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Add a touch of the tropics to your event
with these showstoppers
flamingo
party
So what’s hip and on
trend? Flamingos!
Here we've combined
these fabulous
creatures with a
selection of dies but
you can mix and
match elements from
your own collection
Start with...
Spellbinders® Platinum™ or
Platinum™6 Machine
Stamp and Die Set: Thoughts
(SBS-066); Be/So Hex-SD
(S-031); Tropics (S4-676);
Geraniums and Leaves
(S4-678); Ruffled Flowers
(S5-277)
Blackboard, 28cm x 36cm
Marker pens
Graphite or tracing paper
Make it...
Birthday sign
1
Grid out different boxes
on the board for your
information, leave space for
the decorative die pieces.
Write everything into the
boxes, either using the
tracing method or freehand.
2
Die-cut a selection of
motifs from card and
attach to the board. Use
several shades of green for
the leaves including some in
aqua. Cut pineapples in gold
and yellow; pink flowers and
a flamingo in pink.
Embellish the creature
with gold pen and use
white marker to make
flower centres.
3
Stamp the word
'sweet' from the
Love it...
Remember, you
can just wipe the
lettering off and
start again if you
make amistake
Using white
watercolour pencil is
a great way to try this
idea and practise your
lettering technique
Try it..
Thoughts set using white
marker. Position near the
numeral. Fix the die-cut
motifs to the board using
foam pads or adhesive.
The
VersaCut
™ technology
inside the
Platinum
™ and
Platinum™6 Die Cutting
and Embossing Machines
offers unsurpassed power,
strength and durability.
You will also be able to cut
your most detailed thin dies
with the greatest precision
imaginable!
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Print the words and font you like onto
paper and fix to the board
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Insert graphite or tracing paper beneath
the print out. Trace the words, then go
around the image you just wrote using a
white chalkboard marker
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Block off specific areas for information;
as this is a custom piece we have not
provided exact measurements
Easy-peasy Lettering
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