Happy Birthday ~ for Coffee/Tea card swap group

Aloha~

This is the first time I use these tea pots die set with coloring stencil from The Greetery. The tea cup is from Crafter's Companion, from many years ago. I hardly used it before, like once somewhere. .... I used the mini slim envelope edge die from Taylored Expressions, trimmed to make it into a kind of table cloth. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. Cute background paper is from TPC Studio which I kept for a very, very long time. lol Oh I stamped "steam" from the tea cup, which is from one of Lawn Fawn's stamp set.

I stamped the sentiment inside from Pink and Main. 

Hope the recipient will like it! 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Spring is just around the corner for many! Take care. Love, Eve

Coffee card ~ February, 2025

Aloha,

This is for the Coffee themed card swap. I can make Tea themed and Hot Cocoa themed cards for this group. Since I've been hearing the frigid temperature across US mainland, I decided to make a Hot Cocoa card. 

I use mug cup dies from The Greetery. Those smiley faces are from one of Lawn Fawn's stamp set. I'm not sure whether any of you are Lawn Fawn's fans but I am, ever since they opened the business. And they do make these cute face expression stamps in many of their stamp sets, so I chose the right size ones for these mug cups. On the lower part of these mug cups, I found this pink gingham washi tapes in my washi tapes stash and used it. The color matched perfectly! The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. I attached it with 3D foam tape, to be able to attach the pink ribbon underneath of the sentiment. I used Newton's Nook Designs' stencils for the background. 

Inside, I used 2 sentiment stamps from My Favorite Things.

Unfortunately we couldn't really enjoy cooler weather this "winter" here in Honolulu. First time, not being able to wear long sleeves to go to sleep at night...even the lowest temperature this week became above 70F...we are still in February...opposite from US mainland... 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I hear that flu is going around in US mainland. Keep warm, stay safe! Love, Eve 

   

Happy Valentine's Day #2

Aloha~

I had so much fun, making these chocolate dipped strawberries! Those and LOVE cookies are from The Greetery. I love these dies! Shimmery golden ribbon is from Papertrey ink. I've seen similar designs with chocolates in a box, and thought, hmmm. How about those strawberries, in a box, instead!

Inside, a simple 'Valentine's day greeting" from Lawn Fawn.

Hope you are having a nice weekend! Finally the weather got better, and cool, which is nice for a change! Love, Eve

Coffee (Hot chocolate) card for February swap.

Aloha~

I'm not sure you guys checked my last post but I'm really liking LF's kraft cs, which I used the last months' card, too! It's kraft but I like the color, to use it instead of off-white and cream color cs. I have other Kraft color cs from other companies but I'm liking this the most at the moment! I've had this for some years and hardly ever used them!! LOL I might end up making cards with this cs this entire year, until I run out. lol 

The background is my new 2-layer stencil from Pretty Pink Posh. Mugs are from the Greetery and the mouse and a tiny heart are from Lawn Fawn. I really liked this mouse on Kraft cs, too! The sentiment is from MFT. I thought it's rather appropriate cuz of Valentine's day coming up. 

My friends in "severe weather" path, please stay safe and keep warm with Hot Chocolate! 

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 February 2023

Aloha~

Here is my card for February 2023 swap. 

As soon as I received these mug dies, I had to cut out from MANY different papers. You all understand that, right?! lol What a cute die set The Greetery introduced! For this card, I used the papers from Lawn Fawn. I also cut the same die from white card stock to adhere on the Lawn Fawn papers to give a bit of dimention instead of using foam tape. For the background, I used Pretty Pink Posh heart stencil, inked it in white on Kraft card stock from Lawn Fawn. Hope you can see it but I stamped "steam" in white ink, using Lawn Fawn's stamp. The sentiment is from Lil' Inker Designs. I used glitery gold heart stickers from Simon says stamps card kit (from some years ago) to randomly adhere. So what do you think?

Inside, I used Lawn Fawn stamp, crossed out "V", wrote "G" for "Galentine's day", to my lady recipient. You know, on some Hallmark card, they intentionally cross out to write another letter/word. I got the idea from that. 😄

Have a wonderful week! Love, Eve

Happy Valentine's Day!

Aloha~

This is the Valentine's/Galentine's day card I'm sending to my best friend from college. 

I used Pretty Pink Posh hearts stencil, using Tonic Studio's Glimmer paste. I "fell in love again" with The Greetery's new release; mug cup and the sweater. I'd been wanting to find "my style" of sweater and this was it! Most companies have mug cup dies but this is the first time I saw the "heart shaped" one! This die set includes "marshmallows" so I made it to be a "hot chocolate" which we both love! The sentiment is from MFT Stamps and the stitching die is also from MFT Stamps. I heat embossed the sentiment. After I adhered everything, I noticed more open spaces in background, so I found different shapes of hearts in my die cut stash, so I attached those. Oh, for the sweater, I used the cable knit pattern paper from MFT Stamps, and white small polka dots paper from Lawn Fawn for the mug cup. 

I was making another card but hard time, finishing it, so I started this card, and finished it fast. lol Sometimes that happens. 

Have a nice week! Love, Eve 

Coffee card, Oct.2022

Aloha~

My October "swap" coffee card was delayed due to my trip, and I finally made and mailed it early in November.

I fell in love with this stamp set as soon as it was introduced, back in September, but as soon as I received the set, I had to leave and no time for playing with it til I came home. What a beautiful set from The Greetery! And you all know that I always look forward to PSL season, so this was a must have and yes, this is the card I made! 

I heat embossed the sentiment. I also used the Greetery's Coaster die, which I love. I used the papers from Lawn Fawn and Sunny Studio. 

Well, my most fav. season went by so fast, esp. me travelling. Have a nice week! Not too cold nor too much of snow wherever you are, so that you can prepare for Christmas!! 🎄Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Love, Eve