As I was going through the Memories & More cards from the Tropical Oasis Suite this morning I was struck with inspiration for this card! It seem to cry out to me, "this would be perfect for a pineapple".
Pineapples are a symbol of Hospitality in Hawaii. I thought this card would be perfect for someone going to Hawaii or for a thank you, or just to say "Aloha".
I saw a pineapple on Pinterest by Cheri Stojkovich, that had used a different technique for coloring the pineapple so this is my attempt. Our pineapples look way different! Haha! She used pigment crystals. I still have some of the crystals we sold in the past to I thought I would give it a whirl.
I cut two small rectangles of Watercolor paper, one for each of the "In the Tropics" pineapple dies from the Suite.
I spritzed both of them with water and then sprinkled them with the pigment crystals, one with yellow and the other with yellow & blue (to make green - my green crystals had a bunch of purple in it). I swished the colors around with my Aqua painter and then hit them with my heat tool to dry them out a bit. I'm please how well the colors match with the card!
The pineapple fruit has a bit of Daffodil Delight behind. The leaves of the pineapple are die cut to have leaves pop out and I put Mini Dimensionals behind them to give them more of a 3D effect.
I cut the "Aloha" out of a scrap of woodgrain retired DSP.
I used a card and envelope from the Magnolia Lane cards and envelopes set. For the liner I cut from a sheet of the Tropical Oasis DSP with the pineapples and traced around liner from the Magnolia Lane card and envelope pack.
Check out my other posts using the Tropical Oasis Memories & More cards.
Remember when shopping to use the host code for the month A2CGQDMR. Click here to for a list of the products used.
Pineapples are a symbol of Hospitality in Hawaii. I thought this card would be perfect for someone going to Hawaii or for a thank you, or just to say "Aloha".
I saw a pineapple on Pinterest by Cheri Stojkovich, that had used a different technique for coloring the pineapple so this is my attempt. Our pineapples look way different! Haha! She used pigment crystals. I still have some of the crystals we sold in the past to I thought I would give it a whirl.
I cut two small rectangles of Watercolor paper, one for each of the "In the Tropics" pineapple dies from the Suite.
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| In The Tropics Dies |
I spritzed both of them with water and then sprinkled them with the pigment crystals, one with yellow and the other with yellow & blue (to make green - my green crystals had a bunch of purple in it). I swished the colors around with my Aqua painter and then hit them with my heat tool to dry them out a bit. I'm please how well the colors match with the card!
The pineapple fruit has a bit of Daffodil Delight behind. The leaves of the pineapple are die cut to have leaves pop out and I put Mini Dimensionals behind them to give them more of a 3D effect.
I cut the "Aloha" out of a scrap of woodgrain retired DSP.
I used a card and envelope from the Magnolia Lane cards and envelopes set. For the liner I cut from a sheet of the Tropical Oasis DSP with the pineapples and traced around liner from the Magnolia Lane card and envelope pack.
Check out my other posts using the Tropical Oasis Memories & More cards.
Remember when shopping to use the host code for the month A2CGQDMR. Click here to for a list of the products used.
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