Hello Bluebird Stamps - Rain Or Shine

 

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Unicorn Tales Shaker Card - Hello Bluebird Stamps

I have a new card for Hello Bluebird Stamps today.  I hadn't made a shaker card in a little while and so I decided to combine the After The Rain die with the lovely Unicorn Tales stamp set.



I die cut the After The Rain scene from a panel of white cardstock and ink blended all the different pieces that were formed using Distress Oxides in Spun Sugar, Cracked Pistachio, Squeezed Lemonade and Tumbled Glass.  I stamped the sentiment at the bottom using Versamark Ink and heat embossed in silver and dotted in some white specks with a white gel pane.  I then flipped the pieces over and used tape to reassemble all the pieces back into position.  I then made an acetate panel and stuck it the back then added foam tape around the edges.



I next prepared the background panel by mixing all the Distress Oxides I previously used with a little water and one at a time I splattered the panel.  The shaker unit was turned over, filled with shaker contents and then the splattered panel sealed the unit and in turn was attached to the card base.



I used the word Sparkle from the Magical Sparkle Words Die, die cutting it 4 times from white cardstock.  I glued each word on top of the next then used Stickles in 'Star Dust' to give it some lovely twinkle.  Once dry I glued it over the rainbow.



Finally, the unicorns were stamped with Memento Ink and die cut then Copic coloured using C1, RVOO, RV10, Y11 and BG10.  Points were highlighted using the white gel pen again and then they were backed with dimensional foam tape and applied.

I hope you are inspired to make yourself a shaker card.  Here it is one more time and I've shaken up the contents.



Thank you for coming by to read, I'll be back soon with a new project.

Nicky x

Unicorn Tales & After The Rain Scene Die - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Dear Unicorn Fans,

This should make you VERY happy!  This is part of the new May 16th (7pm EST) release by Hello Bluebird Stamps.   What you are seeing here is the new Unicorn Tales stamp set and the After The Rain Scene Die.



This card started with a background panel that was created using Clarity Stencil Brushes that I used to brush on Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass, Squeezed Lemonade and Spun Sugar.  This panel was applied to the white 110lb white cardstock base.

I then took the new After The Rain Scene Die and die cut a panel of white cardstock.  The die cuts all come apart like a jigsaw puzzle (an easy one) that you can use whichever elements you want and keep the remaining elements for a future project.  I chose to keep the upper and lower clouds and the connecting rainbow which I ink blended just the edges of using Distress Oxides in Spun Sugar, Spun Sugar and Squeezed Lemonade.



Using Versamark Ink I stamped the sentiments to the cloud portions and heat embossed in gold,  I taped my die cuts together on the reverse and then also used dimensional foam tape and applied the panel to the background panel.

On Strathmore Bristol Smooth I stamped my Unicorn Tales images with Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil.  I watercolour painted them using the following - Tombow ABT 451 and Kuretake Zigs in Green Shadow, Light Pink, Pale Yellow and Warm Gray 2.  They were die cut and points were highlighted with a white gel pen and backed with foam tape and applied.



All that was left was to embellish the card.  For this I simply used Nuvo Crystal Drops in 3 toning colours and left them to dry.

Thanks for coming by to read, I will be back for Day 3 of Previews for this new release tomorrow, hope to see you then!

Nicky x