Flamingo Love

Well when the Crafty boots challenge this week was to use a Zoo or animal theme I had a bit of a dilema as I couldnt find any stamps in my collection to use - Oh no I hear you cry surely not. So after a bit of digging and a little inspiration I found a stencil set with a Flamingo in so decided to put it to use.

I took a tag and coloured the background by swiping Tim Holtz Distress Inks  -weathered wood, victorian velvet and antique linen on top of my craft mat followed by a spritz or two of water on top before swishing the tag through it.

Once dry I took the stencil and coloured one flamingo in tumbled glass and then turned it over and did a second in worn lipstick so they were beak to beak to produce the shape of a heart. I repeated this down the bottom of the tag.


I also used the inks around the edge of the tag to blend the edges.


To add some texture to the background (as I wasnt that happy with it at this stage it almost went in the bin) I stamped stars in white acrylic paint.

I created a second layer by cutting out a second tag in acetate (thank you Gabrielle for the inspiration) which I stamped on the reverse using my new Inkadinkado swirly stamps in Stazon. I tied it togther using the ribbon at the top.

It still didnt seem quite finished as I wanted to use it as anniversary card / tag so I had another dig around and found a new set of PaperArtsy Hot Picks words that I bought last week from LB crafts in black onto the main tag.

Well there you are a few special words of love for two special people in my life Happy Anniversary Bev and Marcus and may there be many more to come xxx