Sunday, January 10, 2016

Feathery Flourish

I'm having lots of fun with my new pink flamingo die and stamp set by Recollections; this time, I cut the flamingo out of foam and used it as a background stamp. Did you see Monica's great make your own stamp tutorial for Die Cut Divas? Her card is so eye-catching, and let me tell you, this technique really works!

I used two dye inks: "Amaryllis" from Sweet Stamps and "Rose Bud" from Memento. The flamingo & sentiment are inked over the lighter pink flamingo, which I stamped with my foam die-cut. The light pink flourishes were inked over the darker ones. The feathery flourish stamp is from the Baroque Borders set by CTMH. I rounded the bottom corners ever-so-slightly.

http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2016/01/freshly-made-sketches-218-sketch-by-kim.html
Inspiration/Challenges:
Die Cut Divas: New (new technique, new stamps/die)
Freshly Made Sketches: Sketch #218
Heart2Heart Challenge: One (1 Layer, 1 color - Pink, 1 Flamingo) + CTMH product (Flourish stamp)
Less is More: One-Layer + Flourish + CAS


Thank you for visiting & inspiring my crafting!



15 comments:

  1. Great job with the foam stamp-what a wonderful way to extend the way we use our dies! Really cute card! Thanks for joining us at Die Cut Diva's New challenge!

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  2. This card is wonderful....I love the flamingos and the graceful flourishes!

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  3. How sweet!! Thanks for joining in the fun at Die Cut Diva's!!

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  4. This is super adorable! What a great way to use the sketch! Thanks for sharing with us at Freshly Made Sketches.

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  5. ooozing fun and creativity here. Great image accompanied with some fabulous flourishes. thanks so much for playing along this week!
    Sarah xx
    Less is More

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  6. What a clever technique and a fun card!
    Thank you so much for your entry
    Anne
    "Less is More"

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  7. I was drawn to your card in the less is more gallery because of the fun take on 'flourish' with the flamingo. Really glad I stopped by though - what a brilliant idea to use dies to make foam stamps! Lou x

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  8. Adorable card! Love the way you used the sketch to create a one layer card by using the CTMH flourish stamp! Thanks for joining us at Heart2Heart Challenges "One" Challenge this week!

    Paige - Stampologist.com
    Heart2Heart Challenges - DT

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  9. What super stamping!
    Lovely card!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  10. What a fabulous card with so many "one" elements! Such a clever design- I really love what you have created. Thanks for sharing with us at H2H challenges.

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  11. That IS "ONE" cute flamingo! Great technique and fun take on all of the challenges. Glad you played along with Heart 2 Heart!

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  12. Great stamping and I love the duo of pinks.
    Sorry I'm so late visiting!
    Thanks for sharing with us.
    Anita x
    Less is More

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  13. I love your take on the "one" challenge using one layer, product, colour, etc. So creative! I love the flamingo too! Awesome card! Thanks for playing along with Heart 2 Heart Challenges (H2H)!

    Brandi R
    DT member H2H
    crzy4scrapbooking.blogspot.ca

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  14. The card is so cute. Tickled pink with it myself.

    So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas.

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  15. Very lovely card, you can never go wrong with pink! Thanks for sharing with us at Heart2Heart :)

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