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

Rainy Day - Hello Bluebird

Hello!

I've probably said it before and I'll probably say it again but I'm just so deeply in love with the illustrations by Hello Bluebird Stamps.  I am sharing a card with you today made with Rainy Day one of my favourite stamp sets from their May release.




The card also uses many dies from Grassy Knoll.  This die set is so useful for all your scene building what with the choices of clouds and grassy edges.



First job was to die cut my cloud form and grassy edges using Bristol Smooth cardstock and I ink blended them using Distress Inks starting out with some intensity and then blending it out to a faded or ombré finish.  I took another A2 panel of Bristol Smooth and again ink blended it then stamped on the rain with white pigment ink and adhered it to my 110lb white cardstock base.



I stamped my sentiment from Rainbow Script and then layered the cloud and grassy edges into the scene using dimensional foam tape.  Next, I turned my attention to the adorable characters.  Taking more Bristol Smooth I stamped my images with Archival Ink in black then watercolour painted them using Kuretake Zigs.  I highlighted a few points with a Uniball Signo white gel pen then die cut and adhered them with more foam tape.



I didn't feel the card required any further embellishment other than to put a little jewel for the tag on the puppy's collar.  Project complete!

Thank you for stopping by and reading here for a couple of minutes, I appreciate it!

Until the next time then .....

Nicky x

Rainy Day - Hello Bluebird

Hi!  So excited to be working with the Hello Bluebird new release stamps this week.  Everything will be available to buy on May 17th and you won't be disappointed, the illustrations are to die for!



This card features 'Rainy Day' which has cute little girls, a sweet puppy and the ducklings you see here and they are playing in the rain and splashing in puddles!

For this design I stamped the background using Cozy Plaid Background Stamp and applied this to the card base.  I then die cut the frame using the Gallery Frame Die from grey cardstock and applied it popped up on dimensional foam tape.



This muted backdrop was the perfect set up to a super colourful set of characters.  I stamped them onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth with black Archival Ink.  I watercolour painted them using Kuretake Zigs and then cut them with my ScanNCut since at the time of making this card the dies weren't available but they will be available for you .... never fear!  I stamped the sentiment and then the puddle in black ink and adhered the girl and ducklings with foam tape.

The Gallery Frame Die features the word 'Hello' which I had used several times to make a card I will share in the coming days.  Some of the negative cuts from this die are raindrop shaped and so I saved them for this project and glued them into the scene!  Frugal huh?



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Nicky x