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 Birthday!

Happy First Day of Spring! 💮

I'm sending this card to a birthday lady in my coffee card swap group. 

I recently purchased the newly released stencil & die set from Waffle flower. This cupcake looked so yummy and wanted to use it right away. 😊I made a dozen die cuts with the cupcake images in different color combinations, and from there, I started to make a card. I often use color yellow for the cards I make for April. Her birthday is in the beginning of April. Here is the card I made.

I wanted to include a special sticker sheet and didn't wanna fold it, so I made a Slimline card. It fitted perfectly with my card. 

Inside, I stamped a sentiment stamp from MFT, and added extras, using the stamps from Honey Bee stamps, the Greetery and Stampendous!

How's the first day of Spring look like in your area? 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Weekend is almost here! Love, Eve 

Happy Valentine's Day #4

Aloha~

I have another one today. 

I used Lawn Fawn's shaker jar and placed many heart cut outs, using different card stock, including the shiny CS. I used the ribbon die from Papertrey ink. I attached the shaker jar to the shiny white card stock after dry embossing of tiny hearts from cuttlebug. I used alphabet dies from Sunny Studio. 

I used old Stampendous sentiment inside. This has been my very favorite!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Stay warm, stay safe! 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 July 2020 swap

Aloha~ A lot of things have been happening, and forgot to post this card which I made back in July. Funny, this was "Christmas in July" card for the swap I participated but now, it's almost Christmas. lol.. Although it's for a "coffee card swap" group, we can make cards with tea theme and hot chocolate theme. 

I can't remember who makes the background paper. Since it's summer, I didn't want too much of "snow" on the card, and thought this "green" paper was perfect. And since it's summer, I used some bright color for the base color ~ yellow, even matching the stars on the Christmas trees on the background paper. I colored the main image with Copics. It's hard to see but used Wink of Stella shimmer pen on the steam & holly on the cup.  

Thank you for stopping by. Be safe & stay well. Hugs, Eve

Happy Birthday!

Updates : This was chosen by a Newton's Nook Design's designer as her fav. ❤

http://www.inkypawschallenge.com/2018/07/inky-paws-challenge-75-winners.html

Aloha~ 

It's been a long while since I last posted my card on my blog. It's been very hectic due to the moving. Anyways, my best friend's birthday is coming up. She loves cats. She has two kitties.🐈 Inside, it says "Happy birthday"! She works very hard, and hope she will be able to relax on her birthday. 

I love tabby/orange cat. One of my cats I had before is a tabby mix. All orange spots on white fur. I found him in a box on the street when I was in middle school and brought him home. He was like another human, how he acted & behaved. lol Loved him 😊

I made this beach parasol and beach towel in OUR college colors! I met this best friend of mine in college 😊💛💜

I made a background paper using a wave stencil before die cutting waves, and add some shimmer using wink of stella pen. I used "shimmery" white paper for the clouds. It doesn't show much but "shimmer" is there! lol. I used the designed papers for the palm trees but added some water colors to make them look more to my taste. 

Inky Paws challenge is closing soon. The theme is "cute animals". I'm submitting this card. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Have a nice weekend, everyone! 

Eve

Color Throwdown #104 Challenge

When i saw these color combination, it reminded me of the tropical island life, with beautiful flowers & beautiful leaves, under the sunshine :-) ... again, i miss the life on the islands...

What's Cooking??... on Memorial day...

Happy Memorial Day! This card is for What's Cooking Challenge from the Corrosive Challenge, #66. Again, it was at the right timing for me to make & upload this card - cook out and Red, White, Blue!