Hello Bluebird Stamps - Fall Challenge

 

A warm welcome to my blog where I am sharing this inspiration card for the new Hello Bluebird Stamps challenge #hellobluebirdfallchallenge which I hope you can join in with over the next 3 weeks.

My card features the following Hello Bluebird products:-

Pumpkin Time Stamps

Pumpkin Time Dies

Grateful Frame Die

Gallery Frame #6 Die

This challenge allows you to enter one of the three ways:-

1. As a colour challenge using the 4 birds as your colour guide swatches.

2. As a Fall themed challenge.

3.  Combine the two above.

As you can see I combined the two for my inspiration card.

I used Speckled Egg, Shabby Shutters and Scattered Straw Distress Oxide Inks for my background and the following Copic colours for the other images.

Pumpkins - E07, YR09, YR04, Y38, W4, W2

Wheelbarrow - YG97,nYG95, YG93, YG91, E44, E43

Mouse - W4, W2, W0

Fox - E37, E17, E15, E13, W4, W2

Jacket - BG90, BG70, BG000, W4, W2

Scarf - Y26, YR21, W4, W2

Leaves - YG97, YG95, E11, Y26

The challenge ends at 11.59 MST on September 26th with the winner being randomly chosen and announced on September 27th.  Good luck!

More details, inspiration and the challenge rules over on the Hello Bluebird Blog

Pumpkin Time - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Super excited to be sharing my first card for the Hello Bluebird Stamps big Fall release. The release goes live September 13th at 7pm MST.  Lots of Autumnal and Halloween themes in this release and today I'm featuring the stamp set Pumpkin Time, together with a new die called Oak Tree Scene.



I die cut the Oak Tree Scene die and ink blended all the different components using Distress Inks in Stormy Sky, Peeled Paint, Brushed Corduroy and Rusty Hinge.  I reassembled all the pieces like a jigsaw puzzle and adhered them to a piece of cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment and the whole piece was adhered to a white 110lb cardstock base.



On Bristol Smooth cardstock all of the images were stamped using Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil.  I watercolour painted them using the following Kuretake Zigs - Brown, Light Pink, Olive Green, Bright Yellow, Orange, Beige and and Tombow ABT in shade 969.

I highlighted some points with a white gel pen then die cut the images using the coordinating dies and backed them with dimensional foam tape and applied them to the scene.



Thank you for stopping by for your first glimpse at this new release.  I will be back tomorrow with a new card and a new stamp set reveal!

Happy crafting!

Nicky x