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Hey there! hope things are doing well with you today! well, it's already the second week of August.. how time flies by so fast. I have been very busy at work and home.. but no matter what happen in my life I'm still trying to keep my spirit high in making cards :)

Now I'm sorry for my lateness again in uploading the challenge but I'm happy to share a great news from AI Factory that this month is we're having a long challenge! This is due to they are updating their new sites with lots of exciting stuff, so stay tune to get the update! Meanwhile, the theme for this month's challenge is "Anything Goes". I'm using the above Up Up and Away Air Balloon image from AI Factory but not using it for a card this time, instead, I am making a refrigerator magnet. I printed out the image on a magnet sheet and colored it. Unfortunately the paper sheet is a bit glossy on the surface so I can only color it with coloring pens.

~ Up up away image - AI Factory, Magnetic paper - Caramel Crafts, Sentiment - my personal collection,

Coloring - Faber-Castell Coloring Pen ~

You can find the freebies from AI Factory that you can use here. As I have mentioned above this is a long challenge, so you will have time until September 1st to submit your project here. Don't forget to check out other fabulous creations from the DT. And sadly we have to say farewell to some of DT who are leaving us. Scrappy, Lisa, Jan, Monica, Kelly & Mandy! We'll miss you and wish you all very best of luck in your future endeavors! Thank you for sharing your creativity with us!

Thank you all for reading my post :)

Hello there..

I'm back again!!! Missing my blog so much.. I've been quite busy at work and been having migraine and cold since last week that had kept me away from my laptop :P Today I feel much better after my hubby gave me a massage treatment yesterday!! :)

Now I just wanna show you the card I made for AI Factory Challenge which has started on Thursday last week and ended by tonight :P the theme was "Handmade by Me" which means we are using anything made by ourselves, it can be embellishments, papers etc :) I'm using the Ella Ballerina image from AI Factory which you can find here.

For this theme, I made my own flower embellishment from yellow yarn. First, I draw the flower pattern on a paper and cut it. I applied glue on the pattern and covered it with yarn. I gave a small bead on the flower to make it sweeter.

~ Ballerina image - AI Factory, Flower embellishment (yellow yarn) - myself, Coloring - Prisma Coloring Pencils and Colorbox Ink Pad, Sentiment - myself ~

Please make sure you visit AI Factory Store to get so many wonderful images and of course they also have freebies digis as well! I have to go now but see you all soon!

Thank you soooo muucchhh for visiting me here! :)

Hi there,

Hope things are going well with you! :) Sorry again for my lateness in uploading the challenge, I was supposed to upload this challenge on Thursday, yesterday but quite frankly my internet connection at home has been unreliable and haven't got any other choice yet. So just have to stick with it for a while before I can get a better service provider :P Well, another week has come again for new challenge at AI Factory. The theme is stripes and spots. Use any of your material that has spots and stripes pattern, can be papers or cloths :)

I'm using the above beautiful "Princess" image from AI Factory which you can find here. She's so elegant and cute at the same time! I just love her! :) Anyway, I make another simple card, I created few layers of frame with spots and stripes pattern and I made them all on word program. I glued the princess on a plastic scraps, embossed the background with floral pattern and stamped the sentiment on the bottom side of the frame then embellished it with small metallic ribbon & four red spots on each corner of the frame.

~ Princess Image - AI Factory; Stripes and spots - myself; Bloom Dots embossing folder - Cuttlebug; Hello stamp - Stampendous!; Metallic ribbon - personal collection; Coloring - Prisma Coloring Pencils; Skin coloring - Copic marker

Now it's your turn to show us your creations. You know what to do :) You'll have until Wednesday, 20th July 11:59EST to upload your project here. Remember, you don't need to use AIF images but it would be appreciated if you do and they'd love to see the outcome! For more inspiration, don't forget to check out other fabulous creatios from the DTs.

Happy Crafting and have a great weekend all! :)

HI Everyone,

Hope you're enjoying your weekend :) Mine is gonna be ended within few hours. I must say that this has been really exhausting weekend for me! I managed to clean all the mess at my house :P and found stacks of scraps papers that I compiled with deep intention to use them all someday :P Well, I then took the time to use it at least for one project. So I ended up choosing label papers scraps. You see, when I made wedding invitations, I printed out the address of receivers on sticker label papers and I have many of them that were rejected because the results of the printing was bad or wrong. And as always, I didn't have the heart to throw them away as I can still use the back of the paper to write notes or even to make a sketch.

Then I decided to make a notebook out of these scraps sticker label papers for my weekend project :P as I didn't have much time to make it so I took a simple way by using the Microsoft Word program :) And below is the result. The clipart and border are available on the word program and I put a sentiment from one of my quotes collections.

You can find a very easy and very simple tutorial to create the notes book cover on this link. A big thank you to Asma (AI Factory) who had requested me to make a tutorial! It's a great honor, dear! :) Oh, make sure you also check out other tutorials on AI Factory Graphic Blog, there are so many of them :)

Sooo, back to these sticker label papers, next time if you have them, don't throw away, you can recycle them by using the back of the papers again as writing pad or sketch paper :) Okay, I'm off to bed now! Coz am so sleepy and my note book has filled with many things to do for the next six days hehe.. yeah, at least I have got something to do although my hands are soo tired :P

Thank you for reading all and see you soon! :)

Warmest Hugs

Hi Everyone,

Back again and this time I'm a bit earlier than last week but still same lateness ;) another new challenge time at AI Factory challenge has started yesterday. This week the theme is Double Time! Which means you have to use two of something on your project, it can be anything :) two buttons, two ribbons, two images etc.

Myself, I'm using the above Ella at Peace image from AI Factory which you can find here. She is soo cute, isn't she? Really enjoyed playing with her image :) I make a simple greeting card and a bookmark, both are in one place. I printed out Ella image as the center piece then use it as a pocket to hold the bookmark. I used bamboo embossing folder from Cuttlebug for the background and embellish the card with small red ribbon and two old coins..

~ Ella at Peace image - AI Factory; Bamboo embossed - Cuttlebug; Coloring - Prisma Coloring Pencils;

Old coins - Caramel Crafts; Red ribbon - myself; Sentiment - my personal quotes collections ~

So, show us your creation and if you ever need more inspiration, just go visit other DTs blogs to see their stunning creations! You will have time until Wednesday, 13th July, 11:59EST to submit your project here.

You are not required to use image from AIF but if you do,

they'll be glad to see it! :) Can't wait to see your creation!

See you there!

Hi Everyone, OOhhhhh I'm finally able to upload this challenge at AI Factory, really sorry for the delay. It's been quite chaotic weeks at work and home, not to mention the pathetic internet connection here is really frustrating.. well, just grateful to be here again :)

Last week, new challenge has started at AI Factory and will end by Thursday this week. I hope you have visited AIF challenge blog here. The theme is Embellish It! Use any of your favorite embellishment to make your project more beautiful and attractive. This time I'm using troy train clipart from AIF which available here and embellished it with a very cute wood crafted embellishment. I didn't make any changes on the clipart, just added the carriages by duplicating the single carriage using crop tools, copy and paste on photoshop program to get those extra carriages. Once I got the number of carriages I wanted, I adjusted the size and printed out the train image from CorelDraw program.

This card is for Belated Birthday card and I created a little poem too :)

Here's my card

~ Troy Train clipart - AI Factory, Wood embellishment & ribbon - Caramel Crafts,

Background papers - my wrap paper scrap :P, Wording - myself :) ~

The challenge itself will be ended by Wednesday, 6th July at 11:59EST. Soorrryyy :( I know I'm so late in posting this challenge but I really hope you can join us by submitting your project here. And do not forget to get inspiration from other DTs as they have make wonderful projects!

Thank you all for reading! See you at the challenge and happy crafting! :)

Helloo...

Great to see you again! :) how are things with you over there? Myself, it's been a hectic week as always hehe.. but I am grateful to have those busy days coz it's a good thing to keep me alive hehe :P

Anyway, this is another week for AI Factory challenge, sorry for being late again everyone!! (I'm sure you're all tired reading this "late" thing again :P). Well, the theme for this week is Summer Fun! sun, beach, ice cream etc. are the colors of summer!! So I really cant wait to see the outcome from your project as I believe they all will be sooo bright and colorful :) fun fun fun!!!

Myself, I'm making a simple pop-up card using set of Surf's up ready for swim dudes from AI Factory, they are sooo cute, aren't they? :) Love playing with them all!! You can find those dudes here :) I have also created the sentiment on the cover as well as making the sun, clouds, beach and using real sand beach :)

Here's my card

~ Surf's up ready for swim dudes set - AI Factory, Sentiment on the cover and inside - myself, Sun and clouds images - myself using word program :P, Sand beach - myself using real sand from Kuta beach :), Water - myself using plastic scrap and Cuttlebug Japanese scales embossing folder ~

Remember, you will have until Wednesday, 22nd June 11:59EST to submit your summer project here and do not forget to check out other awesome DTs creations!!!

Happy creating and Have a great summer day everyone!!! :)

Helloooo!!

New challenge at AI Factory has started again yesterday!! yipeeee.. I'm so happy yet so sad coz I'm a bit late in posting the challenge :P (guess, it's not new thing for those of you who knows me hehe..) But anyway, I'm so glad to create this week project using my new recycle paper! :) well, coz the theme is Using Something New in Your Project!! I'm also using new mermaid set from AI Factory! I love this cute little mermaid and her fish friends so much. You can meet them and see other new set here :)

Here's my card

~ Mermaid digital stamp - AI Factory, Coloring - Faber Castell Color Pencils,
Sentiment "thank you" - from scrap chocolate wrapping :P ~

You will have until 11:59EST on Wednesday, 15th June to submit your project here and do let us know what is the "new" thing you use for your project :) You do not require to use AIF images but if you do then they'll be happy to see it. Also check out our DT creations to get more inspiration!

Can't wait to see your creations here!!!

See you soon and happy creating! :)

Hi there!

Wow it's already June!! I can't believe time flies by so fast , I blink my eyes and voila, I'm in the middle of the year!! so many things I haven't done and yet keep hoping I can have the time do everything I wanted to do, and I hope the same for you too :)

Well, today I'm so excited to welcome another new challenge at AI Factory for this week :) It's all about distressing.. To be honest, I am far left behind from other crafters as I'm not so good in distressing my card :P coz the result is still too rough. Guess I must keep practice practice and practice!

On this challenge, the DTs are using the new Bugs and Birdie clipart collection from AI Factory which you can find HERE.

They are soooo very cute!!

And here's my card

*Clipart Bugs & Birdies - AI Factory; Distress Ink peeled paint - Ranger; Colorbox Pad Burnt Sienna; Sentiment Sweet Bug - AI Factory; Sentiment For You - myself *

I printed out some of these cute clipart directly onto the card and distress the edges. I also cut the flower clipart and attached it using a double tape foam. I'm gonna send this card to one of my friend soon :)

Ok soo, you will have time to submit your project until Wednesday, 11:59EST, 8 June. Go to AI Factory Challenge to find out the details and you know what, they have prepared a very beautiful freebies for you to use! We all love freebies, right! So go now visit their challenge blog :) Oh, also don't forget to see the DT creations as they are all fabulous!!

See you there!! Big hugs

Hello there! Happy Monday :)

How's everything in your life? Hope you had a great weekend!

Really apologize that I couldn't upload my project for AI Factory last week. I had an exam at my language course and things at work and home were so chaotic that I couldn't update my blog :P Today I have a little time to upload this challenge at last! Please note that AI Factory challenge runs on every Thursday, so if you don't find my posting on that day, please please please go into their challenge blog directly here :)

Well, this is my project for their challenge on Thursday, 26 May. Its all about pretty in pink or girly project :) and I'm using this cute little princess from one of their collections. She is soo very cute in her pink princess dress and I love the castle on the background!

I'm giving my card to one of my nieces in Jakarta who really loves pink colors :) here's my card:

~ Princess Image - AI Factory, Paisley Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug, Pink Flower Pattern Ribbon from a friend, Glitter, Frame, Heart shape and sentiment created by me on word program :) ~

You will have time until 11:59EST, Wednesday 1st June to upload your project here and DO NOT forget to visit other wow creations from the DTs to get more inspiration! Can't wait to see your creation! :)

Well, I'm off to work now :P and tonight I will have to finish my crepe paper roses which requested by a friend, will let you once they've finished :)

See you all soon and thanks for stopping by here!

Hugs