Dies R Us: Let's Flamingo

Jun 19, 2019

Let's Flamingo

Hello my friends! Kristina Hein here today to share a tropical themed card. Summer is fast approaching and I'm dreaming of tropical vacations so I channeled those vibes into a card.

So let's chat about how I made this card. First thing I did was to cut all of the flamingo pieces out of watercolor paper using the Flamingos dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs. Then I got out my Zig Clean Color markers and added color. I fashioned my flamingo after some that I found with a Google search. They are called James's Flamingos. They are so cool looking!

Here is my inspiration photo.

These guys are just the coolest! They have some really striking coloring and I did my best to capture it in my coloring.

I set my flamingo aside and went to work on the card panels. I cut another piece of watercolor cardstock using one of the Dotted Scallop Ovals dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs. This set is one of the staples in my collection. I wanted to use a stencil to create a tropical background but I didn't have an appropriate stencil. So I created my own using some other dies in my collection with a piece of transparency film. I sponged three differnt colors until I was happy with the look. I did mask off the bottom quarter. This way I could go in with a dark blue ink to create the look of water. I spritzed the whole piece with water and blotted it off.

I cut out the other pieces I needed using another oval from the dotted scallop ovals as well as the stitched ovals dies. I also cut a piece of patterned paper to cover the front of an A2 sized card.

I attached the printed piece to a white, top fold A2 sized card. Then I used a liquid glue to adhere the wavy yellow-green oval. I applied foam tape to the back of the navy piece before placing it on the card panel. Next came the stenciled watercolor piece.

Before adhering the flamingo to the card I wanted to add in my sentiment. I cut a piece of yellow-green cardstock with the Long Speech Bubbles dies from Frantic Stamper. Then I used stamps from two different Lawn Fawn sets to create a custom sentiment. I used the "Let's" from the Party Animals set and "Flamin-go" from Flamingo Together. I stamped them with navy ink. I adhered it to the card panel and then glued the flamingo on top.

Supplies used:

Frantic Stamper Long Speech Bubbles Shop at: Dies R Us	Neenah Solar White Shop at: SBC \| EH	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC \| EH	Flamingos - Elizabeth Craft Designs Shop at: Dies R Us
Stitched Ovals - Elizabeth Craft Designs Shop at: Dies R Us	Dotted Scallop Ovals - Elizabeth Craft Designs Shop at: Dies R Us	Party Animal - Lawn Fawn Shop at: Dies R Us	Flamingo Together - Lawn Fawn Shop at: Dies R Us
Sunshine & Blue Skies - Simple Stories Shop at: SBC