Happy Birthday!

Aloha~

I made this card, remembering the sender for June card to me loved Hawaii vacation and mentioned it again in her card. I also received a paper pad of Hawaii from Echo Park very recently. These days, I can't stop buying paper pads cuz they are so good!! I cut the two designs from the paper pad, attached to the postage stamp die cut outs, using Hero Art's die. I attached the bottom one first, and "postcard" one with the 1mm foam squares. I really love these 1mm foam squares. It's easy to use, and only a little dimention, which is great for mailing. Most of my cards are mailed out. I stamped "Happy birthday" (Waffle Flowers) on the "postcard". I used another paper from the same paper pad as the base. I'd been itching to use my new die set from Taylors Expressions. In the same set, there are small plumerias, too, so I used a couple of them, too. 

Inside, the sentiment is from Hero Arts, and the turtle is from Pink & Main. Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles (Honu) are another sea animal famous in Hawaii beside the Hawaiian Monk Seals. I wanted to send the "Hawaiian vibe" so I chose this turtle.

I still hear the severe weather from US mainland. The typhoon is still coming this way but the course is taking to rather north of the islands and it downgraded to tropical storm. I heard though that all beaches in Hawaii are closed. You know, those high surf and all...please take care wherever you are. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve  

Coffee card for the swap (July)

Aloha,

I had so much fun, making this card! I got this "cute" die set from last November's subscription. I wasn't sure how to use it but well, I made this card, using them for the first time! I'm very happy with the result! 

Beside the die set from Spellbinders, I used sentiment from Honey Bee stamps. I added some "coffee beans" on washi stickers which I had on hand.

Inside, I stamped Technique Tuesday's coffee mug image and the sentiment but not full sentiment. I masked the first line so that it goes better with the sentiment on the front of the card. Hope this card will bring a smile to the recipient as much as it did to me! 

I still hear the severe weather from many places. Hope you are all safe! 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve

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 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 out. 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