Summer Flamingo

Hi everyone! It’s Mindy with Pretty Pink Posh, and today I’m creating a bright, cheerful summer card featuring the adorable Flamingo Holder die set!

This is such a fun interactive die because your flamingo can hold all kinds of summer accessories. For today’s card, I gave mine a colorful beach ball, but there are so many possibilities with the Summer Holder Additions set.

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To get started, I die cut all of my pieces using the Flamingo Holder, Summer Holder Additions, Sun Shaker, and Stitched Clouds dies.

Before assembling everything, I added a little ink blending to each piece. This simple step makes such a big difference! Adding darker ink around the edges gives the die cuts extra dimension and helps all of those cute details stand out once they’re assembled.

For the greeting, I die cut the large Summer three times from orange cardstock and stacked the layers together to create a nice chunky die-cut. This adds plenty of dimension while making the sentiment really stand out against the finished scene.

Once the layers were adhered together, I attached the sentiment to the white shadow layer so it would pop even more from the colorful background.Now for my favorite part—the background!

I started with an A2 card front and ink blended a soft pink sky. The bright pink gives the card a fun, tropical feel without taking away from the focal images.

Next, I die cut two Shoreline Border pieces to create rolling ocean waves and lightly ink blended them with teal ink. For the sandy beach, I die cut another border and blended brown ink along the edges for a little extra depth.

Layering the beach and waves across the bottom of the card instantly creates a simple seaside scene that’s perfect for our flamingo. Before gluing anything down, I like to arrange all of my die-cut pieces on the card front first. This helps me find the best layout and also lets me stamp my sentiment exactly where I want it.

I used a sentiment from the Happy Summer stamp set, making sure everything was positioned before committing with adhesive.

For the sunshine, I used the main pieces from the Sun Shaker die set—but instead of turning it into a shaker, I simply assembled the pieces to create a bright sun for the corner of the scene.

Once everything was in place, I popped up the flamingo and the layered summer sentiment with foam tape for extra dimension.

To finish the card, I added white gel pen highlights to the die-cut images to help bring out all of the details. Then I added a little Glitter Stickles over the Summer sentiment for just the right amount of sparkle. It’s a simple finishing touch that catches the light beautifully and adds even more summer fun.

I hope today’s card inspires you to create your own sunny beach scenes with the Flamingo Holder collection. There are so many fun combinations you can make by changing what the flamingo is holding, making this a die set you’ll reach for all summer long.

Thanks so much for joining me today, and happy crafting!