A Little Hula

Aloha!

Where have I been? Well, here - there, and coloring when possible ♥

I made a couple of little hula girl cards and here is one of them. It's a thank you for one of the nurses who has taken good care of me.

Using Copic markers, I colored the images and then fussy cut them out. The palm tree is a die though. See her little top? I fussy cut it lol! This gave me the thought to draw the flower shapes onto the other card, so that's what I did.

I cut a piece of paper into a hill and sponged the sandy beach and sky using the negative and positive pieces. You'll see Stickles and Glossy Accents on the ocean, hula skirt and bird beak, oh, and eyes. Finally, I used an Action Wobbler mini for the back of the hula girl and you got it, she SHAKES!! And the tree has heart coconuts!

Now my brain does not lean well towards sketch challenges. In fact, they tend to make me freeze up and itch all over! But I keep trying...

To be entered into MFT Sketch 343.

My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Hula Girl; Birds of Paradise; Palm Tree Die

Spellbinder Oval and Scallop Oval Dies

GKD 120# White card stock; Neenah 80# Solar White card stock; AC lime cardstock; GKD 

   pattern paper for her top

Copic Markers

Memento Inks (sponging)

Mini Action Wobbler from MFT

Heart Punch Fiskars

Glossy Accents (eyes, beak, hearts, ocean); Diamond Stickles (ocean, sand, skirt)

Adhesive Foam Squares

Mahalo for stopping by! Muaaah!

Wanna Hula?

Just put your hands up and shake those hips!

You know these cards I've been posting lately? I'm not filled with caffeine or extra energy LOL! I've been doing a little bit here and there, saving all the bits until I can put them together into a card. It does help that it's sunny every day, birds sing, and there's a gentle breeze blowing. If we were living back in the gray clouds and almost nine months of solid drizzle and rain of the Pacific Northwest, I would DEFINITELY be needing Red Bull or Starbucks to get a card put together.

How are you? Feel free to share how you are doing, good or not so great, and what kind of weather you have today, cause, you know, it could be better than here, right? #imisspicturesofsnow So here is the card for our oldest grandchild, Sara!!! I can't believe she is going on 19 this year. This is a just because we love you card.

Stamp Set: My Favorite Things "Polynesian Paradise
Embossing Folder: Darice " Floral"
SB Opulent Ovals die
Pretty Pink Posh Sequins
GKD Pure Luxury White cardstock
Copic Markers
Distress Inks, Perfect Pearls spray, stash buttons, twine, corner rounder

Again, thank you dear friends, for your support comments. I will try to catch up on blog visits asap!!! Aloha and HULA!!!!

Sweet Sophia

One of my nurse friends has an adorable granddaughter. I made this for her and hope it makes her smile.

The outside of the card:

Stamp Set: "Hula Marci" by La La Land Crafts
Spellbinders: Gold Labels #4
Anna Griffin: Double Scallop Edge Die; Juliet Lace Embossing Folder and separate border embossing strip
Maya Road: Purple Check Ribbon
Want2Scrap & Kaisercraft Rhinestones
Colored with Copic Markers, Signo White Gel Pen, Stickles Glitter Glues
Adhesive Foam Dots
3D Crystal Lacquer (to hold earrings and other bling)
Pure Luxury White cardstock 120#; Bazzill color cardstock 80#, dp scrolled with glitter)

The inside of the card:

Stamp Sets: "It's the Little Things" by Rebecca Oehlers for GKD (kite & string); "Lots of Letters" by Melanie Muenchinger for GKD (letters and circle borders); "Fishing You the Best" by GKD (crab & sentiment)
Adhesive Foam Dots
3/4" EK circle punch
Memento inks to sponge the sand and clouds and Memento markers to color kite

As always, thank you deeply for stopping by!!!

Aloha ♥

And e komo mai! (welcome)

Isn't this little hula girl by My Favorite Things adorable? I thought so, too! The little stamp set is called "Aloha." I am still trying to build a stash of Island Style cards to provide to a local store :) hurray!

I love the gentle pattern paper and used Divine Swirls EF by Cuttlebug to emboss it. I tore a piece of paper, ran it through the corrugator and sponged it tan and gold. I covered it with glue, sprinkled Prisma Glitter all over to be a sandy hill.

I used Copic markers on the little girl, hand sketched a leaf around the sentiment, colored and cut out. Both are popped up with adhesive pop dots. I REALLY enjoyed using the pale blue silk ribbon and tied it into a double bow. Add very pink rhinestones and Wink of Stella clear micro glitter all over and ta da! Pau! (done in Hawai'ian). The inside and envelope are decorated but I forgot to take a picture of those, sorry!

Thank you dear friends for stopping by!!!!