Marie Marco | Hello Bluebird Blog

Snowman Competition with Marie

Posted by Marie Marco | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorized

Hello Crafty Friends! The Holidays are finally upon us and I have been super busy crafting up the last few cards for this season! Today I am excited to share a super sweet Holiday inspiration card featuring Hello Bluebird’s huge and adorable Snowman Competition Stamp. There are so many adorable critters in this set that I could hardly choose which one to color! I decided to create a scene which focuses on just two of the images in this set, the super cute fox building his snowman masterpiece. The first thing I did to create this card was to...

Dear Santa with Marie

Posted by Marie Marco | Nov 20, 2022 | Uncategorized

Hello Crafty Friends! Its Marie back on the blog for another Christmas Card inspiration make! I am super excited to share my card today because it features the Dear Santa Stamp, one of my most favorite stamp sets from the recent Hello Bluebird Holiday release! This is such an adorable set and such a delight to color! I also enjoyed combining the Tall Trees Scene Die to create a wintery snow scene. To create this card, I started by die cutting my background using the Tall Trees Scene Die from bristol smooth cardstock for easy ink blending. I...

Merry Makers with Marie

Posted by Marie Marco | Nov 8, 2022 | Uncategorized

Hello Crafty Friends! I am happy to be back on the blog to share a cheerful holiday card featuring the newly released Merry Makers stamp. This stamp set is packed full of absolutely adorable critter cuties that are super fun to color! In addition to the Merry Makers Stamps, I also used the big and bold Merriest Christmas Word Die. The images in this stamp set inspired me to create a card with all the traditional Christmas colors of red, green, white, and gold and I am so in love with how this card turned out! To create this...

Snowman Hugs with Marie

Posted by Marie Marco | Oct 25, 2022 | Uncategorized

Hello Crafty Friends! I am so happy to be back on the blog to share my latest Holiday card inspiration featuring the newly released Snowman Hugs stamp set! I fell head over heels for this stamp set when I first laid eye on it because images of snowmen and their critter friends is just so heartwarming! There are three main images in this set and for today’s card, I wanted to focus on the snowman with his friendly hedgehog. I stamped out my main image with Antique Linen Distress ink onto watercolor paper. The water color pencils I used...

Merry Pigs With Marie

Posted by Marie Marco | Sep 20, 2022 | Uncategorized

Hello Crafty Friends! Today, I am super excited to be sharing one of my first Christmas Cards of 2022. It is never too early to start crafting Holiday cards since the holiday season is fast approaching and will be upon us once again faster than we know it. I created a Christmas card featuring “Merry Pigs” a delightful stamp set with the cutest little piggies ever! For this Card I used the Nesting Deckle A2 Die to create my card panels. I cut out the largest Deckle die from 110 lb Neenah Solar White Cardstock and a smaller die from...