Good morning!
The wait is almost over because today is release day at Hello Bluebird! The new September Fall and Halloween kits will hit the virtual shelves at 7pm MDT tonight and you'll want to check them out early because once something sells out it will not be restocked. To help celebrate I've got two cards to share using the darling squirrels from the new Nuts for Fall set that will be included in the larger expanded kit option.
First
up is a mini slimline scene where I've gone a bit outside my coloring comfort zone. Rather than create an entire scene, I've instead stamped some of the playful squirrels directly onto the large leaf dies from the Colors of Fall die set, which is an add-on this month. Once I had them all colored into little grey squirrels with matching fall colored backgrounds I positioned the leaves falling down the length of the mini slimline background. The large Fall Words die that is included in the expanded kit was glued down first along with the acorns that are also in the Colors of Fall die set. All but one of the leaves were added using foam adhesive, to lift them up and make it easier for them to overlap each other and the rest of the elements already added to the card. I'll be honest, it felt a bit odd not creating a scene but everything about this card just makes me smile. :)
My second card finds two of the Nuts for Fall squirrels resting on a branch together, one appears to be gifting the other with a yummy acorn. To change things up a bit, I colored these cuties as little red squirrels and embraced a more clean and simple design. Gallery Frame #1 surrounds the simple blue sky background and I filled the empty space below the branch with a sentiment that I cut out using the Knightley LC Large Alpha dies. The rest of the sentiment is also included in the Nuts for Fall set and another acorn die cut from the Colors of Fall die set was the perfect finishing touch for this sweet belated birthday card.
Alrighty, have fun shopping!
Happy Fall supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Hello Bluebird (Nuts For Fall)
ink- Memento rich cocoa
Hello Bluebird Nesting Mini Slimline die
Hello Bluebird Fall Words die
Hello Bluebird Colors of Fall die
Altenew enamel dots
Copic markers:
squirrels- E40, E42, E43, W3, W4, W5, T9, R000, R30, E93, E04
acorns- E81, E42, E43, E44, E33, E35, E37, E39
backgrounds- YG00, G21, G82, G46, Y11, Y21, YR21, YR00
words- E33, E35, E37, E39, E49
cardstock- Bazzill and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Hello Bluebird (Nuts for Fall)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Catherine Pooler s'mores
Hello Bluebird Gallery Frame #1 die
Hello Bluebird Knightley LC Large Alpha Dies
Hello Bluebird Colors of Fall die
Copic markers:
sky- B0000, B000, B00, C00, C0, 0
tree branch- E34, E44, E47, Y13, Y38, YG03, YG95
squirrels- E50, E41, E42, E43, R000, R30, E04, E13, E15, E17, E18, E49
acorn- E31, E42, E43, E44, E35, E37, E39
words- E35, E37, E39, E49
