Poinsettias Inspired by Flamingos

The new Peace on Earth challenge has a mood board to inspire a beach-themed Christmas card.  I just couldn't wrap my mind around that so I chose the bottom right image and used the colours in it for this card:

I'd been trying some techniques that involved colouring embossed images.  For this one, I used a 3D embossing folder of poinsettias with watercolour paper.  Then I started out trying the watercolouring technique in this video using a couple of shades of pink but I wasn't liking the results so after I'd laid down some watercolour, I switched to lightly swiping a pink ink pad over the highest parts of the embossing (as in this video).  I was finally happy with the mix of colours and the shading.

Using the colours in the image I was inspired by, I added a green shimmer border and matching die cut sentiment.  I lost the tiny die cut dot that goes over the "i" so added a green stick-on pearl instead. For the yellow of the flamingos beaks, I added some yellow liquid pearls and yellow glitter drops to the centres of the poinsettias.

Here's the Peace on Earth mood board where you can see my colour inspiration on the bottom right:

Please come and join us at Peace on Earth with either something inspired by our mood board or an "anything Christmas" card.

Supplies:
Ink - Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick
Paper - watercolour paper, green shimmer and off white cs
Size - 7x3.75"
Accessories - Nellie's Choice slimline poinsettia embossing folder, various shades of pink watercolour paints, Penny Black Merry Christmas die, green stick-on pearl, yellow liquid pearls, light gold glitter glue