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Showing posts with label Beach Babes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beach Babes. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 2, 2022
Hello Bluebird Stamps - July Summer Challenge
I would love it if you would take a moment to visit the Hello Bluebird blog today where there is a brand new challenge starting that I hope you will enter for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate. The lucky winner is randomly selected and is not based on your skill level, so you literally have nothing to lose. All details for entering can be found within the Hello Bluebird blog post and you will also see several other inspiration cards from the Design Team along with mine. What is different this time is that you can enter the challenge as a color challenge entry or enter as a summer beach theme entry or as in the case with my card, you can use both theme and colors! Keep scrolling to see and read about my card .....
My card was made using:-
I started by stamping the background stamp image. Once in a while I like to leave these background stamps completely uncoloured like an uncoloured page in a colouring book but I layer on some colourful focal points. This is a great look if you are intimidated by those big backgrounds too!
So, I applied the background image to my card base and then I die cut the Rainbow Square Die using some pretty pale blue cardstock and applied this popped up on foam tape.
I adhered some mini gingham cardstock to some small pieces of sticky foam sheets and die cut the letters YAY, I peeled off the backing and adhered them in the top right hand corner and underneath I used part of a sentiment included in the Beach Babes stamp set, stamping it to a strip of cardstock and adhering with more foam tape.
I then stamped out the piggies I'd be using from Beach Babes and coloured them with the following Copic markers:-
Pigs - R21, R20, R00, R000, W3, W2, W1
Blush - R22, R21, R20, R00
Greens - YG25, YG13, YG03
Blues - BG32, BG11, BG0000
Yellows - Y15, Y06
Points were highlighted with a white gel pen and then the images were die cut using the coordinating dies, backed with foam tape and applied.
To finish I just added a few sparkling clear sequins. Don't forget to visit the Hello Bluebird blog!
Sunday, August 9, 2020
Beach Babes - Hello Bluebird Stamps
I had fun recently creating this very summery beach themed card featuring the endlessly adorable Beach Babes stamp set by Hello Bluebird Stamps. For the fluorescent pink YAY I used the Oliver Alpha Die.
To create this card I first use inks by The Stamp Market and blended a smooth panel of cardstock. I then used a stencil from my stash to create the sort of bokeh affect using Distress Ink in Picket Fence. I then blended in a little 'beach' using a combination of Distress Oxides in Antique Linen and Squeezed Lemonade to create a custom colour. I used some gel pens to dot in some texture to the sand and this adds a nice sparkle too!
I die cut the Oliver Alpha letters 3 times each and glued them together and then used Copic FRV1 to colour the top layer. This same Copic marker was used in the inflatable and the ball so that the colour was repeated. The skinny sentiment was stamped on a strip of cardstock, backed with foam tape and applied.
On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped the images from Beach Babes with Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa and Copic coloured everything. I die cut using the coordinating dies and applied them to the scene with foam tape.
The card was finished with a simple die cut frame from my stash and a few sparkling clear sequins.
So nice of you to stop by to read today. Happy crafting!
Nicky x
To create this card I first use inks by The Stamp Market and blended a smooth panel of cardstock. I then used a stencil from my stash to create the sort of bokeh affect using Distress Ink in Picket Fence. I then blended in a little 'beach' using a combination of Distress Oxides in Antique Linen and Squeezed Lemonade to create a custom colour. I used some gel pens to dot in some texture to the sand and this adds a nice sparkle too!
I die cut the Oliver Alpha letters 3 times each and glued them together and then used Copic FRV1 to colour the top layer. This same Copic marker was used in the inflatable and the ball so that the colour was repeated. The skinny sentiment was stamped on a strip of cardstock, backed with foam tape and applied.
On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped the images from Beach Babes with Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa and Copic coloured everything. I die cut using the coordinating dies and applied them to the scene with foam tape.
The card was finished with a simple die cut frame from my stash and a few sparkling clear sequins.
So nice of you to stop by to read today. Happy crafting!
Nicky x
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Pig Card for Hello Bluebird Stamps
Hello everybody and happy new year! I'm kicking off 2020 by combining the Hello Bluebird Stamps pig stamp sets have always been amongst my very favourites, they are scaled to work together seamlessly and so I created this colourful birthday card.
To create this card I first ink blended a panel using Distress Oxide Ink in Blueprint Sketch and another panel using DI in Crushed Olive. The sky was splashed with water droplets which I quickly blotted up and the grass portion splattered with more Crushed Olive ink. The sky portion was attached to my cardstock base and the grass portion was die cut using the Grassy Knoll die. It was backed with dimensional foam tape and applied to the sky portion.
I die cut some clouds from the Maverick set. Each cloud is a 'double' in that I stuck one down directly and the second one was layered directly over the top with foam tape so you get a nice dimensional look when you view it from an angle. The Big Birthday Wishes sentiment comes from More Jungle Littles.
On Bristol Smooth cardstock I used Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil to stamp my pigs and other images from Merry Pigs, Pig Day and Beach Babes. They were watercolour painted using a limited colour palette of Kuretake Zigs in Light Pink (cheeks), Scarlet Red, Ochre, Cornflower Blue and Light Gray. The pigs were done with Tombow ABT's in 800, 761 and 942. Images were die cut, backed with either one or two layers of foam tape and applied.
A few points were highlighted with a white gel pen and a few sparkling clear sequins were attached for a little sparkly interest.
I hope that 2020 proves to be a very creative year for you and that you find lots of inspiration from here on my blog. Consider signing up to have each new email post mailed to you and never miss another one.
Nicky x
To create this card I first ink blended a panel using Distress Oxide Ink in Blueprint Sketch and another panel using DI in Crushed Olive. The sky was splashed with water droplets which I quickly blotted up and the grass portion splattered with more Crushed Olive ink. The sky portion was attached to my cardstock base and the grass portion was die cut using the Grassy Knoll die. It was backed with dimensional foam tape and applied to the sky portion.
I die cut some clouds from the Maverick set. Each cloud is a 'double' in that I stuck one down directly and the second one was layered directly over the top with foam tape so you get a nice dimensional look when you view it from an angle. The Big Birthday Wishes sentiment comes from More Jungle Littles.
On Bristol Smooth cardstock I used Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil to stamp my pigs and other images from Merry Pigs, Pig Day and Beach Babes. They were watercolour painted using a limited colour palette of Kuretake Zigs in Light Pink (cheeks), Scarlet Red, Ochre, Cornflower Blue and Light Gray. The pigs were done with Tombow ABT's in 800, 761 and 942. Images were die cut, backed with either one or two layers of foam tape and applied.
A few points were highlighted with a white gel pen and a few sparkling clear sequins were attached for a little sparkly interest.
I hope that 2020 proves to be a very creative year for you and that you find lots of inspiration from here on my blog. Consider signing up to have each new email post mailed to you and never miss another one.
Nicky x
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Beach Babes and Oliver Alphas Die - Hello Bluebird Stamps
Hello! Day 4 of the Hello Bluebird June release Previews and also RELEASE DAY!!! (7pm MST) I'm introducing you to Beach Babes where we get to enjoy more of the adorable piggies we've come to love from Hello Bluebird over the months.
This is a slimline card with finished dimensions of 8 1/2 inches x 3 1/2 inches to fit a standard Size 9 envelope. I masked off the edges of my panel with washi tape and ink blended using Distress Oxides in Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber and Tea Dye. A few splashes of water were spritzed on then blotted up just to soften the appearance and then the mask was carefully removed.
Along the white line where the water meets the sand I dabbed on Stickles in 'Crystal' with my fingertip, you can just about make it out in Photo 4 of this blogpost but in person it gives a gorgeous strip of glitter through the scene.
I used the wave die from Otter Friends to cut the wave openings in the water and I used a white gel pen to highlight the edge of each opening.
Next, I tackled the die cutting of the new Oliver Alpha Dies. From 110lb white cardstock I die cut each letter 4 times over and glued them in stacks and then after determining the centre point of the length of my card I centred the word 'punny' word BACON and adhered.
I stamped the two smaller sentiments which are from Hippos On Holiday, backing the white strip with dimensional foam tape and adhering.
On Strathmore Bristol Smooth and with my favourite Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil. I stamped all the piglets from Beach Babes. I watercolour painted the images using the following colour palette - Kuretake Zigs in Flesh Colour, Pale Pink, Blush, Light Pink, Carmine Red, Cobalt Blue and Beige. I also used a Tombow ABT in 020. All images were die cut and backed with foam tape and adhered. A few points were highlighted again using the white gel pen.
The finishing touch was to simply adhere some 'raindrop' style embellishments upside down turning them into splashes instead! I also used used a pale gold gel pen and dotted in some glimmer in both the sand and sea.
I thank you for coming by to read about this card. I hope you are excited as we are for the release this evening. Happy shopping!
Nicky x
This is a slimline card with finished dimensions of 8 1/2 inches x 3 1/2 inches to fit a standard Size 9 envelope. I masked off the edges of my panel with washi tape and ink blended using Distress Oxides in Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber and Tea Dye. A few splashes of water were spritzed on then blotted up just to soften the appearance and then the mask was carefully removed.
Along the white line where the water meets the sand I dabbed on Stickles in 'Crystal' with my fingertip, you can just about make it out in Photo 4 of this blogpost but in person it gives a gorgeous strip of glitter through the scene.
I used the wave die from Otter Friends to cut the wave openings in the water and I used a white gel pen to highlight the edge of each opening.
Next, I tackled the die cutting of the new Oliver Alpha Dies. From 110lb white cardstock I die cut each letter 4 times over and glued them in stacks and then after determining the centre point of the length of my card I centred the word 'punny' word BACON and adhered.
I stamped the two smaller sentiments which are from Hippos On Holiday, backing the white strip with dimensional foam tape and adhering.
On Strathmore Bristol Smooth and with my favourite Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil. I stamped all the piglets from Beach Babes. I watercolour painted the images using the following colour palette - Kuretake Zigs in Flesh Colour, Pale Pink, Blush, Light Pink, Carmine Red, Cobalt Blue and Beige. I also used a Tombow ABT in 020. All images were die cut and backed with foam tape and adhered. A few points were highlighted again using the white gel pen.
The finishing touch was to simply adhere some 'raindrop' style embellishments upside down turning them into splashes instead! I also used used a pale gold gel pen and dotted in some glimmer in both the sand and sea.
I thank you for coming by to read about this card. I hope you are excited as we are for the release this evening. Happy shopping!
Nicky x
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