Aloha! Card

It feels good to be back! Last week my husband and I, with his parents, went to rural southeastern Iowa for a week to visit my mother-in-law’s family. It was really relaxing over there and a great week visiting with lots of family! The trip ended with a great two-night stay in the Amana colonies, an amish colony in southeastern Iowa (albiet a bit more modernized than most amish colonies!). Now it’s back home in Idaho and back to work!

Card Tutorial: Aloha! Card

The inspiration for this card came from some beautiful island paper I bought for a project I am doing for a good friend that just had her first baby. She and her husband are planning on moving to Hawaii when their baby girl is able to travel, so I’m making her an alphabet/picture book in an island/surfing/beach theme. I liked the paper so much that I got inspired to make a card out of it!

Materials

• Tan Cardstock
• Aloha Hula Girl paper from Rusty Pickle (from the Island Summer line) – you will use both sides of this paper
• Surfboard patterned paper from Rusty Pickle (from the Island Summer line)
• Making Waves patterned paper from Flair Designs Inc
• “just wanted to say hi …” rubber stamp from Penny Black (or similar sentiment stamp)
• One medium and one small paper flower – choose island coordinating colors (I have a bright blue and pink flower)
• Large white brad
• Adhesives – paper adhesive, glue dots and mini pop dots
• Java ink from Versa Magic (or other brown ink)

Instructions

1. Cut a piece of 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ of tan cardstock. Score and fold in half to make a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card. The card will have a portfolio orientation.
2. Cut a strip of surfboard pattern measuring 5 1/2″ across. The surfboard patterned paper has a white border on top and a brown and orange border on the bottom. Cut the strip of surfboard pattern below the white boarder and above the brown and orange board. Cut out the orange border as well – you will use it, too.
3. Adhere the surfboard paper to the bottom edge of the card. Adhere the orange border to the top edge of the card.
4. Cut out a hula girl patterned square including the white border. Adhere onto wave patterned paper and trim around the edges leaving a 1/8″ border. Adhere to the center of the card using mini pop dots.
5. Attach two flowers together with a large white brad. Adhere to the bottom left corner of the hula girl image using glue dots.
6. On the inside of the card adhere a piece of 1 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ wave patterned paper to the bottom edge.
7. Stamp “just wanted to say hi …” on the green side of the hula girl patterned paper in brown ink. Trim around the stamped image leaving a 1/8″ border. Adhere to the center of the wave patterned paper using mini pop dots.

Thanks for creating with me!