Sunny Studio - Fabulous Flamingos

Hello there,

I'm very happy to be sharing with you this lovely scene featuring three Fabulous Flamingos having a quiet and relaxing moment in a pond, with dragonflies and flies buzzing around.

I started off by cutting a large Rounded Rectangle Mat panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, and created a simple cloudy sky using a cloud stencil from my stash along with salvaged patina and peacock feathers oxide inks. I splattered water on the panel and dried it with a paper towel. I mixed some peacock feathers oxide ink with water and added blue splatters to my cloudy sky using a slim brush, and then I did the same with copic opaque white ink.

I set my panel aside to dry, and stamped the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I used the coordinating dies to cut them all, colored everything using my Ohuhu markers and Graph'it brush markers, and then added highlights and details using a white gel pen. Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Fabulous Flamingos - flamingos • Country Scenes - pond, cattails, small water lilies • Froggy Friends - cattails, flies, large water lily • Feeling Froggy - dragonflies • Seasonal Trees - trees.

I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, trimmed the bottom of my pond image from Country Scenes using the same Rounded Rectangle Mat die as the one I used to make the cloudy background, and then attached everything to my cloudy panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares.

For my sentiment, I first cut two banner pieces out of light pink cardstock using Brilliant Banner 1 dies. I white heat embossed "For my flamazing friend" on the front piece, attached that front piece to the back piece using 1mm foam squares, and then attached the whole banner to my panel using foam squares again. "For my" and "Friends" are from Little Birdie, and "Flamazing" is from Fabulous Flamingos. Finally, I attached my panel to a white card base, and added white blizzard nuvo drops to the dragonflies wings to make them sparkle.

SUNNY STUDIO SUPPLIES

- Fabulous flamingos stamp set

- Country scenes stamp set

- Froggy friends stamp set

- Feeling froggy stamp set

- Seasonal trees stamp set

- Little birdie stamp set

- Brilliant banner 1 die set

- Rounded rectangle mat die set

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Ohuhu markers

- Graph'it brush markers

- Oxide inks: salvaged patina, peacock feathers

- Copic opaque white ink

- Sakura white gel pen

- White blizzard nuvo drops

- Memento tuxedo black ink (images)

- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn (greeting)

- Fine white embossing powder by Hero Arts

- Cloudy stencil by Lawn Fawn

- Light pink cardstock by The Stamp Market

- 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock (images)

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (background)