Butterfly Series

Love these stamps from Hero Arts Antique Engraving stamp set. And I made three more mini cards for three friends of mine. Hope they enjoy the cards, as well as the gifts. ;D

Love the butterflies so much.

Challenge:

Cute Card Thursday 177: Clean and Simple
Delightful Challenges: Things With Wings
Rainbow Lady's Challenge: Stamp It

Thanks for looking, friends.

Thinking Of You

Hay, happy Tuesday..

While waiting for my hubby this late afternoon, I made this card. I saw a card with this design in Paper Crafts Magazine and thought of making one. I used the butterfly stamps which had laid in the drawer for long long long time. This was the first time for me to use them. The background cling stamp is new. I love this one. So versatile.

Stamps: CG245 Classic Fabric Design, CL382 Antique Engravings, CL490 Sending Smile Message

Challenges:

Incy Wincy Designs #106 : Something Old/Something New

The Pink Elephant: Butterfly Theme

Cute Card Thursday : No Designer Paper

Creative Inspirations Challenge 65 : Summertime

Hero Arts August 2011 A in Flickr : Creatures

Thanks for looking, friends.

Just A Note

What??? Two months were away without blogging? Ohlala....

And I am in love seeing someone's creations all in vintage colors. So I tried this one. Yes, I imitated hers a bit. Hope she doesn't mind. Mixing so many elements is a challenge for me. Wow!! It's quite a hard work to find the matching papers and colors. What I like, it's about using scraps. I have tons of scraps and it's time to use them. Hope these scraps go along perfectly. I am just not satisfied with the red flower. It should be bigger than it is.

I used Hero Arts stamp (Starburst Lace) for the red doily at the back. The doily in front of it was from Die-namic MFT. They are quite new in my craft room.. ;D

Ok, then, thanks for looking..

Wishing You Love & Laughter - for Aurell's Wedding

Hi friends,

Today, my crafter friend gets married. Aurell has been a friend since we were in Multiply. So happy for her that I will come to her wedding reception tonight at Semarang. I have to travel for 4 hours by train.

Here is a card I made for her.

Source: Hero Arts stamp, Cheery Lynn Designs Heart die, Marianne flower die

The colors are based on the invitation itself. Look at it below. She punched the border and the small card herself! How many MS punches did you spend, Aurell? ;D

And here is the gift I'm going to give to her. I can't reveal it until next week. LOL...

Challenge:

Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, friends.

Hello Butterfly Oriental

Updated, June 7, 2011: This card has won Honorable Hoot in Wee Memories challenge. Thanks so much...
&
it had been sent to Katy K in USA.

Hi friends,

I just managed to make this card base on one picture I found in pinterest.com. Inspired by the colors used, I also used the colors which I hope similar to the ones in the picture. ;D

The butterfly is from a die from Cheery Lynn Designs. I love their dies.. Every time I bought dies, they always gave me a wonderful gift. ;D And this is their first ever challenge. I must join.

Here is the card:

And the closer look on the butterfly:

The flower is a gift from my friend, Evieta. She adores making paper flowers, and she gave me more than two dozens of them. Just visit her blog and you'll find so many wonderful flowery creations..

Here is the picture from pinterest:

Challenges:

Cheery Lynn Designs - Butterfly Challenge.

Wee Memories - Pinterest/Etsy Inspired

June CCC - Friendship

Thanks for looking, friends...

Birthday Girl in Red

Friends, meet again.

I have a card in my file here and I haven't posted it yet for any challenges. This card is for my younger sista for her 40th birthday last April. She was very happy to receive this card. That's what my Mom told me last week when I visited her. Oh, I'm so glad she likes it.

This is one of my newest Tilda stamps. The flower is the one I bought in the store. I used kraft cardstock because I am still addicted to using this kraft. It can go with any colors, I think.

Challenge:

Wee Memories - Challenge #57 - Stamp It!

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Hugs - Sparkle & Shine

Hello friends,

As I said early this year, that I would add more flowers on my creation, here it is another card with a flower on it. Just a simple rolled flower. I used Marianne die to make this. I added Diamond stickles on the edge of the flower. I also sprayed Bubbles Glimmer Mist all over the front card. Though the card base is light pink, the sparkle and shine can give the card a pretty nuance. Even on the Hugs tag, it looks so covered with the shine. This is the first time for me to use Glimmer Mist all over the card, as I only used Glimmer Mist for the scrapbook project. What do you think?

This is the closer look.

And this is the look of the flower. See that the brown branch and leaves are also shiny because of that Bubbles Glimmer Mist. Oh.. what the first experience..

Challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Sparkle & Shine.
My Time To Craft Challenge - Use Die Cut
Craft Your Passion Challenges - Let It All Hang Out (hang a tag)
PaperPlay Challenges : Sparkle Galore

Thanks for looking and really appreciate your comments.

Have a Blooming Good Day

Hi friends,

I feel good to be able to join challenges again... ;D

I love dies so much. And the ones I really adore are from My Favorite Things and Papertrey Ink. Love all their dies so much, especially the ones that have stamp sets. Here is my card.

New Challenges (for me to join):

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Bloom & Grow

Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes

By The Cute & Girly - Anything Goes

Fussy And Fancy Challenge - Recipe

OTWC #53 - Inspiration Colors

And one more creation that I made today, using the PTI dies, for the bag and the leaves. Sooo pretty dies.

Challenge: Polka Doodle - Anything But A Card

Thanks for looking, friends.

Recycling envelopes

Hi friends,

Surely you are familiar with the green sign above. As also a card maker, of course, I have some new papers and old papers. Big as 12'x12' and also scraps. Since I also enjoy sending and receiving cards from friends in this globe, I sometimes got envelopes which were plain outside but patterned inside. I want to share some cards which used a used envelope and turned it into flowers and leaves. Most of them were in rolled flowers.

Enjoy...

Hope you are inspired in using used envelopes and turn them into something beautiful.

Thanks for looking, friends.

May CCC - Just Saying Hello

Update: It's here. (June 1, 2011)

Friends,

Ohh, I was sooo glad that I found again Deb's blog to join the CCC. The limited time for me had made me do this simple card. Hope the recipient likes this one. Thanks for organizing the CCC, Deborah...

The CCC is much different from the previous I joined. Now, we have to make the card, link it to Lily Pad Cards. Then we are counted to join. This is my card for this CCC.

The card is based on the sketch like this:

Thanks for looking, friends.......and can't wait to send this to the lovely lady out there in this globe...

Happy Graduation

My eldest sista just finished her Master degree on Health Law. So proud of her because she was the best of the class. So happy for her. I will visit her tomorrow and give her a gift with this card. Hope she likes it. Just a simple one. And I thought that graduation is not always black and white.

Stamp: Hero Arts. Punch: borders Martha Stewart, hat: McGill, leaves: Stampin Up! Dies: Marianne Design.

Thanks for looking.

Sending Sunshine

Happy Spring, my friends in four-season countries...

Wow! It's been too long to post something here.. Well, the online trading really consumes my time. Here, I used the brand new Tilda. Love it. And also the new die cut doily. I felt so happy to find this website. I bought two doilies and I received a pink gecko die. fabulous. Thanks, Cheery Lynn Designs. Here, I used the French Party Doily die.

Challenges:

Simon says Stamp Challenge: For A Child

Thanks for looking, friends..

Hello

Hi friends, meet again...

I just finished having my craft room painted. It was painted light creme, and now it is painted light mix of purple and pink. I will show you the craft room later on. Now onto my card. I bought this dies several weeks ago and I really wanted to make this card when I finally got this dies.

Challenges:
Charisma Cardz - To Die For (to use dies in the project)
Paper Play Challenges 11 Week 11 - Embossing ( I used the border embosser)
Die Cut Dreams Challenge #85 - Special Friend (or Mother's Day)
Stampacular Sunday Challenge #103 - Are You Talking To Me? (yes, the sentiment says "hello")
Digi Doodle Best Challenge #51 - Anything Goes
Fun With Shapes And More - Without DP
Papercutz Challenge #83 - Our Choice
Crazy For Challenges C4C79 - Color challenge (Pink, Kraft, Turquoise, Brown)

Thanks for looking and I appreciate your sweet comments.

Tilda on the box

Hello friends,

It's Tilda time. I love all the new Tilda stamps. This time I used Tilda With A butterfly Dress. But I only stamped the head and upper part of the body, to suit the die cut that I used.

Challenges:

Magnolia Down Under Challenge : Two of Anything (flowers) - Happy 2nd birthday, MDUC..

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #125: Flowers for Mum.

Fun With Shapes And More #78: Happy Birthday (this is a birthday gift)

Stampin' For The Weekend: Spring

Cute Card Thursday #155: Happy 3rd Birthday

Delightful Challenge: Butterflies

Thanks for looking and really appreciate your nice comments..

Angelwood's Yummy Blog Candies

Wooohooo...

What will you do when you see a blog that offers so yummy 3 candies? And your name can be entered thrice for the candies? Yes!! Just JOIN Angelwood's Crafting Corner Blog Candy... Look at the candy pics below:

Moreover, Angela is Magnolia's Design Team Member, together with Ying Pang - a friend in Malaysia, and I found that there's Irene - from Indonesia, who also the DT team. Wow... From Angela, now I know that there's an Indonesian who is also Magnolias DT. Congrats all ladies...

Don't hesitate to join Angela's blog Candy..

Patricia Garcia's Green Blog Candy

Yesterday, I happened to enter the previous card into Totally Gorjuss challenge. I misunderstood the meaning of "check", just when I visited Patricia Garcia's blog. Oh my, what an embarrassing moment (let alone I graduated from English Department..LOL).

Well, I, then, scrooled down in her blog to see all the beautiful creations she's made and found that she is having a GREEN blog candy. Wow! so yummy..

It ends on March 7, 2011.

Thanks for the chance, Patricia.

Silhouette Lady

Hello, back again.

This card is using my new die cut Silhouette Lady. Love it so much.


I don't use a black color as a usual silhouette color, because when I was in the middle of making this card, I saw these two DPs. So, the colors also go to the flowers.

Challenge:
Charisma Cardz Challenges Week 7 - Spring Has Sprung
Crazy 4 Challenges, C4C 75 - Use Dies to Create A Card
All Sorts Challenge Week 91 - Inspired by Nature

Thanks for looking and really appreciate your comment on this card.

Birdie Small Box

Hi friends,

In the last mini meet, I got this orange petit box from my friend, Yussi. In the past, she decorated the box lid with the quilling creations. This time she couldn't manage her time to quill, so she just gave me the box. It's a pretty neat handmade box. So I decorated it with my new bird die.

Challenges:
Craft Challenge 90 - No Card
Moving Along With The Times 86 - Anything for a little girl, but not a card
A Spoonful Of Sugar Challenge - Anything but a card
The Crafty Pad 108 - Hearts
Crafty Calender Challenge #17 - February Love

Thanks for looking and appreciate your comments.

Tags for friends

I'm back again.

Last Tuesday, I met friends of mine in Jakarta. They are friends of creating cards, crafts, etc. This time, we were fifteen!!! Wow!! So many new friends. We met at Facebook. We did some card making. I myself learned hybrid scrapbooking. It's a wonderful new knowledge for me. At the end of the mini (..or maxi?) meet, I gave each of them some goodies and a tag. Here are my tags.


I used some punches to create everything on the tags. The background was stamped with 'bark' stamp from Hero Arts. The sentiment was the one I really adore from Hero Arts, as well.

Challenge:
Simon Says Stamp And Show - Tag

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Just Saying Hello

Hi friends,

Wow... how long did I miss posting here? I miss you and your comments so much. This is the card I made just now. I used my new die cut, a bird cage. It seems to me that anything goes with a cage is a vintage look. Well, not that easy to make a vintage look. So, I decided to make a monochrome card with a hint on the bird itself.

This is my card.


To embellish the cage, I used punch outs: leaves, gave distress ink. The flowers were stamped and cut. I added the bling-bling and some stickles to make it a bit shiny. I know, it doesn't turn that good.Or, I was not good enough to take the picture. ;D

Sources: Hero Arts Stamp (the bg, flower and sentiment),
Punch Bunch (Giant Fern), Bird die cut

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamps - Make Your Own Embellishments
Cute Card Thursday #152 - Shiny Happy Cards (the bird is happy going out..LOL)
PaperPlay Challenges 11 Week 7 - Add Shine
Digi Doodle #47 - Anything Goes
Dutch Dare Card Challenge #100 - Glitter/Bling
Creative Inspirations Challenge 53 - Distress

Thanks for looking, friends. I feel good making a new card today. Hope you do as well.