Hey dear friends,

Today, I'm excited to give you a sneak peek into the imperfect world of our family. Dad may not be a fan of photoshoots, but he sure knows how to enjoy life's little pleasures and handle our little ones :) Mom is the head of multitasking, juggling it all - from parenting duties to managing the household.

Our little ones – the playful kittens! They'd rather chase a ball of yarn or pounce on shadows than sit still for a family photo. Our youngest one is especially enchanted by his fluffy wool, and you can often find him in the coziest spots around the house. Meanwhile, our oldest one who has an adventure spirit seems determined to make an escape from the frame :D

Our family might be a bit chaotic at times, but it's filled with love, laughter, and the joy of watching our little ones grow. We hope you find joy in your own unique family portraits. After all, it's the love that counts, and that's something we have in abundance.

Take care!

Hugs,

Tanika

Photo Title: Family Picture

Illustration: Myself

Software: Adobe Illustrator

 Hello friends,

Hello friends,

I'm here again with my cards :D This is the card that I made using a simple hand drawing doodle. I used kraft paper for the card, a gel rolls white pen from Sakura, a white Posca marker, and an acrylic stamp for the sentiment. I gave a bit of color to the doodle using a pink Copic marker. 

As for the heart shapes, I cut them from leftover cardstock and glued them to a small piece of paper which is folded before I attached it to the card thus giving a "pop-up" look. And That's it :)

This is my entry for the following challenges:

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes #209

We Love to Create - Anything Goes at WL2C #6 Mixed Media Challenge

Polkadoodles - Week #22 Crafts and Card Making Challenge

Through the Craft Rooms Door - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by. See you soon :)

Love, Ika

 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 :)

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 :)

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 :)

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

Helloo everyone,

In this rainy day I'm going to upload another simple greeting card :) I'm using black buttons as embellishment and hand written sentiment.

These black buttons are actually mean as silhouette and honestly I totally forgot to create a background layer so hopefully this does not look so plain :)

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.

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..

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 :)