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Saturday, 19 May 2018

Flamingoes on Acetate

Here's a card I made using my new MFT flamingo stamps and I can tell you that, for me, this wasn't a 'quick and easy' card. 

Firstly, I designed and cut an aperture card base on the Silhouette- the design was inspired by the sketch at Inkspire Me  . The one you see here is not the first one I cut because after it was cut out I realised I'd cut the semi-circle so close to the edge there was little room for glue! But I decided to soldier on. 

I tried several different pens for the water and settled on a darker Promarker. But when I was fiddling around trying to attach it to the card base, I discovered I hadn't given it enough drying time and there was blue ink everywhere! 

Back to the Silhouette. I modified and re-cut the card base and put it all together. The sun (Hero Arts)  is stamped on a second piece of acetate - after making sure the 'water' was now dry, I had no intention of risking ruining it by stamping on it! 

As well as Inkspire Me, I'd like to enter:
Little Red Wagon  animals on the water 
Inspire Create sunshine 
Cupcake Inspirations 

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11 comments:

  1. Dotty Jo19 May 2018 at 11:05

    What a brilliant take on the sketch, Marina! Jo x

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  2. Carol L19 May 2018 at 12:52

    It may not have been easy to create, but it turned out to be a great CAS card anyway! Love the little scene :)

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  3. Marlena M.19 May 2018 at 15:44

    This is amazing!

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  4. Crafting Queen19 May 2018 at 18:22

    What a great card. thanks for your visit.

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  5. Mac Mable20 May 2018 at 15:42

    Well done you on persevering. Vibrant and fun card with a great sentiment. Rarely is the card that goes on my blog the first one I make, so I feel your pain LOL x

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  6. Sandy20 May 2018 at 17:10

    Love how you made this with the acetate, so clever. Pretty flamingo images too. Thank you for sharing with us over at Cupcake Inspiration Challenges.
    -Sandy, DT

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  7. Imke21 May 2018 at 08:54

    I fell in love with your card. Great technique and i love flamingos.

    Thanks for joining us this week @ Little Red Wagon. Hope to see you back again soon !

    Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE

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  8. Ros Crawford21 May 2018 at 11:03

    What a super design! I'll book mark that one!

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  9. Pia S21 May 2018 at 20:07

    Some of the simpler looking cards can be the trickiest ones. This is summery and fun, good you didn’t give up. Love the sentiment with these flamingos,

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  10. IN{K}SPIRE-me Design Team22 May 2018 at 10:46

    Such an adorable card! Love the cute flamingos! Thank you so much for playing Inkspire_me this week! Greetings from Bavaria, Kirstin

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  11. Liz Yuille - Old Stables Crafts24 May 2018 at 22:34

    What a fun card, which totally hits the 'sunshine' theme of the ICC challenge. Thank you for taking part. Lx

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