I first cut the design pretty large on textured white cardstock on my Silhouette Cameo. I used thick white cardstock for the background, and I coated everything with clear gesso. I duplicated the flamingo a few times in smaller sizes and cut them on a few different pink and orange patterned papers from Splendid. I left the center flamingo white so I could jazz it up. To do that, I sprayed it with a few different pink Shimmerz sprays and let it dry. Then I smudged some white texture paste down and pressed some tiny beads into it. I saw my scrappy friend Brianna Lepper do this recently and I just had to try it! It created some amazing texture. For the remaining flamingos I smudged some white gesso on them to create some dimension and then again smudged some Nuvo Glimmer Paste on them to make them sparkle. I used my fingers for all this smudging, haha :D
For the background, I used Broken China Distress Oxide directly on the paper and added water. I created a circle of blue to start. I came back in with a few blue Shimmerz sprays and kept using a brush to move the color around. I wanted a big blue circle to show behind and around the edges of the cut file. I love the contrast of the blue with the pinks & oranges. I arranged the flamingos where I wanted them, added adhesive foam to them to pop them up, and began embellishing.
These tiny beads are awesome! I got them at Michael's, and they just stuck right to the texture paste. A cool and easy way to get some texture :)
Here you can see the glitter on the other flamingos. That Nuvo Glimmer Paste is incredible. I wanted these large flamingos going in the same direction as the flamingo in my photo--facing in towards the center of the page.
Behind the photo I layered a piece of blue flower patterend paper and some white tissue paper. I fussy cut some flowers from patterned papers and layered in some of the blue sequin flowers and some stickers from the 8-page Sticker Book.
I created a flower cluster here, added some thread an one of the Heart Shaped Clips as well as a Chipboard Sticker. I did add some white acrylic paint splatters and gold ink splatters to the background.
I pulled some sequins from my stash to top the centers of the flowers. I have a sequin collection from SpiegelMom Scraps--the best!
Here a few more close-ups of all the details ;)
I used the Splendid Thickers for my title, tucked in some dark pink thread for added texture and then popped in a Chipboard Sticker with gold edges.
I hope this inspires you in some way today. I had a ton of fun making it! Be sure to check out Paige's 24 Days of Summer Cut Files.
Here is my process video:
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