Happy Birthday!

This is the last birthday card this month.

I wanted to use my new Hero Art's fancy die. My design started from there. I used "sandy" paper from my stash, stamped the Waffle Flower's sentiment. I love this font as if it was written on the sandy beach! I used the MFT stamp's stitch frame for the whole front. I noticed that I've been using this frame die often.😊 I stamped the ocean stamp from Papertrey Inc. The puppy on the float, both stamps are from Sunny Studio. I'm a cat person and I think this is the only dog stamp I own, but the recipient loves dogs, so I chose this stamp. The sun, the clouds and seagulls stamps are from Lawn Fawn. 

Hope you are having a great week! If you are in heatwave area, please stay safe and stay hydrated! Here in Hawaii, a couple of storms coming this way, from Sunday... two already got their names; Hone & Gilma. Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Love, Eve

Coffee card for the month of May!

Aloha~

This is the card I made for this month's swap. I love these papers from NND! I love orange cats, and I colored him with copic, using a little brush strokes for the furs of tabby cat. 😸I tried to color coordinate as much as possible, as you probably can tell. 😊 I used the oval stitch die from Sunny Studio, stitched pocket die from Honey Bee Stamps, altering a little on the top to fit well with the background stitched die cut design, from MFT. 

This week, we'll have tons of rain, again 😑Wherever you are, hope you'll stay safe from the severe weather. And, hope some of you witnessed the beautiful sight of northern lights! Thank you for stopping by my blog today! Love, Eve

Happy St. Patrick's day! #1

Aloha~

This is my first St. Patrick's day card this year. Although I bought this Shamrock die this year, having another idea, I ended up using St. Patrick's day stamp set from the past from the same company for this design. 😊I used LF's paper. I have started to wear greens! 💚

Hope you are having a nice weekend! Thank you for stopping by my blog today. 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

TEA card for May Swap

Aloha~

Once in a while, I make "TEA" card for "coffee card" swap group. We are allowed to make TEA card, and hot chocolate beside coffee card. 😊

These stamps are from Stampington & Company, year of 1999! I got ("collected') Debbie Mumm's stamps cuz I loved her designs even before I first saw her design on wood mounted red rubber stamps. I "collected" fabrics, home decoration to table wares! These wood mounted stamps haven't been used that much, but instead, they are displayed on the shelves, for years! I recently bought Lawn Fawn's background die, and had been wanting to use it. I used MFT stamps "stitched" frame die for the front. I used Newton's Nook's new paper for the sentiment, die cut it using MFT stamps old die. The little heart shaped steam stamp is Lawn Fawn's. I felt I needed something more in open space, I found the Lawn Fawn's die of heart. I used "shimmery", "half transparent" paper scrap, and I die cut it. I have no idea who made these papers. I've started to "collect" and "hoard" papers 25 years ago when I lived on a tiny tropical island cuz it was hard to get the paper I want when I needed to make a card on an island, so I "collected" as many as I could, whenever I could, even from the wrapping papers for the gifts/souvenirs from foreign countries! I still have those papers, too! 

I made "a pocket" inside of the card, using the same paper I used for the sentiment, to put a tea bag from Hawaii. 

Hope you are all doing well in your neck of the woods. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve

Happy Anniversary!!

Aloha, 

I purchased this wine glass dies and coordinated plastic shaker pouch some months ago, wanting to make a card with these. It's for my best friends' wedding anniversary. I found this background paper from my "long time-hoarded" paper stash (!!) which had some shimmery, "heat embossed" texture on the purple flowers which I thought I could match with the shimmer all around on this card. You can't see it on the picture well but also, the purple sentiment strip was attached to the shimmery light yellow card stock. I could just attached the wine glasses on the background paper directly but I found old Lawn Fawn Bokeh paper so, I sealed the back of the wine glasses with the bokeh paper first after I inserted all the shaker pieces. I wish Lawn Fawn makes more of these Bokeh papers but that was from several years ago... I attached gold little puffy heart stickers from old Simon Says Stamp kit. I first thought of attaching everything straight on the base of the card. Then, one day, I planned to finish the card, and just touched the edge of the card on my desk by accident. Since all the elements weren't adhered, it moved, and I ended up liking this diagonal position! LOL Hope they'll like it! 

Hope y'all had a nice weekend! Here, it's been super windy, with clear sky but like over 30mph wind gusts! It's been hard to stay standing at the intersection! lol... Mahalo for stopping by my blog today! Hugs, Eve

Coffee card ~ February

Aloha!

This is the card I made for the card swap for February. I recently got this heart die, and wanted to use it for the Valentine's day cards. When I saw this die, I thought I could make the same design without having this special die, just having a heart die... I was wrong. lol. You would think it's easy, and I tried and failed..So, I bought it. With this, though, I can make another design. I already have some designs in my head. Anyways, then, I had to find some sentiment and design on the card front. .. I looked up and saw 2022 "coffee themed" calendar in front of me by the desk. You can see it below the picture of my card. I really liked the sentiment. But of course, I didn't have THAT sentiment stamp. But I used the sentiment on the front of the card and inside of the card 😊 I die cut the mug cups, adhered 3 die cut outs to give some dimension. I really wanted to have "steam" but don't have those dies, so I free hand cut them. I think they turned out to be good 😊 I used the wink of Stella to give a bit of shimmer on those "steam" cut outs. I also "hand cut" the banner with my handwriting. 

The little travel cup attached inside is a clay embellishment from Trinity stamps. Isn't it so cute?😍 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope your week has started out great!  Lov,e, Eve

"Coffee card swap" for September

I got this PSL idea at the end of August but I had too many "ideas" in my head... when that happens, it takes more time to finish the card. ... Anyways, this is the card! I love the font style of Sunny studio's alphabet dies. I "cut (!)" a sentiment stamp in half to get "'Tis the season for" only. I know I would be using this part a lot and this would be easier to ink and stamp. Pumpkin images are from Waffle flowers. Coffee cup dies are from Lil' inker designs. Papers are from Sunny studio and Pebbles. The base card stock is from Lawn Fawn, "canned pumpkin" color. Trying to match the "stitched" pumpkin images, I used MFT's stitched frame die for the card front. Glad that Lil'inker design's coffee sleeve die also has "stitching" to match! 

Inside, the sentiment is from the same stamp set of Art Impressions. I attached the scrap paper from Sunny studio on the bottom. 

I love PSL. Even I've lived in Tropical islands for many years, I still find PSL to be a comforting drink for me 😊 How about you? 

Hope you are having a nice week! Thanks for stopping by my blog today! 

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

Happy Valentine's day!

I made this card for my card swap group for February. The theme is Coffee & Valentine's day. Then I remembered HMFMC#309! 
The main image and sentiments strips are attached with foam tape to give a bit of dimension as well as the same height of the heart shaped gems (better for mailing). I tried two different times & days to picture my card but for some reason, it looks "whiter" than in person.. but here it is, anyways.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Have a nice evening! 
Mousie hugs, 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 February 2019

The coldest month of the year has arrived, even here in Hawaii. Lower 60F isn't acceptable! 😅... anyways, still the time for Hot chocolate & fire place but here in Hawaii, only hot chocolate 😊

Hope this card brings the warm feeling to the recipient 😊

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope y'all are having a nice week despite of the cold weather.

Eve

Merry Christmas!

"Mele Kalikimaka"!
I made this card a couple of weeks ago, and finally had a time to post it. But actually a great timing, cuz I saw this scene today at the beach 😉He must be really tired after the hard work last night! He deserves some vacation time here in Hawaii!  

Hope y'all are having a great day with many blessings. 😊

Peace & Love, Eve

Happy Valentine's Day #2

This is to my dad in heaven. These two kitties are "father & daughter". 😊
A friend from my "house mouse family"(!!) recently sent me a package of goodies for my birthday. That had this Kitty with the heart die. I don't know who makes it but I love it! 
I used Lawn Fawn's outside in stitched heart die and used WeR memory keeper's 3D embossing folder for the rectangle panel. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. I used the stitched banner die from MFT stamp's blueprint die set for the sentiment, attached it with the foam adhesive to give a bit of dimension. It's a rather clean card but it's for my dad. He knows how much I love and miss him, without having too much embellishment. 😊

Hope you are having a nice week! Thank you for stopping by my blog today. 
Eve

Happy Valentine's day #1

Lawnfawnatics challenge is this Inspiration board. I needed to make a coffee theme swap card for February, and since I love Lawn Fawns' coffee stamp set, I combined the challenge with coffee theme 😊

I received this LOVE with 3-boxes die from one of my friend in my "house mouse family" (!!). Perfect timing, for Valentine's day theme! All stamps are from Lawn Fawn. I have this stamp set for over a year, and I love it! I used Lawn Fawn's outside in stitched heart die and used another paper to inlay inside of the heart cutout. I used WeR memory keeper's 3D embossing folder for the inlaid pink heart. I used glossy accents for the coffee beans, a tiny heart inside of the bubble speech, coffee & three brown hearts on the coffee cup. I used the champagne colored ink for the steam, and wink of stella for three red hearts on the spoon. oh, I used a stitched rectangle die from MFT stamp's blueprint die set. I love their blueprint die sets! They always come in handy! This card shows the love for Coffee, and, for Valentine's day! 😊 💕

When Feb.1st comes, I'm mailing this to my swap partner whom I don't know yet. Since February is the HEART month (!! 💕), I decided to add a lot of hearts! 

Hope you are having a nice weekend! Thank you for stopping by my blog today!
Eve

Coffee card swap Jan.2018

I joined the coffee card swap group for 2018. This is my first card. The recipient is in NJ, and east coast of US has recently experienced the Bomb Cyclone! It dropped to - 3 F (MINUS 3 F!) one morning in Virginia! That doesn't happen quite often in that area. Apparently US is having a cold winter, esp. at east coast. I thought I would send "WARM" wishes card to her. 😊
So, first, I stamped a BIG cup! LOL Then, I stamped a kitty stamp on it. I love kitties, and this is from one of my newest stamp set. I stamped steam with versa mark, dusted off with perfect pearls. I stamped "wood grain", lightly water colored. I used MFT stamp's sun ray stencil for the sun, and after coloring the stencil, I used wink of stella pen to give some "shimmer" to the sun rays. It's kind of hard to tell in the picture. I colored the BIG coffee mug with the same color as the stripe designed background paper from Lawn Fawn. Basically, I made a card for her to feel the warmth, just looking at it, in this cold winter. .. 😊 Hope I'm succeeded...😉

My new little succulent is in the back.... 

I'm submitting to SimonSaysStamp Wednesday blog challenge ~ Add a sentiment. 

Hope y'all have started a nice week. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. If you are having a cold winter, stay safe & warm! 
Eve

Oct.31, 2017 Happy Halloween! Trick or Treat #3

"This is probably my 2nd time to buy A Card Kit in my over 25 years of stamping. I don't find interesting to use a kit when I'm creating, but this one, as soon as it was released, I placed the order! 😊 Except the big sheets of holographic stickers, I love them all, and I knew I could use them all. "

This is a card, made of different company's stamps, but the haunted house, spiders, and those little Nuvo Glow Drops, both apple sour and banana split are from this kit!  What inspired me for this card is those trick-or-treater image, already colored, I found it in my very old stash. It's SU! from early 2000s'! Wow, over 15 years ago! ... On the envelope, you can see the whole stamped image but I didn't stamp on the 3rd floor. No space for this already prepared regular card front size. I masked the house and the trick-or-treaters, and used a Stamp Camp back ground stamp, using a couple of Tim Holtz distress inks, splitzed with the water on the stamp. I found a spooky looking tree and bats from Lawn Fawn Halloween set, and I'm not sure what company but found the sentiment stamped and heat embossed already in my old stash. I used MFT stitched banner die for the sentiment, attached with the foam tape for the dimension. I found a little ghost plastic embellishment from my stash, and "painted" with "Nuvo Glow Drops Apple Sour". I also used "Nuvo Glow Drops Banana Split" on all the windows of the house.    

And this is how it looks in the dark...Spooky... fun! I really love these "glow in the dark" drops!  

I'm submitting this to Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge (Wed.version) and Simon Says Stamps Limited Edition Halloween 2017 Card Kit gallery. This isn't a challenge, just a gallery. 

Happy Halloween, Everyone! Have a safe & fun evening! 
Eve

Happy World Card Making Day 2017!

Yesterday was World Card Making day, and one of my fav. brands gave us four challenges. I finished the second challenge, which is to use their dies only, no stamping; MFT Die-namics designs.  Some months ago, I bought their Blue Print die set #20. It's amazing. I used to sew a lot, and found the "quilt printed" paper in my stash. This paper must be from over 10 years ago.. The camera doesn't catch the color of the heart which looks like silver, in the middle, but it's "dull gold".. I kept it from the package of something. hahaha. I often do, to cut out the beautiful part of packaging, keeping them in my stash. 😊 I placed the larger heart cut out from vellum underneath. I found a left over yarn from years ago, too. Recently I've been organizing my craft supplies, and finding so many things from "years ago", which I can use on my cards. 😊

Hope everyone had a great day, making a card or two 😉

Eve