ODOP - Day 20 - Smile in Purplelicious

Hello friends,

It's Wednesday. Yipeee.. tomorrow is holiday. I can have free time with my daughters. So very glad. We already made some plans for tomorrow. They asked me to sew  kinchaku for each of them. They also have chosen the cloths they preferred. Ok..

Today's theme is purple. I made a card with MFT stamp. Still the same girl like yesterday, in different pose. The bow die cut is from Impression Obsession. The pattern papers are from Graphic 45: secret Garden.

I made this one below.

 

Then when I uploaded here, I noticed it didn't have a white paper before the first pattern paper. I wanted the white paper to make it a bit softer.

So I changed it a bit to this one.

Earlier, I made this one below on a smaller piece of white paper. But I wasn't satisfied. But I want you to see the double tape foam that I used. So neat. I love it.

 

A closer look on the bows.

 Happy purplelicious day, my friends...

ODOP - Day 19 - You Hold The Key To My Heart

Hi friends,

Here we go... Today is a red day for the project. I had a time to clean just a little my craft desk. And I returned all the clear stamps I used. And I found this stamp set from MFT. Wow! I think this rested there for long time. I love this pretty lady stamp. Since the theme is red, I also remembered that I had Martha Stewart paper pad, Valentine..and..and... I found the paper with the key pictures on it, and on the other side is love. The heart is from Tim Holtz die cut. Perfect!!

Here it is:

 Pictured from above.

 How do you like this?

ODOP - Day 18 - Something vintage

Hello friends..

I'm back to town. I spent 3 nights in Surabaya. I And as I mentioned previously, I bought a sewing machine. Yay!! So happy me. The brand is Janome. Before this brand, the shop offered me Singer. I know about Singer whole my life as my mom also Singer lover. But, I wanted something different. And I chose Janome. It cost me a lot, but worth it. Look at me..

Indeed, it is like a dream comes true. It was on the 19th of September, 4 months after my birthday, the 19th of May, after 19 years of marriage, I bought this precious sewing machine. I hope I could do more and share more knowledge to others.

I arrived around 3 in the afternoon and went straight to school for the craft sessions. There was a little problem that took my energy. But it was solved, anyway. And in the late afternoon, I needed to prepare myself for the radio. So I made this card after coming home from the radio, around 9 o'clock in the evening. Ohlala... And for the project today, it's about vintage.

 

These are the closer looks on the embellishments: 

I hope it is vintage enough. Lol.. See you again tomorrow, friends.

ODOP - Day 17 - Long TIme No See

Happy weekend, my friends..

I am in Surabaya now. Just the two of us, with my DH. Here in Surabaya, I have lots of time. I can relax, doing nothing or even just watching TV. That's one thing I rarely do. One thing I enjoyed last night was eating 'kwetiau rebus' at my favorite restaurant. So yummy.. This morning at 9, my DH will go to his office because there will be a special event there. I will drop him to Gresik then I'll get back to Surabaya. I'll meet him again later after 3. I have a plan to look for a sewing machine. I mentioned this yesterday. I'll tell you my find later. I can't wait for that.. Wooot..wooot... Well, wish me luck..

Today's theme for ODOP is Friendship.  Actually, I have been thinking of the window die cut from MFT. But, I don't want to buy as the dollars are still high. And, come to think of it, I remember that I have a window die cut from Stampin Up. I have one, two or three. Yes, three different window die cut on one plat. I chose the biggest one. I cut the paper from "Gnome Sweet Gnome" from My Mind's Eye. Inside the window, I stamped the stick figures from Altenew on the white cardstock. But before that, I stenciled the diamond using Tim Holtz stencil and Shabby Shutter Distress Ink. The small dots and hearts were stamped using the Mama Elephant stamp from a London stamp set. The leaves are from Punch Bunch leave punch. The bird is from Stampin Up punch. The flowers were made by using a die cut from MFT. Finally I added some sequins and a punched heart.

Here we go...

I love how they turned out... So lovely.

I hope you agree, that everything on white is always adorable.. :D

PS: I'll be back on Monday morning. If you need anything from Surabaya, just let me know. :D

ODOP - Day 16 - Happy Birthday with Bling

Hello friends,

It's Friday and I'm about to go to Surabaya. The train leaves at 12.12 in the afternoon. I will spend 3 nights there. I visit my hubby and I have a plan to look for a sewing machine. Yes.. I'm so in love in sewing. Almost every night before sleeping, I open Youtube to learn all the things about sewing. I don't want to sew dresses. I want to sew accessories and daily need such as pillow cases, clutch, tote bags. etc. I will find the best sewing machine. I worked hard for this, especially on Jogja Japan Week 3 weeks ago. I earned so much that it is enough to buy the machine and fix the craft room. I asked the carpenter to make some short cupboard to accommodate everything. If you come here today, wow... everything is so messy. Lol..

Btw, the theme of the ODOP today is using bling bling. The card is so simple. I used the die cut from Stampin Up. The hexagon. I cut 3 times on 3 different papers. I added some blings from Kaiser Craft and Prima.

The sentiment is also from Stampin Up. I adore the 'birthday' word. It's inside an oval stamp. I only wanted the sentiment without the oval shape. So I colored the sentiment with ZIG Art & Graphic Twin. It took quite some time to dry. When I wanted to add the bling-bling, I accidentally touched the sentiment and touched other parts of the card. Oh my.... So I repeated making the new one. I just took what I could save.. Lol... Look at the mess I made on the card.

I think everything on white is always adorable. Right?

See you tomorrow. It will be another white card. I think.. :D

ODOP - Day 15 - Fun & Good Times - Beach

Meet again, friends..

Today I had a wonderful time with my students at school. The theme of the lesson was not so popular. It was about public transport. They were sitting in groups. There has always been 6 groups of four. The duration was 2.5 hours.. Phew.... In the middle there was a Listening. *they looked bored when I played the recording for the second time. I switched to distributing funny pictures. Then I continued with Chain Story. It was so much fun. Yes.. with my students, I always have fun time.

The theme for ODOP's theme today is beach. I remember the moment we had on the beach last July. It was a 'MOS' time for new students. I was asked to conduct some outdoor games. Yeah... It was sooo much fun. The games went so well that every student enjoyed the happiness. Before going back home, these two students asked to have a picture with me on the bridge. Indeed, we had fun and good times on the beach.

The pattern papers are from Simple Stories and Echo Park. I also adhered three washi tapes.

Smile.....

ODOP - Day 14 - Wherever You Go

Hello friends,

It's Wednesday. The theme for today is Paper Flower. My favorite theme. I love flowers.  This card carries so many famous brands for each thing on the card. This time I play with flower stamps from Stampin Up! They are from 3 different stamp sets. They also come with punches. The punches make the work easier. I just stamped and then punched. The ink pad was the new one from Hero Arts Shadow Ink: Fresh Peach (mid-tone). I love that color. The leave stamp was from Papertrey Ink. The word stamp was from Hero Arts. The die cut for the circle swirl was from Sizzix. The new one in my craft room. The pattern paper was from Doodle Designs. The four-petal flower punch was from Carla Craft. The sentiment was from Mama Elephant. See that, so many brands. They are my favorite ones.

Here is my creation:

I took several photos. These two were under the sunshine:

Hope you also enjoy the flowers around you.. :D

ODOP - Day 13 - Enjoy Little Things - Tea Time

Hi friends,

Today's ODOP is about Tea Time. The theme is from me. I was randomly chosen to give a theme. Hehehe. I like drinking tea and the theme suddenly  came to mind last weekend. I remember this ATC I made some years ago.


I made this project yesterday. I used a set of die cut: Bag, Tea Bag & Accessories from Where Women Cook by Sizzix. I used paper: Brown Damask from Eco Park. The tea itself was Lipton Tea. :D

I tried to make the pictures of the project. Ohlala... It took me 1 hour to come to the end of photo session. The first was on the edge of the swimming pool. But...oh,, it was soooo windy. Everything flew. And the green birds was getting so wet. I had to replace them.

Then I moved to the living room. I shot photos from several angles. Here are some of them.

Let's have some tea, everyone.. 

PS: the tea set was a special gift from GKI Sindanglaut, when I gave a presentation on how to become a Worship Leader. Thanks so much.

ODOP - Day 12 - Garden

Hello friends,

How was your weekend? I did have a wonderful one. I could stay at home and relax. It's a rare moment I could have. Almost every weekend I would be away from home, either in town or out of town. So relaxing that I only read, chatted and ate. Lol...

And here we go. The new week has started. Today's ODOP is garden. Gardening is actually my other passion. I just don't have enough time to do it. In the past, before I joined the school, I did gardening once a week. I love to decorate my porch with the pots of flowers. I visited some nursery to buy some new plants. I think I will start it again, after I settle with the craft gallery stuffs.

I remember I ever bought the AI stamp set in SSS. It has arbor, leaves, grapes and bunny. Actually I needed more stamp if I wanted to complete the picture as it is. Well. it's not easy to find AI watercolor stamps.

I made 2 cards. On the first card, I used ZIG Art & Graphic Twin markers. Those were my favorite markers to make stamping like painting.

On the second card, I used ZIG Clean Color Real Brush markers.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts. I love Hero Arts sentiments. I have lots of them. I used a brush for both of them. Just to make them look like a painting. I love the technique. Because it really made me feel at ease. So relaxing. I think I will fly to Sing and visit JDA to find more AI WC stamps there (as I promised them before).. Coming?

The conclusions: I need more colors of those two ZIGs. Lol..

ODOP - Day 11 - Family TIme

Hello friends,

The ODOP theme today is Family. I decided to use our picture that was taken last July on my youngest daughter's birthday. Yes, I have 3 beautiful daughters and a handsome husband. ehem..ehem..

I used a background paper from October Afternoon. The phrase cards are from Pebbles "Home Is Where Your Story Begins". Yeah.. everything comes from home. That's why, as parents, my hubby and I give our best to educate my kids. Raising 3 girls needs a big concern on their feelings. We must be able to be their close friends, whom they tell all stories they have each day. I love listening to their stories, the sad ones and the happy ones. Me, I have to be everything for them, as my hubby lives really far away from us. He comes home every two weeks.

So, here is my layout.

 

 I like a layout on 8"x8". The size doesn't require much embellishments.

 

Happy weekend, my friends..

ODOP - Day 10 - You Make Me Happy - ATC

Hello friends,

Meet again. It's Friday, and it's my free day. I usually clean my house and craft room on Fridays. That is why I finished these ATCs earlier today.Yes, ATC is the theme for today's ODOP. We may make between 10 to 40 ATCs, then send them to Silvy and she will swap all the ATCs. How lovely!

To make these ATCs, I used the MISTI. It's a very helpful tool. I love it. Look at below. I put the grid paper on the left side. I fixed the ATC paper on the certain grids. See the arrow on the right side. That is the stamp. When I folded the cover, the stamp would be on the top of the ATC paper. Fabulous!!

(p.s. I promised my friends to make a compatible MISTI. I still don't find the time to make one. Perhaps later..)

I used 6 Versa Color ink pads. Then I covered the middle of the flower with black frantage and pink shabby frantage outside the flower. All stamps are from Altenew: Painted Poppy. Love this new stamp set..

I made 16 ATCs, then later, I will get 16 different ATCs from 16 friends. Isn't it wonderful?

ODOP - Day 9 - Postcard

Hi friends,

The theme for today's ODOP is a postcard. This theme enabled me to use my only postcard stamp from Stampin Up! one one side. I like this stamp. I really wish I could make more and more postcards, so that I could do swap with other postcard lovers.

Anyway, this is the postcards I made this late afternoon (after coming from school, of course..). These is each side of the postcard.

The other stamps are from Hero Arts. They are old stamps, but I still adore them. They are: Hydrangea, Old French Writing, a bird from CardArt Decorative Birds and a butterfly from a set of Antique Engraving. I still can remember how difficult it was to get those famous Hero Arts stamps at that time. Wow! So that's why I won't exchange these staamps to other ones. I love them all.
The other stamp is the dots stamp from Kaiser Craft. I don't understand, why it is so difficult to peel the stamp from its plastic.

I used DI ink pads: Victorian Velvet, Tumbled Glass,  Old Paper and Shabby Shutters. Those are the colors to form a shabby look, I guess..

I didn't use any embellishments, because I want to send it via post, which means I need to glue a stamp on it. I hope it reaches Sylvia.

What do you think, friends?

ODOP - Day 8 - Celebrate - Sparkling on Black

Hello friends,

Well, today was awesome. Today was the first day for me to teach again in the class. All the students are the best students at school. So, I hope they will compete to reach the best of them.

Today's ODOP's theme is put something on a black. Well, apparently, it wasn't that easy for me to execute. Lol. Finally, I decided to put something sparkling on black card stocks. I made these four cards. I used Hero Arts stamp, stamped it on a versamark, then I poured the glitter embossing powder from Ranger on each, then heated them. Voila...

The silver doesn't look silver on the picture. It's very difficult to get the shiny look on silver. The rest are better shining.

Ok, until tomorrow..

ODOP - Day 7 - Happy Birthday Shaker Card

Hello friends,

Today was a busy day. I went to Jakarta to meet some friends. Most of all, I wanted to meet my daughter. Then the second one was to surprise my sister who had a birthday today. Here is the picture compilation of today. It was a pleasant day.. Praise The Lord..

And when I arrived home, I quickly made this card. A shaker card. Hope it's not too late to post.

I used MFT Oval Stitched die cut. The flowers are from Waffleflowers. Hope Jovita will like the card, as today is also her birthday. Happy birthday, Jovita. God bless you..