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

Seaside Girls & Ocean Scene Die - Hello Bluebird Stamps

It's Day 2 of Previews for the Hello Bluebird Stamps big summer release which will be available for purchase at 7pm MST on June 26th.  Today I'm introducing you to the sweet 'Seaside Girls' stamp set and they are set against a new background scene die called 'Ocean Scene'.



To make this card I first started out by die cutting the Ocean Scene die from white cardstock.  The scene falls apart like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and you have a whole lot of choices with how to work with them.  I chose to ink blend my sky and water with Distress Oxide in Tumbled Glass.  I ink blended the sand portion and a little of the sky with Fossilized Amber and Tea Dye Distress Oxides.  Equally (and rather cleverly) you can flip the sky portion so that the clouds aren't along the horizon and the two water ripples that I ink blended in blue could also be sand and if you think about it there are even combinations beyond what I've just said.  Basically, this is a great die to have and it comes with a nice skinny frame around it.  I backed that frame with foam tape and applied it to a card base and then glued the other pieces in place but not before stamping the sentiment.  I set this to one side.



On Strathmore Bristol Smooth I stamped my Seaside Girls images using Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil.  I watercolour painted everything using the follow palette.   Tombow ABT's in 991, 451 and 912.  Kuretake Zigs in Beige, Mid Gray, Oatmeal, Blush, Bright Yellow, Light Pink, Flesh Colour, Pale Pink, Gray and Deep Blue.   Points were highlighted with a white gel pen and the images were die cut, backed with foam tape and applied to the scene.



Just the finishing touches now!  I stamped the flying gulls, I dotted in some sand texture and I applied a few 3mm sparkling clear sequins for some twinkle.

Thanks so much for swinging by to read about these new products, I'll be back tomorrow with another new preview for you.

Nicky x