Hello!  I'm back with a new card featuring products from the gorgeous Hello Bluebird Stamps first ever Card Kit called Sun, Sand and Surf.  These products are available for purchase already but they'll sell out super fast and are limited quantities so shop early to avoid disappointment.  Kit contents will never be re-stocked!

These are the products used to make this card:-

Beach Bums

Beach Bums Die

Hill & Dale Die (Essentials)

I took an A2 panel of white cardstock and masked a line and ink blended below it with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink for the Ocean and above the masked line with 'Breeze' by The Stamp Market.  I ink blended with Antique Linen at the bottom (partially hidden).  I stamped the sentiment at the top, then backed the panel with white craft foam and glued it to a larger white panel.

I used the Hill & Dale Die from the Essentials on Hello Bluebird's website and ink blended the die cut I created with Antique Linen and Tea Dye Distress Oxide Inks.  I dotted in some interested then applied the panel to the bottom of the background scene adhering with foam tape.

I then stamped the images from Beach Bums and coloured with Copic markers.  Here's what I used:-

Palm Trees - E77, E44, E43, E31, E41, YG17, YG13, YG03, YG01

Hammock - RV17, RV06, E31, E44

Sloth - E77, E44, E43, E31, E41, E01, YR09, YR07, YR04, BG57, BG15

Images were die cut, highlighted with a white gel pen and applied with foam tape and I made sure to tuck the base of the palm tree image down behind the sand dune.

I appreciate you stopping by today to read about this card.  I'll be back before you know it with something new and fun!

Hello Bluebird Stamps - Introducing NEW KITS! July 2024 - Sun, Sand and Surf!

 

We're so excited to be revealing the products contained in the new Hello Bluebird Stamps monthly KITS!  That's right, every month or so, brand new kits will be release in two different sizes and you should visit their website for all the details for how this will all work and this release which they're calling Sand, Sun and Surf goes live at 7pm MDT Tuesday July 23rd.  Shop early, when the kits are sold they are gone forever, no re-stocks!

My first card works with items that are contained in the larger of the two kits on offer.  I've used:-

Gone Surfin'

Gone Surfin' Dies

Big Wave Scene Die

Hello Summer Die

Gallery Frame #7 Die

I started by die cutting sturdy white cardstock using the Big Wave Scene Die.  I ink blended the different pieces using inks from The Stamp Market in Breeze for the Sky,  Lagoon and Tropic for the water and Sunshine for the sun.

I pieced the 'puzzle' of die cut pieces back together glueing them into place on another cardstock panel.  I then adhered this to a card base and I added a die cut made using the Gallery Frame #7 Die which is now in Hello Bluebird's 'Essentials' section.  I added this die cut popped up on foam tape.

I die cut bright pink cardstock using the Hello Summer word die and I also die cut white cardstock with it and then I glued the letters together slightly offset to give a highlighted edge with the white behind.  I highlighted the letters and then glued them in place on the background.

I added some Stickles glitters to make the ocean waves sparkle and I added some white Nuvo drops for splashes.

I then stamped the two characters I was wanting to use from Gone Surfin' and I coloured with the following Copic markers:-

Koala - W5, W4, W3, W2, W1, W00, RV17, RV06, Y38

Bear - E44, E31, E41, E40, Y19, RV17, BG78, BG57, BG13, G00

Blushes - R22, R21, R20, R00

I highlighted points with a white gel pen and used a black glaze pen to emphasise eyes and noses and then die cut using the coordinating dies and applied the to the big wave background using dimensional foam tape and with that, this card was done.

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