Hello Bluebird Stamps -

A little Halloween fun in today's card for Hello Bluebird Stamps.  All the details for it can be found on the Hello Bluebird Blog HERE.

 

Hello Bluebird Stamps - October Challenge

 

Thank you for navigating to my blog today where I'm sharing some quick details for my inspiration card for the latest Hello Bluebird Stamps challenge.   As shown at the bottom of the graphic this is #hellobluebirdhalloweenchallenge and you can find all the details/rules for the challenge on the Hello Bluebird Instagram or on their Blog.

You can enter just by the Halloween theme, by the colours of the mood board or combine the two.  I decided for this challenge to just go by theme.

Products Used:-

Frightful Little Bits Stamps

Frightful Little Bits Dies

Trick or Treat Stamps (tiny sentiments).

I used a pale gray ink and stamped the sweet spooks from Frightful Little Bits over and over until my panel was filled with the images.  Where there were a few slightly larger gaps I stamped the little sentiment words from Trick or Treat.

I then spent an enjoyable few hours colouring the images using the following Copic colour combinations:-

Spooks - BG11, BG0000, C1, C0

Blushes - RV42, R11, R000

Orange - E95, YR00

Yellow - YR20, E50

Black - T5, T3, W2

Brooms - E42, E50, W3

I highlighted points on each image with a white gel pen then backed the panel with white craft foam and adhered it to a gray panel that is A2 and then attached this to my card base.

I haven't made a background/wallpaper card in so long so I enjoyed this project very much.

Good luck with your challenge entries, a random winner will receive a $50 gift certificate.   Challenge ends October 30th and the winner will be announced on Halloween October 31st.  Have fun!

Frightful Little Bits - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hello, I'm finally getting back to crafting after over 2 months away which was busily spent moving across country in the middle of a pandemic .... I love a challenge!!!!   I'm sharing a new slimline card for Hello Bluebird Stamps using those really not very scary Frightful Little Bits.  The card also uses the Gallery Frame #5 die and in the background I've used the background scene from Storybook Friends.  Read on for how I made it.

I ink blended a slimline panel with Dried Marigold and Weathered Wood Distress Inks and I splattered on some more of the Weathered Wood.   I then used the background image from Storybook and repeatedly stamped in full or in part and created a little background.  I stamped using Versamark Ink and heat embossed in white.   This panel was applied to a slimline card base.

 

I die cut the Gallery Frame #5 die from sturdy white cardstock.  Backed it with dimensional foam tape and layered it over the background.   I like a lot of movement in my cards especially in the Autumn and Winter scenes and so I dotted in stars and drew in some 4 point stars using a gel pen and added a few 4 point star sequins adhering with glue.   This makes it so much fun when the card is handled.  What can I say, I like a little sparkle in my life!

On Copic friendly cardstock the images from Frightful Little Bits were stamped using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa.  I coloured them in pastel Copic colours and highlighted a few points with a white gel pen and then die cut, backed with foam tape and applied them to the scene.

I hope you have a fun Halloween, happy crafting and I'll see you next time!

Nicky x