Nicky Meek | Hello Bluebird Blog

Blowing Leaves Background Stamp with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Feb 21, 2021 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone this is Nicky with you today with some happy news about both a brand new release from Hello Bluebird together with a re-release. My card uses the Blowing Leaves Background Stamp. All of the rubber background stamps will be re-released March 4th as clear stamps and now will be kept in stock. Included in the new release will be several brand new Scenic Background Stamps so that you can place your favourite Hello Bluebird characters in lots of new situations and stories. Look out for the design team’s previews in early March. Spring has sprung outside and...

Party Parade Infinity Shaker Card with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Jan 23, 2021 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone this is Nicky with you today and I have a super fun infinity shaker card to share with you today featuring the Party Parade stamp set, Gallery Frame #3 die and the Happy Birthday Words die. Read on for how this card was created. First step was to ink blend a background panel which I did with Distress Oxides in Spun Sugar and Peacock Feathers. I also splashed on a little of the Peacock Feathers and then I randomly stamped the musical note images from the stamp set into the ‘sky’ as if they’d been tossed into...

Polar Friends with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Dec 5, 2020 | Uncategorized

Hello friends this is Nicky with you today and I’m sharing a card using Polar Friends from the brand new Black Friday winter release! This slimline card also uses the new Winter Walk Scene Die which is actually going to carry you through 365 days of the year with a little imagination. Today I’m staying firmly in the Winter/Christmas genre of course. To create this card I first ink blended a panel of white cardstock using Distress Oxide in Speckled Egg. I then grabbed a second panel and die cut the Winter Walk Scene. Again I used Speckled Egg...

Cozy Burrow Scene Die with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Nov 19, 2020 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone and a warm welcome to the Hello Bluebird blog, this is Nicky with you today and I’m sharing a card using the Cozy Burrow Scene Die and I’ve paired it with Cozy Christmas Eve the new stamp set. Please read on for how this was created. To kick things off I die cut the Cozy Burrow Scene from smooth white cardstock which is best for ink blending. I ink blended all the parts using Distress Oxide Inks. Before putting the pieces back together again I first glittered the tree trunk and the snowy ground and once it...

First Snow with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Oct 5, 2020 | Uncategorized

Hello and welcome to the Hello Bluebird blog this is Nicky with you today and I’m sharing a winter themed card featuring First Snow. Read on for the details of how this was made. To make these reindeer creating snow angels card. I first use the coordinating die for the stamp set to die cut the snow angel shape 3 times out of white glitter cardstock. I then placed this glitter panel over a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock in my Misti and I placed the stamp images within the die cut opening and stamped using Ink On 3...