Island Tiki Drink Hut

I really had fun with this 3D - it's great when it just all comes together.......not much re-doing!!! Yay!!! This project was inspired by Amy @ www.pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.com This is my version using the Cheers to You stamp set. Finished project size is 4" x 4" x 1-1/4". Using the Bog Shot Box #2 die as the base, the roof was built up...............the rest is decor.

Side view:

Which drink is yours...............????

For this hut (treat box), ya gotta get the treats from the bottom: cut (3) 1" x 3" Island Oasis DSP to cover the nuggets.

Back of hut:

How to make this Drink Hut:
(1) Natural Ivory CS Cut Big Shot Box #2
(1) 4" x 4" So Saffron CS Roof Top
(1) 3-1/2 X 4-1/2" Old Olive CS front skit, crimped and randomly cut 1/4" wide and 1/4" away from the top edge.
(1) 1-1/8" x 3-1/2 Island Oasis DSP for Box lid
(2) 1-3/4" x 1-1/8" Island Oasis DSP for Sides of Box
(2) 1-3/4" x 3-1/2" Island Oasis DSP for front/back box.
(1) 1" Circle: use scrap Whisper White CS for stamped message
(1) 1-1/4" Circle Rose Red punched to back the stamped message
(4) wooden skewers

Left photo: put the 4"x4" roof through the SU Exclusive Square Lattice Embossing Folder. Randomly cut fringe at an angle about 1/2" deep and ruffle up. Set aside.
Right photo: Adhere the Island Oasis DSP. Clip "v" on (4) sides of the lid

Left photo: clip "v' on (2) sides each of the box extensions to allow for the skewers.
Right photo: using a pencil, lightly mark the center the of lid underneath (about 5/8") to position the drinks - see pink arrow

Left photo: using a straight edge and craft knife, cut a slit through the box lid and attached DSP 1/2" away from the lid edge.
Right photo: Position and adhere wood skewers with clear tape (or you can use crystal effects). A clear ruler is used to line up the skewers so they are straight. 2" should be exposed above the box line.

Left photo: skewers and slit. All 4 skewers should be exposed 2"
Right photo: apply sticky tape to the front of the box. See pink arrow. Remove sticky tape backing and apply crimped Old Olive CS: "gathering the paper to the opposite end.

Left photo: Prepare drinks: place all (3) drinks on the acrylic block, stamp using Staz On ink
Right photo: Use a Aqua painter brush for the drinks. Carefully cut out outline of drinks as shown, leaving a 1/2" extension at the bottom of the drinks.

Left photo: Slip the completed drink trio into the cut slit on the box lid. Remove sticky tape to secure on inside lid. Add a small amount of Sticky tape to the lid to secure the lid to the box since treats will be obtained from the underside of the box. Now roof can be attached using mini glue dots positioned on the skewers.
Right photo: use black ink to stamp message, Punch with 1" Circle Punch. Punch 1-1/4" Circle in Rose Red CS for backing and pop with a dimensional, attach to left side of hut corner.

Apply a variety of punch flowers to the hut edge with mini glue dots. Project is complete.
Note: a white gel pen was used for the center of the flowers....but it pooped out on me..........grrrr..............
Supplies:

• Stamps: Cheers to you
• CS: Naturals Ivory, Whisper White, So Saffron, Rose Red, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Island Oasis DSP
• Ink: Black, Staz-On Black, Real Red, Old Olive, Only Orange, Summer Sun, More Mustard, Pixie Pink, Basic Grey
• Accys: SU Exclusive Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Big Shot Box #2 Die, Spring Flower Bouquet (retired), 1" circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Crimper, Aqua Painter, Sticky Tape, Dimensional.

Thank you for stopping by today..........hope you enjoyed this drink hut! Ah Yes, Have a great weekend!!

Surfer Island Bear - Improved

OMG - why didn't anyone notice? I AM SO embarassed!! Mr. Bear is naked!!!! OMG - here is the card inside posted yesterday. Notice it now?


NOW HERE IS THE CORRECT VERSION: there's more color because I used the Itty Bitty flower punch in the Island Oasis DSP colors to brighten up this card. Use a little Tombow glue to adhere flowers.

So here is a closer version - I LOVE it much better. I am one that can't leave it alone if it is not finished. Now I feel this card is finished. Do you agree..................???


Additional supplies used from yesterday's post:

• Accys: Itty Bitty Punch, Tombow Glue.

Thank you for stopping by again today.........and thank you for being patient with my crazinest......hugs!!!

Surfer Island Bear

Here's the latest card for the day........it took me a while to come up with the color combination that would work with surf and bear. Hope you all like it. This is the standard card: finished 4-1/4" x 5-1/2..............and another surprise inside!!!

Close-up of the bear - like his white teeth?

Open the card to reveal...................

Here is Bear enjoying himself catching the wave. Bear is "Popped up" along with the wave. The sand was created in the same way as yesterday's posting. Sponge the sun, sky, and also the mountains using daubers.

To make card front (left photo):

(1) 5-1/2 X 8-1/2" Brilliant Blue CS, scored @ 4-1/4 along the 8-1/2" side

(1) 3-7/8 X 5-1/4" Island Oasis DSP

(1) 3-1/2" x 4-1/4" So Saffron CS

(1) 3-1/8" x 4-3/8" Whisper White CS

(1) 3-1/2" x 2" Bashful Blue CS to stamp "wave"

(1) 1-1/2" Circle punched So Saffron CS, apply dimensionals to back.

(1) 1-1/4" Circle punched Whisper White

(1) stamped bear image using Close to Cocoa CS and ink

(1) stamped bear image using Creamy Caramel CS with Close to Cocoa ink

(1) cut 6-1/4" long 1/4" wide Old Olive grosgrain ribbon + 4" cut long ribbon for knot

Right photo: Use Old Olive ink to randomly stamp leaves around the top of Whisper White CS. Sponge Bashful Blue ink using daubers for the sky and stamp waves. Cut waves out and apply dimensionals.

Left photo: use Bashful Blue ink to stamp inside popped wave.

Right photo Inside Card pieces: Ooooops........see I changed the colors for the waves from Tempting Turquoise to Bashful blue.

(1) 5-1/4" x 8-1/4", scored @ 4-1/8 along the 8-1/4 side

(1) 1-1/2" x 8-1/4" Close to Cocoa strip for the sand, tear along the top of the edge, sponge torn edge with Close to Cocoa ink. Stamp sand using close to cocoa and Vanilla Craft ink

(1) 3" x 8-1/4" Bashful Blue CS for the "waves", score @4-1/8" along the 8-1/4" side

(1) 1-3/4" x 4-3/4" Bashful Blue CS for the popped "wave"

(1) stamped Surf board in Pumpkin Pie CS

(2) stamped Bears in Close to Cocoa CS using Close to Cocoa Ink

(1) stamped Bear in Creamy Caramel CS

Left photo: if you don't have a Pumpkin Pie stamp pad, use the Stampin' Write pens. Cut surf board out and set aside.

Right photo: stamped Bears needed for inside card.

Left photo: cut main bear with NO arms. Cit 2nd bear arms ONLY. Cut Creamy Caramel bear nose and stomach ONLY.

Right photo: use a white gel pen to whiten his teeth. Adhere Creamy Caramel to main bear.

Left photo: stamp leaves using Old Olive ink randomly around the top edge.

Right photo: Punch a 1-1/4" circle to be used as a template for the sum. Sponge center using both Only Orange and More Mustard ink.

Left photo: remove punched template, replace with the 1-1/4" circle to mask the sun. Sponge More Mustard around the sun to create the halo effect.

Right photo: Use bashful blue ink to create the sky

Left photo: stamp "surfs up" using Close to Cocoa ink

Right photo: use chocolate chip ink to sponge the mountains. Mountain template was made by randomly tearing a "v". (ooops, my mountain template is white color so it does not show up easily in the photo)

Left photo: to make the pop out mechanisms, cut a piece of Bashful Blue CS 1-3/4" x 2-1/2". Score 1/2", 1/4", 1/2", 1/4" and what is left is 1/4. This will yield 3 small pop out mechanisms and 1 large mechanism.

Right photo: apply sticky tape to close the strip.

Left photo: sticky tape will also need to be added to the "front" and "back" of the pop up mechanism.

Right photo: once the pop up mechanism is attached to the card and to the wave (see pink arrows), the mechanism should be able to "swing" back and forth.

Once the "wave" is secured, the add the surf board, then the bear. The larger pop up mechanism is attached to the back of the bear. Once all the mechanism are in place, slowly fold inside card in half to ensure everything is flat. Now you can secure the inside to the base card. Project is completed!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Tropical Party, Ittty Bitty backgrounds, Just Surfing, Under the Stars
• CS: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Island Oasis DSP
• Ink: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Vanilla Craft,More mustard, Only Orange
• Accys: 1-1/4" Circle Punch1-1/2" Circle Punch, 1/4" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Sponging Daubers, Sticky Tape, Dimensionals

Thank you for stopping by today to see this project......................hugs..............

Tropical View of the Beach - Part 2

After staring at this card from yesterday's posting: OK..... It was just too "bare" for me.....something was missing - I had to enhance and improve it: added more sponging for the sky and also added some mountains. I much prefer this improved version and hope you do, too. Now I really like this card front..............

Here's a closer view of the front:

OK - this is what you've been waiting for......................s-l-o-w-l-y open this card.......what's that?

Card opened all the way ......to reveal: A BEACH CHAIR!!!! I was thinking about how to do this for the WOW factor..........I even WOWed myself.......I love it!!! OK - that beach chair is not SU but it is a Sizzix pop-up die and ya know I LOVE pop-ups!!! The height of the chair is 3-1/2" from the base of the card. I've had this die for a while and the timing was so perfect to use it with the Tropical Party and Island Oasis DSP as the towel under the chair. I even made a miniature lei to drape over the chair with a welcoming coconut drink on the arm.

Here's a closer look at the chair and the lei:

At the bottom left corner, a punched crab (it's fm MS - I just had to put him in there). He's popped with a dimensional.

The bottom right corner spells out "relax" in pumpkin pie CS:

The coconut drink is attached to the arm of the beach chair simply with a strip of CS:

Another view:

Front view of the chair with the coconut drink:

How to make the inside of this card:

(3) strips of Close to Cocoa CS, edges randomly torn

Use the Itty Bitty backgrounds to first stamp in Close to Cocoa ink, then switch to Very Vanilla Kraft ink. I love how this gives that "sandy" feeling.

Use Daubers to sponge the torn edge with Close to Cocoa ink. Adhere to base card.

To make the lei, I punched a whole bunch of small flowers (darn that Spring Flower Bouquet punch is retired) using the same colors from the Island Oasis DSP. Cut a Plastic drink stirrer into 1/2" lengths: 16 pieces were used for this lei and 38 punched flowers.

Use a threaded needle to pierce (2) flowers + a 1/2" drink stirrer:

Tie and knot and trim threads. Optional: Make the lei more realistic by curling the petal edges. You can see half the lei curled and half "flat":

Last step: stamp coconut, cut out, color using Stampin' Write pens. Attach to a strip of 1/2" x 1" white CS with sticky tape. This is then attached to the arm of the beach chair.

Supplies:

• Stamps: Tropical Party, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
• CS: Close to Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Rose Red, Old Olive, Whisper White, Island Oasis DSP
• Ink: Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla Kraft
• Accys: Big Shot Natural Serif Alphabet Decorative Strip Die, Stampin' Write Pens: Pumpkin Pie+Tempting Turquoise+So Saffron+Old Olive+ Melon Mambo, Spring Flower Bouquet Punch (retired SU), Beach Chair Pop-up die (non SU), Crab Punch (non SU), 2 Way Glue Pen, Sponging Daubers, Dimensionals, Sticky Tape

Thank you for your patience so I can complete this card............enjoy!!!! Hugs!!!