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Next Door Gnomes with Chris

Posted by Chris Comploj | Jan 9, 2021 | Uncategorized

Hello crafty friends! Chris here, first of all I hope you had a wonderful and healthy start for 2021 and wishing you all the best. Today I‘m sharing a card I made with these little cute gnomes. After using a lot of blues for my winter cards I decided to make one with pinks! For this card I used: Next Door Gnomes Stamp Fairy Glade Scene Horizontal Die I started stamping and coloring the images with alcohol markers. For the clothes and hats I decided to do ‘paper piecing’, so I just stamp these little guys again on design...

Snow Day with Chris

Posted by Chris Comploj | Dec 17, 2020 | Uncategorized

Hi everybody, Chris here with you today, featuring the Stamp Set Snow Day from the Winter release. The critters couldn’t be cuter and it’s really hard to decide which one is the cutest. 🙂 These adorable guys decided to spend a perfect Winter day together in the snow. I used: Snow Day Winter Walk Scene Die Frosty Flakes Die First I colored several images from the set with alcohol markers and for details I used coloring pencils. Then I cut all the images with the coordinating dies. For the background I die cut the Winter walk Scene – normally...

Deck the Halls with Chris

Posted by Chris Comploj | Nov 29, 2020 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone, Chris here with you today and I want to share with you this little Christmas scene card with a stamp set from the winter release. Are you in a Christmas mood? These guys from the stamp set Deck the Halls definitely are! I used: Deck the Halls Stamp Set Frosty Littles Stamp Set Snowball Fight Stamp Set Frosty Flakes Die The fence from Party on the Farm First I stamped all images and colored them with alcohol markers and cut them out. For little details I love to use coloring pencils and a white pen for some...

Happy Halloween with Chris

Posted by Chris Comploj | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone! Happy Friday! Chris here with you with today’s blog post and I created a card to share with you ….. my first Halloween card this year! Even though Halloween isn’t that popular in my country, I love the Halloween critters and the colors – so I tried to use some of these colors. Maybe not a very spooky card but I wanted to match these cute guys with parts of the slimline die. I used: Halloween Party Fairy Glade Scene horizontal Die I began with coloring the cute critters with Alcohol Markers, for extra details I...

Tightropewalkers with Chris

Posted by Chris Comploj | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorized

Hello and happy Wednesday! I’m so happy to be back on the Hello Bluebird blog sharing with you this sweet scene card which features the cute little field mice making a tightrope walk. And yes, I think sometimes all you need is a good company, especially in these crazy times. I used: Field Mice stamp the branch of Deer Friend stamp the garland of Picked for you stamp the umbrellas and clouds of Puddle Play stamp To begin, I stamped the images on alcohol marker friendly paper. Then they were colored with Alcohol Markers and after finishing with those I like to color some extra details...