Vintage TAG

Hello friends,

Meet again after some time. It's quite busy here at home. The helper went home and I had to do all the hustle and bustle as a real SAHM.. ;D. So glad to be able to cook again, clean everything, prepare everything, and manage my time among the house works, the schedules of the kids, the teaching at school and at the gallery, the serving the customers and the boarding rooms care. Do hope I always stay healthy, fit, and of course fun..

Here is one of the tags I managed to make today. I used PTI die cut to make the tag. It's adorned with some patterned papers from October Afternoon. I realized, that using the papers from one pad is much easier in combining colors and patterns. Adorable paper pad!
The butterflies are from a punch with no brand but it's awesome. It's a gift from my brother. He bought it in Paris!! So faaar away... The buttons are from PTI die cut. And the checked paper was punched with MS famous punch. Then I distressed it with Vintage Photo distress ink. I stamped the sentiment using PTI stamp. And finally tied it with a blue velvet ribbon.

Challenges:
The Crafty Pad: VINTAGE
Stampacular Sunday Challenge 15/10: SO DISTRESSING
Crafty Cardmaker 16/10: ANYTHING GOES
Simon Says Stamp & Show 19/10: THINGS WITH WINGS

Oldie But A Goodie 17/10: WINGS
Truly Scrumptious 19/10: SO DISTRESSING
Whimsy Stamps: DIE CUTS/PUNCHES
The ABC Challenge: ANYTHING GOES
One Stop Challenge: ANYTHING GOES

Thanks for looking and your lovely comments..

Winner of WCMD Giveaway

Hello friends,

Thanks for your lovely comments on the previous post. Here are in numbers:

1. Susan Quilling

2. Cathy Fong

3. Jovita Maria

4. Yulis Kartika

5. Suryanti halim

6. Fetra

7. Linda Tachikawa

8. Monika Reeck

9. Niken Wulandari

10. Vera Rhuhay

11. Melissa Melz

12. Suriana Ju

13. Irma Mashuda

Random Sequence Generator (sorry, I used this)

Here is your sequence:

13 11  7  9  6  2 10  1  3 12  5  4  8 

Congrats, Irma Mashuda... I'll send you something from the gallery...

Happy World Card Making Day

Happy World Card Making Day 2011, my friends.

I was hosting an ATC swap among Indonesian friends. Including me, there are 38 ladies who played along. I just launched all the ATCs, ready to be voted. Just click this link, if you want to vote. Here are my own ATCs.

I am going to make a card, as I asked my friends to do it, too. It's a lovely moment, thinking that there are so many friends out there are making cards just like I am.

How about you? Tell me what you do to celebrate WCMD 2011. Just leave your lovely comments. I'll randomly draw the comments and one comment will get something pretty from me. Have fun, my friends.

UPDATE (7:05 p.m.): These are my cards I made today to celebrate this very special day.

PS: if you want to swap ATCs with me, just leave your comments, friends..

Just For You - Fika's Birthday Challenge

Hi friends,

I'm back..

I just made this card for joining a challenge held by Fika. It's her birthday challenge. Just click her blog.

This is my card that I made based on her card. I don't have that Hero Arts Hydrangea stamp. I'm longing to have that, too.. So, I used another Hero Arts flower. Love to emboss it and distressed the flowers. I embossed white powder on the kraft. It's the first time for me to color on kraft. I used 3 Distress inks to color the flowers. And I added some pearl gems. The leaves are die cut from PTI dies and embossed them with Swiss Dots from Provo. The background on the kraft, it was stamped with cling of Happy Definition from Hero Arts.

Hope you like it, Fika. I'm going to send it to you.. Happy happy birthday.

Thanks for looking.

September CCC

Helo friends,

I made this card again, as I like the green color of the ribbon. And this is to join the CCC September 2011. Hope you enjoy this... This card is here.

The red flower was from the die set. Love dies... The sentiment is from Hero Arts. I curved the clear stamp a bit to fit the oval white cardstock.

Thanks for looking.

ATC Swap

To wholeheartedly welcome :

Hello friends,

In order to celebrate the World Card Making Day, October 1st, 2011, my facebook account: Dwita's Crafty Crafts is now holding the ATC Swap. Please click the link if you want to participate. Take a look at the picture below. Those are the ATCs I received when I joined the swap held by Hero Arts, 2 years ago.

I am wishing to get as many ATCs as possible... Wooohooo... Waiting for you to join.

And on October 1st, 2011, on the exact day, I will upload all the ATCs, and you may vote your favorite. Two voters as well as the most voted ATC will get goodies. International friends are welcome. Join us...

I am in Hany's blog

Hello friends,

I just want to post this, as this amazed me. My friend Hany, who lives in New Hampshire, USA, and her DH, Bill, visited me some time ago to my town, Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia. She stayed two nights in my house and we spent time together. Hany also visited my craft gallery, and she specially wrote it in her blog. Amazing. Please have time to click the blog and read it. Hany ever wrote about me to begin her blog 2 years ago. Check it out.

Here are the pictures that I took. The first one was when I asked them to join me in the English Program that I host. We talked about their wonderful life in NH. The second one was taken when Bill showed his amazing ability in playing piano and I sang "The End Of The World" with him on the piano.. Woohooo....

Thanks, Hany, for writing about your trip to Cirebon and my gallery. See you again...

First Scrapbook Photo Album

Updated, August 30. My Mom was soooo touched viewing each page of the album.

Wooohooo....

This is my first time making a scrapbook photo album. And it is dedicated for my Mom, who has her 72nd birthday. I used the papers from DCWV The Lace & Linen Stack. The color scheme is very pretty: pink, brown, light creme. Vintage? Perhaps. And to stay on those colors was not that easy. I really tried hard. I need to find all the colors that match the DP. I made this album in 2 days. I used Spellbinder dies on kraft cardstocks to make the pages.

This is the cover album.

I used CLD die cut for the butterfly and the swirly leaves.

The sentiment in the middle: 'born to shop'. That's right, for my Mom and me, always buy 'batik' cloths and clothes.

The back cover. Yes, I made it with LOVE for my beloved MOM.

New word die cut from PTI. Lovely.

I embossed the image with white embossing powder, and rubbed it with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink (with a piece of tissue.. LOL)

I used Staz-On to stamp the names on the button.

I inserted some other photos. There are 3 pockets in this album to accommodate the photos.

I used Hero Arts, My Favorite Things and PapertreyInk sentiment stamps for this album. The distress inks were only Victorian Velvet, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutter. Wonderful colors to match the colors of the DP. I also used twines from The Twinery: blossom, cappuccino and honeydew. The dies are from various companies that I adore sooo much...

The wire binding was free. The store owner said, it was free just for me. Oh, my..they are so generous.

Thanks for viewing my creations. I hope you enjoy what you've seen.

All White

Hello..

It's my second post today.

I am really challenged to be part of DT of Cheery Lynn Designs. I used two of their dies: French Pastry Doily and Pair of Ferns. I love their dies. Here is my attempt.

Challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: All White except the colored image.
Digi Doodle Shop's Best: A Shaped Card (miss this challenge for so long..)
A Spoonful Of Sugar 162: Birthday
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Grow Your Own
Paper Pretties: Die Cuts

Thanks for looking and appreciate your lovely comments.

Hello Bird

Hai friends,

I just cleaned the stamp drawer and found this bird and flower stamp from Hero Arts. Heyy.., how are you? Well, I ever used this cling once. And today it's the second time I used this stamp. ;D

I will send this card to a new friend via CCC held by Deborah Nolan.

Challenge:

Heroarts in Flickr : Creatures

Crazy Challenge: Embossing
Everybody-Art Challenge: Summer

Thanks for looking, friends..