Hawaii Travels

Inspiration: Mojo Monday # 530 + Just Add Ink #491

I had this inspiration yesterday that I could pair the little guy from the On to Adventure stamp set with the new Tropical Oasis Designer Series Paper, using paper piecing to give him an Hawaian shirt. It was too late to get started on a new project when the idea occurred, but today, I sat down to put this idea to life. It worked out well, but I did a lot of layering on my little image to make sure the dimensions were right. I paper pieced the shorts in brown paper first. I then paper pieced the shirt from the tone-on-tone olive design. I added shading to both pieces using Stampin' Blends markers. The flowers were getting lost in the pattern, though, so I stamped my image on the pink patterned paper and handcut the flowers. (Those are tiny!) Then, I wanted the camera to stand on top of the shirt, so I stamped it on a piece of white cardstock, colored it with the Stampin' Blends and handcut it. I then wanted his face to go over the shirt, so I stamped it on another piece of white cardstock, colored it and layered it on my main image. One of the tricks I picked up online when paper piecing or handcutting parts of an image is to go over the edge with the felt tip of a black marker to hide any white spot there might be. It works well, but my problem was that I had only done it for the face and it was too stark compared to the rest of the image, so I took a fine-tip black pen and went over the rest of the image as well. It made a huge impact, with the image standing out way better on the card. 

I used the Stitched Shapes dies to die-cut my image and I added a scalloped mat made out of green foil paper (from the Noble Peacock Foil Sheets pack). I used the Bermuda Bay foil paper from the same pack to die-cut the word "aloha," from the In the Tropics die set. 

I created my background by layering a few pieces of patterned paper and a piece of embossed cardstock to break up the business a bit. I used the beautiful Coastal Wave 3D embossing folder on Terracotta Tile cardstock to add texture. I love embossing folders that are texture. They go with everything and they really make cardstock come to life on a project. This one is worth seeing in person, as the depth and texture is pretty impressive. It's not just chevrons, there's little grooves and dots in there to mimick actual wicker. 

Since my tropics dies were already out, I added a few flowers and branches in there to fill out the card a bit. To make the multi-colored flowers, I die-cut the flower trio twice, out of Terracotta Tile cardstock and So Saffron cardstock. I placed my flower on a black mini-Dimensional and I use my tweezer to add the tiny center in there and stick it directly on the DImensional's adhesive. I added a little bit of ink on the edge of the petals and the flowers were ready to pop on the card.

On top of stamping the envelope, I also used the same Coastal Weave 3D embossing folder on the flap to add the weaving pattern on it.

 

  

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: On to Adventure, Tropiques éternelles
Cardstock: Terracotta Tiles, So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Whisper White,
Noble Peacock Foil Sheets
Designer Series Paper: Tropical Oasis
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Pretty Peacock, Terracotta Tile
Accessories: Stitched Rectangles Dies, Noble Peacock Rhinestones, White Medium Envelope,
Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder, Layering Circle Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, In the Tropics Dies,
Stampin' Blends Markers, Magnolia Lane Ribbon Combo Pack

 

Comments

[Nicole Spencer]

Love your choice of products Cindy, this is just too cute! Thanks for sharing at Just Add Ink.

[Chantell Randall]

I love the bright colours and fun image on your card. Chantell Just Add Ink

[Di]

Oh my, what a brilliant idea, Cindy. Love all the texture & colour and of course the little paper pieced guy. Thanks for playing along with our Just Add Ink inspiration challenge.
Di

[Julee Tilman]

Such a fun card! So glad you could join me for Mojo Monday!