Word Buddies Jungle - Hello Bluebird Stamps

The Word Buddies stamp sets are just the cutest addition to the Hello Bluebird Stamps product line up!  Have fun placing them around die cut sentiments and alphas or insert them into scenes as baby animals.  My card today features Word Buddies Jungle.

To create this card I started from the back and worked forwards.   I knew I wanted some lovely juicy green leaves in my card and I felt that the panel of micro gingham cardstock would really make them pop since it is a slate grey.   So I die cut that patterned paper slightly smaller than A2, backed it with white craft foam and adhered it to a white full sized A2 panel.   (In my photos that is a toning envelope tucked underneath the card).

I grabbed the Wild About You word die and die cut some 110lb white cover weight cardstock for the sentiment and set this to one side.

I grabbed some more cardstock and ink blended the entire panel with Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Ink.  I then splashed the panel with some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide loosened with a couple of drops of water.   Once that was dry I die cut the panel using the Tropical Foliage Die and then I went to each individual leaf and ink blended with a mini ink blending tool Screamin' Green Electro Pop Neon Ink by Gina K Designs and then came back in with a little Rustic Wilderness again for the edges.

Once I was happy with the overall look of the foliage I highlighted a few points with a white gel pen and then adhered them to the gingham background.   I then backed the sentiment discretely with little pieces of foam tape and adhered this too.

I had already stamped, coloured and die cut my Word Buddies Jungle images and I decided on a few that I could pose with the sentiment and I tucked them here and there and adhered.   I also added a cute little gathering of animals at the bottom of the card ... had to get that gorilla in somehow!

I added a few water droplet style embellishments as a final touch and with that the card was done!

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

More Jungle Littles - Hello Bluebird

Couldn't wait to share this card with you using stamps and dies from the most recent Hello Bluebird Stamps release.  This card features 'More Jungle Littles' together with the 'Wild About You' die.  I have also used the previously released Grassy Knoll Die.



My card started with a panel of white cardstock that I ink blended using my Clarity Stencil Brushes and Distress Oxides in a variety of pink, purple and orange hues.  I wanted to create a Serengeti sunset type feeling and the baby animals meeting at the end of the day.  

Once the panel was ink blended I die cut it to provide the faux stitched edge and I also die cut a piece of cardstock and ink blended it with the same pink and also used the same die to finish it the same way as the main panel so they'd match.   The top edge was cut with Grassy Knoll.   I adhered the grass section to the main panel which in turn was attached to a 110lb white cardstock base.



I die cut the Wild About You sentiment 4 times and glued them all in a stack and then attached it to the top of the card.

On Strathmore Bristol Smooth all of the little animals were hand stamped using Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil.  They were watercolour painted using the following colour palette -- Kuretake Zigs in Gray, Mid Gray, Oatmeal, Blue Gray, Light Gray, Mustard, and Tombow ABT in 761.

I highlighted certain points with a white gel pen and die cut each image, backed them with dimensional foam tape and applied them in a social group setting.



I finished with a few mixed sequins from my collection that toned, adding a fun twinkle.

Thanks for coming by to read today - happy crafting!

Nicky x