Gemma Campbell | Hello Bluebird Blog

Purrfect Halloween with Gemma

Posted by Gemma Campbell | Sep 23, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello, Gemma here today with a card featuring the fabulous new Tabitha stamp set. I love this set with all the sweet cats. Beginning with the background, I cut a piece of bright pink card to A2 notecard size. I blended on some distress oxides inks in Picked raspberry, seedless preserves, blueprint sketch, then added some black soot distress ink at the outer edges. I flicked the background with a mix of gold perfect pearls and water, which looks beautiful on the dark inked background. Once the panel was dry, I ran it through my die cutting machine with the...

Beside the Seaside with Gemma

Posted by Gemma Campbell | Aug 12, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello, Gemma here today to share a card using the lovely Seaside Girls stamp set from Hello Bluebird. I created a sunset scene with distress oxide inks in tattered rose, picked raspberry and dried marigold. The sea is a blend of tumbled glass and peacock feathers, and the sand is tattered rose. For the birds in the sky, I stamped them after blending the sky so used a small paintbrush and a little water to remove the distress ink. I layered the scene over a piece of blue card to get a border on the long edges, then adhered...

Beach Babes with Gemma

Posted by Gemma Campbell | Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized

Today I’m sharing a fun card featuring a set from the fabulous June release – Beach Babes. Clean and simple cards are my favourite style to create, and this card together so quickly. I love the sense of movement it has. I began with the background. I used a wave stencil with WOW Under the Sea embossing glitter to add a sparkly river across the card. I stamped the cute pig in a rubber ring image from the new Beach Babes stamp set, and coloured him with copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut him out. I...

Jungle Celebration with Gemma

Posted by Gemma Campbell | Jun 12, 2019 | Uncategorized

Today I have a jungle themed card to share, featuring the cute Portrait Pals stamp set. I began with a panel of white card, and inked over a stencil from Echo Park with clear embossing ink. I then heat embossed the pattern with WOW Colour Blend Verdigris embossing powder. I added this panel to my card base. Next, I stamped some images from the Portrait Pals stamp set and coloured with copic markers. I die cut them with the coordinating dies. From blue card, I die cut the larger of the frames from the Photo Stack die set. I...

Toad-ally Awesome with Gemma

Posted by Gemma Campbell | May 8, 2019 | Uncategorized

Today I’m sharing a card featuring the toad-ally awesome Garden Friends set. This set can be used with the new Fairy Garden set, but works equally well on its own. On a panel of white card, I used a circle die to create a window. This is where I’ll set my scene. I also stamped a greeting from Garden Friends below the circle. Next, I added some grass and clouds to my card, using stencils and distress oxide inks. I then adhered the card panel over the top. I coloured some images from Garden Friends with Copic Markers. For the...