Holiday Office Party - Hello Bluebird Stamps

I'm back with a new card for the Hello Bluebird Stamps brand new release going live 7pm MST November 2nd.   This card uses 'Holiday Office Party' and obviously since they are critters, then the office is in the winter woods.   Read on for the how-to!

To create this card I first ink blended a slimline panel using Distress Oxide in Speckled Egg.  I then splattered  white acrylic paint into the background for snow.  After this was dried I adhered it to a white card base and then began to layer.  First of all I took the Winter Wood Overlay Die.  This is for A2 cards however I die cut it twice and trimmed it down and glued this to the blended background.

I then die cut a white slimline panel using the Ocean Waves Scene die (horizontal).   I kept just the frame and the two lowest 'wave's which for me is snowy ground.   I used a little residual Speckled Egg on my blending tool to edge those two snowy ground pieces and then I adhered the frame to the background and the other pieces within it.

On Copic friendly paper my images were stamped using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa.   The cute critters (there are two others included in the set) were coloured with Copic markers, points were highlighted with a white gel pen and I fussy cut each image carefully.

I backed the images with foam tape and applied to the scene, their bright colours really popping against the cool background.

Finally I stamped my sentiments from the set using Cobalt coloured ink by The Stamp Market.  These strips were also applied with foam tape to keep up the dimensional look. Card complete!

Hope you're excited for this super gorgeous release.  Happy crafting!

I'm back today with a new card for Hello Bluebird Stamps.  This card uses the 'Come On In' stamps and the Ocean Waves scene die (vertical).

 

I started out by die cutting a slimline panel using the vertical die.  The scene falls apart like a jigsaw puzzle and I ink blended all the little pieces before reassembling it within its own frame, glueing down each piece one by one and then that panel was adhered to a white cardstock base.

I stamped out all the images from 'Come On In' on to Copic friendly cardstock.    I coloured the images with Copic markers and highlighted points with a white gel pen.  I used the coordinating dies to die cut each image which I then backed with dimensional foam tape and applied.

When I had glued down the water sections I had the left the top line of each wave unglued so that I could tuck my characters into the water, you'll definitely want this option with this stamp set.

Finally I wanted to put some sparkle into the water so I chose some flat 4 point star sequins and adhered them randomly in the water portion.  I stamping the little sentiment to a piece of cardstock and applied it  and with that the card was complete.

Happy crafting everyone, I'll be back with something new in a couple of days.