Hello Bluebird Stamps - Vegetable Garden

 

Please use THIS LINK to join me on the Hello Bluebird Stamps blog today where I have all the details for this card featuring 'Vegetable Garden' from the July release.  Thank you!

Hello Bluebird Stamps - July Release Day - Strawberry Patch and Berry Basket

 

The long awaited release day from Hello Bluebird Stamps is now here.  You can buy the new release at 7pm MST - set your alarm, you'll want to shop early and keep in mind Hello Bluebird is a husband wife team with no other help and they can become quickly overwhelmed with orders, so make YOURS one of the first!

Here's what I've used in my card today:-

Strawberry Patch

Strawberry Patch Die

Berry Basket Die

Sweet Strawberries

Sweet Friend Words Die

Gallery Frame #5

PLEASE NOTE -  the Sweet Strawberries stamp set (which I just used a couple of tiny elements from in this card) is the FREE WITH PURCHASE stamp set for this release whilst stocks last.  You can buy it separately of course if you can't exceed the expenditure threshold to receive it free.  FULL DETAILS ARE ON THE HELLO BLUEBIRD BLOG TODAY!  Read carefully and don't forget when it comes time to purchase!!!

I ink blended a slimline panel using Shabby Shutters, Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Inks.  I distressed by splashing with water than I mixed in a little white acrylic paint and splattered that too.  This panel was applied to my card base.

I die cut the Gallery Frame #5 die and applied the outer scalloped portion with dimensional foam tape.

Next, I die cut the Berry Basket Die.  I die cut the basket just once but with the strawberries, leaves and blooms I die cut 3 or 4 times so that I had plenty of choice with arranging the berries in the basket.  I coloured all of the parts with Copic markers but you might choose to ink blend instead.

Strawberries - R22, R21, R20, R00, R000, YG0000

Leaves - G12, YG93, YG91

Blooms - YR31, Y21, Y00

Mice - E31, E42, E41, E40

Blushes - R22, R20, R00, R000

To assemble, I kept a hold of the berry basket in my hand.  In advance I applied a little foam tape to the back of each strawberry and leaf and then I started to layer and after each element was added I put the basket back over the top to check how it would look.  Once the basket was full I glued the basket slightly curved over the top of the berries, adhering it to the frame on the left and right.  I then added the flower here and there.

I stamped the mice with Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa and see above the Copic colours used to colour them.  They were die cut and applied to the scene and I playfully added the one peeking out of the basket.

Final touches now ..... I dotted in some interest to the grass and die cut the Sweet Friend Words Die and applied it and then stamped in the smaller part of the sentiment beneath that.

A few Nuvo drops in white completed the project.  This one was a lot of work but I was happy with how it turned out.  For someone very special!  Happy shopping!

Hello Bluebird Stamps - Big Hugs Woodland

Today you find me over on the Hello Bluebird where I'm sharing this slimline card featuring the Big Hugs Woodland Stamp Set and dies from the Hello Bluebird product line-up.   I hope you will join me there!  Please use THIS LINK to go directly to my blogpost.   Thank you and have a great day!

 

Christmas Sled - Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios

 I have a new Christmas card to share with you all today.  I've used the 'Christmas Sled' digital stamp by Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios - please read on for all the how-to details.

For this card I first created a slimline panel 8.5 x 3.5 inches after printing the digital image on the cardstock.   I offset the cut so that I could fit in the oversized sentiment.   I then used Copic markers in E0000, E000 and E00 together with W0, W1 and W2 to create the snow-blown background..

I used the following Copic markers to colour the featured image.  Y26, YR23, YR24, YR27 and E37 together with W3, W4, W5 and W7.   Skin tones are E000, E21, E11 and E04.  Cheeks are R00, R20 and R21 and I highlighted a few points with a white gel pen.

I framed out the scene using Hello Bluebird Stamp's 'Gallery Frame #5 die, apply this die cut with foam tape behind for some nice dimension.  I also used Hello Bluebird's 'Oh What Fun' word die for the oversized sentiment.  I die cut the sentiment three times from white cardstock and once with glittering gold cardstock.  I adhered each layer together finishing with the gold on top which I ever so slightly offset to the right for a little bit of a shadow effect.  The sentiments were then glued to the scene.

Finally I used a stylus and Dr. Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White paint and dotted in the snowfall making sure that I nicked some lines so that it looks more realistic.   I used some star sequins from my stash that toned nicely but didn't compete with the background as final accents.

Hope you enjoyed the card and that you can carve out some happy crafting time soon!

Hello Bluebird Stamps - Pig Out!

It is always a happy time when Hello Bluebird Stamps are previewing a new release and their next release is May 6th at 7pm MST.    My card today is revealing the brand new stamp set called Pig Out which comes of course with coordinating dies if you need them and in the background, that is the new Summer Woods Scene Die in a beautiful Slimline format.

To create my card I first die cut the Summer Woods Scene Die from a panel of white cardstock and I ink blended each component using Distress Oxide Inks.   It then adhered the frame (hidden underneath) to another panel and then began to put all the pieces back together again, glueing as I went like doing a jigsaw puzzle.   I then die cut the Gallery Frame #5 die from yet another panel, backed it with foam tape and layered it over.

On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped the characters from Pig Out and coloured them with Copic markers.  I used the coordinating dies to die cut the images which I backed with foam tape and applied to the scene.

I highlighted some points with a white gel pen, stamped the sentiment from 'Typed Everyday'  to a strip of cardstock backed with foam tape and tucked it under the edge of the decorative frame.

Last but not least a glued on a few sparkling clear sequin accents.

Happy crafting friends, please come back tomorrow for Day 2 of previews, you won't be disappointed and do visit the Hello Bluebird BLOG to see more inspiration from this release and see the stamp sets and dies being featured today.   Comment there for a chance to win a gift card!!!

Snow Day - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hello Bluebird Stamps have a brand new release that went live at midnight last night MST.   Shop early to avoid disappointment.   This darling release will carry us all through these winter months!   In combination with the new release Hello Bluebird is also having a Black Friday sale with 20% off site-wide.  Avoid disappointment by shopping early!!!  The stamp set I'm featuring today is called 'Snow Day' and I've combined it in a slimline card along with the Glacier Peaks Die and the Ocean Waves Horizontal Die and the frame is the Gallery Frame #5 die.

A slimline panel was softly ink blended with Distress Oxide Ink in Spun Sugar.  The Glacier Peaks die was used to die cut pale stone coloured mountains for the background  and the Ocean Waves die was used in order to use the frame and the three lower 'waves' to be used as the snowy surface.   These snowy portions were softly ink blended with more of the same ink.  I put all the pieces back together and adhered them to the background.

I used just the scalloped edge of the Gallery Frame #5 die to create the frame which was applied with foam tape.

I stamped my images from Snow Day on Copic friendly cardstock using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa.   I used Copic markers to colour the images and I fussy cut.  Points were highlighted with a white gel pen and the hedgehog was given its prickly appearance by using the white gel pen and then over the top I used the Pigma Micron Pen.  This is an Archival Ink pen, I have a set of them in different sizes and I love the size 005 for really fine work like with this hedgehog.

To finish up I stamped and applied the sentiment from the stamp set and I found some pretty snowflakes embellishments in my stash and attached those.

I do hope you enjoyed this card, happy crafting!

Next Door Gnomes - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Today I'm sharing a card made with the super sweet 'Next Door Gnomes' stamp set by Hello Bluebird Stamps.  I have had this stamp set coloured up for a couple of months now and so I decided to use them not as I had originally intended but in a more seasonal wintery Christmas card and I like how the deep colours pop against the snowy scene.

This card started with a background panel ink blended with Distress Oxide Ink in Speckled Egg.   To this I added snow using a stylus and Dr. Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White paint.  This was set aside for a few minutes to dry in front of a mini desk fan.

Meanwhile I die cut both the Spooky Scene die (I was after the trees only from this scene die) and also the Fairy Glad Scene Die (horizontal) where I just used the ground and frame.

I added Snow-Tex (by DecoArt) to the trees and ground by dabbing it on with a fingertip and once dry I attached them to the background which was in turn added to the card base.

On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped my images from Next Door Gnomes using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa.   I coloured my images in rich hues of red, teal and emerald green and further darkened the shadows using my beloved W shades.  Points were highlighted with a white gel pen and then were die cut, backed with foam tape and applied to the scene.   I added a little more Snow-Tex to their hats and the toadstools etc

To finish up the card I used the outer scalloped die cut from the Gallery Frame #5 Die which I die cut twice and stuck them both down.  I also stamped the sentiment from 'Typed Christmas', backed it with foam tape and adhered.  With that the card was complete!

Happy crafting!

Garden Party - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hello and welcome to my blog if you haven't visited before and welcome back if you're a regular!   Today I'm sharing a card for Hello Bluebird Stamps featuring their GORGEOUS Garden Party stamp set from the most recent release which will pair flawlessly with the formerly released Garden Friends.  Read on for how this card was made.

To construct this card I first took a slimline panel and ink blended it with the new Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Ink and Worn Lipstick at the bottom and leaving a hazy horizon for a soft look.   Next I die cut the Gallery Frame #5 die twice.  Once with white cardstock and once again with Sno Cone cardstock by My Favorite Things which I find pairs nicely with Speckled Egg.  I combined the inner and outer frames, backed them with foam tape and adhered it to the background panel.

On Copic friendly paper I stamped all of the elements from Garden Party using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa.   I used Copic markers to colour my images which I then die cut using the coordinating dies and applied them to the scene with foam tape to create a flowing sequence of characters interacting with one another so that the eye keeps moving.

To finish up I stamped the mini sentiments 'chirp' and 'tweet' and my larger sentiment went inside the card.  I also used a fluorescent pink gel pen to put in tufts of grass and a white gel pen to add some textured dots around the grass.  I fixed the whole panel to a slimline card based (3 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches) and with that the card was complete!

See you next time and happy crafting!

Frightful Little Bits - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hello, I'm finally getting back to crafting after over 2 months away which was busily spent moving across country in the middle of a pandemic .... I love a challenge!!!!   I'm sharing a new slimline card for Hello Bluebird Stamps using those really not very scary Frightful Little Bits.  The card also uses the Gallery Frame #5 die and in the background I've used the background scene from Storybook Friends.  Read on for how I made it.

I ink blended a slimline panel with Dried Marigold and Weathered Wood Distress Inks and I splattered on some more of the Weathered Wood.   I then used the background image from Storybook and repeatedly stamped in full or in part and created a little background.  I stamped using Versamark Ink and heat embossed in white.   This panel was applied to a slimline card base.

 

I die cut the Gallery Frame #5 die from sturdy white cardstock.  Backed it with dimensional foam tape and layered it over the background.   I like a lot of movement in my cards especially in the Autumn and Winter scenes and so I dotted in stars and drew in some 4 point stars using a gel pen and added a few 4 point star sequins adhering with glue.   This makes it so much fun when the card is handled.  What can I say, I like a little sparkle in my life!

On Copic friendly cardstock the images from Frightful Little Bits were stamped using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa.  I coloured them in pastel Copic colours and highlighted a few points with a white gel pen and then die cut, backed with foam tape and applied them to the scene.

I hope you have a fun Halloween, happy crafting and I'll see you next time!

Nicky x