Flamingos on Vacation Summer Card

Created this Vacation Card using Mark's Finest Papers Flamingos on Vacation stamp set I had won. 

Used Masking Technique shown on their site:

This week our tutorial is from Pat Garvin and it is on Masked Center. Click on the name of the tutorial and it will bring you to that page.

Couple times I tried the Masking Technique I did not like the way it looked but I'm glad I persisted and kept at it. Added some ribbon & buttons for embellishing.

Photographed the card with our pool in the background. You can bet I had tape on the back of the card to keep it on the easel so no chance of wind would blow it into the pool. Temps here in Central TX have been 90+ and will soon be 100+ so we spend alot of time in our pool.

Did you know that a Flamingo gets its color from the food it eats?

Following are photographs of Flamingos from when we visited Maui Hawaii Mar 2008.

Me having fun with my photo software:

buttons: 2
embossing: 
Marvy heat embossing tool
Stampendous Stamp n Stuff 
ink: 
Tim Holtz Distress Inks - spun sugar, tattered rose, festive berries
VersaMark
papers:
core'dinations Pink Tutu Base 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
white cardstock 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"
white cardstock 5 3/8" x 1" 2 strips
ribbon: Spool O' Ribbon
stamp: Mark's Finest Papers Flamingos on Vacation


Entering this into the following challenge:


Allsorts Wk158 Ice Cream Colours lim3 2nd pink - strawberry 6/9-15
Catch the Bug Photo Insp Ch Summer unlim 1st 6/9-16
Crazy 4 Ch C4C140 Circles unlim 2nd 6/9-15
Delightful Sketch Summer Fun 6/6-13
DLART Thankful Thurs Linky Party fav piece of mth Jun lim3 1st 6/28-7/7 

Docerela Ch15 Summer 6/8-20
Friends of Speedy TV Ch Wk23 Buttons & Bows unlim 3rd 6/4-10 

Getting Cricky Simply Sun Ch Summertime unlim 4th 6/3-30
Gingerloft GL41 Circles, Circles & More Circles unlim 12th circles - buttons 5/27-6/9
Hooked On Craft Ch21 All that Glitters unlim 7th heat embossing powder 5/28-6/30
Hot Shot Ch9 Distress Inks unlim 1st 6/9-7/6
Jaihart Sun Are Lovely 10 unlim 9th 6/3
Just Keep On Creating Anything Goes unlim 54th 5/5-6/18
Our Creative Corner Your Fav Tim Holtz Technique masking w/ Distress Inks 6/9-15
Papercraft Star Ch100 Here Comes Summer 6/6-10
Paper Pretties Mon Use Bling glitter unlim 3rd 6/4-10
Paper Pretties Wed PWC209 Use your fav color combo unlim 5th pinks 6/6-12 
Paper Take Wkly Anything Goes unlim 7th 6/5-11

Party Time Tues PTT71 Royal Treatment anything shiny my shiny is heat embossing glitter unlim 2nd 6/5-12
Pause Dream Enjoy Ch22 Fav Quote unlim 8th my quote is  Bon Voyage 6/1-30
Pause Dream Enjoy Ch23 Beach unlim 1st 6/8-30
Shellys Images Terrif Thrill Thurs Ch Blingage lim5 3rd 6/7-13
Simon Says Stamp & Show Some Texture unlim 8th 6/4-10

Southern Girls Ch46 Things with Wings 6/7-20
StampinSistersinChrist Ch142 AnyelementofHeaven unlim 7th  heat embossing glitter 6/3-9
The Pink Elephant TPE151 Vibrant Colors unlim 2nd pinks 6/4-11
Tues Alchemy Ch17 Sand, Surf & Sea (World Ocean's Day) lim3 1st 6/5-11
Tutorial Time on Speedy TV Ch2 Masked Center unlim 1st 6/8-14
Victorine Stamps Ch35 Texture unlim 11th 5/31 
Wishcraft Cards Waste Not Wed Wk22 3rd 6/6-13