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:-

Beach Babes stamps

Beach Babes dies

Rainbow Square Die

Jane Small Alpha

By The Sea background stamp

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!

By The Sea Scenic Background Stamp - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hello, welcome to my blog friends!  Today I've a new card for Hello Bluebird Stamps that features the new scenic background stamp called By The Sea.  I decided to pair this pretty background with the cuties from the Fly A Kite stamp set since there was such lovely movement in the sky.

To create the card the 6 x 6 inch image was stamped to an A2 panel of cardstock that is Copic friendly.  I used Copic markers to colour the entire scene and then I added texture and dots using Copics and gel pens and finally I added a little sparkling glitter to the ocean and into the sand.  I set this aside to dry.

On more Copic cardstock the images were stamped from Fly A Kite.  Again, I coloured them with Copic markers softly and highlighted points with a white gel pen.  By now my background scene's glitter was dry and I set about applying the elements to the scene either directly with glue or for dimension with foam tape.

To finish up I stamped the sentiment on to brown cardstock using Versamark Ink and heat embossed in white, this strip was applied with foam tape.

The panel was applied to a nice and sturdy white cardstock base and was then complete.

Happy crafting!