Wee Memories Free For All

Hi all. Happy Saturday. We have new challenge here at Wee Memories. This week our challenge is "Free For All" or in another words anything goes. And we are sponsored by Artful Delights. You can find all the challenge detail and prize detail at Wee Memories blog.

And here's my birdie card.

I actually made this card for Paper Crafts and it was published on the recent A Card A Day. I have 4 cards in there and this one is my favorite. I tend to love cards with bird. :)

Due to the holiday month and everyone getting busy, we are not holding our monthly blog hop. But, I sure hope you will still join us on this super fun & easy challenge. For more inspiration from the DT gals, please check out their fab creations HERE.

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend.

PSA & Cottage Cutz Blog Hop

Hello and welcome  to PSA Essentials & Cottage Cutz Holiday Card blog hop. If you come here from Pearl Liu then you're on the right track.

Here's my card using the cute PSA Essentials Hello Kitty stamp. The ornament frame was cut using my favorite tool, my li'l machine that keep on going, yep... I am talking about my Silhouette. Hah... I am very affectionate toward my Silhouette. :)

Now, now blog hop would be fun without giveaway, right? Want to win some PSA stamps? For every readers who hop to each of the blogs, comment at each, and are a follower of PSA Stamp Camp will be entered to win the “Holiday Card” prize.  This prize contains 3 Peel & Stick stamp sets, 1 stamper, 1 black ink & 1-2 color ink from PSA Essentials.   The winner will also receive a $50 gift certificate to The Scrapping Cottge for the grand prize.   There are also 9 opportunities to win a 3 x 3 die from The Scrapping Cottage.

From here please hop on over to Janice Wilson. In case you get lost, below is a complete list of the blog hop participants. Thank you so much for stopping by here and may your Friday be a fabulous one!

·  Kay Norman

·    Angie Holden

·    Lorie Souther

·    Kim Schofield

·    Pearl Liu

·   Vera Yates <----- You are here

·   Janice Wilson

·   Jennifer Holmes

·   Lori Leng

·  Jeanne Streiff

·   Gini Cagle

·   Kim Moreno

·   Erika Taylor

·   Meylssa Connolley

·    Angelica Suarez

·    Cheryl Walker

·    Mae Armstrong

·    The Scrapping Cottage

·    PSA Essentials

SOG Easel Challenge

Yikes... I almost forgot to post this. Today is the start of our new challenge at Some Odd Girl. The challenge is to create an easel card. And, here's my card using Tiny Baker Tia. She's one of my favorite.

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Whimsical Wednesday - Layers

Stampavie and More - Easel card

Check out the DT fabulous creations HERE. Thank you for stopping by here and hope you will join us on this fun challenge. Cheers....

May Arts & Lawn Fawn

Hi peeps. Today, May Arts is sharing my projects on their blog. If you follow May Arts blog,  then you know this week May Arts is teaming up with Lawn Fawn. And I just love it! Many of you now that I love Lawn Fawn. :)

Anyway, here are my cards that I share at May Arts. You can find the tutorial  at May Arts blog.

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Want to win some May Arts ribbon & Lawn Fawn stamps? Then checkout May Arts blog and leave comments there. Hope you have a wonderful Thursday. :)

Cards That Care Update

Good morning and happy Monday! Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and if you did the Black Friday, hope you scored some great deals. :)

I am so thrilled to see all the packages that been coming for Cards That Care. I have received over 700 fabulous cards! That's not counting the ones that being mailed to Jennifer! And, they're still coming. You have till November 30 to mail your cards. So, you're not too late yet, if you want to join our effort in bringing Christmas joy to the elderly.

And, I had a couple people who graciously donated some fund to help with shipping the packages to the nursing homes. You didn't have to do that, but I so appreciate it. Your kindness & thoughtfulness touched my heart. I was telling hubby, at time like this where many bad things happened around the world, this is a great reminder that there are also still many good people out there.

I have a few girls who sent in 77, 56, 38 and 31 cards!! You girls are amazing. For those who can only sent a couple, thank you to you, too. Because every single card counts. Whatever you can send, we appreciate it very much.

Wanna take a peek at some of the gorgeous cards?? Here they are (you can click on the pic to get bigger view): 

I also want to thank you for your sweet notes & comments. Many of you said such a nice thing that made me blush. :) LOL, I am definitely not a rock star. I'm just a girl who loves cards and love doing nice things for others. Simple as that. But, thank you for making my day with your notes.

This weekend, I wasn't in card making mood (I know, what are the odds, the one time I had long weekend, I had no inspiration). So, for today, besides  the card drive update, I'll share my interactive card  that was published on Paper Crafts Holiday Cards & More Vol. 6 (page 109).

Here's a pic to show how the card looks with Santa's hidden and popped up.  Fun, right?

Thank you for stopping by here and may your week start off wonderfully. In my neck of the wood, we start off our week with a 36F temperature. Brrr.... Time for boots & jacket. :)

Two Peas In A Bucket Sale

Hi all. As I mentioned earlier this week, now I am an affiliate for Two Peas In A Bucket. I would love for you to go shopping at Two Peas through me. If you go to Two Peas through my blog I get a commission and that would go towards my crafting fund. :) 


Simply click on the Two Peas badge on my side bar or click HERE.

Two Peas special for Thanksgiving!! 

20% OFF all regular price product in the Two Peas in a Bucket store. Product must be non-digital & non-phaseout product. Starting at 12:00am (CST) 11/24/2011 through 11:59pm (CST) 11/28/2011.

Cyber Monday Only: Receive FREE shipping with a minimum purchase of $35 and receive a free gift when using coupon code 2PBFCM at checkout. All product must be non-digital & non-phaseout product. 


Have fun shopping!!

Gratitude List

I am thankful for my family, thankful that we are close with each other, and that I get to start this year with them in Indonesia.

The Wirianta clan. :)

I am thankful that on my last night in Jakarta, I decided to follow my heart to turn around and gave my foster dad one last hug and told him thank you for everything he did for me, because that was the last time I'll ever see him. He passed away in March.

I am  thankful for my thoughtful hubby who loves me for who I am and totally supportive of me. And that he's a good cook, because I am not. :)

I am thankful that my li'l brother finally met that special girl and she fits in our family so well. Now, I have 2 amazing SIL that I love.

I am thankful that I got laid off earlier this year as it open new window of opportunity for me. Now I have a part time job that I love (with great working hours), working for someone who appreciate my skills, and gives me the flexibility that I needed so I can pursue my card making passion.

I am thankful for my doggies, cause they make me smile every.single.day. My dogs are my kids and I love them with all my heart.

I am  thankful for my upbringing in Indonesia. It allows me to appreciate both the Eastern & Western world.

I am thankful for my love of reading, because it has taken me to many wonderful, amazing places. Imagination is a wonderful thing.

I am thankful to know that there are still many decent & kind people in this world, who think of others.

I am thankful for Pinterest. Get so many great ideas there. :)

I am thankful to be alive and to experience what life has to offer. I have a loving family to share my life with (biggest blessing of all), a roof over my head, food on the table, bed to sleep in, and many more. Life is great, even with it's up and down.

I am thankful for the people who touched my heart and made a difference in my life.

With that note, here's a card I made for Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger challenge that simply said, I'm Grateful For You. I love the colors and the woods on this pic.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! May your Thanksgiving be filled with wonderful family time.

Vertically Challenge

I've been posting short & to the point post lately. Now, it's rambling time!! :)

Growing up, I often wish that I am not vertically challenge (I refuse to call myself short. Hee... :) ). But, now I accepted the fact and am actually quite fond of being small. After all there's quite a few benefit for being small. I notice people tend to be nice to me, or sometime they treat me like I'm a doll, which is more than fine. I love being treated nicely. Hee....

And, people always think I am younger than my age. Just a couple years ago someone was asking if I was going to a prom since I was shortening a long dress. LOL, since I was already 34 then, I was like are you serious? And, yes... she was serious and she made my day. :)

Anyway, speaking about long dress, looking for one is now the only time when I wish I was taller. I'm exactly 5' even and for my brother's upcoming wedding, I am hunting for a long gown and my future SIL is helping me. She was saying she found some lovely dresses, but they all are too long for me. That's when I laugh. As far as I can remember, I don't think I ever have any long dresses that doesn't need to be shorten (except for my very first long dress that I got when I was 4).

I've been browsing online A LOT as I kind of give up of finding one locally. So, if you have any suggestion as where I should look, please let me know. And... no... kids or junior section, please. Hah!

Enough rambling, here's a quick card I made for CAS-ual Friday sketch challenge. My card totally inspired by Kryssi, who is one of my favorite card maker. Her CAS style is ah-mazing! Also entering this card for Ribbon Carousel holiday challenge.

I love it when a card has such a clean look. Oh... and do you see that I almost reach 400 followers? I want to say thank you to all of you who choose to follow my blog. I really appreciate it. I think we should do a giveaway soon to celebrate, yes? Right now, I am focus on Cards That Care card drive (and many prizes there). So, I'll do a giveaway first week in December. 

Till then, thank you for stopping by here, for all your lovely comments, and for those who have sent cards for the card drive, I have received over 400 cards!! That's just from my end. I think between Jennifer and I, we'll break last year record of 700 cards. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!! :)

Lawnscaping

Wow, I haven't watch American Music Awards for the past few years. But, I'm glad I get to watch it this year. They had pretty good line up and I actually enjoy almost all of the performance, with just a couple exception. This year, the women's nominations are strong and I love it. Lots of fun music that makes me want to dance. :)

Anyway, I have a new card to share with you for Lawnscaping new photo inspiration challenge. Have I ever told you that I found making fall cards is not my strong suit. I love fall colors in nature, but for cards, not so  much. I couldn't come up with fall related card, so I focus on the color from the pic and use that as my base to create thank you card.

For the spray mist, I used Studio Calico Mr. Huey's. And just by luck, the concentrated part of the spray is right where I want to put the doggy. I think it works well for this card. :)

I hope you will join us on this fun challenge and you can get more inspiration from the DT at Lawnscaping. Hope your week starts off great.

Woodland Animals

Happy Saturday, everyone! Welcome to Wee Memories challenge #77. This week our challenge theme is "Woodland Animals" and we are sponsored by The Craft's Meow. And in case you didn't know, they sell Jenny's super cute owl sets. 

Here's my card using the Christmas owls.

Challenges:

Lily Pad Texture Challenge

Aren't the owls super cute? I just love them! After all, I love everything that's cute looking. :)

Since next week is Thanksgiving and we all will be busy with family stuff, this challenge will run for 2 weeks. Plenty of  time for you to play. Check out what the DT created for this challenge at Wee Memories blog. Thank you all so  much for stopping by here and have a great weekend.