Pina Colada Paradise

Hello, friends!

I hope you're having a beautiful, LONG weekend!

Today, I'm here with a new challenge for you over at Lasting Memories - to use fruits or vegetables on your layout.

Obvs this was a no-brainer for me. I have pineapples on the brain, lately, what with all the tropical vacation photos... here is my fruity layout:

I combined the My Mind's Eye Palms Springs collection with CraftSmith co's Bahama Mama paper pad.

Those little gold pineapples are just too cute!

I did some lemonade embossing powder on those chipboard squares to pop up the background layers some.

I hope you will play along with the challenge this week!

Thanks for looking!

Pineapple Love!

I got a new pineapple washi tape, and it inspired me to create a pineapple page - very trendy currently! What better photos to use for a pineapple page than those from a trip to Hawaii!?

My husband was born in Hawaii & we took a trip back there with his family when I was pregnant with my first son. It was beautiful and amazing! This is us at a Polynesian village before attending a luau.

I got this free cut file a while ago from Scrapbook and Cards Today & it was just perfect for this layout! I had to do some of my new favorite technique - watercoloring!

There you can see the delicious gold foil pineapple washi I was dying to use. I got that gem from Pretty Packages - she has great washi deals.

And the sweet little pineapple brad is from a scrapbook store I visited in Maui! Ahhhh.. the scrapbook isn't complete, but I'm ready to go back! :)

Thanks for looking!