Flamingo Tag Tutorial

Hello everyone! I hope you are well and enjoying summer - or winter if you are in the southern hemisphere. Anton and I went to a really lovely botanical garden yesterday. He thought it was a way better outing than he expected, and found a little card-making set with a flower press which he is having big plans for. I took a lot of photos of flowers and trees.

It is a new month, and as always the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge team showcases a specific company / designer on the first Monday of a new month. This week the turn has come to Darkroom Door and their wonderful range of stamps and stencils. You don't have to use Darkroom Door products to join, but it is always fun if you do.

Our challenge theme is Red, White and/or Blue. Don't miss the beautiful project by our July guest designer Karolina Bukowska. 

I made a tag this week, using the Darkroom Door Tropical Birds set. It was fun making a scenic tag for the gorgeous flamingo stamp. My flamingo is mainly red, but there is a little bit of pink too. I didn't use a lot of supplies here, just one stamp set, Distress Ink, Distress Micro Glaze and a couple of embellishments.

The tag was die cut from watercolor paper. I inked the flamingo with red and pink inks, using grey and black for the legs and beak. Since I wanted the bird to be standing in water, I wiped off the ink from the feet. Mist with water about four times, before stamping.

Smear a tiny bit of Distress Micro Glaze on the background, as clouds and a little bit in the water. Press Distress Inks on a craft sheet, mist with water and pick up with a paint brush. Paint a couple of islands along the horizon line.

Stamp the grass stamp with Blueprint Sketch, misting with water first.

You can add more color to the bird with a paint brush, to darken some of the areas a little. I used a perfect sentiment from the same Tropical Birds set.

Here you can see the effect of the Micro Glaze resist.

I found a net on my desk, which used to hold a little ball that one of the boys got from one of those toy vending machines. I also added a piece of cheese cloth, berries and some sequins from SSS Moonshine set.

Since I wiped off the ink from the feet of the bird, it looks like she is standing in the water, and not on top of it.

I hope you will join us this week in our Red, White and/or Blue challenge. As always, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until next Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Don't forget to follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 

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Thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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