Coffee & "summerween" collab.!

Aloha~

My coffee swap card for August! I'd been wanting to make "SUMMERWEEN" card. This is my first ever (in my whole life! and 35+ years of card making life!) "Summerween" card. In fact, I'd been seeing the coffee mugs in dies and stamp sets since last fall and I got an idea. No, I don't own this die which I used for this card. I "improvised". We, the old card makers used to "improvise" A LOT because there were not many products available back then. But I enjoyed coming up with ideas and shared those with other card makers, in "snail mails" and some via emails, like in the Yahoo groups, remember those?? Years before Facebook! Now, you CAN BUY almost everything... kinda lost fun for the creativity but the businesses have to thrive so I understand. Things EVOLVE over the time. 

The pumpkin & ghost dies are from Spellbinders. I went through all my dies with "handles", for this size and shape of pumpkin and found one from my MFT collection. I attached the handle. It's not perfect, but it's pretty good, don't you think? The background "sandy" beach and waves are from Honey Bee Stamps. I also used the "sandy" stamps on the kraft card stock before die cutting/imprinting. The top sentiment is from NND, used the die cut after stamping. The bottom sentiment in gold was with a little work. See, this was my first ever SUMMERWEEN (collaboration) card and didn't have the sentiment, so, I went to my sticker book and found this cursive alphabet stickers, so, I used them, trying to lining up as much as possible. I'm glad it worked well, with that particular color and thin font. The shell dies are from both IO and HA. 

Inside, I stamped the sentiment and the ghost cup from NND. I really like how I did to my first ever "summerween" coffee card! 😊For next year, though, I plan to buy stamp set which has "(happy) summerween" sentiment, on this year's Black Friday sale. 🤞

I'm content with "Summerween" cuz I love summer and Halloween but usually I couldn't combine those, for many years but thanks to the industry(!!) they came up with the idea from most liking Christmas in July idea! 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! I really like this card. Let's get "improvised", once again! 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!

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 

Happy Mother's Day!

Aloha~

I'm happy that I finished the card for the occasion on timely manner! 😉I already mailed it! yay!

This is for my godmother. 

I used SB's April issued dies. That is also "timely"! I usually don't get to use the ones I purchase, til, like a year later...😅My godmother loves flowers a lot! I used the dies as it was originally designed, although I first thought to "wrap" the flowers like a bouquet instead of potted flowers...oh well...I used SB's older frame die on the textured card stock and added the sentiment from new WF's stamp set. I embellished some to finish this card. The hardest thing to make this card for me was that there were too many choices for colors to choose!

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

Happy 30th Anniversary!

Aloha~

I made this card for my BFF from college. She & her husband is celebrating their 30th anniversary! 

I used Spellbinder's "Better Together" die set and customized it for 30th anniversary, which is also called "Pearl Anniversary", so I placed some little pearls on female owl's head instead of the wreath with tiny flowers on their design sheet. Those are tiny stickers. So are the heart ones. I also used other regular heart shaped stickers to attach on the front of the card. I had the stickers of large numbers in glittery brown and used the 3 and 0 to make it 30. The background papers (light brown and dark brown) are from lawn fawn card stock, which is already embossed with growth rings, so I used those. The sentiment is from SimonSaysStamp's printed sheet. 

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

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

Missing you

Aloha~

My late mother loved scuba diving. After I left for college, she started to learn swimming (better) and moved to scuba diving. I'd been "collecting" scuba diving stamps but found only a couple in last 35 years of my stamping. When I saw the new release from Spellbinders, I had to have it! Since I've been stamping for so many years, I don't do "monthly subscription" anymore, but to get this set for sure, I had to... anyways, my mother's anniversary was coming, and I thought I would make a card, for her. I found the background paper in my stash, which I used My Favorite Things stencil. Other than all pieces from the set, I added the Hero Arts clear enamel dots to finish it off, as air bubbles. I've been seeing pictures of her, like this card, so many of them, in 35 years of her scuba diving life! The lady on the right who is hand signing, "👍" is definitely my mother. 💕 

I miss her so much. I added that sentiment, attached with a foam tape, to give it a bit of dimension. 

Now it's September, and the set became available for purchase, and I was surprised how great the club price was. I always loved Spellbinders dies, and this month, it's already on its way, and I love that September set, too. :) 

The weekend is almost here! Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve 

Happy Spring, Happy Easter! #1

Aloha~

This is my first Spring/Easter card. The recipient lives right outside of D.C., and had been working in D.C. for some decades. So we chat about Cherry Blossoms every spring. This year, I just wanted to make a card for Easter and spring together since Easter is in April. I decided to make a bit "untraditional Easter" card with Cherry Blossoms. 🌸🌸

The dies are from Spellbinders. The sentiment is Lawn Fawn's. The bunnies are Impression Obsession's. 

Inside, the sentiment is Lawn Fawn's, from the same stamp set. The bunnies are also Lawn Fawn's. 

I love looking at Cherry Blossoms... makes me feel a bit relaxed and at peace.

Hope y'all are having a nice weekend.. I've read that some parts of US had some snow! Stay safe! Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve