Hawaii Grand Vacation Blog Hop

Welcome to our Grand Vacation Achievers Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Dawn Griffith's blog and are visiting me for the first time, Welcome! ...and I hope it won't be your last visit.

This tour has a Hawaiian theme, and will take you to blogs from around the world, so grab a cuppa (or maybe a Pina Colada!) and get ready to get Hawaiian with us!

Without further ado, here's my 'aloha' card:

At first the lack of Hawaiian-themed stamps stumped me, but once I started to think outside the box, I realised I could do some creative re-spelling with my thinlits:

I used "hello" and "happy" to spell "aloha" (the extra 'a' I needed was also from the 'happy' thinlit). I made my letters all shiny with Crystal Effects.

I also decided to make a pretty punch-art Hibiscus:

I used the Blossom Punch to punch a flower from Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock and snipped down each petal to separate them a bit more, and then overlapped two of the petals to make a 5-petal flower. I stamped the 'Build a Bouquet' flower centre in Calypso Coral, and sponged in Calypso Coral and Crushed Curry. To make the stamen, I placed some Sticky Strip onto a narrow piece of Crushed Curry cardstock, and rolled it into a tube. I snipped some Hello Honey quilted ribbon into shreds and glued them on to the stamen with Multipurpose Glue. I punched a small hole in the flower centre and secured the stamen at the back. I curled the petals with my Bone Folder.

To make my background, I stamped some of the 'Build a Bouquet' elements all over a piece of Shimmery White cardstock in Versamark ink, and clear embossed them. After it was heat-set, I stamped over the top using the same images, this time in Calypso Coral and Crushed Curry. I then 'filled in the gaps' by sponging all over in Crisp Cantaloupe....Voila, a 'tropical' background!

I hope you liked my creation. Your next stop is Dena Rekow's blog. Enjoy!

   

Blog Hop List

1. Brian King  

2. Louise Sharp

3. Kylie Bertucci

4. Janet Wakeland 

 5. Shannean Moncrieff

6. BJ Peters

 7. Selene Kempton 

8. Georgia Giguere 

9. Linda Higgins 

10. Simone Bartrum 

11. Dawn Griffith 

 12. Marelle Taylor 

13. Dena Rekow 

14. Connie Stewart 

15. Alisa Tilsner  

16. Tami White 

17. Renee Kohnke 

18. Bec Ross 

19. Ann Craig 

20. Vanessa Webb 

21. Sandi MacIver 

22. Sharon Armstrong 

23. Barb Mullikin 

24. Connie Babbert 

25. Alison Solven 

 26. Betty Button 

27. Lisa Curcio 

28. Krista Frattin 

29. Kim Gavarra 

30. Jacque Williams

Thanks for stopping by!


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