Have a Rainbow Day with The Paper Players

Gooooood mornin' y'all!  Sunday means it's time for a new Paper Players challenge and the fabulous Joanne has chosen a super fun color challenge for us!

Fun fact:  when I was little (as in, under the age of 7, before we moved from California to Texas), my bedroom was painted yellow and one wall was covered in wallpaper with rainbows on it, and I had a piece of framed art that said "Have a rainbow day".  I had a Rainbow Brite doll too : ) and at least one of the Sprites.  I still have the rainbow afghan my mom crocheted for me to go with that bedroom decor.  So a rainbow challenge is right up my alley!  Here's what I made:

This card started with that rainbow stripe pattern!  And I have a full rainbow too:  Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, and Gorgeous Grape.  The "aloha" came out a little bit darker than I wanted it to, so I added some Gorgeous Grape shimmer gems to incorporate more purple.  I made a hula dancer card a couple of weeks ago, and at that time I said I wanted to make a card with the Hawaiian shirt and surfboard images in the Do the Hula stamp set.  Well, this was my chance to use the shirt and the leaf stamps!  I had a grand ol' time fussy-cutting everything out to go on top of that fun stripe pattern, which is from the Island Oasis DSP pack from way back in 2010.  Uh, I tend to hold onto my craft supplies just in case they come in handy later, which is why I have that old DSP and also all those retired ink pads.

Check out the other design team creations on the Paper Players blog, and you can hop through their individual blogs to leave some comments too:

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

you are here --> Christy Stanford

And then upload your card at the Paper Players blog!  Keep in mind a few simple rules:
1.  Create a new paper project
2.  Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission
3.  Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL
4.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Do the Hula
Ink:  Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red, Gorgeous Grape
Paper:  So Saffron, Thick Basic White, Island Oasis DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Fine Purple Shimmer Gems, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

The Secret of the Golden Pavilion

Happy Saturday and welcome to a new Nancy Drew Challenge!  Today we are on #36, The Secret of the Golden Pavilion:

Another wonderful cover by Rudy Nappi, and like last week's we have Nancy and two chums (I think Ned and Bess) looking away from us towards mysterious happenings involving a ghostly hula dancer in the titular pavilion.  Fun fact:  this story is set in Hawaii to commemorate its induction into the US, so we get a lot of description of the islands, culture, and food.

Case file:  A client of Carson Drew's offers Nancy, Bess, George, AND Hannah (finally Hannah gets to go on an adventure too) an all expenses paid trip to Hawaii to investigate a mystery on his estate:  Mr. Sakamaki's grandfather hid something on the estate, and Mr. Sakamaki has to find it before he can deed the estate to the government of Hawaii.  Meanwhile Carson has to prove that two rival claimants to the estate are fakes.  Ned, Burt, and Dave are also in Hawaii at the same time for something related to their schooling at Emerson College which conveniently requires no time or schoolwork because they're helping Detective Drew and having a luau.

Here's my card:

I think this book is less about the mystery and more about the setting, which is okay every once in a while.  When I first read this as a child, I had never been to Hawaii so reading about the islands was fun.  Now I can say I *have* been to Hawaii : )  I went with the Tropical Oasis DSP for this card, which has a kind of '50s retro Hawaii vibe that's a perfect match for the book.

Nancy and her chums spend a lot of time in the garden on the Sakamaki estate where the pavilion is, so I chose a lovely hibiscus and plumeria floral pattern and stamped some palm trees, but still kept the moody blue background from the cover.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Timeless Tropical
Ink:  Early Espresso, Grapefruit Grove, Stampin' Blends in Soft Suede & Old Olive
Paper:  Midnight Muse, Thick Basic White, Tropical Oasis DSP, Midnight Muse DSP
Accessories:  In the Tropics dies, Potted Succulents dies, Dimensionals, Share What You Love Artisan Pearls

Once again, I couldn't stop at one card, so here's my second one:

The hula dancer on the cover is pretending to be a ghost dancer to scare Mr. Sakamaki's caretakers because that works on Scooby-Doo and wouldn't you know, my stamp collection includes a hula dancer.  I've had this set for many years now and every once in a while it's fun to play with.  I really should do another card with the surfboard and Hawaiian shirt images in this set.

I went with lighter colors on this card, but kept the pink of Nancy's shirt and the yellow of the pavilion's roof.  Funny story:  when I was in middle school, we did a group trip to Six Flags (an amusement park in Texas) and we were supposed to meet up with whatever group at a certain pavilion.  My friend Eve liked to call it a pavvy-lion (first half rhymes with savvy, second half pronounced like the big cat) and it bugged my little brother SO BAD so of course she said it as often as possible because middle school.  And that's what I think of every time I read the word pavilion, it will always be a pavvy-lion to me.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Do the Hula
Ink:  Night of Navy, Polished Pink, Crushed Curry, Stampin' Blends in neutrals, Shaded Spruce, Polished Pink
Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Thick Basic White, Island Oasis DSP
Accessories:  Layering Ovals Framelits, Regal Foiled Dots

The Secret of the Golden Pavilion is a fun installment, a bit light on the mystery but I think it makes up for it with the setting, so I'm giving it four stars.  If you're inspired to make a card based on this book, leave me a comment so I can see : )  Stay tuned next week when we search for The Clue in the Old Stagecoach.  Cheers!