Happy birthday, "Caffeinated" friend!

I made this card for a card swap group member who's birthday coming up. 

First, I found this Birthday sentiment stamp from Lawn Fawn, which I hadn't used before. It was released a year or two ago. I decided to use it on the sun. I used stencil to give the sunshine rays around it. I both die cut the waves and sandy beach from designer's papers, to give a bit of interests, without coloring. I used those special papers to cut the palm trees, too. I fussy cut the clouds from the designer's paper I found in my stash. I used the black shiny pen for the nose and the eyes of the bear. Since this is for a "caffeinated" friend, I made the bear to hold a coffee. 😊 I attached a couple of the shimmering shells on the sand. 

Inside, I stamped another "never have used" stamp (!!) and added the cupcake die from My Favorite Things. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve

Happy Birthday! Let's "seal-abrate"! 2 cards!

Two birthdays are coming up. 

Last month and earlier this month, 2 monk seal pups were spotted, in different beaches. I wanted to use this special kit from Queen and co. since I purchased it a couple of months ago. So, here are my cards. Before I made these cards, Queen and co. had a live demo on FB. She made a "Hawaiian" vibe birthday card. It gave me the inspiration for a card. She placed tiny flowers as lei around the neck, and on the whole card. She told me that she made this card for her sister who just went back from Hawaii, for her birthday. As me being a "local", I see people often wear lei around the head also. I found these little plastic flowers inside of two different packets of "sequins", so I attached those by glue. Designed papers are all from that kit, except the solid color ones. I wanted to add "bubbles" and found these in my stash.  

Here is my 2nd card. I used the same kit. Most are from the kit but the "rocks" and sentiment tag are from MFT. I also found the designed paper from my paper stash, for these rocks. 

I'm not so fond of making "interactive" cards, except "shaker cards"! I LOVE making them! And Queen and co. brings the kit with those shaker cards elements with the theme! I can also buy "refills" for anything but I can use all those elements (stamps and dies) to just make a regular card even I run out of the "shaker" elements. I love that!

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope you've started the last week of August great! Love, Eve