Friendly Flamingo from Stampin' Up!

Hi crafters,

I've always been fascinated by flamingos and the new Friendly Flamingo bundle in the Stampin' Up January-June Mini Catalogue had my heart at first glance!  The Friendly Flamingo stamp set features 12 photopolymer stamps and there are 10 co-ordinating dies in the Flamingo Dies.  

You can use the dies to build a flamingo just from cardstock or you can stamp the image and then die cut.  I have a card featuring each of these techniques.  

For this first card, I ink blended the background using the Blender Brushes and inks in Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry.  I stamped the water ripples from the Friendly Flamingo stamp set in Pumpkin Pie for a tone on tone look.  I created the flamingo entirely from Basic Black cardstock to create a silhouette.  I used the co-ordinating Stampin' Write Markers to colour the small floral image for the sentiment accent and then die cut with the Flamingo Dies.  I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink onto Basic Black cardstock and then poured on white embossing powder on top.  After tapping off the excess I heat set the powder with my heat tool.  I cut the sentiment into banner shape using a die from the Tasteful Labels Dies and adhered to my card using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  

The second card is fairly simple.  I used the main flamingo image from the Friendly Flamingo stamp set in Flirty Flamingo ink.  I coloured the beak black using the Basic Black Stampin Write Marker by following the shape of the stamped image.  I die cut using the co-ordinating Flamingo Dies.  To create the background I used a piece of Basic White cardstock and ran this through one of the Greenery Embossing Folders.  I placed this onto a card base made with Basic White Thick cardstock.  I attached two small strips of cardstock on each side to ground the panel and add a pop of colour.  Finally I stamped the sentiment in Flirty Flamingo ink and adhered the flamingo with Stampin' Dimensionals.  You could also add some bling but for once I've left it off.  

Happy crafting,

Rachel x

Product List for Card 1 (Just For You)

Friendly Flamingo Bundle [156212]	Tasteful Labels Dies [152886]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230]	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051]	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad [147091]	Blending Brushes [153611]
Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157]	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155]	Versamark Pad [102283]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Heat Tool - Uk Plug [129054]
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Product List for Card 2 (Just Be You)

Friendly Flamingo Bundle [156212]	Greenery Embossing Folders [152716]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230]	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]
Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421]	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052]	Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker [100082]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]