Happy Birthday #6

I believe that this will be the last birthday card for August...😅 

I often get more "supplies" when it comes to summer and ocean theme... I love the background deep sea stencil from Waffle Flower. So, in Hawaii, "Hawaiian Monk Seals" are loved by locals and officially protected. It is illegal to kill, capture or harass them. This card is for one of my former bosses who is from Southern Cal but has been living here for more than 10 years. When I saw the new release from Waffle Flower a couple of months ago, I had to have it, planning the card for her. 

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn and printed sentiment strip is from Waffle Flower. I added a some "water bubbles" from Hero Arts. Hope she will like it! 🦭

Well, MOKE left without much damages on the state of Hawaii but the island of Hawaii continues to suffer from LALA... there are two more in the Pacific, coming this way... while the severe weather still continues across US and the world... Please stay safe! Love, Eve

Happy Birthday #3

Aloha~

Summer is busy with my personal stuff but also there are many birthdays.🎂

The recipient lost her beloved kitty last year and in June, she adopted another kitty. I tried to add "her" on this birthday card. 😊I enjoy making "customized" cards as much as I can, even if they are just card making people I "met"online. But, you will never know if we meet in person someday! In fact, I met three people in card making groups in the past! 

I used images from My favorite things, Waffle Flowers, Paper Trey Ink and the sentiment from Lawn Fawn. This is probably the first time I've been using the back side of designer's papers from one paper pad many more than the front ones which I loved and purchased! Funny, huh?!

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope you are having a good week. Some parts of US are still experiencing severe weather... stay safe! 🙏 Love, Eve

Happy Birthday #2 in August

Aloha~

Have you ever order directly from Honey Bee Stamps? I received this design printed on the white card stock, in the package as a freebie. They do that, mostly, different designs. This one, as you can see, looked right for one of the birthday cards I was going to make. 

I used watercolor pencils to color the image. I fussy cut the image and attached on two different designer's papers. I stamped the sentiment from Waffle Flowers. I used the sentiment strip on the bottom, from Simon Says Stamps. Oh, the steam are from Concord & 9th. 

Inside, I stamped My Favorite Stamps sentiment and attached the stenciled strawberry shortcake from Waffle Flowers. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope you are having a pleasant weekend! Love, Eve

Happy Mother's Day!

Aloha~

I made this card on Mother's day for my late mother. I like to spend time, thinking of her on Mother's day. 

I used Waffle Flower's "MOM" script dies on Lawn Fawn papers and vellum. Those sentiments are all from new Waffle Flower's stamp set, and attached with the "thin" foam. I stamped a couple of "butterflies" from the same set, since my mom loved butterflies. Have you ever used "Brilliance" inkpads? I love the color from my color swatch and used it. Well, they are really old and some went bad but 2/3 of the inkpads are still in good condition, without even reinking! So... probably this color inkpad is 25? years old.... I used mini slim stitched nesting dies from Trinity Stamps. 

Sorry for a couple of days delay to post this. Hope you had a wonderful day to celebrate your moms in person, on facetime or even in your heart. Thank you 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 St. Patrick's Day #3

Yes, I DO love St. Patty's day and Four-leaf clovers. I have a fond memory with my mom, looking for a four-leaf clover from the clover patch in her garden when I was a child. 💕 I made this card for my BFF. 

I used the same "girl" (Whimsy Stamps die set). For the sentiment, I used Waffle Flower stamp. The four-leaf dies are from Lawn Fawn. Making these cards makes me "happy" & "feel calm' in this chaotic world...

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. 🍀Love, Eve

Christmas card #1 & #2 2025

🎜It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas🎝

Happy Holidays!🎄

So, I bought this cute stamp set from Gina K design, a year ago but never had used it. All the sudden, I got the urge to use these stamps with Waffle flowers postage frame die, so I did. Aren't they so sweet? They are such a perfect size for these postage frame dies. 

The sentiment on both cards is from CZ Design/Simon Days Stamps.

Well, December is here... the busiest time of the year. Every year, I regret that I didn't start making the Christmas cards from January. lol...😅

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I saw on the news that some of you had tons of snow, and some are expecting it tomorrow. ❆❆❆ Drive & stay safe! Love, Eve 

Happy Birthday! 2 cards!

Aloha~

These are for two card making friends from "coffee card swap group", whose birthdays are in October. One, who likes to decorate for Halloween, and another one whom I'm not sure of. Halloween is something I'd like to be careful about. Some don't care for Halloween, so, I made a card with some Halloween flair, and another one without it.

I used the postage collage stamp background die from Waffle Flower. I used stamps from Waffle Flower and Newton's Nook Designs.

For this one, I used Trinity stamp's stamp and made "Espresso Martini". I just had this drink a couple of days ago, with my BFF from Virginia. If you have ever had Espresso martini, you know how it is served~ a couple of coffee beans on the foam. I used a couple "coffee bean" clay embellishments from Trinity stamp, colored them with Copic marker to make them a little darker. Coffee bean paper is from Newton's Nook Designs.  

Hope you are having a great week! Thanks for stopping by my blog. Love, Eve

"SEA" you soon!

Aloha~

I must love this sketch! 😄This is my 3rd card for the challenge! Again, I used it sideways. I don't think I ever made three cards for a challenge, esp. in August, which happened to be the busiest month for my card making! Anyways, so, not only I love the sketch but also love this NND's paper pad! As I mentioned before, I was surprised to see many more NND stamp supplies than I ever thought I had! lol 😅Here is my card.

Inky Paws Challenge: Inky Paws Challenge #243 Week 4

So, actually I had the recipient in mind when I decided to make another card for the challenge. My BFF from college years which means, like more than 40 years(!) are coming to Hawaii with her husband of 29 1/2 years next month! She's been here in 70s' with her family but it's the 1st time ever for her husband! So, this is the inside of the card.

I love the pun! 😄The "Aloha" stamp & Hawaii Nei stamp are from the local stamp company. 

Finally I WILL be able to start making "Halloween" cards. lol I got myself some Halloween stamps and dies, and I've been itching to use them! lol How about you?

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

Happy Birthday #3!

Aloha~

Finally I could use this cute cupcake die from Pretty Pink Posh! In fact, I looked for a background paper for birthday card first, and I found this paper with lots of candles! I've never used this paper before. So, I started to design the card from that paper. The sentiment is from Waffle Flower. 

Inside, the sentiment is from Pink Fresh Studio and mug cup from Echo Park. The recipient is in Coffee card swap group, so I "added" extra to the original sentiment. 

I hope that you all had a great weekend! Honolulu was busy over the weekend, including the annual event, Made In Hawaii. I mailed this card only on last Thursday, close to the closing time of nearby USPS. Friday was Hawaii statehood day and it was a local holiday when Made in Hawaii event had started, so long weekend for Hawaii. Then, the recipient posted that she received this card.... Already??!! She lives in central PA, NOT even on the west coast! That's one of the fastest mail delivery I can remember! 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Love, Eve

Happy Birthday!

Aloha~

I made this card for one of my "coffee theme card swap group". I've been trying to use something I bought in the past, but haven't used them yet... sounds familiar?! LOL, we become "shopaholics" & "hoarders"! 😅. Anyways, I feel satisfied to use these "quilt" theme supplies, finally! 

Well, I found out today that the recipient's birthday was 3 days earlier than the date I thought...oh well ...

It's been hot here in Hawaii, with the high of 90F and low of 79F. Stay safe, from wild fires, floods to bad air. Thank you for stopping 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 Thanksgiving!

Aloha~ 

Sorry to hear that some of you got lots of snow yesterday... I started to feel a bit of cold breeze in the air here, too. Definitely winter is coming....

This card is for my BFF. 

Again, I used several different company's products; scarecrow image is from Lawn Fawn. I'd been looking for "my favorite kind" of scarecrow and I found this one a couple of months ago from Lawn Fawn's new release. The sentiment is from Waffle Flowers. Pumpkin dies are from Spellbinders. Puffy clouds are stickers from Concord and 9th, the banner die is from Lawn Fawn, hill and stitched rectangle dies are from My Favorite Things, and layering paper is from Sunny Studio. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Less than a week to Thanksgiving. Have a blessed Thanksgiving! Hugs, Eve

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

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

Happy Thanksgiving! 2022

Aloha~

Ok, Thanksgiving day has come and gone. I've been quite busy, and, I forgot which website I used, to place "watermark" on my photos, and it took forever to find it! lol I've used other photo shop site for several years til they stopped, and I had to find another one. I did, but back in July and for the last couple of months, I didn't post anything, and I totally forgot the website! 😓Anyways, now, I found it, and I can post my "watermarked" photos! So, hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving day!

I made two cards this year, using the same technique but used different papers and colors. This big die and other extra dies are all from Hero Arts, their monthly kit of May, 2022. I liked the "white" all around, and water colored a little. 

Now, I will not forget the website of placing watermark.😅

Hope you are having a nice weekend, probably, everyone is busy! Nearby mall was packed today! Thanks for visiting my blog today! Hugs, 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