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Hello friends,

Hope you all had a wonderful day today whether at work or at home!

Last weekend, I had lovely time with my baby daughter. In one morning she woke up and then said to me that she wanted to go to school :) Well, I wish I could send her to school but since this poor 2-year-old girl cannot go anywhere and stuck with her mom, so I asked her to play alphabet hehe..

So then together we made alphabet banner to put in her bedroom :) I'm glad that she loves making it and really enjoying the process.

The alphabet banner is very simple and easy to make. I only cut the felt using scissor to make the flags and the alphabet. Hand sew the flag and insert the rope to hang it on the wall.

Thank you for your visit and take care! :)

Hugs, Ika

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 friends!

I hope you are all doing great and had a lovely new year's eve too :)

We have left 2014 almost 20 days ago but I can still feel the new year atmosphere until today!

Myself, I spent new year's eve with my little family, just sitting on our porch and watching fireworks dancing on the dark and rainy sky.. after that, we all just went to bed hehe..

New year means new opportunity to finish up all plans from the previous years (yes, most of them have been left behind by... myself :P). Plans have been made, goals have been set, it is time for me to test the speed and stomp the gas :) But I'm sure you also have those plans written on your head, book, wall everywhere! And I also believe that you are all busy checking your to-do daily list and focusing on your goals. Anyway, whatever you are doing right now, I wish you best of success and I hope that your dreams and mine will come true this year :)

Enjoy your day!

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

Materials:

Stamp - Kaiser Crafts

Ink - Dew Drop Jumbo Java

Kraft paper - Plumeria Crafts

Cork sheet - Plumeria Crafts

Acrylic Paint - Reeves

Confetti Star - personal collection

Hello friends :)

I would like to share the christmas card that I made recently using cork sheet. I use kraft paper and splashed white acrylic paint for the background. I cut and stamped the cork sheet and glued it on a piece of scrap metallic gold paper. For decoration, I added small bow from a rattan rope.

I hope you like it :) and I enter this card for below challenge:

Week 286 - No Design Paper Allowed - Allsorts Challenge Blog

Materials:
Kraft paper - Plumeria Crafts
Metallic gold paper - Plumeria Crafts
Cork sheet - Plumeria Crafts
Sentiment Stamps - Kaiser Crafts
Acrylic Paint - Reeves
Rattan rope - personal collection
Star confetti - personal collection
Rattan rope (personal collection)

Hello all,

I would like to upload one of my recent work. Mbak Dwita Crafty Crafts had held a challenge in her facebook to celebrate the World Card Making Day last October 2014. There were hundreds of crafters friends joined and I was so confused to vote the best one as they are all wonderful!! :)

Myself, I made a CAS card using leftover pumpkin seeds. Ofcourse, I washed and cleaned it before using :) I re-painted it with gesso and colored it with acrylic paint. Then I glued the seeds together to create frangipani flower. I stamped the card with Dew Drop Brilliance Galaxy Gold and Copper and finished it with Distress Ink Vintage Photo.

I really hope that the receiver will be happy to have this on their mail :) I also join this card for below challenge:

Challenge #91 - Anything Goes - The Crafters Cafe Blog Challenge

The ATC Cards

Pumpkin seeds ready to be colored

Pumpkin seed on a hair clip :)

Hello everyone,

Last week me and my friend joined another bazaar at Lottemart, Denpasar, Bali. It was held by BIWA for charity and the theme was BIWA X-mas Charity Bazaar. My friend and I shared one booth and since we didn't need large one so it was enough for both of us.

It was very hot day and we almost melted :P Glad we made some sales although not so big but at least we got back our rent stall money hehe.. I don't think people were interested to get out of their home as the sun really kills!! We kept on drinking water every few minutes coz if not, we'd probably end up at the hospital :P Here's some photos from the bazaar and I also got the chance to pack an order from my online customer :)

Thanks for reading my post! Take care :)

Packing an order from online customer

Stalls, so packed and crowd!

Our stalls :)

My display :)

Yes, now I made jewellery too hehe..

My friend, Yatic from Arropa Collection who shared stall with me :)

Hi all, how's your Sunday? Hope you really enjoy it!

Around two weeks ago I got a visit from Melissa, a good friend of mine who lives in Jakarta. She happened to attend her best friend wedding in Bali, so she and her husband was so kind to meet me at my house :) Melissa is very talented in card making and scrap booking and has been showing up in local television for crafts show.

And on that hot day afternoon we talked about a lot of things and exchanged goodies. She brought me goodies stamp out of Tilda in many designs!! They are so cute!!! I never have any Tilda before so this stamp out will be very useful for my personal projects. Thank you so much Melz and thank you for visiting my house :) hope someday we will meet again!!! :D

Thanks to you who read my post :) See ya!

Melz and me :)