created by ika: challenge projects

Hello friends,

I hope you are doing well and in good health. As we are all aware that this pandemic situation has changed most of our lives completely. Some of us have lost their loved ones due to the virus, others lost their income and jobs (this happens to me too :) and sadly none of us know when this bad condition will be over.

However, although this is a very tough situation for all of us, it is very important to keep our spirit and fill our minds with positive thoughts. I'm making this black card using recycled paper with florals patterns and put a sentiment sticker with a word "Smile". Simply I just want to say that even in the dark moments, we must not lose hopes. Thus, hopefully will give us the strength to carry on with our lives no matter how bad the situation is right now.

I submit my cards to below challenge blogs:

The Paper Funday Challenge - Challenge #29 Anything Goes with Twist Flower / Floral

The Creative Crafter - Challenge #40 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Challenge #208 Anything Goes

May God will protect us and hopefully things will get better soon. Amen.

Thank you for reading my post and Sending you virtual warm hugs :)

Love,
Ika

Hello friends!

What a sunny day today, perfect to upload my bright card :D

I think this is the very first time that I ever made a greeting card with bright colour especially using combination of orange and yellow :) Turns out I like the result hehehe.. I used a simple star embellishment in metallic purple colour, sentiment stamps and recycle paper scrap.

This is my entry for below challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Anything with Happy Bright and Sunny Colours

Love to Craft Challenge - LTCCB #58 May Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge - Week #21 Anything Goes

Through The Crafts Room Door - Anything Goes 18 May 2021

I hope this card can brighten up the days of whoever will have received it!

See you all soon! :)

Love, Ika

Hello friends,

I'm sure many of you crafters out there are must have piles of leftover papers :) That includes myself too ahaha.. As we know, most of the time they are very useful, correct? :D Just like the cards that I'm posting today, I used leftover pattern papers. I don't like to throw them away because the colours and patterns are so lovely.

I don't put any embellishment 'coz I think the pattern already stand out so you can focus on admiring the beauty of each one of them :) You can use this card for any occasions.

This card is my entry on below challenges:

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - May 2021 Challenge

Gem of a Craft Challenge - Challenge #11 Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will have a great day today! See you soon!

Love,
Ika

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Hello friends,

Today I want to post a card that I made using left over card stock (again) :D I'm sorry I just don't wanna waste the paper coz it's so lovely! I think this is is fit for wedding card or for couple anniversary etc.

This is very clean and simple (always) hehe.. I do not put any embellishment as I only did hand written sentiment using pen marker and a copic marker. So this is very very easy to make :)

I would like to use this card for my entry on below challenge:

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - Wedding Card #524

Thank you so much and enjoy the rest of your day :)

Love,
Ika

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Hellooo,

Hope everyone is in good health!

Today I want to upload one of my card with "cold" theme.

I know this is not winter time.. But the reason I made this card simply because I found these dry pine leaf just laying on my drawer for years :D Then I put them all on a blank white card stock. I thought it would looked good with white background. So I decided to colour the leaves using Posca marker and put some dots on the card which made it looked like snow :D

I put a lyric from a song (which I googled :D) which I thought would fit in with the card theme. Well, it's so simple design but I think I like the result though hahahah..

Anyway, this is my entry for below challenges:

CASology Week #309 - Outside

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #87 Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge #5-2021

Thank you for reading my post. See you soon everyone! :)

Love,

Ika

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Hellooo peeps :)

Today I want to upload my new handmade greeting card. Another simple style, of course, hehe...

I made an envelope inspired by the CAS Challenge this week, and I used a pink color inspired by the Card Concept Challenge (below is the photo and link to the challenge).

Just so you know, I made the envelope out of my remaining tea bag, which had been dyed with food coloring. Instead of throwing it away, I just use it for my craft projects. As for the sentiment and the insert message, I only use my handwriting and draw simple doodles. That's all :)

Color inspiration from the Card Concept Challenge

So the above card I made is for my entry at the below challenges:

#383 Envelope - CASology

#148 Sweetheart Sweets—The Card Concept

#489 Anything Goes—Penny's Challenge

#2-2021 - A Perfect Time to Craft

#84 Anything Goes - Crafts Galore Encore

#55 Anything Goes - Love to Craft Challenge

Watch how I created this card in the below video:

Thank you for stopping by! Take care and stay healthy :)

Hugs, Ika

Hey peeps :)

I'm uploading another greeting card and this is more inspired by the photo from Inkspirational challenge.

I'm using black paper card and buttons for embellishment. I arranged the buttons into a Cassiopeia constellation which symbolised the beauty of they sky (for me it means the beauty of the person who receives this card) :)

Then I added a simple hand written words "You are a Star" using a white gel pen. Lastly I created a simple background with only small dots to represents the stars and so the card will not look plain as well.

It's very simple and quick card that you can make at home too.

This is my entry for below challenges:

#231 Photo Inspiration Challenge - Inkspirational challenge

Create your own background - The Sisterhood of Crafters

#36 Anything Goes - The Creative Crafters

Thank you. Take Care and Stay Healthy! :)

Hello.. I'm here again. Today I'm going to upload my handmade greeting card using simple style and 3 pcs of pistachio shells :)

Yes I do keep some trashes :D I just feel like there's something I can do with them and then they will be seating in my cupboard for years waiting to be used :P hahahah..

a closer look

First, I sprayed the shells with white color sprayer then I just make simple doodles on it using permanent marker. I put a simple stamp "hello" in the middle and glued the shells using wood glue. That's it!

This is my entry for below challenges:

#435 In a Row - Less is More

#200 Anything Goes - Creative Fingers

#259 Anything Goes - The Crafters Cafe

#3 Anything Goes - Pink Gem Challenge

Thank you. Take care and Stay healthy! :)

My first post on first February after almost two years 🙈 I have not been updating my blog due to other focus and several works & activities.

Since Covid-19 occured last year, I have been on unpaid leave from my work place for nearly six month up to to today. But the good thing is I can be more active in my blog and clean up my online world :D

So, here's my new greeting card with my favourite clean and simple style. I use leaves wooden embellishment which inspired by plants in the photo of the card concept challenge.

This is my entry for below challenges:

Week 382, Unite - CASology

#147, Daring to Dream - thecardconcept.blogspot.com

Anything Goes - Polka Doodles

#488, Anything Goes - Penny's Challenge

That's it! I hope everyone of you are safe and in good health!

Take care :)

Hello everyone,

I hope you're enjoying your weekend :)
Today I'm sharing one of wedding anniversary card that I made.

This is actually a special card made for one of my customer for his 30th wedding anniversary.

The husband wanted to give a lovely card to his wife (how romantic!!! :D) So I decided to make this simple greeting card. I'm using faux pearl which is a traditional symbol for the 30th wedding anniversary. I combine it with two small faux silver rose and use acrylic stamp sentiment from Mama Elephant - Cross My Heart set :)

I enter this card to below challenges:

Challenge #206 Ribbon & Pearls - A Gem of A Challenge

#353 Anything Goes - Crafty Creations Challenges

Wk 43 Anything Goes Crafting Challenge - Polkadoodles Crafting Challenges

Challenge #52 Anything Goes - Simply Papercraft

Week 272 Cherish - CASology

That's it for now! I'll share more of my creations later :)

See you again soon!

Hello,

I am back again hehehe.. after I have been neglecting my blog for almost 2 years :D Being busy with my kids and have not created many things. I miss my blog and think its best for me to refresh it and start sharing my creations again before 2017 is end.

Well, I will start with the above greeting card which I made for my hubby to celebrate his birthday. It's very easy and simple to make. I just stamped the image on a fancy paper (no brand) using Versa Magic Jumbo Java and colored it with Prisma Color Pencil. I use kraft paper for the card, clear stamp from Inkadinkado, Polkadot rubber stamp (no brand) and text clear stamp set So Happy from Avery Elle :)

I enter this card to below challenges:

Challenge #204 ~ A Gem of A Challenge

Favourite Stamp Challenge #121 ~ Addicted to CAS

Week 435 Sentiment in Focus ~ Allsorts Challenge Blog

Challenge 186 ~ Artistic Inspirations

#351 Anything Goes ~ Crafty Creations Challenges

Challenge 51 ~ Simply Papercraft

Challenge 348 Anything Goes ~ Penny's Challenges

That's it for now, I will upload more creations later :)

Thank you for stopping by here!

Hello friends!

Sun is shinning and birds are singing, It's June!

Well, I hope your weekend is as fresh as summer breeze! :)

Today, I'm going to upload a birthday greeting card with vintage theme. But since I don't have any kind of stamping tools for this style, so it's very challenging for me. Instead of using regular stamp, I decided to go digital and make my own line art (from my own photo). I created it using Adobe Photoshop and I put vintage fonts and sentiments from the internet.
So it's a vintage card with a digital touch :P

Below is the result:

The result of my photo that I converted to line art

I took the vintage font from Font Space and got the sentiment from Wishes Quotes. I created the line art, vintage frame and sentiments in Adobe Photoshop. I printed them all and reprint the birthday sentiment on the back side of the craft paper then cut it manually and put it using foam tape.

This is my original photo that I converted to line art

I enter this card to the following challenges:

CASology - Week #149 Vintage

Crafts 4 Eternity - R#229 Birthday

Simply Paper Crafts - Challenge #6 Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Challenge #109 Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog and have a lovely day! :)

Materials I use:

Card - Craft linear paper

Sentiment - wishesquotes.com

Fonts - fontspace.com

Frame - Adobe Photoshop

Hello friends,

Today, I created a very simple card using only sentiment that I made myself. When I heard a word story, so many things came up in my mind.. fairytale, success story, career story etc., but one thing that is really linger is of course.. a love story :) However, since I don't have a stamp that can represent my idea, so I decided to create one and used it as an image for the focal point.

To make it a bit romantic, I add a butterfly stamp from a stamp maker company (I got this years ago and this is the first time I've ever used it) and colored it with Prisma Coloring Pencil. I hand drawn the dots on the card to frame the sentiment with Staedler brown color pen.

I created the sentiments using Stampendous (Happy Messages) for the word "You" and Kaiser Crafts (Christmas Sentiment) for the word "Love" and the "line" image (which I used to give impression of stack of papers). As for other alphabet, I'm using non branded Alphabet Stamp from local book store. I add sequins to give the card a bit of light :)

I enter this card for the following challenge:

CASology Challenge - Story

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and hope have a lovely weekend! :)

Materials I used:

Card Stock - Local papers

Coloring image - Prisma Color Pencil

Coloring frame - Staedler Pen

Butterfly image - free sample from a stamp maker company

Word "you" - Stampendous happy messages

Word "love" - Kaiser Crafts Christmas Sentiment

Hi friends,

I made another cards to join in two great challenges.

My card theme is get well soon with simple and clean design.

I used white and black card stock from drawing paper. I created the simple and easy-to-make roses from paper, just cut them in circle and roll it starting from the edge then stick it to the base with white glue. I created the background using black drawing paper, colored it with Simbalion pastel color and attached it to a white card stock. I wrote the sentiment on computer and then printed it on vellum, glue it on a tiny paper and attached it on the card. For finishing touch, I added some sequins just to make it more alive :)

I join this card on the following challenges:

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog - Challenge #117 Get Well Soon

Check out their blog to see fabulous creations from the DT and participants

AND

The Card Concept - #35 Frilly & Fabulous

The theme is focusing on simple and clean design. I was inspired by Kerin Sylvester with her clean & layered style. I love her paper roses and the background wood she created! Check out their web to see amazing creations from other DT.

Thank you for reading my post and have a lovely day! :)

Materials I use:
Black Card Stock - Canson drawing paper
White Card Stock - Non branded local paper
Vellum - Non branded local paper
Paper Flowers - Non branded local paper
Pastel Color - Simballion Sketch Pastel
Sequins - Non branded personal collection

Hello friends!

Hope you had wonderful weekend holiday with your family and get more energy to start your weekday activities tomorrow! :)

I managed to make some cards this weekend and here's one of them:

It's very clean and simple card. I used white card stock and put a wedding ring sticker which I got from my lovely cousin and then stamped it using Brilliant Dew Drop Ink Galaxy Gold with sentiment on it from KaiserKraft "Being together is the best gift of all". Well, even though the stamp is from Christmas theme collection, I use it coz the meaning of the words is quite universal to me.

I made this card to join the following challenge:

CASology - Week #147 Wedding

Thank you for reading my post!

See you soon :)

Hello friends,

I'd like to share my newest greeting card.. for you.. yes, you my friend!... coz you've come here and spend your valuable time to visit and read my post.. so thank you and you're the best!! :)

On this card, I'm using my >> DIY Stencil from plastic snack pack << which is also another way for me to recycle the plastic. I have to tell you that the stencil really does work!! Well, I'm sure it stays long until I can afford the proper one :)

So for details, I created and printed out the sentiment on vellum paper and then stick it on a masking paper tape. I made flower from cork sheet and cut it manually, I created the background using the plastic stencil tool and color it with dew drop ink (olive color), give small pearls on the flowers, leather twine and added some sequins for the finishing touch :)

I join my greeting card on the following challenges:

Crafty Creation Challenges - Challenge #289 Color Palette

Die Cuttin Divas - Challenge #216 Water a Flower Day

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - Challenge #228 Anything Goes

Simply Paper Crafts - Challenge 5

Challenge Up Your Life - Challenge #15 Ribbon, Buttons and Twine

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and reading my post!

Have a lovely day, friends :)

Materials:

Cardstock and Paper - local paper no brand

DIY Stencil - personal collection

Dew Drop Ink Olive

Cork Sheet - plumeria crafts

Leather Twine - plumeria crafts

Sequins - personal collection

Pearl - gift from a friend

Hello friends,

I'd like to upload my newest greeting card today and to join in some challenges. This time I made a very simple birthday greeting card with a slider. The idea is like giving a present to someone and let her/him open it :) well, something like that I guess hehe.. anyway, here's the card:

This is how I made it:

First decide the size of your gift box and how you want the slider look. Myself, I made the frame and hide the gift box by making small frame that fits for the ribbon to slide.

I measure and cut it manually with cutter.

Then make the gift box in square, colored it with water color and wrap it with ribbon embellishment which I made from fabric tape. Make sure that the size of the box is a bit bigger than the frame so it gives a tiny space to move.

Then, make the card primary base. Cut paper in rectangle form for the slider. The rectangle must have a space fit the gift box to move left and right. On the rectangle paper, I hand draw a simple high heel stamp as the gift (this one is special for my friend Mbak Monika who loves shoes stamp and whom having a Birthday Linky Party on her blog HERE :) I created the image using a black Snowman drawing pen 0.2 and colored it with Staedler pen and Copic for the shadows.

Fold the edges of the rectangle paper. Make sure to fold and leave a space about 0,5 mm on each side so that the gift box can move to slide. When you're done, put double sided tape on each side then insert the gift box inside and test the slider by moving it left and right.

Once you have insert the gift box, attached it to the card by turning it upside down and adjust it with the frame you made previously. Make sure that the double tape stick properly.

I hand drawn dots and small arrows with pen so the receiver can slide and open the gift box :) Oh, I forgot, before attaching the gift box, make sure to stamp the sentiment first to avoid messy result.

I decorate the bottom card with similar washi tape as the gift box.

Voila, finish and you get a very easy and simple greeting card with slider :)

Hope this is useful for you and thank you for reading my post!

Have a great weekend everyone! :)

I join this card on below challenges:

Creative with Monika - CASE-ing My Card Birthday Linky Party

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Challenge 308 Make Your Own Embellishment

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Challenge #113 Ribbon and/or Lace

Simply Paper Crafts - Challenge 3 - Anything Goes or Lots of Layers
Crafty Creations Challenge - Seeing Spots

Sister Act Card Challenge - Challenge #103 - Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity - Recipe #223 - Anything Goes

Hello friends,

I finally received the ATCs of WCMD 2014 from Mbak Dwita at Paper Unique! Apparently, I am the 10th winner hehe and It really made my day!

Thanks to Mbak Dwita who had organized the event very well and great to managed almost a hundreds ATC! and thank you to all friends who voted for my card :) I truly appreciate it!

So here they are, some of the ATC from friends in Indonesia, each of them are gorgeous, beautiful and inspiring!

Enjoy the beauty of ATC, friends and have a great weekend! :)

Hello friends,

In this early morning I'd like to upload my newest card for The Cutting Edge Challenge #15. Sadly, this is the first time I have ever participated and will be my last one due they are closing the challenge.

I have been getting so many inspiration looking at their design teams' creations for the past few months and for that I thank them very much.

Below is the creation of Amy Kolling for their last challenge HERE:

And this is my interpretation of her design:

To be honest I do not have any dies yet, so for the snow, I'm using aluminum tin foil from my daughter's milk can (a bit of recycling idea). I embossed it with snow embossing folder from Cuttlebug and then cut it manually and protect it with acrylic varnish. As for the colorful background, I'm using leather imitation rope and sequins. For the stamp, I'm using Kaiser Crafts Christmas set.

Thank you for visiting my blog and thanks for Cutting Edge Challenge!

Materials:

Bluish paper - personal collection

Sentiment - Kaiser Crafts

Leather rope and sequins - Plumeria Crafts

Snow decoration - personal collection (aluminum tin foil from milk can)

Hi friends,

Today I had wonderful time at the beach with my daughter and husband! Playing with sand and wave :) We're lucky that the beach is very close to our house so it doesn't take long time to get there. I wish that you also have a great weekend with your family :)

Now I want to post another Christmas card that I made using cork sheet. It's a very simple card, I only cut the cork sheet and arrange it like an x-mas tree. I enter this card for below challenge:

Anything Goes - Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge