Hello Bluebird Stamps - Maverick

Thanks for coming to read my blog today where I have this new card using some old favourites from Hello Bluebird Stamps.

My card uses patterned papers for the two pink designs and I used the Partly Cloudy die for the cover plate which I die cut with white cardstock, glued this die cut to the pink background and inserted the gingham cloud.

I used Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink to ink blend some of the negative cuts from Partly Cloudy and an additional cloud from Maverick.   I stamped the word 'Hello' on the one cloud that I planned to put at the bottom right.  These clouds were attached with a single layer of foam tape.

I stamped the larger sentiment to a strip and applied that with foam tape and then I stamped my images from Maverick with Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa and coloured the images with Copic markers.    Here are my colours.

Plane - BV23, BV20, BV13, BV02 BV01, BV00, W5, W4, W3, W2, W1, W0

Puppy Pilot - E44, E43, E42, E0000, R20, R00

Birds - E43, E42, E41, E0000, YR07, R20, R00

Images were die cut using the coordinating dies and depending on where I was placing them they were applied with either a single or a double layer of foam tape ...... I do love some serious dimension!

I attached some sparkling clear sequins for the finishing touch and the card was complete!

Happy crafting!

 

Hello Bluebird Stamps - Rain Or Shine

Hi and welcome to my blog for this the second day of Previews for the May 6th Hello Bluebird Stamps new release!   The release goes live and 7pm MST.  My card today features the adorable new stamp set Rain or Shine which comes with coordinating dies and in the background there .... that is the gorgeous new stand-alone die called Partly Cloudy.

To create the card I used Distress Oxides in Peacock Feathers and Mowed Lawn to ink blend both the background panel and a grass panel that was die cut using the Grassy Knoll Die.   I splashed up both pieces using watered down dots of both inks and set them aside to dry.

Meanwhile I took a panel of white cardstock and I die cut the Partly Cloudy die.   I adhered the die cut to my background panel and selected some of the die cutouts to insert back within the cloud frame and discarded those I didn't want.    The Grassy Knoll die cut was then adhered to this.

On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped my images from Rain or Shine and coloured them all with Copic markers and highlighted a few points with a white gel pen.   They were die cut using the coordinating dies and backed with foam tape, arranged and then adhered down.

Included in the new release is a new die set of small alphas called Jane Small Alpha and I think you're going to find these incredibly useful due to their scale.   I die cut the letters for FRIEND 4 times over from heavy white cardstock and adhered them in stack for a nice chunky sentiment.   I then carefully applied them to the grass in a straight line using some washi tape as my guide.

The 'Hello' is from the older Maverick stamp set and I just simply stamped it to a white strip of cardstock which again was applied with foam tape.

A few sparkling clear sequins were the perfect subtle finishing touch!

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