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

Christmas card #4

Aloha~

When you think of shaker cards in winter, you have to make a snow globe, right?! 😀

The dies and clear dorm are from My Favorite Things. The church scene in the snow globe are made from Lawn Fawn's stamp set. I used the snowy scene stencil from Lawn Fawn. The sentiment is from Concord & 9th, using the die cut out from Lawn Fawn. Those snow flakes around the sentiment are the stickers from Japan. I used the stitch die from Lil' inker designs on the card base. 

I stamped this sentiment from Sunny Studio stamps inside of this card.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. 

Red flag warning is effect til tomorrow across the state. Hope everything will stay ok... and hope everyone is ok in US mainland, esp. from that big snow storm which hit the east coast recently.. stay safe! Love, Eve 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Aloha~ 

Sorry to hear that some of you got lots of snow yesterday... I started to feel a bit of cold breeze in the air here, too. Definitely winter is coming....

This card is for my BFF. 

Again, I used several different company's products; scarecrow image is from Lawn Fawn. I'd been looking for "my favorite kind" of scarecrow and I found this one a couple of months ago from Lawn Fawn's new release. The sentiment is from Waffle Flowers. Pumpkin dies are from Spellbinders. Puffy clouds are stickers from Concord and 9th, the banner die is from Lawn Fawn, hill and stitched rectangle dies are from My Favorite Things, and layering paper is from Sunny Studio. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Less than a week to Thanksgiving. Have a blessed Thanksgiving! Hugs, Eve

Happy New Year!! #2

My 2nd card in 2024 which I used the same stamp set from the previous post but the different stamps. I used the same colors and the medium for the main dragon stamp. Same background, using my very old clouds stencil from Print Works/1997! I have a couple of clouds stencils but I still use this old one, sometimes. It was $2.79, probably found at nearby stamp store, in late 90's..."Stencils" never go bad! lol I used different embellishments from different company. I layered that front to the white card stock which I just swiped with my Honeydew Encore inkpad from Tsukineko, directly around the edge of the card stock. The sentiment is from old stamp set from HA. 

This is going to my godmother. 😊

Well, my friends, it's cold here, too... yesterday morning, it was the 2nd coldest in the record! That was 58F! The coldest day ever was 57F which was recorded in 1978! It's definitely a hoodie weather in this "tropical" island. Stay safe, stay warm! Love, Eve

A Happy New Year!!

This is my 1st card in 2024! I received a Christmas card from someone whom I didn't expect to receive it from but unfortunately last 2 months had been very busy and I hardly could make a card, so, I decided to make a New Year's card for the sender. 

2024 is the year of Dragon, the only non-real life animal among 12 Chinese zodiac. The main image is new from Mama Elephant stamps. My mom's sign is the Dragon and she kept some decoration of dragons. They were all green and gold, and that's how I remembered the dragon and decided to use those colors. For "mane?" and the tip of the tail, I used light green color, and picked the gold color from Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor palette, using a watercolor brush pen, to color over the light green colored areas. The photo didn't pick up well but it's a bit golden. The vertical sentiment is from Purple Daisy Designs.  

Wishing you an abundance of happiness for 2024! 

Love, Eve

Coffee card swap December 2023

Aloha~

December has been really hard for my body due to my seasonal work. I even prefer a lie-down than sitting at home... but, I finished it and it's on its way to the recipient! Since she lives in west coast, hopefully this card will get to her before Christmas! 

I really like my new background stamp from Taylored Expressions. I also like my Washi tape of plaid. I decided to use this washi tape to "make a background paper", used a coffee die from Poppy stamps to cut it out. Those "peppermint stickers" are from Doodlebug Design inc. The sentiment is from MFT stamps. 

A week left for Christmas preparation, aka Christmas shopping. lol 

Please take care of yourselves. Everyone around me seems that they are getting sick...🙏

Love, Eve

Coffee card for September swap

Aloha~

PSL season has arrived! Yaaaas! 😋So, this is my card. 

I love this stamp set from The Greetery. I fell in love with the argyle pattern paper which Honeybee stamps released very recently, and I had to use this particular paper for the card. I first layered the background papers, and then, I designed and chose the stamps for the front. Usually it's other way around, but I really love this paper and other papers in that paper pad! The sentiment on the top is from Sunny Studio stamps and I layered it over the die cut without the sentiment. Other sentiments are from Art Impressions. 

First day of fall is just around corner! Happy Fall, y'all! 

Birthday card for Coffee card swap group #3

Aloha~ Happy MONDAY! ...or?! 😁

I mainly used Lawn Fawn's stamps for this card. The street stencil is from Pretty Pink Posh. I colored them with Copic markers. The stitch frame dies are MFT stamp's. It's pretty much self explanatory 😊

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Have a great week, everyone! Hugs, Eve

Happy Anniversary!

Aloha~

I made a card for my best friend's wedding anniversary. 

I started to think the design and the new kit from MFT Stamps were introduced. I thought, aha!

This is it! I sometimes call her when they are watching a movie, and it seems they like to watch movies together, at home. They are hard working couple and they don't like to decorate and have much "stuff" like I (and other "crafters") do! lol So, this card looks rather "simple" but this is exactly what my friend & her husband like. 😊Also, half of the colors on this card is "customized" from their actual family room! 

These days, many dies get released, and they look wonderful once all "tiny" die cuts get placed, but they are "tiny"! lol It's hard to handle them even I use the embellishment wand, esp. when I have to "glue" them! I don't have nails (!! lol) so even it's harder, but I still love the end results. 😀

I used Altenews stamps for the sentiment and hearts. I heat embossed in gold for the sentiment. I used all scrap papers for all those little dies. I found a right color 'wooden' design paper from my paper collection, and I used it for the floor. Again, it looks "simple" but that's what their "comfy" place is 💕  

Have a great week! Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Love, Eve

Coffee card for April

Aloha~

It took several days to finish this card. Lately the stamp companies releases dies with very small pieces. They look great but when I try to use them, it's hard... Still, I keep buying them. lol... Anyways, this is one of the cards which I used those little pieces. It takes more time for choosing "colored papers" for each pieces, too, than coloring them... I also started out with the different colors for the background and the card base, but I couldn't make the card, so I changed the colors. 😓 When you have so many choices, it gets harder to decide which one would be the best...I'm glad I finished this card. Otherwise, I would be late for mailing the card. ... The shiny silver heavy paper which I die cut for coffee maker are from the package of one of my skin care products. I keep those, and mostly I use them for "stars" for nightly sky on my cards but this time, it became handy for my coffee maker 👍Oh by the way, for the die cutting, I used TH's card stock which he said it wouldn't be a great card base but good for die cutting, so I used those for the 1st time. I'm happy with those papers, on this card! 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Have a nice weekend! Love, Eve

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   

Happy St. Patrick's Day #2

 Aloha, 

This is the card I made for "Coffee themed" card swap group I belong. So, what do you think? I purchased the clover dies from Lawn Fawn. I fussy cut the mug cup from also Lawn Fawn's new released paper. I made a slit and tucked the 3 strips of "specialty papers" for the rainbow. I also used Lawn Fawn papers for blue sky background and grasses. This "leprechaun" is actually gnome stamp from Lawn fawn, 10 years ago! It's the retired stamp but I saw someone made a "leprechaun " from the gnome stamp and I remembered I had a gnome stamp! And of course, I had a leprechaun hat. 😉 Inside, I wrote "Irish you are a lucky day with a big cup o'gold and delicious coffee!" lol 

Mahalo for stopping by my blog today. Hope y'all are having a nice week! Hugs, Eve 

Happy St. Patrick's day, Part 2 2020

Aloha~

Well, this is a month delayed posting. .. oh well... Since 3.17.2020, lots have been happening.. that was the last day at work... now all quarantined.. 

I love making St. Patrick's day card. I sent this to my godmother. 

Background paper was from my long time hoarded stash, and so are the specialty papers for the rainbow. 
It's kinda trend now to have white embossed sentiments on the black cs. I like how this card turned out with black cs strips 😊 

Hope you & your family are staying healthy! 🙏
Eve

Happy St. Patrick's day!

Finally I had a chance to order the rainbow die and got time to use it!  I first watercolored the white watercolor card stock for the sky. I used wink of stella shimmer pen on the rainbow. Clouds & banner are Lawn Fawn dies, as well as shaker jar & the leprechaun's hat. I found a white shimmer paper for the clouds, and it looks better in person. I used MFT grass die. 
I made this one for my godmother 😊

Hope you will have a happy St. Patrick's day! 

Eve