Jungle King with Nicky

Hello everyone, welcome to the Hello Bluebird blog, this is Nicky with you today with a new card made using products from the recent July release and I’ve created a sweet Serengeti inspired scene for a fun birthday card.

My project uses the following Hello Bluebird products:-

Jungle King

Jungle King Die

Safari Scene Die

Safari Tree Die

I absolutely love making scene cards and Hello Bluebird’s scene dies always help you to set the scene. I strongly recommend that you use 110lb cover weight cardstock when creating with these scene dies as the cardstock is more rigid which means there’s less flex and therefore all the pieces go back together without gaps or perhaps worse … running out of space!! Most important is to glue/lay down the frame carefully. If that is right everything else will fit together like an easy jigsaw puzzle.

So, I die cut the Safari Scene Die from 110lb cover weight cardstock and glued my frame piece to a slimline panel. I then set about ink blending all of the parts. Here are my Distress Oxide ink combinations:-

Sky – Speckled Egg, Shaded Lilac

Mountains – Shaded Lilac , Rustic Wilderness

Acacia Treetops – Iced Spruce, Rustic Wilderness

Acacia Trunks – Tea Dye, Vintage Photo

Ground – Tea Dye, Rustic Wilderness

Sun – Scattered Straw

All parts were glued inside the frame. I also die cut an additional Acacia Tree from the Safari Tree Die and applied it with foam tape.

I stamped the images I’d be needing from Jungle King using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa and I coloured the images using the following Copic markers:-

Lion’s manes – E44, E57, E43

Lion’s bodies – Y26, E31, E41, E40, R22, R20, R00

Crown – Y26, Y17, Y13, Y06

Rock – W4, W2, E31

Grasses – YG45, G12, G20

Points were highlighted with a white gel pen and then I die cut using the coordinating dies. The grasses were applied with glue to the background scene and the lions were added with dimensional foam tape, as was the rock. I glued the crown to the snoozing lion at a playful angle ….. he’s all partied out!!!

Last but not least I stamped the sentiment on a strip of cardstock and applied it with foam tape too and with that the card was done!