Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Aloha Anuhea!

Hi Everyone!
 
Are you as excited as I am?  We are about to kick off the sneak peeks of our next release, which is pretty special.. we are turning 3!  Can you believe that three years ago on July 1st, we released our first set of Sister Stamps.  I never thought our little stamp line would grow to have over 70 images!  My hardworking sister is the creative genius behind the artwork and deserves all of the credit in creating images to fill a void that was missing in the rubber stamp market.  So before we do anything else, wanted to thank my sister for joining me on this fun adventure!
 
You saw a sneak peek yesterday of our images and know that they all have one of Hawaii's favorite treats!  Shave Ice!  Or is it Ice Shave?  I guess that will depend on what part of Hawaii you are from.  Me, I'm from Oahu and still say shave ice, but my family is from Hilo and they all say ice shave.  I guess I'm out voted!
 
The image concept has been on my mind pretty much since the start of Sister Stamps!  I've always envisioned a local kids line where the kids wear local kine clothes and do local kine things.  "Local" meaning typical Hawaii.  And in Hawaii, we all eat shave ice (or ice shave).  In fact, we've made an art out of this icy treat. It's not just ice covered in syrup anymore.. we add all kinds of goodies in the mix too.. .ice cream, condensed milk, azuki beans, mochi balls, jellies.. you name it!  I will try to find some pictures to share with you soon.
 
So my sister surprised me with not one.. but three new images all focused around shave ice!  Yay!  I was thrilled.  The first of our images is named Anuhea.  My daughter's BFF is your typical local girl that is of mixed ethnicity.. This image totally reminded me of her and I've been wanting to name an image after her, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity. She even wears flowers in her hair! 
 
So on my card share for today, I used a corrugated card base and added a sprayed background to it.  I finally used some of my Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays in the garage and just sprayed away until I got the effect I was looking for.  I really wanted the background to resemble the blending of shave ice flavors.
 

 

Because I didn't have a large sentiment that went with this card, I added in some thickers and made my own.  The sun is a die from Lawn Fawn and the happy face is from a Paper Smooches set.

Here's a closer look at Anuhea.  Can you tell that I made her ice shave look like ice?  I added some glue and glitter after I colored it up.


Want a chance to win Anuhea?  Here's all you have to do:
1)  Leave a comment on THIS POST by 11:50pm HST on 06/30/14; and
2)  Tell me what your favorite flavor of shave ice is... mine is lychee or coconut!

20 comments:

  1. Lovely! I've never eaten shave ice but my favorite ice cream is peach.

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  2. Anuhea is SO cute!!! I love how you did her shave ice. It looks like the real thing and the background came out great. Ok so my favorite flavor of shave ice is strawberry. I know so boring but I'm a really picky person and my go to has always been that. :)

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  3. I love shave ice and my favorite flavor is anything that has li-hing mui on it! Li-hing mui lycee, li-hing mui mango..... and Anuhea is so stinking cute! love her!

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  4. Congratulations on your 3rd birthday Jenny & Denise! I see yiu gals continuing for a long time to come.
    Super cute card! The style is such a happy one and Anuhea reminds me so much of the local little girls. She is very sweet!
    My favorite shave ice is lychee,guava, coconut or peach with mango with condensed milk & vanilla ice cream... Oh man I want some now! Haha!

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  5. Oooo Yummy! Cuteness! Favorite flavor? I've only have generic flavors, but that Lychee sounds yummy.

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    1. Ohh and Happy 3yr Anniversary! Congrats!

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  6. yay, happy birthday! love the shine on anuhea's shave ice and your pretty background! the other week i had a really good root beer and cream shave ice. yum!

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  8. U did it again !!!.....,<3 Anuhea .....Pure awesomeness.. favorite shave flavors strawberry, li hung mui ,blue vanilla & melons thanks again

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  9. First and always Strawberry with vanilla ice cream!! Strawberry rules!! Rainbow, rootbeer, cream!! They all are yummy!! Success to you for another year of fun filled creations! They are darling!

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  10. Love the background! It does look like shaved ice. Such an adorable stamp! We say "Hawaiian shaved ice" here in Southern California. I love the pink watermelon flavor :)

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  11. Adorable stamps. My brother in law owns a shave ice store and my sister looks for stamps with a shave ice on it. My favorite flavor is orange dream with ice cream.

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  12. So cute! Love the way you colored up the shaved ice. My favorite flavor or shaved ice is rootbeer.

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  13. Wow! 3 yrs! Congrats. I love this release. Ice shave as we called it when a kid...my favorite was strawberry or li hing mui.

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  14. Congrats s on 3 years! I'm happy to say that I've been following and watching SS grow since your 2nd release.
    Anuhea is definitely cute and fun. I usually order my shave I've with lilikoi and cherry. I think I will have to try coconut next time.

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  15. Hi Jenny! Anuhea is such a cute stamp!! Our friends daughters name is anuhea and she looks like that stamp!! Sooo cute!! Haha anyways, my favorite shave ice is orange cream with ice cream!! And my daughters favorite is rainbow!!

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  16. Anuhea is adorable!!!! I love her! I'm so glad that there have been 3 years of Sister Stamps goodness - happy upcoming 3 year anniversary!!! I haven't had shave ice Hawaiian style before - although I have had the Taiwanese version (homemade) a very long time ago, probably with condensed milk. I'm thinking my favorite flavor would be mango, or coconut. Or do they have li hung mui? Or passion fruit? I really want to try one now!!!

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  17. SOOOO cute! I love this (sorry I'm going backwards here.. 2 weeks of vacation & family and I'm behind!) Love shaved ice treats.. my favs- mango and lychee sounds delicious! :)

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  18. I love this newest collection. I'm kind of a traditionalist and like strawberry best! :)

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