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Little Haunters Halloween Tags with Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello crafty friends! I have a fun project to share today. I love creating tags to add to small gifts or goodie bags. Halloween is the perfect occasion for making tags to add to treat bags. For today’s fun Halloween tags I’ve used the new Little Haunters stamp set. First I started by preparing the tag base. I used the tag die found in the Stitched Tag Builder die set. I then used Ripe Persimmon and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink to create candy corn like stripes on each tag. I then splattered the tags with a little thinned...

Back 2 School Card with Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Aug 14, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello crafty friends! It’s that time of year again for kids to go back to school. My kiddos start next week. I thought it would be fun to make a card to mark the occasion and give to my son’s fifth grade teacher. I pulled out one of my favorite fall stamps sets from last year to create fun little scene. I started with an A2 size white card stock panel. I blended on some blue ink (a combo of Tumbled Glass & Blueprint Sketch Oxide Inks) around the top and sides. I used the new Buffalo Check Background...

Field Mice Card with Country Gingham Frame by Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Jul 30, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello crafty friends! Leanne here with you today. If you haven’t already heard the good news, the Country Gingham background stamp is finally back in stock. Yay! This BG stamp is one of my all time favorites. I’ve used it on today’s card to help frame in a little scene featuring some of the adorable Field Mice. Hello Bluebird stamps and dies used for this card: Field Mice stamp set Field Mice coordinating dies Strawberry Jam stamp set Storybook Friends stamp set Country Gingham background stamp Gallery Frame #1 dies Grassy Knoll dies I started with an A2 card...

More Jungle Littles Birthday Card with Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone! I hope you’ve gotten a chance to shop the June release. There were some great stamp sets introduced with this newest release and I’m showcasing one of them today – More Jungle Littles. These adorable animal images are so fun to color! For my card today, I created a jungle setting and arranged the animals as though they are posing for a group photo. This card is A2 size. I started by making an ink blended background. I used Salty Ocean and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink for this blend. I splattered with clean water first and...

June release previews Day four | beach babes & more jungle Littles

Posted by Leanne West | Jun 26, 2019 | Release

Today’s an exciting day! The June release will be live in the Hello Bluebird shop at 7 pm MST. We are also wrapping up previews by introducing two more new stamp sets and one stand alone die. Without further ado here’s the lucky winners for our preview giveaway: Day 1 – Mary Koby Day 2 – Elise Constable Day 3 – Mirella Rogan Congratulations to the winners! Your gift certificate will be delivered by email later today and in time to shop the new release A big thank you to all who commented! We loved reading your comments...