Coffee card for October swap

Aloha~

Well, time passed so fast, and I was off island, too... I made this card early in October and sent it out but never posted it, so here it is. 😅 I'm trying to catch up, blogging... I enjoyed making this card, using my new additions! The background is TH's stencils. I love this stencil set. I found the vellum to attach the colored stamped images from NND. The witch and the kitty are from Mama Elephant. I just love this stamp set! Super Cute! 

The sentiment inside is also from NND. The Washi tape I used on the bottom is from LF. 

Hope y'all had a fun Halloween!... I know, it's a month late. lol 😄But I feel like I wanna continue making Halloween cards! I come up with the different ideas for Halloween and not enough time to make them into cards, esp. when I was off island... 

Mahalo for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve

Happy Halloween!

Aloha~

This is the card for my BFF.

I used the Paper Rose paper for the background. I customized a little~Those cute 3 kitties in ghost in disguise are 2 of the recipient's kitties (American shorthair rescue) and their friend, a black stray cat! Those dies and the sentiment dies are from Poppy stamps. Little jack o'lantern and bats are from SSS. I added Mama Elephant witch with MY orange kitty on the bloom, colored in Copics. 

This is inside. Everything is from SSS. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Hope you are enjoying a long weekend! Love, Eve

Happy Birthday! 2 cards!

Aloha~

These are for two card making friends from "coffee card swap group", whose birthdays are in October. One, who likes to decorate for Halloween, and another one whom I'm not sure of. Halloween is something I'd like to be careful about. Some don't care for Halloween, so, I made a card with some Halloween flair, and another one without it.

I used the postage collage stamp background die from Waffle Flower. I used stamps from Waffle Flower and Newton's Nook Designs.

For this one, I used Trinity stamp's stamp and made "Espresso Martini". I just had this drink a couple of days ago, with my BFF from Virginia. If you have ever had Espresso martini, you know how it is served~ a couple of coffee beans on the foam. I used a couple "coffee bean" clay embellishments from Trinity stamp, colored them with Copic marker to make them a little darker. Coffee bean paper is from Newton's Nook Designs.  

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

Missing you

Aloha~

My late mother loved scuba diving. After I left for college, she started to learn swimming (better) and moved to scuba diving. I'd been "collecting" scuba diving stamps but found only a couple in last 35 years of my stamping. When I saw the new release from Spellbinders, I had to have it! Since I've been stamping for so many years, I don't do "monthly subscription" anymore, but to get this set for sure, I had to... anyways, my mother's anniversary was coming, and I thought I would make a card, for her. I found the background paper in my stash, which I used My Favorite Things stencil. Other than all pieces from the set, I added the Hero Arts clear enamel dots to finish it off, as air bubbles. I've been seeing pictures of her, like this card, so many of them, in 35 years of her scuba diving life! The lady on the right who is hand signing, "👍" is definitely my mother. 💕 

I miss her so much. I added that sentiment, attached with a foam tape, to give it a bit of dimension. 

Now it's September, and the set became available for purchase, and I was surprised how great the club price was. I always loved Spellbinders dies, and this month, it's already on its way, and I love that September set, too. :) 

The weekend is almost here! Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve 

"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

Updated : Sept.3, 2025

Since I received the recipient's name, I stamped some inside of the card. I also added a twine, which I should have added when I finished the card for the challenge... 😅