Showing posts with label Mama Elephant Dies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mama Elephant Dies. Show all posts

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Gifts, Cards, and Cake - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Stopping by today with yet another card I made last month (oops - I know a bit late to share!) - using some beautiful stamps and dies from Simon Says Stamp paired up with a bit more of the Shimmer Powders that I have so fallen in love with!


For this card, I die cut a piece of plain cardstock using Nested Circles Wafer Dies, then used the negative as a mask to lay over my watercolor paper. No need to adhere it in place - I simply laid it over the top of a panel of watercolor paper die cut with the largest Stitched Rectangle Die, misted the circle with water, sprinkled on some Atlantis Burst Shimmer Powder, then removed the mask, and set it aside to mix, blend, and dry!


Once it dried SUPER thoroughly (think overnight perhaps?) - I used my MISTI to line up and stamp a fun sentiment from Big Birthday Greetings, stamping it a couple times for a nice clear impression. I added the cake image from the stamp set, and another small sentiment heat embossed on a thin strip of black cardstock. Finished off by adding a a scallop mat die cut using a Mama Elephant Basic Die, and added the entire thing to a coordinating colored cardbase!


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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Happy Birthday Shaker Card - Simon Says Stamp Celebrate You Release

Hello! Stopping by tonight to share the news that there is a SUPER fun NEW release from Simon Says Stamp called Celebrate You - and I have a bright happy shaker card to share using some of the new items in the release!


I thought it would be fun to create a shaker using the negatives from the Big Birthday Greetings Coordinating Die Set. I also added a sentiment underneath it from the Big Birthday Greetings Stamp set - which is FULL of fun, fabulous, and funny sentiments - like this one!


I backed it with some sparkly white glitter cardstock cut with the large scallop die from a Mama Elephant die set, and then filled the shaker with sequins from the new sparkly Star Spangled Sequin Mix.


Finished off with a coordinating card base of Sea Glass cardstock, and then adhered a few additional sequins on the outside of the shaker to carry the shaker element over to the outside!


Lots of fun with the new release coming in the next couple days - keep watching for new fun and blog hops! I'll be back for day 1 of the blog hop on Thursday morning - in the meantime, go check out the new release HERE!

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Sunday, October 14, 2018

Amazing Person You Are - Simon Says Stamp November Card Kit

Good morning! I'm back this morning to share another card using the amazing and BRAND NEW Simon Says Stamp Card Kit for November - Thanks & Leaves! This kit has a beautiful fall stamp set called Thanks & Leaves (kind of like the kit!), some beautiful butterfly embellishments (I used them on my cards below), some hilarious snarky sentiment stickers (I brought them in the car to read on a drive - had us all laughing!), and lots of other little bits and pieces as well.

Today I took the stamp set and put it to work, but used some different - and maybe a little non-traditional and unexpected - colors to put my card together!


I started off by stamping my sentiment (which is just amazing I have to say!) in the center of a panel of white cardstock. Next, I used several of the smaller stamp elements to stamp in a border along the top using a mix of Wisteria, Dusty Sage, and Caribbean Blue. Isn't that a pretty color combo?!?!? I trimmed the panel down, mounted it on a scallop border die cut of Smoke Gray Cardstock, then mounted with foam on a white cardbase.


Here is a look at the entire kit contents - you can find it HERE:


I love trying something different and unexpected - and this color combo was so fun to play with!


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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Bold Styled Vintage Roses

Good morning! I had a rare window of time the other day when I didn't have any urgently pressing DT assignments, and with hubby out of town I also had a bit more time than usual. I had this idea that popped into my head this past weekend that I knew the Vintage Roses set from Altenew would be perfect for, so I set out to create it - and it WORKED just like I hoped! LOVE when that happens!


I basically stamped the base layer of the roses in a random pattern on my white cardstock using my MISTI to get a great clean impression. Then, I skipped the next layer or two to each flower, and went right to the final layer and stamped in black for lots of contrast. I stamped various layers of leaves in black around the roses - using only one layer per leaf, then grabbed one of the tiny leaf layers and stamped it in softer pinks for a bit of texture and to fill in the holes. To add more depth to the flowers, I did some simple doodling on them with a white colored pencil. Distressed the edges of that panel, then mounted it on a scallop frame cut with a Mama Elephant die.


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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Love Ewe

Good morning! Dropping by to share the birthday card I made for my mom this year! She collects sheep, so usually there is a sheep somewhere on her birthday card each year. This Love Ewe from Unity Stamp Company is probably one of the first Unity stamps I purchased, and I have used it before, but I was inspired by THIS card I saw first in the Unity {Show and Tell} Group. I loved how she used the image going off the edge of the paper. I added some of my own twists of course - but that card totally inspired me!


For mine, I stamped and heat embossed my image and sentiment on some soft green cardstock, then did some ink blending over to make those pop a little more. Added some Copic pink cheeks to the sheep, and some water and white paint splatters. A scallop frame, some jute twine, and a wood veneer heart finish this off!


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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Floral Frenzy Cards - Ink Blots, LLC

Good morning! A few weeks ago, a crafty friend of mine who has started her own stamp company - Ink Blot Shop, LLC - asked me if I would be interested in creating a couple cards using her newest set called Floral Frenzy. It is was an adorable set, and I was thrilled to have a chance to play with it! It is a HUGE stamp set - 6 x 8 inches, and filled with darling floral images. As a new release, it is also on sale this week - you can check it out HERE. Here is a look at it:


Isn't it fun? So many fun possibilities and combinations with all these flowers! She also sent me a couple of sentiment stamp sets to use - here is the first card I put together:


Don't you just love those little smiley faces too? Adds such a fun whimsical look to these! I stamped them on a tag along with the dots along the bottom, colored them up with Copics, added a bit of doodling with a white gel pen, then layered on pattern paper with a doily. Finished off with a few Clear Droplets from Pretty Pink Posh. Seriously - SOOOO cute!


Next up, I went with a softer and more elegant color combo:


This was hard to get a clear photograph of - I kind of wished I had stamped the sentiment in a deeper color, but it is really pretty in real life! On soft blue cardstock, I stamped a bunch all 3 rose images and a couple leaves around my sentiment, and one of the tiny dot flowers, heat embossed in white, and blended some distress ink around the edges. Added a few splashes of white paint, die cut and layered with a scallop frame, and mounted on a gray cardbase.


I hope you'll go check out Ink Blot Shop, LLC - especially if you like Bible Journaling! There are tons of sets perfect for that, and I really loved the quality of these as well - they stamped nice and crisp and clear!

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