"SEA" you soon!

Aloha~

I must love this sketch! 😄This is my 3rd card for the challenge! Again, I used it sideways. I don't think I ever made three cards for a challenge, esp. in August, which happened to be the busiest month for my card making! Anyways, so, not only I love the sketch but also love this NND's paper pad! As I mentioned before, I was surprised to see many more NND stamp supplies than I ever thought I had! lol 😅Here is my card.

Inky Paws Challenge: Inky Paws Challenge #243 Week 4

So, actually I had the recipient in mind when I decided to make another card for the challenge. My BFF from college years which means, like more than 40 years(!) are coming to Hawaii with her husband of 29 1/2 years next month! She's been here in 70s' with her family but it's the 1st time ever for her husband! So, this is the inside of the card.

I love the pun! 😄The "Aloha" stamp & Hawaii Nei stamp are from the local stamp company. 

Finally I WILL be able to start making "Halloween" cards. lol I got myself some Halloween stamps and dies, and I've been itching to use them! lol How about you?

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope you are having a great week! Love, Eve

Coffee card for the card swap in August 2025

Aloha~

This is the swap card I made for this month. It's an "Iced Tea/Boba tea" card. I recently found a great buy at Echo Park website for the layered frame die set. It pURRfectly cut Newton's image! The designed papers are from Newton's nook also. The sun die cut is from Concord & 9th. The sentiment is from Pink & Main. Oh, the "sunburst" die all over the front panel is from Concord & 9th, too. 

So, inside, you wonder why these two boba teas...? Well, the sentiment happened to say, "Cups", so I just added to make it more than one in the front of the card. lol Those are from Lawn Fawn. 

Maybe I'll make a couple of more Summer card before shifting to "fall" theme, if I find time. Summer is always busy for me. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope you are having a great weekend! Love, Eve

Coffee card for September, 2025

Aloha~

So, I really liked the August sketch challenge of Newton's Nook Designs' monthly challenge, and I decided to make another card before this month ended. By the way, I went through what I had, and I was rather surprised that I had many more Newton's Nook Designs products than I thought I had. lol So, in the front, I used everything from Newton's Nook Designs (well, almost). And, I knew I was going to make a card for fall, I decided to make this one, and mail it to the September recipient whoever it will be, on the 1st day of next month comes. I wanted to make 'PSL" theme but couldn't find the sentiment stamp from NND and decided to use another company's sentiment inside of the card. I will decide which one to use, after getting the name of the recipient for the swap group on Sept.1st. Oh btw, I used the sketch, sideways, once again. 

So, I'm submitting to the challenge; https://www.inkypawschallenge.com/2025/08/inky-paws-challenge-243-week-1.html

Hope you had a great week and getting ready for the weekend! Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve

Happy Birthday #3!

Aloha~

Finally I could use this cute cupcake die from Pretty Pink Posh! In fact, I looked for a background paper for birthday card first, and I found this paper with lots of candles! I've never used this paper before. So, I started to design the card from that paper. The sentiment is from Waffle Flower. 

Inside, the sentiment is from Pink Fresh Studio and mug cup from Echo Park. The recipient is in Coffee card swap group, so I "added" extra to the original sentiment. 

I hope that you all had a great weekend! Honolulu was busy over the weekend, including the annual event, Made In Hawaii. I mailed this card only on last Thursday, close to the closing time of nearby USPS. Friday was Hawaii statehood day and it was a local holiday when Made in Hawaii event had started, so long weekend for Hawaii. Then, the recipient posted that she received this card.... Already??!! She lives in central PA, NOT even on the west coast! That's one of the fastest mail delivery I can remember! 

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

Happy Birthday! August #2

Aloha~

Summer is always busy for me, and August is busy with birthday friends whom I plan to make cards for. 

I bought this Newton & shell stamp set & paper pad as soon as it became available, but not I was only busy but I already had a particular recipient in mind~my former boss. She has a cat and she also lives in Hawaii, so this stamp set is PURR-fect! 😸

When I started to design, Newton's nook design's monthly challenge caught my eyes~sketch challenge. Since I have their papers, too, I decided to use this sketch. Come to think of it, the last time I joined the challenge, it was exact a year ago, and that was for Newton's nook designs, too, and used boba tea stamp set which back then, just came out. Just you know, though, when I say "just came out", it takes much longer to arrive here due to the location. Usually USPS takes a week to, sometimes, more than 3 weeks. 😑

Anyways, this is the card I made for her. I decided to use this sketch sideways. I think this challenge would've been much easier IF I had their newly released layout die but since I didn't get that one, I used My favorite things stitched frame die and cut it in the similar shape. I do like this sketch, though. Maybe I should get those dies from Newton's Nook Designs in the near future.... So, if you look closely, one and two sides of papers aren't stitched. ...I tried to color the kitty in my boss's kitty color but rather, failed..😓 At least, I tried... I used my recent favorite sentiment from Lawn Fawn. I used that for a birthday card I made, only last month. I used copics, esp. to give gradation in the sentiment, attached it with a thin foam tape.

She likes the puns, so I added more puns inside of the card. lol The larger font sentiment and paw stamps are from My favorite things and the smaller font sentiment is from Pink Fresh studio. 

Oh so, I'm submitting this card to the August challenge. https://www.inkypawschallenge.com/

I wake up to the news that severe weather is still ramping up around the world. Please stay safe! Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve

Happy Birthday!

Aloha~

I made this card for one of my "coffee theme card swap group". I've been trying to use something I bought in the past, but haven't used them yet... sounds familiar?! LOL, we become "shopaholics" & "hoarders"! 😅. Anyways, I feel satisfied to use these "quilt" theme supplies, finally! 

Well, I found out today that the recipient's birthday was 3 days earlier than the date I thought...oh well ...

It's been hot here in Hawaii, with the high of 90F and low of 79F. Stay safe, from wild fires, floods to bad air. Thank you for stopping my blog today. Love, Eve