Aloha

This card was inspired by Mojo Monday sketch #500 and MFT Color Challenge #71. I was pretty sad to read that this would be the last Mojo Monday sketch, although I can appreciate why Julee would want to gain back a bit of freedom to invest in family time. I've been playing along with the Mojo Monday sketch for years, and it might actually be one of the very first weekly challenge I got into (probably right after the ones on Splitcoast Stampers). I remember getting home from work on Mondays and sitting down at my stamping desk as soon as I could to put together my Mojo Monday card. I'll miss my weekly fix of new sketches because I think Julee had a great eye for design and always put together sketches that were original and different and that really worked. That being said, I have a list of former sketches that I haven't had the chance to play with that I'm hoping to catch up on.

With all of that being said, the sketch inspired me a fun and bright summer card using the new Lawn Fawn release. The company really hit it out of the ballpark with its new summer offering and I'm a smitten kitten. The Aloha set is one of those small, affordable sets with just a few pieces, that still packs in a bunch of cuteness. By the way, if you are wondering (like I was) what the two dots spaced further apart are supposed to be, it's the colour for the cheeks! You can see I've used it here on my pineapple, after coloring it in.

For the bottom part, I used a stencil from the Seasonal Decorative Masks pack (from the 2016 Holidays catalogue). I inked the pattern first, then washed my stencil and then added sparkly texture paste over it, making sure to move the pattern to a different place. I thought this particular stencil looked a little bit like the texture of a basket or even the pineapple itself, so it worked well for a summer card.

The Scripty Aloha was die-cut three times (Peekaboo Peach for the two bottom layer and textured Pool Party cardstock for the top layer). I also inked the edges a bit to give the word dimension. I did the same thing to the pieces from the palm trees, so they wouldn't look flat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Aloha (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Peekaboo Peach, Rich Razzleberry, Pool Party, Soft Suede, So Saffron, Whisper White
Patterned Papers: Perfectly Plaid Winter (Lawn Fawn), 2016-2018 In Color Envelope Paper (Stampin' Up!),
Watercolor Wishes (Lawn Fawn)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Distress Oxide, Calypso Coral
Accessories: Crushed Curry Chevron Ribbon, Envelope Punch Board, Paper Piercer and Piercing Template,
Window Frame Collection Framelits, Palm Trees Dies, Aloha Dies, Scripty Aloha die, Selfie Frames Dies (Lawn Fawn),
Markers, Sponge Daubers, Stampin' Dimensionals, Crystal Effects, Nuvo Glimmer Paste Moonstone, Seasonal Decorative Masks (SU!)

 

Comments

[Julee]

OH, this is fabulous, Cindy! That pineapple just makes me grin. Such a wonderful take on the sketch. So glad we could inspire and thanks so much for joining us for our final Mojo challenge.