Moose and Friends - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Moose and Friends is another of my all time favourite stamp sets by Hello Bluebird Stamps.  I thought I'd dig it out and show it some love today.



When you love some images so much you just want to colour them over and over again and that is when a background card comes in handy.  On Copic friendly paper I stamped my chosen images from Moose and Friends in a random pattern but making sure I had a somewhat even distribution of critters and then filling in the gaps with toadstools and cupcakes etc.



The stamped images were coloured with more Copic markers than I could possible list here but with an eye to keeping them soft and with slightly retro colours and I imagined this design for a baby's first birthday or similar.  Points were highlighted with a white gel pen and then the panel was die cut to give it the super simple faux stitched edge, then adhered to a 110lb white cardstock base.



To finish up the card I die cut the Make A Wish Die four times from white cardstock and once more from a toning peach cardstock.  I adhered them all in a stack finishing with peach on top and glued to the card.   Finally, I grabbed a silvery gold gel pen and added some shimmer to my candles and around the edges of the stars and party hats so that there is a little subtle added interest when the card is handled and it catches the light.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Nicky x

Having Fun Mixing Hello Bluebird Stamps!

Made this card purely for the fun of it and for the love of Hello Bluebird Stamps.  This card combines bunny images and puddles and splashes from several Hello Bluebird stamp sets.  I just appreciate the fact that Hello Bluebird thoughtfully scales their stamps so that you can do this and in turn this creates endless possibilities.



For your reference I've used bunny images from Elephant Friends and Moose and Friends and puddle images and splashes from Puddle Play, Elephant Friends and Rainy Day.  The sentiment is from Puddle Play also.

To create the card I first ink blended a panel of white cardstock using Distress Inks in Iced Spruce and Tumbled Glass .... I just might have a favourite new colour combination in these two!!!  I did a little ink splashing to distress the blending.   I die cut white cardstock with the Gallery Frame 2 Die and backed this with foam tape and applied it over my coloured panel.  The sentiment was stamped using Memento Ink in Fog in the upper portion.



I also stamped the water puddles and splashes with the same Memento Ink as well as some little hearts from Puddle Play that I did in a slightly darker grey shade of ink.

On Bristol Smooth cardstock and using Ranger Archival Ink in Coffee I stamped the bunny images and watercolour painted them using the following:-  Kuretake Zigs in Oatmeal and Mid Gray and Tombow ABTs in 800 and 761.  Points were highlighted with a white gel pen.



The bunnies were backed with a little foam tape and applied to the scene.



I stuck the panel to a 100lb white cardstock base and then uses a few tiny sparkling clear sequins to complete my project.

Thanks for stopping by and I'll be back with something new before you know it!

Nicky x

Banner Buddies with Moose and Friends - Hello Bluebird

Hey there!  I'm back with my third card using the delightful Banner Buddies by Hello Bluebird.  Perhaps you treated yourself to this stamp set and I can offer you some inspiration here.  This time, I've combined it with some of the cuties from Moose and Friends because as always, the stamps from Hello Bluebird work seamlessly together.



This card started by ink blending a background panel using Distress Oxides in Spun Sugar and Squeezed Lemonade and die cutting it to give it the basic stitched edge.  Another panel was die cut twice using Grassy Knoll and then the portions I was keeping were ink blended with Distress Ink in Mowed Lawn.  The negative cut was put to one side for a future card.

The Grassy Knoll pieces were die cut to give them the matching stitched edge and then they were adhered to the background panel using dimensional foam tape.  This is a crazy dimensional card!



On Bristol Smooth cardstock (I favour Strathmore) I stamped all the images using Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil.  Each image was die cut and then watercolour painted using Kuretake Zigs in the following colours:-

Yellow 050, Light Green 041, Orange 070, Mustard 067, Oatmeal 064, Beige 072, Mid Gray 096, Cobalt Blue 031, Gray Brown 094, Brown 060, Light Pink 026.

I decided on an arrangement by playing around with each piece for a minute and then either adhered directly with glue or used foam tape to pop pieces up thus building more and more depth and dimension.

The sentiments were stamped to a strip of cardstock and backed with foam tape and adhered.



Time to consider how to embellish.  Usually I go twinkly but with this one something told me to go with Crystal Nuvo Drops.  I used Bubblegum Blush up top and dotted through the grass as flowers I used Buttermilk - just love the names!

Thank you for coming along to read today, I'll be back with another card very soon, don't miss out .... consider signing up for email blog posts!

Nicky x

Moose and Friends - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hello!  Have you got all your Christmas cards made yet?   Maybe you are running out of inspiration in which case perhaps I can tempt you with this card made using Moose and Friends  by Hello Bluebird Stamps.



For this card I used a Clarity Stencil Brush to ink blend Distress Ink in Spun Sugar to form a focal point which I then splashed with water and blotted it up.  The panel was die cut to provide the faux stitched edge.  Next, I die cut a panel of Neenah 110lb white cardstock using the same stitched edge die and from each end I die cut a 'hill' using Hill and Dale Die.    I applied some Ranger Multi Medium Matte glue to the hills and then sprinkled on some Distress Glitter.  These two die cuts were layered over one another at the base of the card and adhered down.  The larger hill is glued directly and the smaller hill is on foam tape.



I stamped up the moose and bunny from Moose and Friends onto Bristol Smooth cardstock and watercolour painted them with my Kuretake Zigs.    The knitted hat, gifts and pinecones were stamped from Little Holiday Extras, where necessary they were watercolour painted and adhered with foam tape along with the moose and bunny.

Next, I grabbed the new Frosty Flakes Die and die cut the flakes several times so that I had a good supply of them.  I choose a few for this card, arranged and adhered them, slightly teasing up the outer edges for dimension.



The final touch was the sentiments.  These sentiments come from the Typed Christmas sentiment set which I ADORE!  They were stamped with the same Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil that I used for my characters etc.  Each sentiment was aligned on the right hand side and adhered with foam tape.

I thank you so much for stopping by the blog today, I hope you enjoyed this card and found some inspiration.  Happy Holidays!

Nicky x

Moose and Friends - Hello Bluebird

Hello, this is my second post of the day using the exciting new release stamps from Hello Bluebird.  Introducing Moose and Friends!



This card features a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock that was ink blended ever so subtly with Distress Inks in Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass.  The panel was then die cut to provide the faux stitched edge.  More Bristol Smooth was die cut twice with the Grassy Knoll grass edge dies from Hello Bluebird and these were softly ink blended with Cracked Pistachio and layered into the scene with foam tape.



On yet more Bristol Smooth (I do love this stuff!!!) I hand stamped all the images from Moose and Friends using Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil.  I selected a number of toning Kuretake Zig watercolour pens and watercolour painted everything and then fussy cut and applied them into the scene layered up on varying amounts of foam tape to build dimension.  Points were highlighted with a Signo Uniball White gel pen.



The Hooray balloon group was created the same way the animals were.  I then flipped it over and attached single strands of solid cream baker's twine and made sure that the twine lined up with the bottom of each tied balloon.  I cinched them together and adhered them behind the cake to anchor it.  The final touch was the addition of several tiny wooden butterfly embellishments.  The panel was adhered to an A2 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock base.

I hope you enjoyed my card - I just LOVED making this one and can't wait to work with this stamp set again, these characters are just so beautifully illustrated.

Thanks for stopping by!

Nicky x