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...

OWOP 1 - Christmas Mini Album

Hello friends,

Happy New Year 2016

I'm so glad to be able to do blogging tonight. I was away from home for almost 20 days and just returned the other day. I couldn't do crafting, but I visited some craft places and met extraordinary crafters.

This week challenge for One Week One Project (OWOP) is about Mini Album. The theme is family. I made this album with the pictures taken during the dinner time on Christmas Eve, last December 24, 2015. We had dinner in Marche. We were 17 people. So much fun, and we felt so full. We tried many kinds of dishes.

This is the grid of the album.

I finally used my new Big Shot. The grey one. I bought it from Nathallia who moved to Australia. I like the color combo.

I cut 6 chipboards. Then I also cut 12 papers from Fancy Pants Designs: Oh, Deer! It's Christmas theme pattern papers. The embellishments were from Kaiser Crafts, Echo Park Paper, October Afternoon. But I used most of the additional papers from Fancy PD.

Look at the deer. I did a braid from 3 colors of twines from The Twinery. Then I tied it and adhered it on the neck of the deer.

Okay.. here we go, page by page of the album. If you want to see bigger pictures, just click each picture below.

Do you like my mini album? Share your comments.. :D

Thank you for viewing the pictures. Thanks for visiting my blog post. See you again..

Tag 12 - Jesus is the Reason for the Season

Hello friends,

It's the final tag of #12tagsofchristmas that I promised myself to make before Christmas this year.

It's a simple tag. I stamped the image and the sentiment from Hero Arts using Versamark ink pad. Then I heat-embossed with white embossing powder. After that, I rubbed a foam with DI Faded Jeans. The white image and sentiment showed up. And I cleaned the image using a tissue paper so that it would be real white.

Happy Christmas, my friends....

Tag 9, 10, 11 on Happy Mother's Day

Hi friends,

Yeah... I missed two days to upload my tags of 12tagsofchristmas. So here they are, in a row, tag 9, tag 10 and tag 11.

Tag 9: I simply tore the tags from the Kaiser Craft paper pad. Then I adhered the first one with the flower on the green tag from Papertrey Ink. The smallest tag was adhered using a foam tape. The burlap twine was tied several times. It's quite easy. I think I will use the tags from the pads quite often.

Tag 10: It's simply stamping on a white card stock with DI Weatherwood. The stamps were from Hero Arts. I colored the wings with Copic, bu before that, I had to heat it. Then I used Champaigne Mist for those to angels. I poured some frantage on the 'crowns'. Then I added several sequins and then tied the twine several times.

Tag 11: I cut 4 triangles form different pattern papers in one pad of Kaiser Craft. First, I rolled a red twine on the kraft paper ia made for the trunk. Then I adhered the triangles using foam tapes. The star was from Sixxiz. The twine was from Maya Road, that had Christmas colors.

These three pictures were taken by my daughter. I was really occupied with everything. I needed to pack the clothes, prepared all documents for the insurance. Oh my soul... It's a hectic morning. But, I finally could finish everything.

We're heading to Jakarta. I have to see my hubby in the hospital. I left him last night on the care of the talented nurses. Hehehe.. Last night I went home by train. And this morning we're already on the road back to Jakarta.

And today is Mother's Day Indonesian version. So, Happy Mother's Day to everyone of us. Our journey as a wife and as a mother is an education that we plant on our children's minds, that someday, they will do the same to their children as we do to them. Be a good wife, be a good mother.

Ok, until tomorrow, for the last tag. See you... 

Tag 8 - Embossed Noel

Hi meet again,

These are the tags I made for today. They were embossed using Sizzix embossing folder. I just embossed 2 parts of the folder, not the whole one. Then I distressed with DI. Quite easy. I stamped Noel sentiment from Papertrey Ink. Easy peasy but still cool. Try this one...

See you again tomorrow...

Tag 7 - Joy

Hello friends,

I was missing in action yesterday. I attended the funeral of my uncle in Jakarta. I met so many close relatives. Here are some pics. Sometimes, it is necessary to join the funeral, because that's the best time to meet the relatives who scattered. You know, if we meet like this, we always use Betawi language. That's the original Jakarta language. Hehehe...

And this is my tag 7 of 12 tags of Christmas. I used MFT for the tag. The Christmas ornaments and the sentiment were from Stampin Up. The sentiment was stamped using Versamark, and then heat embossed with the black embossing powder. I also embossed some frantage. The bow was something like burlap in red. Well, this is just a simple tag...

See you again in the next tag..

Tag 6 - Pink Poinsettias

Hello friends,

It's Thursday and the time flies so fast....

I made these tags. I want a different color for Christmas. I chose pink. I die cut 3 kinds of poinsettia petals.

The first: The square Fleur de Lys die cut was from Spellbinder, as well the white Label 1. The poinsettia was from Memory Box, but the green leave was from Spellbinders. The sentiment was from Papertrey Ink.

The second: The scalloped circle was from Marianne die cut. The poinsettia and the leave were from Spellbinders. The sentiment was from Papertrey Ink.

The third:  Oval tag was from MFT. The poinsettia was from Marianne die cut. The green leave was from Spellbinders. The sentiment was from Papertrey Ink.

Take a look at these lovely pink tags.

Which one do you like? Let me know in the comment.. :D

Tag 5 - Peace On Earth

Hello friends,

Meet again.

I just got a grief news. My uncle passed away this morning. So sad knowing this news. He was a doctor. He got 2 kids and 2 granddaughters. Since his wife is my mom's sister, we were close enough. So I shall go back to Jakarta either tomorrow or Friday for the funeral. I'm still waiting for the news from my Mom.

In the meantime, I made this tag.

The tag was cut from Papertrey Ink die cut. The branch, well, as I don't have a bare tree stamp, I used a branch for flowers from Altenew. The birds were punched using MS border punch. The sentiment was from Stampin Up!

Let there be peace on earth....

Tag 4 - Simple Tags No Word

Hi friends,

I just returned from Jakarta. I spent the morning with my daughter. I taught her how to use the washing machine. She needed to wash her clothes by herself, because the maid was absent for three days. Then I chatted with my mom while watching TV. I spent more than 5 hours with her at her house. In the late afternoon, I went to the railway station, and took the train to go back home. Quite tiring. And I made these tags. Simple ones.

I used the die cut set from Sizzix. The new one in the craft room. I used pattern paper for the trees and the stars. Sometimes, we need to make simple creations.. :D

See you again tomorrow.