Hi Bluebird Friends, Sara here!
Today it’s my turn over the Hello Bluebird Blog and I have a Christmas card to show you, featuring the new released Merry Carolers stamp. If you haven’t seen the release yet, you can find it here! And I think this is a must have set, I absolutely love all the critters singing.
I firstly began with the background, since I knew I would have splattered some acrilic paint and this would have taken a bit to dry. So I ink blended a 5,5″x5,5″ white cardstock using Regular Distress Ink in Chipped Sapphire, Prize Ribbon and just a bit of Shaded Liliac at the bottom. I then splattered some Copic Opaque White (that’s the only one that stays white and doesn’t absorb the colors under it). I just let the panel aside to dry and I moved into the critters.
I stamped all of them on some Neenah Solar White cardstock, since I planned to do some Copic coloring. I carefully colored them all using the combos listed below:
- Street Lamp: T10 – T8 – T6 – T4
- Street Lamp’s wreath: BG78 – G46 – G43 – G40 | R89 – R46 – R37 – R24
- Bunny: E23 – E13 – E21 – E30
- Polar Bear: W6 – W4 – W3 – W2 – W1
- Fox: E17 – E97 – YR12 – E30
- Squirrel: E18 – E17 – E15 – E13 – E30
- Moose: E44 – E43 – E42 – E41 – E40 | E79 – E74 – E71
- Deer: E39 – E37 – E35 – E55 – E30
- Scarves and gloves: BG78 – G46 – G43 – G40 | R89 – R46 – R37 – R24 – R22
I then die cut everything with the coordinating die set and I started assembling the scene.
I realized I wanted some sort of ground, I initially thought I would have attaced the critters directly to my ink blended background. So I used the newest Snowy Countryside Square Scene and I used only the first white layer, as well as the kraft frame. I also die cut the scripty “FALALA” from the Christmas Words #1 die, using some gold sparkly cardstock. I layered a white one behind in order to create some sort of shadow.
I used a combination of liquid glue and foam tape to attach everything, I also stamped the sentiment in the bottom part and some music notes in the air.
And here’s a finished look!
Thanks for stopping by, I really hope you will like my inspiration! See you next month!
Hugs from Italy,
Sara
This is absolutely adorable! You put so much effort into making this look great, wonderful!
Delightful winter scene with this bunch of cuties!