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Fairy Garden and Garden Friends with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Apr 22, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello! This is Nicky back with you today and I’m delighted to be sharing this watercolour painted card using the Fairy Garden and Garden Friends stamp sets which formed a part of the Hello Bluebird Stamps new release that went live on April 16th! A panel of Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock was ink blended with Distress Inks in Crushed Olive, Squeezed Lemonade and Broken China. Water splashes were added and quickly blotted up and then I squished a little of the green ink onto my craft mat, I added a drop of water to loosen it and then splattered...

Bee Happy with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Mar 8, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hi guys, this is Nicky back with you today and I’ve got a fun card using the Bee Happy stamp set. This card also borrows the word ‘Smile’ from the newer Photo Stack die set! Let’s begin! First off I grabbed an A2 panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock and I ink blended it with Distress Oxide in Dried Marigold and then I came in with Distress Ink in Wild Honey (seemed appropriate) and darkened around the edges, thus creating a lovely rich colour around the edges but a brighter focal point in the centre. I use Bristol Smooth for...

Party Parade with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Feb 16, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello everybody, I am very happy to be here on the Hello Bluebird Stamp’s blog today sharing a card I made recently featuring the new Party Parade stamp set. To make this card I took an A2 panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock and I masked off a line above which I ink blended Distress Oxide in Worn Lipstick. I then moved the mask to above the original line and masked again only this time I used Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide. I flicked some water splashes over the coloured panel and blotted them up a few seconds later to distress...

Silly Birds with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Jan 18, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hi everybody this is Nicky with you today with a slimline card using a fun, older stamp set by Hello Bluebird called Silly Birds …. perhaps you have it?! Many of you seem to love this slimline format that I’ve been using a great deal lately. The finished dimensions for this card are 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Take a sheet of your cardstock and trim at 7 inches then score and fold at 3 1/2 (4 bar). You will have remaining cardstock from which you can cut your panel – I chose to cut mine at 8.2...

Skating Together and Skating Pond Scene Die with Nicky

Posted by Nicky Meek | Dec 7, 2018 | Uncategorized

Hey Everybody! Nicky back with you today with some inspiration from the most recent Hello Bluebird release. I’m using the new Skating Together stamp set with a background created using the new Skating Pond Scene Die I stamped my Skating Together images onto Bristol Smooth cardstock using Archival Ink and watercolour painted them using Kuretake Zigs. I highlighted some points and subtly glittered them using Stickles in ‘Crystal’. I then fussy cut them out and set them to one side. My idea was that the characters are skating just as the sun is beginning to set in the early...