Comic strip card featuring Hello Bluebird

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a card using some gorgeous Hello Bluebird stamps. I have been admiring this company’s products for a while, and when I discovered they ship internationally for a flat rate of $8 USD, I couldn’t resist buying some things. The shipping was fast and the stamps and dies are great quality - I highly recommend Hello Bluebird.

For this card I started by stamping the images on Crafters Companion Neenah Classic Crest cardstock with Momento Tuxedo black ink. I coloured them using a mixture of Copic markers and Spectrum Noir markers, then trimmed them out using the coordinating dies. I don’t always buy matching dies, but some of these images are quite intricate, so I decided to get them this time. I also cut two of Lawn Fawn’s  Peekaboo Backdrop frames from plain white cardstock and layered them together. 

I used Distress Inks to ink blend the panel at the back of the scene, using my favourite combination of inks for a sunset/sunrise sky - fossilized amber, abandoned coral and seedless preserves. I then lay out the images where I wanted them, using the frame as a guide, and adhered them using glue. I added the frame, then heat embossed a white sentiment on black cardstock and added it to the front. 

I attached the completed panel to a card made from Lawn Fawn sunflower cardstock, and finally continued the sentiment inside and added the cute little lion I had coloured and die cut, but not used on the front. 

I hope you enjoy this card. I really had fun making it and I’m looking forward to using more of my Hello Bluebird stamp sets soon. 

Inside pop-up card using Hello Bluebird stamps

Today I decided to try making an inside pop-up card for the first time, using my cute Hello Bluebird ‘Moose and Friends’ stamp set. I selected the images I wanted and coloured them using mostly copic markers and a few spectrum noir markers for the badgers.

I actually ended up colouring the other skunk as well. 

I created a sky panel from a stitched rectangle and a grass panel, using my MFT grassy hillside dienamics. I coloured these using distress inks - peacock feathers and salty ocean for the sky and mowed lawn for the grass. I sprayed them with a little water to add some texture.

       

I attached the sky panel to the inside flap of the card, then attached the grass panel using some card strips that I formed into squares to create the ‘pop-up’ mechanism.  

I attached my coloured images to the grass to make my scene and stamped a sentiment in the upper left corner.

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Finally, I used the ‘hooray’ ballon stamp and one of the skunks, to decorate the front of the card. I attached these to an MFT stitched mini scallop rectangle stax panel I had cut from Lawn Fawn ‘Gotta have Gingham’ paper. I added some stings for the ballons using black pen. 

I hope you enjoy this card - I’ll be making more pop-up cards in the future. 

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 44 - Happy Little Critters

Hi everyone. Today I made a card as an entry to the Lawn Fawnatics challenge. This time the theme is ‘Happy Little Critters’, so I decided it was the perfect time to use a stamp set I’ve had for a while, but not used much. I chose ‘Flamingo Together’ combined with the palm tree from ‘Life is Good’, to make a Valentines shaker card.

I stamped the images in Memento ‘tuxedo black’ ink, onto Neenah Classic Crest card, and coloured them using my Spectrum Noir markers. I fussy cut the flamingos and used the coordinating die on the palm trees. I then took a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock and cut a stitched rectangle panel, slightly smaller than a regular sized card base. 

I used a combination of Distress Ink and Lawn Fawn ink to colour the panel, masking off the sand and sea and using the MFT Sun Ray stencil on the upper portion. I then used the heart die from Lawn Fawns Magic Color Slider dies to cut the heart shape from the panel. 

Finally, I adhered the images to the panel and added a piece of clear acetate to the back of the heart, secured with strong, double sided adhesive. I used some Neat and Tangled sequins for the shaker element and attached the card front to the base using foam adhesive. 

I hope you enjoy!

Hello Bluebird and Lawn Fawn - pop-up box card

I love combining stamp sets to create a new look and when I saw the gorgeous ‘North Star’ set from Hello Bluebird, I knew I wanted to use it for more than just Happy New Year cards. After delving into my stamps, I came up with this Lawn Fawn ‘Plane and Simple’ set, which I thought would work perfectly with the critters gazing skyward.

I stamped the images I wanted, onto Neenah Classic Crest cardstock and coloured them with a combination of Spectrum Noir and Copic alcohol markers. I then fussy cut them out, leaving a thin white ‘halo’ around the edge.

I cut a Scalloped Pop-up Box card from Lawn Fawn Mermaid cardstock using the Lawn Fawn die. I die cut the front, side and back panels, along with the grassy borders, from Bristol smooth card stock and used ‘Mowed Lawn’ and ‘Salty Ocean’ distress inks to colour them. I added drops of water, which I blotted with paper towel, to create some interest.  I stamped the sentiment in Lawn Fawn ‘Blue Jay’ ink.
Finally, I assembled the card and added the coloured images to create my scene.