When I was a kid, there was a super catchy insulation advertisement here in Canada by Owens Corning for their pink insulation with the tag line "Do it right. Do it Pink." Even though I had no need for their product, the ad stuck with me (I still sing the "la, la, la, la, la" riff from time to time) and my pink lovin' soul was in total accord with their motto, lol!
So, let's think pink with today's CAS card. The big, bold flamingo stamp was the true star of the show here, with the only additional ornamentation 2 narrow strips of pink cardstock on the card borders.
Because the focal image was so large, it required me to be thoughtful about the placement of the greeting. This is were a stamp positioner comes in really handy. I was able to stamp the flamingo, then position the greeting so that the line of the flamingo's neck didn't cross through any of the open centres of any of the letters.
After stamping the flamingo with waterproof ink onto watercolor paper, I used my Distress markers (see colours below) to paint it pink. To do this, I scribbled the markers onto the Ranger Craft Sheet which I used as my palette. Then, I sprayed drops of water just below the ink and, using my paintbrush, mixed water with ink to make my watercolours.
Thanks for your visit today, it felt like a bit of a walk down memory lane.
SUPPLY LIST:
Stamps: Tickled Pink Flamingo by Colorado Craft Company
Ink: Potting Soil Archival ink by Ranger
Distress ink markers: Worn Lipstick, Dried Marigold, Abandoned Coral, Tattered Rose, Spun Sugar, Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Walnut Stain, Black Soot by Ranger
Cardstock: Ranger Watercolor paper, Rose Quartz by Bazzill, Solar White by Neenah for my card base
Other: Watercolour brush by Zig, Non Stick Craft Sheet by Ranger, MISTI Stamp positioner (large or small, either will work for cards), Water Mist bottle Ranger or Hero Arts
