Stand Tall & Stand Out

Stand tall & stand out! I love this sentiment! Such a fun color combination for these beautiful birds! The flamingo dies make is so easy to build a flamingo – or 3- in any color(s) you like. For this one I knew I wanted one to stand out in Flirty Flamingo, so I made the other two out of Petal Pink. This is another #simplestamping project using just stamps, ink and paper.

Full list of supplies needed, listed below. A die cutting machine is needed for this card.
Card Base: Shimmery White Cardstock 8 1/2 h” x 5 1/2″ w folded to 4 1/4″ h x 5 1/2″ w.
Sentiment Layer: 
Basic Black Cardstock 1/2″ h x 2 1/2″ w
Inside Background: Petal Pink Cardstock 3 3/4″ h x 5″ w
Inside Layer: 3 1/2″ h x 4 3/4″ w

  1. Affix all stamps to Acrylic Blocks.
  2. Fold the Card Base in half using a Bone Folder to sharpen the crease.
  3. To make the water:
    1. Place a piece of scrap cardstock along the horizon line.
    2. Press an acrylic block onto the Balmy Blue Ink Pad to lift some color off.
    3. Fill a Water Painter with water and then squeeze the barrel over the block to add a few drops of water to the ink.
    4. Dip the brush tip of the Water Painter Painter into the water and swirl to combine with the ink.
    5. Apply watercolor to the Background below the horizon line.
    6. Allow to dry
  4. Die Cut and assemble one Flirty Flamingo and two Petal Pink Flamingoes.
  5. Stamp the Foliage in Granny Apple Green on scrap Basic White Cardstock and color with the Granny Apple Green and Melon Mambo Stampin’ Blend markers and die cut.
  6. Stamp two flowers in Melon Mambo ink and color with the Melon Mambo Stampin’ Blend markers and die cut.
  7. Attach the Flirty Flamingo with Stampin’ Dimensionals – I trimmed her feet b/c she’s standing in the water.
  8. Attach one Petal Pink Flamingo with Stampin’ Seal and the other with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I trimmed their feet too so they would be shorter.
  9. Attach the Foliage and Flowers with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  10. Stamp the Sentiment on the Sentiment Layer with Versamark ink, sprinkle with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and Heat Emboss to set. Then attach with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  11. Decorate the Inside Layer and attach.
  12. Decorate the envelope.
  13. So cute! Now send it to someone special.

Shopping List

Stamper’s Toolkit

You will also need adhesive, acrylic blocks, scissors and other basic PaperCrafting items from the Stamper’s Toolkit

Happy Birthday

Black and pink. A fitting combination for the striking flamingo. I combined the Friendly Flamingo Stamp Set and Dies with the Well Written Dies along with the True Love Designer Series Paper and Meadow Moments Embossing Folder for this pretty card.

Full list of supplies needed, listed below. A die cutting machine is needed for this card.
Card Base: Basic White Thick Cardstock 8 1/2 h” x 5 1/2″ w folded to 4 1/4″ h x 5 1/2″ w.
Background: True Love DSP 4″ h x 5 1/4″ w
Embossed Background: Basic White Cardstock 3″ h x 5″ w
Sentiment Layer: 
Basic White Cardstock 1 1/4″ h x 5 1/4″ w
Inside Layer: Basic White Cardstock 4″ h x 5 1/4″ w

  1. Affix all stamps to Acrylic Blocks.
  2. Fold the Card Base in half using a Bone Folder to sharpen the crease.
  3. Run the Embossed Background Layer through the Emboss N’ Cut Machine with the Meadow Moments Embossing Folder.
  4. Attach a piece of Adhesive Sheet to Petal Pink Cardstock and Die Cut the Branch and Bird.
  5. Attach a piece of Adhesive Sheet to Flirty Flamingo Cardstock and Die Cut Birthday.
  6. Make the Flamingo
    1. Stamp the Flamingo on scrap Basic White Cardstock in Tuxedo Black Ink and Die Cut
    2. Stamp the Flamingo on scrap Basic White Cardstock in Melon Mambo Ink and Die Cut
    3. Use Stampin Snips to fussy cut the Melon Mambo Flamingo body and attach to the Tuxedo Black Flamingo with Stampin’ Seal.
  7. Stamp the Happy in Flirty Flamingo ink and use Paper Snips to fussy cut it out.
  8. Layout all of the pieces to get an idea of where everything will go on the card and mark roughly where to cut the Oval.
  9. Use the second largest oval in the Stitched Shapes Dies to cut an oval shape out of the Background Layer. Attach the Embossed Background to the back to cover the Oval hole.
  10. Attach the Background to the card.
  11. Peel off the adhesive backer and attach the Bird, Branch and Birthday to the card.
  12. Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach the Sentiment Layer, the Body of the Flamingo, and the Happy.
  13. Tack down the Flamingo legs with Stampin’ Seal, if needed.
  14. Attach a bow from  Blushing Bride 3/8″ Metallic Ribbon with a Mini Glue Dot.
  15. Decorate the Inside Layer and attach.
  16. Decorate the envelope.
  17. Love it! Now put it in the mail.

Shopping List

Stamper’s Toolkit

You will also need adhesive, acrylic blocks, scissors and other basic PaperCrafting items from the Stamper’s Toolkit