Birthday Flamingoes for Love to Craft Challenge #85 on the 1st of March 2025

 

For challenge #85 for March/April 2025 of the Love to Craft Challenge Blog I made a card during the La-La Land Crafts Colour & Create Virtual Retreat in early February and we used stamps, dies and paper from La-La Land Crafts. 

Here is my card for this month:

For this card, everything was prepared for us and we just had to colour the images, fussy cut them and then organise the card! :) This is Martha's design and all the products used on this card are actually already released in the La-La Land Crafts Shop, so the products are:

• Snarky Flamingoes Clear Stamp Set
• Summer Vacation Paper Pack
• Rum Bottle Die - also includes the wheel and anchor
• Sunken Ship Die - for the "sand"; originally from February 2023 KOTM
• Three Clouds Die
• Stitched Nested Circles Die - I think this was one of my first dies!

The two flamingoes were stamped and we used the following Copics: 

• purple - V12, V15, V17, BV08
• blue - BG11, BG13, BG18
• yellow - Y11, Y15, Y17

I also used white gel pen on the flamingoes. Vintage photo, tumbled glass and salty ocean Distress Oxide ink were used for the inside of the rum bottle and just the vintage photo for the sand.

I cut out some of the palm trees from the Summer Vacation Paper and then popped them up with foam tape, as was the sun. The inside of the rum bottle and flamingoes were also popped up with foam tape.

The sentiment was already stamped and as suggested by Martha, I distressed the sentiment and black matting piece with my scissors (even though I have a distressing tool somewhere!)

Here is a photo of the two flamingoes after I fussy cut them:

Here is a photo of the inside:

Here is another photo of the completed card:

There is inspiration from the rest of the Love to Craft Challenge Blog DT over on the Love to Craft Challenge Blog, so please pop over to everyone's blog by clicking on their name. We always appreciate a comment or two! :) You can also find out what other challenges are out there, which could give you some ideas for your card or gift stash.

We all hope that you are able to join us for this challenge. We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous "always anything goes" creations. Please ensure that you are a follower of the Love to Craft Challenge Blog!

Have fun! This challenge will end on the 15th of April, 2024. Please check the Love to Craft Challenge Blog to find out the winners of Challenge #84.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Classic Design Challenge #02-2025 Feb/Mar - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Thinking of You

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge - #3-2025 - Anything Goes

Mix It Up Challenge MIUCB #76 - Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters Challenge #85 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #295 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!