created by ika: plumeria crafts

Hello there friends,

Hope you are all in good health. It's been few weeks since the last time I checked in here hehe.. had been busy with my mother in law funeral as well as moving out to a new island and city.

Now that we have managed everything and slowly get back on our track again :) Today I just want to upload my newest watercolor painting to celebrate this year of World Watercolor Month July 2021. I am a total beginner and I really made so many mistakes and I'm sure your kids paint way better than me. Yet, I feel happy to share my learning process here with you :D

This is also my entry to join the 7 Days of Challenge Nautical Summer from my former teacher at Skillshare Ohn Mar Win. Oh I wish one day I can join her classes again, she was so transparent and informative, I love her teaching style!

So here is my creation. Please feel free to give positive suggestions which I can use to learn :)

Watch how I made it here:

Stay healthy and stay safe!

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! :)

Hi everyone,

Today I'm sharing another doodle that I made. I draw a rose template from a photo I took when I went to Bedugul in Bali :) The rose was very lovely and fresh too!

I'm using Canson black drawing paper, Uni Posca marker for the outside bold line and for the detail inside I'm using Prisma Color Pencil White.

That's it for now and I hope you have a lovely day!

See you! :)

Hello there,

Yesterday was me and my husband 9th years of wedding anniversary!

Time flies by so fast and I'm glad that we've made it this far. We've been through lots of up and down, laugh and tears but God has been blessing us with love, health, wealth, two adorable children, great family and friends. We hope to always walk together until the end.

So here's a wedding anniversary card that I made for us :)

I'm using recycle paper for the card stock, some scrap paper for the layers, two hearts stamp (no brand) and acrylic stamp for the sentiment.

I enter this card to below challenges:

Week 270 Odd - CASology
Challenge #187 Anything Goes - Artistic Inspirations Challenges
Challenge #138 - Creative Fingers Challenge Blog

That's it for now. Thank you for stopping by here :)

Take care!

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 there!

Hope you're doing great.. Today, I'm uploading one of my ATC card which I made to join the October Challenge of Mbak Dwita Fb and blog Crafter's Life in order to celebrate the World Card Making Day 2015.

I actually found out about the "Friendship" few days before the due date. So, I rushed and created this simple ATC. I use kraft paper, hand draw the two girls image with drawing pen and use Prisma Color Pencil for the coloring (which I'm still learning to do it :P) and for last touch, I used word stamps from Stampendous for the words "my and Friend" and Kaiser Craft Christmas Sentiment for the "Love". Yep, I only have those stamps set and I always have to mix and match them :D

Alhamdulillah, Thank you God! I'm glad that my creation is among the top 10 which is at no.7 (my lucky number actually :D:D). Guess what I got, whole bunch of great stuff!!!! From Mbak Dwita, a kit for November challenge and also I got a beautiful handmade bag created by herself and a Magnolia stamp!! I am so excited!! Coz believe it or not, this is my first ever and the one and only Magnolia stamp that I ever have in my life!!!! :D :D And that the bag I use it to keep my make-up tools, yeaahh I usually don't use make-up bag, but now I have one that is so lovely!!! Also I got stuff such as lovely sequins from Mbak Hanny, flower punch from Mbak Judith and other lovely stuff an ATC card from Mbak Nova!

I am so excited and thank you so much for lovely people who voted for me.. GBU! :) And most of all, thank so much for Mbak Dwita for your generosity, hard work and effort for making these challenge possible! and thank you for the sponsors.. you all really made my day! :)

Thanks to you friends for reading this!

Love you all and see you soon! *kiss and hug* :)

Hello friends,

I'm posting late post tonight from a Sunday Market Event that me and my friend participated back in August. It took place in Segara Village Resort in Sanur, Bali.

The location was by the beach, so our booth is exactly by the beach in the resort area.

It was actually nice and cozy resort, especially for my daughter as they have children playground there. Many booth sell handicrafts, clothes, beverages etc. and also had acoustic band entertainment.

Me and my friend shared in one booth. The event was so okay and although we made some sales but generally it was quiet. From our point of view, the booth location wasn't in a strategic place for people to come and have a look. So I really hope that they can make a better booth layout and provide interesting program especially for children as Sunday Market is more about family hang out :)

Anyway, we did have fun and I was so happy that my hubby and daughter accompanied me for a whole day! Love them both so much. Here are some pictures that I managed to take. I couldn't take any picture in the afternoon coz our booth was being on the spotlight from direct sun light :D

So really sorry if they are blurred as I took these when the sun was almost set and I had to rush to bring my daughter home coz she was so exhausted! :)

Thank you for reading this and Take care! :)

Our booth

My creations on the table with DIY necklace display made of cardboard :)

Some of my earrings collections made of cork

My friends creations.. they look so lovely! :)

My hubby and my daughter playing by the beach all day :)

Waiting for her mommy to pack up and went home! :)

Hello friends,

I have been playing with inner tube recently. And yes, besides paper crafting now I really enjoy jewelry making even if I am just starting to learn :)

Anyway, I'm inspired by my hubby who loves motorcycle very much. Instead of him wasting the old inner tube then I decided to create jewelry out of it. This is also one of my purpose to recycle the inner tube as you can find them everywhere and they are so easy to find. The rubber is very strong and that it will last long.. Not so easy to handle though but I'm happy to be able to cut it manually using scissors :)

So here are some of my creations which are now available at my crafts boutique HERE.

Oh, just for your information, I do ship worldwide and accept payment through Paypal so if anyone outside Indonesia is interested to purchase then please don't hesitate to contact me :)

Thank you very much and hope you enjoy your day!

Hello friends,

I hope you're doing great!

I'm happy that for the past few weeks I have some time to play with my cork sheet. And the result is that I am able to make new jewelry creations made of cork sheet.

I love cork sheet very much. They create a natural, unique and ethnic look :)

I manually cut them with scissors and cutter knife, I stamped it using ink and regular stamps then for the finishing I used ModPodge Dimensional Magic to keep it sealed and waterproof.

I'm glad they are now ready at my crafts boutique Plumeria Crafts.

I do ship worldwide and so if anyone abroad is interested then you can contact me directly for the details, and oh, payment can be made by Paypal too :)

Thank you very much and Enjoy your day!

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,

It seems that everywhere I take trip to the blog land, the theme is about flowers. So I created greeting card using flower image as below.

Firstly, I color the background strip using Distress Ink Tattered Rose and a strip stencil that I created myself from plastic cotton pack. Since I don't have flower stamps yet so I'm using flower image from a wrapping paper. I glued the image on a paper and cut it with scissor. I manually cut the flowers into two, one I use double tape to attach it on the card and another, I use foam tape. Thus, would give a paper tole effect. I also add coloring to the image with Prisma Pencil to make it more alive and less stiff.

For the finishing touch I add some sequins and a happy birthday die cut sentiment which I got from -mbak Nova- two years ago from her die cut pack of challenge gift back in 2013 :)

I enter the card on the following challenges:

A Gem of A Challenge - Challenge #145 Flowers

Artistic Inspirations - Challenge #132 Anything Goes with a twist of die cuts

Melon Headz Friends - Flower Everywhere Challenge

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Challenge #229 Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Challenge #108

Thank you for visiting my blog and hope you'll have a lovely Sunday with your loved ones!

See you soon!

Materials I used:

Cardstock - local paper white color and cream pattern

Strip background coloring - Distress Ink Tattered Rose

Strip stencil - DIY from plastic cotton pack

Image - Flower from wrapping paper

Word - from a friend

Sequins - non branded collection

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

Hello friends!

I hope that you all have a great week. Myself, this week I have been more productive than I was on weeks before or maybe compare to last years too hehe...

This week, I'm using Tilda and as this is my first ever time to use her so I really hope that the result is good :) I got Tilda from my talented and lovely friend -Melissa from Melz Handmade- and the die cut sentiment is from my talented and lovely friend -Ayu from Mimipipi Crafts-. The die cut sentiment is originally a polaroid die cut and mostly used as frame. But I decided to cut the frame and use only the sentiment.

I colored the image using Prisma Pencil and created the background using >> DIY Stencil from snack pack << that I made last week. I colored the background using Brilliance Galaxy Gold Ink and for finishing touch I add some sequins.

I enter this card to the following challenges:

Indonesia Magnolia Lovers Challenge - Tantangan #16 Clean and Simple

Sister Act Card Challenge - Challenge #108

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Challenge #229 Anything Goes

Thank you so much for your visit and have a lovely day! :)

Materials I use:

Card stock - local kraft paper

Coloring image - Prisma Coloring Pencil

Image - Tilda in bee costume from my friend

Sentiment - smile die cut from my friend

Background coloring - Brilliance Galaxy Gold Ink

Hello friends,

I'd like to wish a Happy Chinese New Year 2566.

May you will be blessed with joy, happiness and prosperity.

Below is the card I made to celebrate this special day.
This card is made by using recycled embellishment which is aluminum foil which I get from my baby daughter's milk can and cork sheet. I hand painted the background with water color.

Embellishment is embossed with cuttlebug, cut manually with scissor and
sprayed with pylox gold spray paint.
I framed the background with cork sheet and colored it with gold spray paint.

Sentiment is stamped using Stamped Alphabet (no specific brand) and
colored with chinese water color painting then cut manually with scissors

So that's it, very easy and simple :)
I enter this card to some challenges below:

All Sorts Challenge - Week 298 Any Occasion than Birthday
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Challenge 299 Clean and Simple
Crafty Creations Challenge - Challenge # 283 White Plus One
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Challenge #104 One Layer Use Red

Thank you very much for stopping by here and see you soon again :)

Materials:

Gold Paper - Local paper

Aluminum Foil - Recycled milk can

Cork Sheet - Plumeria Crafts

Stamp - Stamped Alphabet from Gramedia book store

White Paper - Canson Watercolor Paper

Coloring - Pylox Gold spray paint

Coloring - Marie's Chinese watercolor painting

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug Asian Bundle Lantern

Hi friends,

This month is about storing my crafts stuff by using any kind of storage that I have. As you know, my crafts room is not fancy and I promise to keep all my crafts stuff as tidy as I can but with very tiny small budget and the most important thing is to be able to find what I need as quickly and as easy as possible :P

So, I finally have a storage for my ribbons at least for now until I can purchase the best one :) I'm using a SPICE RACK. Well, since I don't use this rack so I think it's best for me to use it as ribbon holder. And the good thing is that is has something like a small bars where I can slip each ribbons into it, and just pull it off whenever I need it. Ofcourse I still have to use my two hands to keep it in place so it doesn't fall out when I pull it. And I think it is also best if you can put a spacer for each ribbons so it doesn't pull off one another OR you can install a small stick to hold the ribbons.

As for my findings.. I have some findings, buttons etc. I decide to use CARTRIDGE STORAGE. I have been collecting this for months which I got from my previous office :) These are cartridge storage from Canon printer. It has small space that fits for small findings.. you can also paint them if you want but I prefer to keep it white. I put them in one container and since it has same sizes I can fill them in one container and put another container on top. The best thing is I can easily get it using my fingers or tweezers would be great too.

And lastly that all of you already know, is I'm using TAPE HOLDER to store my findings too. You can paint it or cover them in paper so it looks more attractive but for me, I just leave them as it is so I can write my finding codes on it and maybe later when I'm in the mood, I will decorate it :)

That's all and I'm off for a little trip to Ubud now with my family.

Have a great weekend everyone! :)

Hello friends,

Hope you're doing fine! Well, you know how much I love to recycle :D So on this lovely morning, I just like to upload my ideas on turning a small envelope into a big envelopes :) Yep, it's very simple hehe.. This is actually very useful for me to press my expense on purchasing big envelopes. Therefore, I have been collecting small envelopes which I got from my friends or families, this way I can also recycle them but still use its function as envelopes :)

BEFORE

AFTER

I made big envelopes by breaking all small envelopes and use their blank part on the inside. Attached and glued them one by one, depending on how big I want them to be. Making some cut as needed and voila, I got a big envelope hehe.. Ofcourse I can draw this blank parts but I leave it blank so it is easy for me to write down the address. These envelopes are very useful for me if I have to pack big documents.

You can try this at home too to safe expenses :)

Happy Weekend!

Hello, Little Aurora would like to say Happy Chinese New Year!! :)

May your life will filled with lots of blessings, peace, happiness and love!!

Little Aurora is a little bit different, she has straight hair now and taller hehe..

And she decides to wear this simple Cheongsam :)

If you like her, please go HERE to download her image :)

See you again soon and take care!!

Happy Chinese New Year, friends! :)

May this year bring us blessings, wealth, health and happiness!!

To celebrate Chinese New Year this year, I only manage to make two digital stamps.. Yeah, I've been so occupied with my crafts boutique and works at my office :) I'm glad I can make this digi stamps coz I've been making this on my spare time and whenever my cute little baby is sleeping hehe..

So here's an image of my Little Sunshine's wearing a snake costume :)

If you'd like to use it, you can grab it freely HERE.

Enjoy and once again Happy Chinese New Year!!