tearing).

I'll send this card immediately..... Ca va, mes amies?

Bonjour

This card is made for my cousin. Very soon, his DW will deliver their baby. I was assigned by my big family to buy a baby stroller and make the card. Since I didn't know the gender of the baby, I tried to make a neutral card. Butterfly and flowers, I think are suitable. The red and grey colors are in accordance with the colors of the baby stroller. Hope the mother and the baby to be are safe and sound until then.... All the best, Doli, Donna and all members of the family... Jesus loves you all...

Supplies:
HA stamps : Winged butterfly and CL325 Paris.
Punch : MS edge punch
Paper : embossed with CB machine Swirls n Birds folder.
Button are gifts from MF (thanks)
Flowers (no mark) from local store

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Holidays

Love this Holiday Dolls stamp set and the other x'mas stamps. Wish to have more time to make more and more....

This card is for the swap among the Multiply friends, handled by Maryann, Denmark. Hope the new friend in this swap loves this card...

Supplies:
HA Stamps: CL357 Holiday Dolls, CL354 Let the angels sing, CL110 Many blessings, CL238 owl Christmas, AR162 Circle Tags (the gems)

Punch : Paper Shapper

Thanks for looking....

Thinking of You

I made this card this morning. This will go with card for Eric, as this is for the family.... Hope they like this.


I enter this card to join the Card Positioning System Challenge, CPS 137. Hope I have a chance to win... ;-p

Supplies:
Stamps : Hero Arts: CL 228 Asian Elements & CL140 Thinking Of You.

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Card for Eric...

Kathy has once asked me to voluntarily send a card for Eric. Here is the notes about Eric in Kathy's blog. This card is dedicated for him.

Supplies :
Stamp image : Young Deer (given by Vera Rhuray), Cloud and sentiment. All from Hero Arts
Punch : Paper Shaper for butterflies and oval scallops, Carl for name ERIC.

Hope Eric and the family like this card.

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Hero Arts ATC Swap

I Love Hero Arts. This time, I got a chance to join the ATC Swap. This is the first time for me to join a swap. Indeed, I am very glad.

Here, I have to make 10 identical ATC cards (2.5 " x 3.5"). I shall send 9 ATC cards to my hostest in USA, that is Shari Carroll....
I made the disain identically, but I colored each doll differently. This gave me a chance to combine colors (not really good at it, actually). I only have one Copic Marker at this time. Well, next time, I shall buy more Copic markers, as they are perfect to color stamp image.


Supplies:
Stamps : Hero Arts Holiday Dolls and Full of Sunshine, Digikit: Friendship.

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Happy Holidays

I just got this new stamps : Holiday Dolls. The dolls are sooooo cute... Look at one of them.

Supplies:
Stamps : Holiday Dolls and Happy Holidays sentiment from Hero Arts, Red Leaves from Inkadinkado
Punch : Scallop Dot edge punch from Martha Stewart.
Papers : Prisma, embossed with CB machine.

I enter this card to join Carol's Sketch Fun #16. Hope it meets the sketch.

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Follow Your Dreams and Passions

I got the doll stamp months ago and this is the first time I used it. The crochetted flower , I bought it from my friend in Multiply.


I enter this card for the Card Patterns Sketch 36 challenge. Hope it meets the sketch.

Supplies:
Stamps : Doll from Hero Arts. Sentiment from My Sentiment Exactly.
Pattened papers : Paper Pad, Me & My Big Ideas.

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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...).

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Thinking of you

I made this card to join the CPS 136 challenge, for the first time.... I do hope it meets the sketch... And this card os for my sister's 40th birthday... Hope she likes it...

Supplies:
Cardstock embossed with Cuttlebug Machine (3 kinds of folders)
Stamp : Hero Arts (sentiment "thinking of you) & Inkadinkado Doodle Flowers (for the flower)
Punch : Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch

Thanks for looking, my friends...

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....

Happy Birthday Sista

Today is my loving sister's birthday. I sometimes depend on her advice on family living. Here is a card for her. The background is embossed (with Cuttlebug Muchine). The edge of the white cardstock is punched with MS punch. I used my Tea Leaves ink pad on the embossed image.

The flowers was stamped in three ink colors, then I used colored pencil.

The sentiment is from HA stamp.

Hope she likes it. happy birthday, sister Irma...

Hi There - ATC

Hi there,
It's been long time not posting anything, as I forgot the email address of this blog :(
This is my first ATC card. At first I didn't know exactly what ATC meant. My flickr friends explained it to me so dearly. Thanks a lot. I joined the Hero Arts Challenge for ATC. I made three ATCs.


So, below is the second one.


I adore hibiscus and orchids. They are so colorful and beetween easy and difficult to take care of. Once, my quilling friend offered many flower punches, I was no in doubt to order. This punch-Moth Orchid- is the one I love much. I put this orchid paper on the ATC. At the back of the orchid, a magnet was attached. So, after getting the ATC, the orchid can be the decoration on the fridge door.