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:

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!

Hope you're doing well. 

For the past few days, I've been making simple packaging for my bracelets.

I'm using scissors, krafts paper, twill tape, magnets, double tape foam and cloth. I make pocket cloth to keep the bracelet and also to reduce plastic usage.

Below is the result:

Use A4 size kraft paper, measure the space for the bracelets. 

Score the paper depending on the size of the packaging you need. Make sure that it covers the height of the bracelets too. Cut the excess on every sides of the papers and form the edges as desired. 

I put the bracelets inside a cloth pocket.

Then close the package by folding each side carefully.

 I printed a label and stick it on front of the package using double tape foam. Measure and cut the twill tape, glue it on the back and pull it to the front. Stick small piece of magnetic sheet on the edge of the twill tape. The magnet on top side is longer than the one below, it's made so it can still move depending on the bracelets thickness. Glue the excess of twill tape on the edge so it won't messy.

Slip the twill tape beneath the label so magnets on the edges can meet to secure the package.

Voila, the package is done and my bracelets are ready to be shipped! :) 

Thank you very much for taking your time in reading my post!

Have a great weekend all!

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! :)

Happy Saka New Year 1937 for all my Hindu friends in Bali! I hope that this year's Seclusion Day will bring peace to you and your families :)

Right now, I'm writing this blog in the dark. My Hindu friends are doing Brata Rituals (one of rituals in Nyepi Day) started earlier this morning from 6.00 AM until tomorrow morning at 6.00 AM. Other rituals called: Amati Geni (no fire or light which also means no electricity), Amati karya (no work), Amati Lelunganan (no travelling or walking on the street) and Amati Lelanguan (fasting and no self-entertainment). I don't celebrate this Nyepi Day but we honor their holy day by following the rules and all activities on this island is closed since yesterday. 

 Below is Nyepi Day card that I made yesterday:

I draw Bali island from the magazine

Using carbon paper to draw it on a black cardstock

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 :)

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)