Holiday Card Series w/ Hello Bluebird - Happy New Year

 Hello there,

Time to join two adorable friends that are dancing in the snow to celebrate the new year. Those cuties are from Polar Friends and I also stamped a few trees from Bunny Hill to fill up the space.

As always I stamped the images on 80lbs Neenah solar white cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink, and used my alcohol markers to color everything.

When it was done, I cut them all using the coordinating dies and then moved on to my background. I cut a 5,5 x 4,25" Strathmore bristol panel, as well as a mountain border using Glacier Peaks and two hill borders using Hill and Dale.

I started withthe large panel that I colored using cracked pistachio, peacock feathers and blueprint sketch distress inks. I added lots of texture on my paper, set the paper to dry and then stamped my sentiment. A sentiment in two parts: I started by heat embossing "Happy New Year" in silver, and next I stamped the second part right below it using black versafine ink. Both are from North Star.

I added some contrast to the mountain and hill borders using a little bit of cracked pistachio distress ink and also added liquid stardust droplets on those pieces to create a frosty look.

Next I assembled everything on my panel, starting with the borders. I attached the mountain border directly on the panel using double sided tape and used foam tape and foam squares to stick the hill borders and get some nice dimension. I stuck the penguin and the bear using foam squares again, and used liquid glue to attach the trees.

I added highlights and white dots on the penguin's scarf, and finally glued a few clear sequins here and there to bring even more sparkles to my winter scene.

 

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HELLO BLUEBIRD SUPPLIES

- Polar friends stamp set

- Bunny hill stamp set

- North star stamp set

- Glacier peaks die set

- Hill and dale die set

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Alcohol markers: Spectrum Noir + Graphit Brush

- Distress inks: cracked pistachio, peacock feathers, blueprint sketch

- Sakura white gel pen

- Memento tuxedo black ink

- Black versafine ink

- Liquid stardust by Lawn Fawn

- 80lbs Neenah solar white cardstock

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock

- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn

- Silver embossing powder by Lawn Fawn

- Clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh