Coffee themed card for May swap

Aloha~

This is the card for May swap. How many of you like BOBA tea? I love Tapioca pearls, esp. in Ube, Matcha and regular ice tea flavor, as you can probably tell.😋 

The main stamp is from Lawn Fawn who became 15 years old this spring, and that's their "birthday" stamp for the store. I can't believe that I MET Lawn Fawn 15 years go when the owner started the business. I used the sentiment from Pink and Main. What took my time the most is the background, using Simon Says Stamp Brush strokes stencil. The stencil itself has more wider spaces between the brush strokes and I wanted to use them to make "narrower" brush strokes background. Not only that, I tried to match the colors on the background paper from lawn fawn. So, I moved a little by little after stenciling one brush stroke at a time. Also, some are wider brush strokes which I didn't wanna use, so I used the ones which I would've liked to get this background result. And, I also chose the colors of the strokes one by one. Although it took more time to make this particular background, it comes in one stencil, and that means, it isn't that expensive. I like this purchase! I used the layering dies to cut the base and background, from Honey Bee Stamps. I bought the similar style from Spellbinders right before this purchase, but it turned out to be smaller and couldn't use for card base, but this does! I love that! And this is "top fold". I finished off with clear stickers of gold alphabets, to make the words "boba" in 2 sizes. Oh, and of course, I had to put a bit of Glossy Accents on all the bobas! So how do you think? I love this, turned out to be "Happy" card! 

I've been hearing the severe weather lately from Texas to east coast, through mid west. If you are in the path, please stay safe!  Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve

Happy Birthday!

Aloha~

My godmother's birthday is coming up. I made this card, thinking of the May birth flower~Lily of the Valley (from Hero Arts). I've known her for many many years but this is probably the first time to make a card with Lily of the Valley image, which I recently purchased.

I used Spellbinder's layering die, cutting from Lawn Fawn's paper, on the background. The sentiment is from Pink Fresh Studio. I used Honey Bee stamps pearl embellishments to finish it off. 

Inside, the sentiment is from the same stamp set of Pink Fresh Studio. My godmother brings happiness to all people around her, so I used this sentiment. 

Happy Mother's Day Eve! Hope you all will have a wonderful day tomorrow! I'll be thinking about my mom, looking at the pictures from my childhood tomorrow 💕 Love, Eve

Coffee card for April swap.

Aloha,

My mind was (still is) full of Cherry Blossoms, and I planned to include cherry blossoms somewhere on my coffee themed card for this month's swap but failed. ...now I have really "dark color" coffee card. lol I still like it, though. What do you think? 

I used this Impression Obsession stamp set for the first time. I enjoyed stamping and heat embossing them. I used Echo park stamp for the sentiment in the center, and diecut, using Pink Fresh Studio's Blanket stitched square die. 

This is inside of this card. The sentiment is from the same stamp set of Impression Obsession, and I used Washi tape on the bottom. 

Hope you are all having a great weekend! SPAM jam is going to take place in Waikiki, and a whole week of "Merrie Monarch festival" in Hilo. Every week and weekend, something is going on in this state, esp. in Honolulu county. They recently passed the bill to LIMIT the number of events, in Waikiki because people live there, too...great for tourists, though. 

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

Happy Anniversary!

Aloha~

Hope y'all had a nice Easter. 🐰

My BFF's anniversary is coming up. I made this card for her. She loves panda bears. Probably they are her most favorite animals. Several stamp companies came out with panda bears stamp set in the past but never had bought them. They weren't quite my favorite types of panda bears. ... then Lawn Fawn released panda bear stamp sets some months ago, and I had to buy them all. Now, my bff will get more cards with these panda bears in the future. 😄 

It's kinda self explanatory card. I also used Lawn Fawn's papers and card stock. The sentiment is from Altenew. I used gold paper underneath of the sentiment's cut out. It's hard to tell from the photo, but tried to match with those gold flakes on all over the LF's papers. 

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

Happy Spring, Happy Easter! #2

Aloha~

Cherry blossoms are blooming everywhere, and Easter is coming up! This is another Spring/Easter card I made. This Cherry Blossoms are made from Sunny Studio's stamps and dies. I used little critter stamps, sentiment and background papers from Lawn Fawn. Little pearls are from Honey Bee Stamps. Golden eggs are Simon Says stamps. The recipient used to live on ' "Fox"field lane' and I often use "fox" on the cards I make for her. 🦊

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope all flowers and trees are blooming in your area, too! Love, Eve

Happy Spring, Happy Easter! #1

Aloha~

This is my first Spring/Easter card. The recipient lives right outside of D.C., and had been working in D.C. for some decades. So we chat about Cherry Blossoms every spring. This year, I just wanted to make a card for Easter and spring together since Easter is in April. I decided to make a bit "untraditional Easter" card with Cherry Blossoms. 🌸🌸

The dies are from Spellbinders. The sentiment is Lawn Fawn's. The bunnies are Impression Obsession's. 

Inside, the sentiment is Lawn Fawn's, from the same stamp set. The bunnies are also Lawn Fawn's. 

I love looking at Cherry Blossoms... makes me feel a bit relaxed and at peace.

Hope y'all are having a nice weekend.. I've read that some parts of US had some snow! Stay safe! Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve

Happy Birthday!

Happy First Day of Spring! 💮

I'm sending this card to a birthday lady in my coffee card swap group. 

I recently purchased the newly released stencil & die set from Waffle flower. This cupcake looked so yummy and wanted to use it right away. 😊I made a dozen die cuts with the cupcake images in different color combinations, and from there, I started to make a card. I often use color yellow for the cards I make for April. Her birthday is in the beginning of April. Here is the card I made.

I wanted to include a special sticker sheet and didn't wanna fold it, so I made a Slimline card. It fitted perfectly with my card. 

Inside, I stamped a sentiment stamp from MFT, and added extras, using the stamps from Honey Bee stamps, the Greetery and Stampendous!

How's the first day of Spring look like in your area? 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Weekend is almost here! Love, Eve 

Coffee card for March swap

Aloha~

I received these layering dies (scallop and stitched) from Poppy stamps as a freebie during Black Friday sale last year, and had been wanting to use them. The glitter paper is from Lawn Fawn. I used Newton's Nook Designs mug cup stencil, using white ink. Those little mug cups are from Simon Says Stamps. Since St. Patrick's day is near, I added those clovers, from Pretty Pink Posh. I usually place some kind of sentiment on the front but for this one, I decided not to. 

Inside, I used the sentiment from Lil' inker designs.  

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope you are having a relaxed weekend. It's always something going on here in Honolulu and feels like no relaxing day, ever. lol 😅

Are you ready for wearing green tomorrow?! 💚 Love, Eve

Happy St. Patrick's Day! #2

Aloha~

Here is my 2nd St. Patty's day card (for my godmother). I used the same Waffle Flower's Paw dies for this one, but in orange cat color, remembering her first kitty from over 40 years ago. But orange kitties have been my fav., too. ever since I was a kid. And it was rather fun to make this card cuz of it! 

The sentiment & the background paper are from Lawn Fawn and the 4 leaf clover is from Concord & 9th, watercoloring. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Hope you are having a nice Sunday, despite of 1 hour less sleep in US this morning... Love, Eve

Happy St. Patrick's Day! #1

Aloha~

I recently purchased this paw dies from Waffle Flower, and the recipient has 2 kitties, so I thought I would use these dies, and in her kitties' colors. I even asked her before die cutting papers what colors their paws were. lol 

The 4 leaf clover is from Lawn Fawn. I used the glitter paper underneath of the light green "marbled?" background paper from Lawn Fawn. I used Waffle Flower background die to cut the panel so that you can see the glitter through the panel, the same glitter paper I used for the 4 leaf clover the paws hold.

It's been a stressful time and uncertainty in the world, and this recipient told me that my Valentine's day card made her smile last month, so I decided to send this "lucky" card to make  her feel a little better this month, too. 

Spring is just around the corner. It seems like severe weather are here to stay, though. ... stay safe.

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

Happy Birthday ~ for Coffee/Tea card swap group

Aloha~

This is the first time I use these tea pots die set with coloring stencil from The Greetery. The tea cup is from Crafter's Companion, from many years ago. I hardly used it before, like once somewhere. .... I used the mini slim envelope edge die from Taylored Expressions, trimmed to make it into a kind of table cloth. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. Cute background paper is from TPC Studio which I kept for a very, very long time. lol Oh I stamped "steam" from the tea cup, which is from one of Lawn Fawn's stamp set.

I stamped the sentiment inside from Pink and Main. 

Hope the recipient will like it! 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Spring is just around the corner for many! Take care. Love, Eve

Coffee card ~ February, 2025

Aloha,

This is for the Coffee themed card swap. I can make Tea themed and Hot Cocoa themed cards for this group. Since I've been hearing the frigid temperature across US mainland, I decided to make a Hot Cocoa card. 

I use mug cup dies from The Greetery. Those smiley faces are from one of Lawn Fawn's stamp set. I'm not sure whether any of you are Lawn Fawn's fans but I am, ever since they opened the business. And they do make these cute face expression stamps in many of their stamp sets, so I chose the right size ones for these mug cups. On the lower part of these mug cups, I found this pink gingham washi tapes in my washi tapes stash and used it. The color matched perfectly! The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. I attached it with 3D foam tape, to be able to attach the pink ribbon underneath of the sentiment. I used Newton's Nook Designs' stencils for the background. 

Inside, I used 2 sentiment stamps from My Favorite Things.

Unfortunately we couldn't really enjoy cooler weather this "winter" here in Honolulu. First time, not being able to wear long sleeves to go to sleep at night...even the lowest temperature this week became above 70F...we are still in February...opposite from US mainland... 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I hear that flu is going around in US mainland. Keep warm, stay safe! Love, Eve 

   

Happy Valentine's Day! #7

Aloha, it's me again! This is the last Valentine's day card I made this year.

I made this for my BFF. I used Lawn Fawn's hearts dies, both background papers and the twine. I used my newest addition of Vertical sentiment stamps from Pretty Pink Posh. I love this vertical sentiments and words set! I first bought Halloween one from the company, and loved it, so I decided to purchase this set, for something different. I also heat embossed in white EP. 

Inside, I had these cut outs from, I think, Doodlebugs but probably I got them in a kit from SSS, IF I'm not mistaken. I had these and hadn't used them, so time to use them!! You understand how I felt, finding things from our old stash!😄 I facetime with her often, so not much to write on the cards, not like in our 80s and 90s. Just wrote her name and my name 😊
 

Well, Mahalo for visiting my blog today, with 3 cards! 

I still hear about the severe weather some parts of US mainland (if you are in 48 states). Please stay safe and stay warm! Next card should be a birthday card which I almost finished! 

Love, Eve  

Happy Valentine's Day #6

Aloha~

I mailed this card to my godmother, cuz she missed living in woods area, with the name starting "Fox...", where she lived for over 15 years. 

This is my newest die from Pretty Pink Posh. I used Sizzix/TH embossing folder for the woods background, on the card base. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn, and heat embossed. I used small heart dies from Taylored Expressions. The heart die with xoxo is from Lawn fawn. I used copic for the little cheeks 💕

Inside, I stamped the sentiments from Lawn Fawn's stamp set. So, these stamp set comes with many wording stamps, and I just used those words to make a sentiment. I love the fonts and the versatility of the stamp set. 

Hope y'all had a sweet Valentine's day! I have one more Valentine's day card to post a little later today. Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Love, Eve

Happy Valentine's Day #5 (still continues...)

So, is there anything, like Happy BELATED Valentine's day...?! 😆

I ended up super busy yesterday and didn't have time to upload more Valentine's day cards although they were sent out/given already yesterday, on time! Anyways, Hope you all had a "Sweet" Valentine's day yesterday. 💖

Here is my #5 card. 

I used Lawn Fawn's mail box dies from several years ago for the focal point. I started out from there. I used a background paper from my stash of papers, cut out the big heart and attached to the Lawn Fawn's paper after using Concord & 9th clouds die. The winter bird stamp is Lawn Fawn and the sentiment is from Altenew, heat embossed in white EP.

 

Inside, I used another winter bird stamp from the same stamp set of Lawn Fawn, and LF's sentiment stamp. 

I have two more Valentine's day cards to share today. 

Mahalo for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve

Happy Valentine's Day #4

Aloha~

I have another one today. 

I used Lawn Fawn's shaker jar and placed many heart cut outs, using different card stock, including the shiny CS. I used the ribbon die from Papertrey ink. I attached the shaker jar to the shiny white card stock after dry embossing of tiny hearts from cuttlebug. I used alphabet dies from Sunny Studio. 

I used old Stampendous sentiment inside. This has been my very favorite!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Stay warm, stay safe! Love, Eve

Happy Valentine's Day #3

Aloha,

This is the Valentine's day card #3! I used this super cute bear die set in December for "coffee themed card swap" but this time, I let him hold a heart instead of hot cocoa. 

I used Sizzix/TH rose embossing folder for the background. Since it's a regular embossing folder, I could place the thin gold frame over it. The words are an old die from Cuttlebug. I attached heart embellishments to finish it off. I used Lawn Fawn simple Happy Valentine's Day sentiment inside. 

I've been hearing the severe weather in US mainland. Hope you can stay inside, to make some cards! Stay safe, stay warm! Love, Eve

Happy Valentine's Day #2

Aloha~

I had so much fun, making these chocolate dipped strawberries! Those and LOVE cookies are from The Greetery. I love these dies! Shimmery golden ribbon is from Papertrey ink. I've seen similar designs with chocolates in a box, and thought, hmmm. How about those strawberries, in a box, instead!

Inside, a simple 'Valentine's day greeting" from Lawn Fawn.

Hope you are having a nice weekend! Finally the weather got better, and cool, which is nice for a change! Love, Eve

Happy Valentine's Day #1

Aloha~

This is my first Valentine's day card this year.

I used Waffle Flower's "rose" postage stencil, Honey Bee Stamps "postcard" die, little stamps from old Altenew stamp set. I used Taylored Expression's heart dies, attaching onto Lawn Fawn's paper, after die cutting it with the large postage die.

January went by so fast! How about you? Love, Eve

Coffee Card for January swap

Happy New Year!

This is my first card of 2025. Starting out with my fav. mice seems right, to start the new year. 

This card is pretty much self explanatory. I colored the image with copics but the outside is colored with the mix colors of watercolor mediums. I used Tonic's nuvo paste for the snow outside of windowshill. I made it looked like a gloomy day but I used snowflake stickers (muted color paper stickers, not shiny ones) from Japan, in different colors, so the whole image became a little warm & cheery! My recent purchase is from Honey Bee's nesting dies, and I really wanted to use them, and I did, even for the shape of the card😊  

Inside, I used Lawn Fawn's sentiment. I added coffee bean "washi tape" type stickers, also from Japan. 

I wish you all a great 2025! 

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