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Frosty Littles with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Nov 19, 2022 | Uncategorized

Hello and welcome to the Hello Bluebird Stamps blog, this is Nicky with you today sharing a new card using ever popular Frosty Littles stamp set. Read on for all the details. Here’s what I used:- Frosty Littles Stamps Frosty Littles Die Typed Christmas Stamps Hill & Dale Die Gallery Frame #7 Die First of all I used the Gallery die and Blurry Flurries patterned paper from Whimsy Stamps to create the background squares. I then used the same die and 110lb cover weight white cardstock to create the frame. I backed the frame with...

Penguins On Ice with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Nov 12, 2022 | Uncategorized

Hello! This is Nicky with you today and I’m sharing a card I’ve just made using the new Penguins On Ice stamp set. Here is what I have used in the making of this card:- Penguins On Ice Stamps Penguins On Ice Coordinating Dies Ice Skating Pond Horizontal Scene Die Frosty Flakes Die Usually I create my own background however this time I used a panel from Whimsy Stamps’ Blurry Flurries Designer Paper, cutting it to A2 size and then layering of this the die cut Skating Pond Scene die where I ink blended the different...

Dear Santa with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Oct 28, 2022 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone this is Nicky with you today sharing a card using the adorable Dear Santa stamp set from the recent Holiday release. Please read on for all the details. Here are the Hello Bluebird Stamps products that I used in the making of this card:- Dear Santa Stamps Dear Santa Dies Winter Woods Overlay Die Frosty Flakes Die I ink blended an A2 panel of which cardstock using Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Ink, fading it away to nothing towards the bottom end. I then used the Winter Woods die to die cut a second panel of white...

First Snow with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Sep 27, 2022 | Uncategorized

A warm welcome to the Hello Bluebird blog today, this is Nicky with you and I’m sharing this new winter themed card, read on for all the details. This card features the following stamps and dies:- First Snow Stamps First Snow Dies Frosty Flakes Die Oh What Fun Words Die Ocean Overlay Die I started the card by using the super useful Ocean Overlay Die to die cut a panel of 110lb white cover weight cardstock. I ink blended the wavy cuts created and then glued the frame down on another panel and recessed the ink blended...

My Snowman with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Sep 16, 2022 | Uncategorized

Hello there! This is Nicky with you today sharing a slimline Christmas card using one of my very favourite stamp sets from Hello Bluebird called ‘My Snowman’. Please read on for all the details. Here is a list of links to the products used in this project:- My Snowman Stamps My Snowman Dies Warm Wishes Word Die Winter Walk Scene Die Typed Christmas Stamps Frosty Flakes Die I first of all prepared a panel slightly smaller than a full slimline panel and ink blended it creating a little more depth of colour on the left hand side...