#cardsforukraine

 Aloha, 

One of the FB groups I belong to has started "#cardsforukraine" after Russia started the war on Ukraine. I just can't imagine, to flee from your home, with a suitcase of things....I don't have a friend nor family, neither in Russia nor Ukraine but this war, or "any war" really hits hard on me, so I decided to join. They are rather simple. When I have a heavy heart, my cards become rather simple, like sympathy cards. No recipients in mind. I just wanna the people of Ukraine to know that my thoughts and prayers are with them. According to the source, sun flower is Ukraine's national flower. 🌻

I just keep praying that it'll be over soon before many people get killed. 

Praying... Eve

Coffee card ~ February

Aloha!

This is the card I made for the card swap for February. I recently got this heart die, and wanted to use it for the Valentine's day cards. When I saw this die, I thought I could make the same design without having this special die, just having a heart die... I was wrong. lol. You would think it's easy, and I tried and failed..So, I bought it. With this, though, I can make another design. I already have some designs in my head. Anyways, then, I had to find some sentiment and design on the card front. .. I looked up and saw 2022 "coffee themed" calendar in front of me by the desk. You can see it below the picture of my card. I really liked the sentiment. But of course, I didn't have THAT sentiment stamp. But I used the sentiment on the front of the card and inside of the card 😊 I die cut the mug cups, adhered 3 die cut outs to give some dimension. I really wanted to have "steam" but don't have those dies, so I free hand cut them. I think they turned out to be good 😊 I used the wink of Stella to give a bit of shimmer on those "steam" cut outs. I also "hand cut" the banner with my handwriting. 

The little travel cup attached inside is a clay embellishment from Trinity stamps. Isn't it so cute?😍 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope your week has started out great!  Lov,e, Eve

Coffee card ~ January 2022

Aloha~

I'm glad that some NICE and "Caffeinated" people on FB have decided to "continue" this coffee swap card group under different group name, after the original admin. has decided to close the one which ran.. for 4? years?... It's not an easy task to run the group like this. I've done it before so I know, and I was just a moderator. So I'm thankful for the original admin and the people who took it over. In 2000s', when PC became more popular and back then, YAHOO groups became very popular, before FB nor My space (if you remember!) nor the Pinterest! There were so many "card swaps" going on, by "snail mails"! But things have changed. Not many people do card swaps any more...😢 I also learned that USPS will increase their postage rate TWICE a year from this summer!! 😞

Anyways, here is my card. 

I used yellow and orange ink for the background stencil. The coffee cup and the building die cut are attached with foam tape to give a bit of dimension. I placed the velum behind all those little cut out windows. I found those stars from the containers of embellishment. I planned to make a card for a "New" Year/January, but instead, I made the card for a "NEW" day 😊 

Hope y'all had a great starting month of 2022!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Love, Eve