Happy Birthday to my BFF!

Aloha~

It's been a while since I posted last. I've been very busy. Anyways, I finally finished this birthday card to my BFF from college. 

I really wanted to use this sentiment, and I started out to make a front design, from the sentiment. I used Kuretake watercolor paint to handpaint the background; Sky, Ocean and the sandy beach. Then I used the stamp of Essential by Ellen for the waves but after the ink drying, I used Uniball white pen to go over all the stamped wave images. I found a couple of stamps to make some sandy beach from Lawn Fawn. I had some stickers from Japan for the seashells and starfish. I elevated the seagull's part, using the foam tape. 

Heat waves everywhere. Stay safe and stay hydrated! Thanks for stopping my blog today! Love, Eve

  

Happy New Year! #3 (for Coffee card swap)

Aloha~

I love this postage dies and stamps. I also used stamps and dies from different companies, 7 companies to be exact, from stamps, dies to stencils to finish the front panel! 

It's hard to see it in the picture but I cut the top part, after I made the whole front panel before attaching it to the card base, because, in person, I felt that 2/3 of the panel "looked" heavy with all those die cuts. I used the foam tape to give a bit of dimension to adhere the top part to the card base in the end. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Stay safe & stay warm! 

Love, Eve

Coffee card for October card swap

Aloha~

The background papers are from my newest addition, from Whimsy stamp company. My cards are mostly "cute" side but I made it a little less cute, well, at least, I tried. lol

I used MFT's stitch frame die to cut and cut them in triangle. I used spider web with a spider from Essentials by Ellen, die cutting the shimmer paper. I used a Ghost die from Poppy stamps. It's hard to see it on the picture but I used another shimmer white card stock. I used the coffee stamps from Lawn Fawn. The sentiment stamp is from Essentials by Ellen. I used dies from Spellbinders, cutting pumpkins, to give a bit impression of PSL which is next to those pumpkins. I added a bit of blings and twine from TH, from some years ago. 

Inside ~ The pumpkin head die is from Poppy stamps. The sentiment strips are from Simon Says stamps. 

Halloween is less than a week away... time is flying by... Love, Eve

Birthday card for Coffee card swap group

Aloha~

Finally I finished to make a card for our admin for this group, and mailed it today, on her birthday. 😊 

I really like this girI from Essential by Ellen 😍I "asked her to toast with coffee" for the admin in this group! 😀I colored with copics. I used Lawn Fawn's mug cup from one of their stamp set. The sentiment is Alternew. I used Lawn Fawn's confetti stencil on the top. I used MFT stamps' stitch die. 

It's so windy here in Honolulu due to the category 4 Hurricane is passing by even it's down south and not direct hit but if the strength is 4, apparently the wind gusts up to 60mph is possible, with our "natural" trade winds. Hope we won't lose power... Hope y'all are not suffering from the extreme heat or storms/tornadoes! Stay safe! 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

Coffee card for July swap

Happy 4th of July! 

Well, hope everyone had a great celebration, a week ago! 

This is the card I made for the swap. I had this Stampendous! Uncle Sam's hat stamp for ages, and still love it! This "woodmounted" (grey) rubber stamp says "2000", manufacturing year. I probably bought it within 2 years time. Back then, I usually bought "newly released" stamps in like 2 years time. Not only the "online shopping" on internet wasn't common, like now, but also I lived in the US territory in the Pacific, far away from US mainland, so it took a while for some stamps to get to Guam. 20 years have passed so fast! Surprisingly, there were 3 places I could buy stamps beside Ben Franklin, SU! & CTMH!, on that tiny island back then! 

Other stamps are from Essentials by Ellen & My Favorite Thing stamps. I added "stickers" for the words, and star brads. Star brads were too shiny so I smudged a little with brown color Copics. I did some doodling for steam and the table. I love when I make a card, using the "left over" "stickers" and "brads" from the LONG time past. 😊 

Inside, I typed "For the BOLD and the Brave".

I got the inspiration from my calendar in front of my desk as soon as I turned the page to July. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Hope you are having a relaxing Sunday. Love, Eve

Coffee card for June swap

Aloha~

So, what do you think of my card? I made this Tiki bar with mixed drink stamps set into the "morning cafe on the beach" here in Hawaii 😊 I drink iced coffee on the beach but some drinks only hot coffee even in hot summer, so you can choose from this Tiki CAFE stand! 😄 It's hard to tell but I chose the textured white paper for beach chair to die cut, to stand out a little from the background. Mostly colored with copics. I used Newton's Nook & MFT's stencils for palm trees and sun beam from the sun rise. I added seashell embellishments from Queen and Co. They come in different colors but I liked this color on this card the most 😊

Inside, I used a couple of stickers.

Yesterday was King Kamehameha day (state holiday) and we are having a long weekend. 

Mahalo for stopping by my blog today! 

Hugs, Eve

Hoppy Easter & coffee!

This is the card for April at Expresso Yourself - CLP FB group. I just love this bear with, esp. the bunny ears! It always cracks me up! 😁 He decided to bring Coffee instead of eggs for Easter. 😉 I colored them with Copics. All stamped images are from 3 different stamp sets of Essential by Ellen. Three designed papers are from Lawn Fawn.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. HOPPY Easter!  Love, Eve

Happy Holidays ~ #1

LOL, well, Christmas has come and gone, ... a month ago! I did make a couple of cards but I was super busy at work. Due to "ongoing pandemic", work made me even more tired in holiday season. I finally found some time to upload my cards... Hope y'all had a much better "holiday season" than I had. 😊 

This card was for my Godmother. 

Two years ago, I purchased this house die set, and made this card below, but this year, I purchased the "gingerbread house add-on" die set and made this card above. I put some paste on those yummy gumdrops to look little more realistic to the regular card stock. I would've put glossy accent or something on the berries but I found the paper which gives that similar effect, so I die cut that paper with the berry die. 

I love this house die! 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! And, Happy Australia Day to Aussie friends! 

Hugs, Eve  

Birthday, Easter, Coffee, all combined card! :)

 Aloha~

A card making friend's birthday is coming up and it falls exactly on Easter Sunday, so, I decided to make a card, combining, birthday, Easter and "coffee" since she is the admin.of "coffee" card swap group on FB. I think I combined them in one card pretty good, don't ya think...? 😉 This is also my first Slimline card which is trending lately in card making industry. I even made an envelope to fit this long card, using a designer's one sided paper which was one of "hoarded for so long papers" stash! lol I've been making cards for like 30 years and have ended up to "have/hoard" many papers! lol I bet some of you can relate...?! Now I'm eager to make more envelopes for slim cards! lol 

The hardest part was to secure the very thin gold threads. I had to think first.. I decided to tie through the parts of the nest, pulled a little, put the liquid glue, to secure them first. Then, attached balloon over them, again, using strong adhesive. I used Lawn Fawn's glitter papers. I used Lawn Fawn's papers on the background; sun beams and grass field. I hope this card will reach the recipient in Europe without any damage, and will make her smile, with lots of "coffee" on this card! 😄 

Hope y'all are having a relaxing Sunday! Hugs, Eve

Coffee Card Swap for May

My May swap recipient lives in Canada. We are still in unsettling time.. when I saw the stamp set I bought and haven't really used yet, I thought I would use this, to send "happy thoughts"! I enjoyed Concord & 9th turnabouts stamp set! Very tropical. Perfect to send my card from this tropical island. 😊🌴

Sometime I get asked whether I drink Iced coffee only since it's always warm here. I love hot coffee all year around. Most places indoor here has A/C. I only drink iced coffee when I feel hot, like going to the afternoon shift, esp. in summer time. How about you? 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Have a nice evening! 
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! ~ Coffee card swap, March, 2020

This is the card I made for Coffee card swap group for March. I used Gina K designs' wreath builder template for shamrocks for the first time. It was more fun than I thought it would be! The background paper was in my specialty paper stack for many years. I seriously don't remember when I made it. In early 2000's, making background papers with different medium & colors was a trend, before the stamp companies started to make novelty papers and sell. Anyways, this is hard to see but I believe I used alcohol inks on photo papers. It's shiny in person. I had some left part from that "hand made" paper, so I cut the circle, and attached it in the center. The design of this card was inspired not only by the St. Patty's day but also Mint shake at both McDonald's and DQ on their ads before making this card! lol :) 

I hardly do white embossing on black card stock but I did, and I like the way it turned out on this card :) 

Hope y'all have a lucky day & lucky month! 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today :) 

Eve

Coffee card swap for December, 2019

Here is my card for December coffee card swap. 

I was inspired by the santa's sleigh die from Poppy stamps, which I bought from BF sale in November. I stamped Altenew small snow background stamp 4 times, heat embossed to make the background.I had the travel mug cup die but not the buckle, so I drew it on the gold paper, and cut it with the scissors. lol. When I do something like this, it makes me feel good, remembering the good old days of rubber stamping/making cards. Things in the market were much limited back then compared to the recent market, so we improvised! That was fun! Stamping/card making is evolving.. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. 

Hugs, Eve 

Season's greetings!

I made this card for my godmother & her husband. 

I enjoyed making this card. Again, I found this background paper at Ben Franklin, and really wanted to make a card with it. I didn't stamp much, which is unusual for me. I stenciled the bricks and die cut the paper with my new house die from Lawn Fawn. I used the glitters for the snow on the house, steam from the chimney, and on the trees. I'm happy with this card 😊

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.

Hugs, Eve

Coffee Card swap for June, 2019

Yummy frappuccino season is in full swing! I love this bear from Essentials by Ellen! He can hold so many things, and "this morning, he is holding a yummy frappuccino in the forest"! 

I used the sakura gel pen to give the shine on his sunglasses. 

So what is your fav. frappuccino flavor? Mine is green tea and mocha! 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! 

Eve

Happy Easter #3

My last Easter card this year. I made this for my best friend in college. I received these bunny & speech bubble dies from my long time card making friend. I really love the new 6x6 rainbow papers from Lawn Fawn. I used one of those papers to die cut the grass, too. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.  

I really want to stamp this egg image from Essentials by Ellen, and used their sentiment inside of the card 😊

Hope y'all had a wonderful Easter! 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. 

Eve

Challenge: SSS Spring Mood Board

Happy Easter #2

This is my 2nd card, and for my fellow card maker/"mouse" family who sent me this bunny peeps die!! I just love this die ❤ She knows me like 15 years, and so yes, she knows that I love peeps! lol I used new Lawn Fawn's 6x6 rainbow paper, sentiment ,and the colored eggs stamp from Essential by Ellen. I also used the scallop frame die from MFT. 

This is the inside of the card. The egg die & glitter paper are from Lawn Fawn, and the sentiment is from Essential by Ellen.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope your Easter is "egg-stra" special! ❤

Eve

Challenge: SSS Spring Mood Board

"HOPPY" Easter #1

Happy Easter!
I made this card for my godmother. The front is covered by all Lawn Fawn products; egg dies, glitter papers & speckled paper. I didn't want to add anything else on the front cuz it's already pretty much festive...

So, I decided to decorate inside, with the sentiment I planned to place on the front.

I love this bear from Essentials by Ellen and its "wears." 😃 I used MFT's grass die to decorate a bit more. I used Altenew stamps for the cherry blossoms and colored them in with Zig watercolor blush. I thought the front & inside design came together. 

Have a wonderful Easter Sunday! ❤

Eve

Challenges : SSS SpringMoodboard

Coffee card swap March 2019

So, when the new "coffee/tea stamps set" from Essentials by Ellen was released last month, I had to order it, cuz the saying on the front is so true and wanted to make some cards with it! 😃

For the inside, I used the one which also made me want to order it right after the release last summer, from Lil'inker designs. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.
Hope y'all are having a nice day!
Eve