Since Mother Nature has turned on the furnace to high heat for California, I went with a beach theme. I started out by stamping my flamingo images in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers. I then stamped the palm trees using memento rich cocoa, cottage ivy and pear tart before stamping my saying in both memento black and lilac posies. Then, using a direct-to-paper technique, I created my "sand" by applying memento desert sand directly underneath the flamingos before stippling Tim Holtz broken china distress ink in the background for the ocean and sky before layering and adding brads. My card is stamped using a retired Stampin Up flamingo wheel with regal rose ink before I added the image panel popping it up using pop dots. The final touches were applying some 3D glaze pens to highlight parts of the flamingo's and their legs before adding some old Queen and Company floral sequins with ice stickles.
Challenges entered:
Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #52 - Use Your NBUS (flamingo set)
Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (wheel, sequins)
The Four Seasons July 2023 - See Mood Board (inspired by the beach)
A Place To Start July 2023 - Anything Goes Optional Twist Life Is A Beach (went with the beach theme)
Critter Crazy #76 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (mine is flamingos)
The Four Seasons
Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and don't forget to join us this week at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.
Stamps: Lawn Fawn; Stampin Up
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy, Pear Tart, Rich Cocoa, Desert Sand; Tim Holtz Broken China; SU Regal Rose
Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Pop Dots, Queen and Company Sequins, Ice Stickles
Sweet Bonnie Lynn, I absolutely fell in love with this card when I saw it over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies earlier today (I entered the challenge). I'm delighted to see that you've shared it with us at The Four Seasons Challenge as well as at Word Art Wednesday. I'm so very grateful to have you share with us in these challenges and I really appreciate it. Those flamingoes are just SO adorable and made me smile immediately. What a FUN card. I sure hope to see more of your wonderful art again.
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Hey, Bonnie! Hope you are able to stay cool inside, these heat waves are so draining and I swear they mess with our heads like barometric pressure does. Well, what an adorable card. I love it! I'm chuckling at knowing all the Memento color names, I have them all. Great minds think alike and sometimes they come in very handy. Also, digging your pencil and marker use. It always makes me feel better knowing I don't leave any uncolored spots with the pencils because I don't usually blend with the blender pen like you. Hope you have a yummy 4th and the fireworks don't scare your pets too much. XOX
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute image and you've showcased it perfectly! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Four Seasons Challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back again soon.
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A great summer card and fabulous famingos. Thanks for sharing them with us at Critter Crazy, CarolG
ReplyDeleteBeautiful summer card! Thanks for joining us at A Place To Start!
ReplyDeleteI love Flamingos and this card is such a great Summer card. Thanks for joining us at the Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge.
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Well done creating a card design to cool you off, Bonnie! It's a great flamingo card and I love the sediment!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that spike of heat was short-lived and these past few days have been incredibly cool. Love it! I see it's going to head up to a hunnert again by next weekend, but it's to be expected. (Maybe I'll follow your lead and create a beach card then!) Thankfully, we are both feeling a tiny bit better every day, but still sleeping lots. Thank you for inspiring everyone at NBUS! Hugs, Darnell
Your Flamingo card is adorable! Love the sentiment! Thanks so much for sharing with us at A Place to Start!
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