Hippos On Holiday with the Ocean Scene Die - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hi!  I have a very summery card today for Hello Bluebird Stamps that features the fun Hippos on Holiday stamp set.



To make this card I first die cut the Ocean Scene die and Ink Blended all the different portions.  Sky was done with Peacock Feathers and Spice Marmalade Distress Inks.   Ocean with Peacock Feathers and sand with Antique Linen and Tea Dye.  Sparkling copper, white and silver dots were added with gel pens to give texture to the sand and silver dots for some sparkle in the water.



The pieces were reassembled glueing them to a panel of cardstock which in turn was adhered to a 110lb white cardstock base.

I die cut the frame from the Gallery Frame #1 die and backed it with foam tape and applied it.

On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped my images from Hippos on Holiday.  I coloured them with a variety of Copic markers.  They were die cut and backed with foam tape and applied to the scene.  I highlighted a few points with a white gel pen.

To finish up, I stamped the sentiment to the strip of cardstock and applied it and I added a few sparkling clear sequins for a little sparkling accent.



Happy crafting!

Nicky x

Hippos On Holiday - Hello Bluebird Stamps.

Hello, I have shadow box pop-up card for you today using Hippos On Holiday from Hello Bluebird Stamps.



I'm not going to teach you how to make a shadowbox pop-up card, I would simply direct you to this superb video tutorial by Jennifer McGuire which will walk you through all the steps.  Don't be intimidated ... you can do this!



So basically you're going to make the basic shadow box pop-up card form as per Jennifer's specifications and  then for my card i decided I was going to make a fun ocean scene with the cuties from Hippos on Holiday.   First of all I die cut the rectangular opening in the front panel and then I die cut the wave image from Basic Borders Die twice and ink blended using Distress Oxide in Peacock Feathers.  I also used a sun ray stencil and used Spun Sugar Distress Oxide to decorate the inside background of the card.



I stamped my hippo images onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock using Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil.   I watercolour painted everything using Kuretake Zigs in Mid Gray, Light Gray, Light Pink, Yellow and Orange.  All images were die cut and then certain points given some highlights with a white gel pen.  The sentiment was stamped in Memento 'Teal' to a sentiment strip from the Stitched Tag Builder Die.

I then assembled the card bit by bit as per the video instructions and using acetate to 'float' images in 'mid air' such as the diving Hippo.  I embellished the card with flat cup Sparkling Clear Sequins by Pretty Pink Posh.

I used 110lb cardstock for my shadowbox and it is very very sturdy and stands up easily as seen in the next image but of course it also folds down to an A2 size for mailing.



Plenty of room on the back to write your personal message to the recipient!  This was such a fun project, thank you for coming by to read today.

Nicky x

Hippos On Holiday - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hello Friends!

Initially I wasn't going to blog about this card, especially as I was in such a creative flow this week (it's been very productive) but I got some enquiries on Instagram about it so I thought I'd share here a little more detail including products and colours used.



I think the impact of this card is in the colour combination, the rest is just scene building and layering.  So I took a panel of A2 Bristol Smooth cardstock (I favour Strathmore).  I ink blended it with Distress Oxide Ink in Spiced Marmalade and splashed it with water and blotted it dry a few seconds later.   I die cut the panel with the stitched edge and applied it to the card base.  With another panel of Bristol Smooth I die cut it to match the stitched edge and then die cut 3 'waves' from Avery Elle.  I casually ink blended these from dark to light using Distress Oxide in Peacock Feathers and splashed them up with some paint splashes using  Peacock Feathers mixed with a little water.  Once dry I dotted in some Uniball Signo White gel pen.



I adhered my 3 wave die cuts to the card panel making sure to keep the tops of the waves glue free in order to tuck my hippos in later.  I took yet more Bristol Smooth cardstock and stamped up my images using Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black.  I watercolour painted them using my Kuretake Zigs.  The hippos and the gray points on the seagulls are done using Blue Gray 092.  Blushing cheeks and the pink on the beach balls courtesy of Light Pink 026.  The remaining 3 colours used are Yellow 050, Orange 070 and Light Blue 036.



I die cut all the characters etc and decided upon my layout and adhered everything with Scotch Foam Tape for dimension.  I selected my sentiment, stamped it with Archival Ink on to a little piece of scrap cardstock and once dry I took a blending tool with a little of the Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide Ink on it and coloured it up so that it blended into the 'sky'.  The sentiment strip was applied with foam tape.

To add sequins or not to add sequins THAT is the question?!  I decided not to but instead I grabbed a bottle of Stickles in 'Crystal' which reflects blues and greens and I did tiny dots of it throughout the water and into the whiter part of the 'sky'.  Doesn't photograph but it does give a sweet twinkle when the card is handled and it catches the light.

Another card complete!

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you next time!

Nicky x