Coffee card for February swap

Aloha~

You probably find the similarity in this card from the last one. I love these dies so much, and I had to make another card before winter ended, and with "GAlentine's day" greeting!

I used Lawn fawn papers for both sleeves and the background. For background paper, I also used Lawn Fawn's heart stencil. For gloves and the sentiment, I inked up the white card stock with Altenew ink, and die cut them. I wanted to used the perfect size for heart latte art. I found one from one of Honey Bee's die sets. I love the shape of this particular heart (and size), similar to the background stenciled hearts. The sentiment is also from Lawn Fawn. Hmmm...looking at this picture, I probably should have added the "steam" above the coffee... well, this card was already sent out yesterday...😓

Inside, I stamped one of Honey Bees' sentiments.

I've been hearing so much snow & frigid temperature, esp. in east coast. Keep warm and stay safe! Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve

Coffee card for January 2026 swap

Happy New Year! 

I got this new Spellbinders dies from BF sale. In fact, last year, there were similar dies released, and I chose this one. 

I used the sentiment from Echo Park, and those mini marshmallows are dies from The Greetery. From December to February, I often make hot chocolate/cocoa cards for the group which is allowed in this group. I used the vellum for the steam. I used the stencil from Papertrey ink. I used Spellbinders frame dies for some interest around the card stock. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I'm not sure how many of you follow NCAAF and NFL but last night I thought what Tomlin would do and this morning, I heard Tomlin decided to step down after 19 seasons. My team's head coach was fired after 18 seasons. More new head coaches in NFL next season...  Love, Eve

Birthday card

Aloha~ 

This is the card for "my twin" in our coffee card swap group.

I used red and green (both subtle) colors as main but since it's birthday, I used a little more colors on the stencils from Pretty Pink Posh, my Black Friday addition 😊The main coffee cup is from Lil' inker design which is pretty old but I just love the set! The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn but cut it in half so that I could place them where I wanted to, with a little puffy heart sticker from Altenew, placing it in the middle of the sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Two days left in 2025... Please stay safe if you are in the areas with tons of snow. I watched it on the evening news today. Love, Eve 

Coffee card for December swap

Happy Boxing day (in Australia) ! Happy "Second" Christmas day ~ zweiter Weihnachtsfeiertag (in Germany) ! 

This card will be the last Coffee card for this year. 

I'd been wanting to use these beautiful papers from Simple Stories for a year. Yes I bought it last Christmas, waiting for the perfect timing to use them! But because of the beautiful designs, I didn't have to do more on them. It even comes with the sentiment on some designs. I just used the 3D adhesives underneath of the main panel, and attached the pretty silver ribbon. 

The card turned out to be pretty in my opinion, thanks to those beautiful papers but wanted to do a little more, so I did, inside of the card. I forgot to take the picture before writing the message on it to the recipient, so I had to hide it to take the picture. But after taking the picture, I liked the idea of placing that beautiful paper which I used on the front this way, and attached the post it note with the message... afterthought. ...  

I used this snow man stamp I love, from Echo park. It's my new addition! And, I happened to have a very small coffee cup from the sticker sheet from Japan, so I attached it! I colored the holly berries on his hat and draw a little heart on him.  

Hope you all had a joyous Christmas, with friends and families. 

Here is the picture of my attire today. 😉 He is very tired and deserve this! 😁

Mahalo for stopping by my blog today. There is only a week left for welcoming the year of 2026! Are you ready?? Love, Eve

Christmas card #6

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Well, well. This is one of the most "labor intensive" card I have ever made, mainly because of all those tiny pieces to adhere first, then, put all buildings, trees, lamp posts in the right places on 3D background! It took a long time to finish it. I made this card for my godmother.

I used Honey Bee stamps die set, Concord & 9th for the 3D card base, Simon Says stamps for the sentiment and again, Concord & 9th for the star. I always loved the sentiment with "PEACE" in it. I even bought a t-shirt with PEACE in front at Old Navy yesterday. 😊

The back of this 3D card, I stamped Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year in Hawaiian, on the die cut out and attached them. It's a red rubber wood stamp from the local company (Stampettes of Hawaii).

I'm hearing that the temperature bounced back to normal this time of the year, from extremely cold most of the places across US. We had a wet & gloomy weather for like 10 days?and everyone was complaining! But the sun is shining today!! 🌞Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Merry Christmas! 🎄Love, Eve

Christmas card #5 2025

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This is my 5th Christmas card. 

I used the same Tim Holtz die set with my card #4, but with different elements and design. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope you are having a busy but great weekend! Oh, in those places with lots of snow, please drive safe! Love, Eve

Christmas card #4 2025

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This is the forth Christmas card I have made. 

I used Waffle Flowers' background panel die, placed over the glitter paper so those shines peek through. I used TH's dies to make a scene. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things.

I finished Christmas shopping today. Nearby mall was crowded! Now, time to wrap them and mail out!  Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Happy holidays! Love, Eve