Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas)

 

Hello and welcome.  My late grandfather used to live in Honolulu and seeing the news about the Maui wildfires got me thinking of him again and all of the laughs, and fun, we used to have together.  Grandpa was a true gentleman....with a wicked sense of humor.  LOL  So, I pulled out a couple of beach/palm stamps I received from a friend when she had to downsize and hadn't used yet.  Grandpa, this card is in your memory.  I think I'll send this to my brother for Christmas.

I started out by stamping the palm trees from Stamp Yourself Silly (now closed) and the beach Santa from PSX in memento tuxedo black ink onto a Hammermill white panel before coloring them using my Lyra and Castle Arts pencils.  Once the coloring was finished, I pulled out my retired Close To My Heart Tropical Christmas stamp set and stamped the Mele Kalikimaka in memento black between the palm trees before stenciling the background clouds using my slimline cloud stencil from Picket Fence Studios and Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink.  After layering the image panel, I added some copper brads, waterfall ice stickles, and hand drawn "birds" using a black gel pen.  Santa's sunglasses are also highlighted with the neon blue gel pen.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #53 - Use Your NBUS (santa vacay, palm trees)

Cardz 4 Guys #329 - Going To The Beach (santa vacay)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #146 - Anything Goes Christmas (Mele Kalikimaka)

Try It On Tuesday Aug 22, 2023 - Let's Go Outside (santa's at the beach) 

A Place To Start Aug 2023 - Anything Goes Optional Leaves and/or Trees (palm trees)

Day Of The Month Card Club #54 - National Beach or Lighthouse Day  (santa at the beach)

The Most Magical Time of the Year #11 - Anything Goes Halloween or Christmas (mele kalikimaka)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: PSX; Stamp Yourself Silly

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Gel Pens, Brads, Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes, Ice Stickles, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil

Thanks A Melon Summer

Hello and welcome.  Today is the new Saturday challenge at Catch The Bug where I'm guest designing.  This week the theme is Goodby Summer.  Where I live here in California's Central Valley, summer means watermelon season!  There are acres and acres of fresh watermelons harvested on the west side of the Central Valley.  My project uses Bugaboo's August newsletter (which you can subscribe to on the Catch The Bug blog and is new to me) freebie called Summer Peek Watermelon.  If you're not a newsletter subscriber, you can find the image here.

After printing my image onto Hammermill white card stock and coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers, I lightly stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink before sponging some SU rose red around the edges.  After layering, I added it to a rose red card with some watermelon designer paper I've had for who knows how long, since I don't remember buying it.  After popping up the main image panel, I realized I needed some black brads on it.  Since I'm out of those, I made my own by using a small hole punch and Martha Stewart glue pen.  Once I stamped my saying from a LONG retired Stampin Up set called Tiny Talk, I punched the saying and border out, then added to my card using glue dots.  The only other embellishment was some red/pink fibers from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #17 - August 
Splitcoaststampers USEIT2020 - Use Your Stash 
Crafty Calendar - August Anything Goes 
Crafty Friends #142 - Anything Goes 
Digi Choosday Week 31 - Anything Goes 
Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper - August 
Day Of The Month Card Club #18 - National Watermelon Day 


Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend and don't forget to enter the challenge here.

Stamps: Bugaboo, SU
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, SU Rose Red
Card Stock: Hammermill White; SU Rose Red, Glorious Green, Black; Watermelon Designer Paper
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Stipple Brush, Sponge, SU Oval Punches, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Fibers