I'm back today with a new slimline card for Hello Bluebird Stamps. This card uses the new Garden Friends stamp set and I've also used the Pond Builder Die in a slightly unusual way.
This is as I said, a slimline card. The finished measurements are 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches and you can source Size 9/Invitation envelopes for these dimensions.
I created a panel of white cardstock. I used the pond builder die to cut all the different elements just from that one single panel. I then used the following Distress Oxide inks to ink blend each separate piece - Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Faded Jeans and Tumbled Glass.
I used an extra thick foam tape to adhere the top overhanging tree greenery and a regular foam tape for the lower (light coloured) overhanging tree limb, attaching them to the card base. I then used glue to adhere the sky portion directly to the card base. The grassy bank was backed with regular foam tape and again the water portion was directly glued. Tons of dimension and interest.
I die cut some of the stones from Pond Builder also. I watercolour painted them using Kuretake Zig in Mid Gray and they two are backed with dimensional foam tape.
On Strathmore Bristol Smooth the elements from Garden Friends that I was using were stamped using Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil. They were watercolour painted using the following Zigs. Orange, Light Pink, Oatmeal, Olive Green, Deep Red and Cobalt Blue. Points were highlighted with a white gel pen and I put water ripples around the stones.
All images were die cut, backed with foam tape (I get through a lot of this stuff lol) and attached.
The sentiment was stamped using Versamark Ink on a strip of black cardstock and heat embossed in white.
Finally some sparkling clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh were glued using Ranger Multi Medium Matte because it dries beautifully clear and is very strong and they make me think of sparkling water droplets.
I'll be back again very soon with a new card. I invite you to sign up for emails and never miss a post!
Nicky x
So happy to be sharing my first card for the Hello Bluebird Stamps brand new release which you can buy May 16th. For this project I have combined two stamp sets, Fairy Garden and Garden Friends which work beautifully together and separately of course.
A panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock was ink blended using Distress Inks in Crushed Olive, Squeezed Lemonade and Broken China. Water splashes were added and blotted up and some of the Crushed Olive was squished onto my craft mat, loosened with a drop of water and then splattered to distress the background even further. The panel was then die cut with a wonky stitch die and set to one side for now.
On more Bristol Smooth cardstock the characters and elements from the two stamp sets that I was using were stamped with Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil. They were all watercolour painted using the following shades. Kuretake Zigs in Vanilla, Blush, Light Pink, Beige, Haze Blue, Mid Green, Light Green, Light Violet and Cobalt Blue. I also used a Tombow ABT in 991.
All elements were fussy cut (but coordinating dies will be available for purchase) and they were backed with a single or double layer of dimensional foam tape and adhered to the background panel. Points were highlighted with a white gel pen.
All that was left were the finishing touches. I stamped the sentiment in my Misti into the space I left available when deciding on the layout for my card and a couple of little musical notes float up above the bluebird as if he's talking to the seated fairy. I grabbed some Stickles glitter in 'Crystal'. Glitter makes everything better - am I right? The glitter was applied to the fairy's wings and then dotted generously throughout the entire background because as we all know fairies spread fairy dust wherever they go!!! 3 different sized sparkling clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh were glued and the panel was adhered to the 110lb white cardstock base - nice and sturdy for such a dimensional card.
Here's a last look! Thanks for coming by to read, I'll be back tomorrow with my second card for this beautiful new release.
Nicky x
Hello! Very exciting day for us on the Hello Bluebird Stamps Design Team - we are starting Previews for the May 16th release (7pm MST). My first card is a slimline card featuring the new Fairy Garden and Garden Friends stamp sets.
In a moonlit clearing deep in the woods the fairies and fairy friends gather beneath the toadstools and bluebells!
This watercolour painted card started with a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock trimmed to 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches, the finished size of this card is for a size 9 envelope. It was ink blended to form a focal point using Distress Oxides in Peacock Feathers, Lucky Clover, Broken China and Chipped Sapphire. I splashed water on the surface and left it a minute before blotting it up with kitchen paper. The panel was adhered to a 110lb weight white cardstock panel.
On Strathmore Bristol Smooth I stamped my images from Fairy Garden and Garden Friends using Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil. I watercolour painted everything using the following list of Kuretake Zig colours - Mid Gray, Deep Red, Orange, Oatmeal, May Greehn, Olive Green, Cobalt Blue, Light Violet, Flesh Colour, Light Pink and Orange. Points were highlighted with a white gel pen and the fairy wings were adorned with Stickles glitter in Crystal. All images were die cut.
To build depth the elements were all backed with different amounts of dimensional foam tape and applied to the background panel.
The sentiment was stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder on a strip of black cardstock. It was backed with yet more foam tape (I really get through this stuff) and applied.
The final touch was to use Ranger Multi Medium Matte to glue water droplet style embellishments to the scene and also liberally dotted in (but hard to photograph) more of the Stickles in Crystal.
This is a weighty, dimensional and very special card 'for a fairy good friend'!
I'll be back tomorrow with another reveal of the new release from Hello Bluebird Stamps. Hope to see you then!
Nicky x
