Friday, November 29, 2019

Hello Bluebird - Mix & Match Holiday Penguin Card


Hello crafty friends! I have a very fun slimline card to share today.  I mixed and matched a bunch of different Hello Bluebird stamps and dies to create this winter holiday scene.  

If you've stopped here by way of Instagram, then you know that I'm joining the owner of Butterfly Reflections Inc. and friends for a birthday Instagram hop.  It's Vanessa's birthday and I wanted to make a special card using stamps and dies that she sells in her shop.  She carries quite a range of Hello Bluebird products and always ships super fast.  

All Hello Bluebird stamps and dies I used on the front of the card are listed and linked below:


My slimline card base measures 3.5" x 8.5".  I sponged on a combo of Seedless Preserves and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Ink to create the lavender sky.  I gave it a good splattering of white paint and heat embossed the tiny snowflakes.  

The color on the die cut mountains is a combo of Tumbled Glass and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink.  I also sponged that same color combo onto the edges of the snow hills.  I used Nuvo White Blizzard Glitter Drops to add a little sparkle to the mountain tops and hills.   

For the inside of the card I stamped a greeting and snowflakes from the Merry Wishes set. The penguin is from First Snow






Thursday, November 28, 2019

25 Days of Christmas Tags with Honey Bee Stamps


I'm excited to be joining Tracy McNeely again this year for her annual 25 Days of Christmas Tags event.  This year marks her 9th anniversary of hosting the event. Be sure to visit the daily posts on Tracey's blog for more tag inspiration and a chance to win today's giveaway. 

Today's featured stamp company is Honey Bee Stamps and 
there's an awesome Black Friday sale happening now!

I'm sharing some custom Santa tags that I've created using Honey Bee Stamps products.  I had seen similar paper pieced Santa tags on Pinterest and wanted to try making my own with dies in my stash. 


Listed and linked below are all the Honey Bee products I've used:


As you can see from the photo above, I started by die cutting all the elements to build the tags.  I did some partial die cutting to make the Scallop Circle Gift Tag just a plain scalloped circle.  You could just leave it as is to tie the twine onto instead of punching an extra hole in the hat.  For the beard, I cut the scalloped circle in half. I trimmed off an edge of the square scalloped tag to use as the hat trim.  

I used a scoring board to make the angled fold in the hat. I used Copic makers for shading on the beard and white hat trim and to add rosy cheeks to the face. The Black Gem Stickers were a quick and easy way to add eyes.   


I added stitching detail to the hat with a white gel pen.  Before assembling, I stamped a greeting on the back.  There's several from the Santa Express set that perfectly fit within the scalloped circle backing.  

For the nose and hat pom pom, I used circle punches from my stash - 1/2" for the nose and 5/8" for the hat.  




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