Happy Birthday! #2

Aloha~

My BFF's birthday is coming up and I made this card. I've known her since early 80s, and I decided to use this fun dies from Trinity Stamps which was released in April. This set really makes me to remember Good Old Days in our lives. But, many of these great die sets are very intricate and the card becomes "labor intensive" and this was one of them. 😅Of course, you can make it simpler and can adjust in different ways which is also a lot of fun, but this one, I made it close to the "original" pac man (original release in 1980, 5 months after the release in Japan). I also chose to stamp "25c" from Newton's Nook Designs in the middle of two coin slots. That was actually the amount we inserted (a quarter) back then, and I wanted to emphasize that, instead of just hand writing on the coin slot buttons.

Inside, I really wanted to use this fun stamp from Riley and Company. When they released this stamp with big "80s", I HAD TO GET IT! 😄But, since this is the birthday card, so I had to adjust how to use it on this card. This is the result. 

I used some sentiment strips from Simon Says Stamps. I love these strips. They are easy to use! Nowadays, several companies make them. 

This is how much I love Pac-man. I'd like to brag here a little (!!) that I spent a quarter to play Space Invaders for 35 minutes before Pac man was released.😁I never forget that! Fun time! 😀

Hope you are having a nice weekend! Severe weather continues. 🌩🌪Stay safe! Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve 

Happy Birthday!

Aloha~

I made this card for the daughter of my BFF. She hasn't been around in US much after graduating college, and will be leaving for Italy for her 1st year in an American grad school. She was in Peace corp for two years and decided to go to grad school, and she got full scholarship! We are so proud of her, so when this Spellbinders die set was released back in March, I already knew I was going to use this one for her birthday card. She is "unstoppable"! 

I stamped the sentiment of Lawn Fawn on the top. The background building stamp is from Concord & 9th. A little hard to see but clouds are from Concord & 9th, too, die cutting vellum, and attached using Xyron. The hillside is made using My Favorite Thing's die, with stamping Hero Arts' grass stamp on the die cut. The initial is for both her first name and "Superwoman"! It worked perfect! 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope you are all safe from the severe weather. 🙏Love, Eve 

Happy 250th, America!

Aloha~

I made these cards for 2 of my dearests. I bought this paper pad from Honey Bee Stamps when it was released 2 years ago. I often buy paper pads because they are so pretty but don't use them right away, but place them by my craft table and go through, just looking at them, time to time. That makes me smile and happy! lol. Anyways, I'm using these papers for the1st time! lol! They are so beautiful, and I didn't have to add too much. I used TH's number dies. I love these dies. I die cut once, and I get these 2 style of dies! How cool is that?!

I also stamped the sentiment from looong time ago (Stampendous!), year 2000 release!! It's a wood mounted "grey" rubber stamp but it surely lasts long! It stamped as brand new!!😀

I forgot to take a picture before writing to the recipients so I covered that up. This dark blue card stock I found in my stash has "white" inside, in case, some of you are wondering. It has slightly textured and probably from Michaels or Joann. I don't know who makes those papers, or even they make those card stock anymore. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. If you are off on Juneteenth, have a nice long weekend!  Love, Eve

Coffee card for the swap (June)

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This is the easel card I made for the recipient. I already knew that I wanted to use this House Mouse stamp. I colored them first. I checked HM Monday challenge and they were doing "fancy fold", and I already knew this was the kind of card I wanted to make, BUT, time ran out.😓 Finally I got the time to finish the rest, the link was closed! LOL... but they usually do "anything goes", so I decided to finish and I am going to enter this card for the new challenge#467 ! 😊You might think..?? So, the recipient of this card was the sender for the last month's swap and she mentioned that her usual order had chocolate cookies with the coffee. So, I added those chocolate chip cookies by the sentiment! Hope she will like it! 

I added little shimmer on the steam from the cup, using Wink of Stella. The sentiment is from Lil'inker designs. Those chocolate chip cookies are from Queen&Co., and extra coffee beans are from Trinity Stamps. 

Have a nice weekend! Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Love, Eve

"Iced" Coffee card for May swap

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This is the card I made for May. I LOOOOOVE this Coffee Shop paper pad from Echo Park! 🥰All the papers for background and the printed sentiment are from the same pad! I used one of the "postage nesting die" to cut the sentiment. Glad it was the perfect size! I added MC/Ecru floss to finish the card. This "special" floss has a couple of threads of gold in the whole thread and looks nicer in person. 

The weather has cleared up much earlier than the weather forecast predicted. I'm not complaining, though! This Spring has been little harsh, even in this island of Oahu. Hope you are enjoying the spring with lots of flowers wherever you are! Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Love, Eve

Happy Mother's Day!

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I made this card on Mother's day for my late mother. I like to spend time, thinking of her on Mother's day. 

I used Waffle Flower's "MOM" script dies on Lawn Fawn papers and vellum. Those sentiments are all from new Waffle Flower's stamp set, and attached with the "thin" foam. I stamped a couple of "butterflies" from the same set, since my mom loved butterflies. Have you ever used "Brilliance" inkpads? I love the color from my color swatch and used it. Well, they are really old and some went bad but 2/3 of the inkpads are still in good condition, without even reinking! So... probably this color inkpad is 25? years old.... I used mini slim stitched nesting dies from Trinity Stamps. 

Sorry for a couple of days delay to post this. Hope you had a wonderful day to celebrate your moms in person, on facetime or even in your heart. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve

Happy Birthday!

Aloha~

This is the card I made for my godmother, for her 80th birthday!! I do hope she will have many more birthdays! 

So, for 80th birthday, color "Gold" signifies, so I placed some "gold" colored elements on the card. 

I'm not sure about you guys but my case, I sometimes get stuck at least once while I make a card. I had totally different design but when I was looking for a perfect element for other elements I already made, I found a 3D embossed background paper in my stash. When I receive a new product, I often try it out and keep them in a stash, and that was this one. Then, I could imagine the whole card, using the background (although, I decided to change the color and embossed it to make a new background) and this is the end result. The fan & bow are also from Spellbinder. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. I wanted to "curve" the sentiment along the fan instead of just placing it to the top, straight. Like most of us wants to use "birthday" elements on the card but since I've been making her birthday cards more than 30 years, I decided to use something which is not a cake, birthday candles, etc. I did find the sentiment, googling, and did write that in gold inside.   

Hope you'll have a great Mother's Day tomorrow. I'll make a Mother's day card tomorrow, thinking about my late mom. Mahalo for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve