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10.30.2017

Pegworks with Anna

Hello, Mama's friends! Anna is here today with my Designer Series project here I highlighted new Pegworks Creative Cuts. I wasn't a fan of cross stitching before, but this die changed me! I like how textures combine here - the card stock and the threads. And I went further and added more textures on my card. 

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I started with preparing the stitching panel - die cut it of the cream card stock. Also I made the scheme on the piece of paper. I chose the rows of simple Holiday images for my stitching - I was inspired by some pictures from Pinterest. Also I thought about the color scheme, it was important for me. I didn't want to overwhelm the resulting image with colors. Here I used next threads colors: light yellow, orange, brown, light pink, mint, green and white (only for the snowflakes). 

Mama Elephant Designer Series: Pegworks Creative Cuts @akossakovskaya @mamaelephant #cardmaking #mamaelephant 
When I finished the stitching, I adhered my panel to the card base. Also I used the frame - you can take a paper with wood grain texture, the thin wood sheet or to stamp the texture by yourself. Such addition brings such a finished look to the card! And also I added some labeled sentiments stamped in black. 

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  Have a good day! Supplies list: ME stamps: Labeled Messages and Occasional Labels for the sentiment ME creative cuts: Pegworks Other: cream and woodgrain card stock, stitching threads, black inks for stamping

10.27.2017

On the Hills with Laura

Hi there! Laura here and today I have a fun project to share with you featuring the On the Hills Creative Cuts.

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To begin I blended distress inks on the background for the sky and then die cut two of the clouds into the blended background. 

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I die cut the houses & trees and blended distress inks onto them as well and tucked them behind the hills. 

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For the sentiment I used the "hello" word die that is included in the On the Hills set and stacked several together for dimension topping it off with one that was cut from glittered cardstock. 

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That's all for today! Thanks so much for stopping by!

10.25.2017

Whimsical Winter with Deasy

Hi all! It's Deasy here.Today I want to share my birthday card featuring Whimsical Winter. I LOVE this stamp set because it's full of adorable images  and so versatile! For my card, I combine it with Pegworks Creative Cuts



  
Mama Elephant supply that I'm using :
Whimsical Winter for the images
Whimsical Winter Creative Cuts to die cut the images 
Wishful  Taggins  for the sentiment using silver embossing powder
Pegworks Creative Cuts to die cut the frame and stitch hole

I stamp, color the images using copic then die cut it. To make the card more festive, I add some clear sequins on the stitches.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Melania Deasy

10.23.2017

So Many Snowmen with Nichol

Hello! Nichol here today with Designer Series project. Today I have two So Many Snowmen cards to share with you. One is a full panel of snowmen that resembles a patterned paper with three small greeting labels adhered to the center. This card features some masking. 

The second card features a snowmen border with an inlay and popped up die cut sentiment and includes a video tutorial. I can't get enough of these adorable snowmen and I bet you can't either!

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I kept up with the "let it snow" theme for both cards. The first with three Occasional Labels stamped with "let it snow" and the second with a dimensional die cut inlay greeting.

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I applied Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Inks to the background, spritzing with water from a Distress Sprayer, blotting dry, and setting the background aside to air dry. The water droplets give the illusion of a falling snow background!

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The So Many Snowmen border was stamped on smooth white cardstock using Jet Black Ink. The image was colored with Copic Markers, die cut with the coordinating So Many Snowmen die, and embellished with white, black, and stardust pens to add detailing to the adorable snowmen.
The border was adhered along the bottom edge of the background.

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A sentiment from Peaceful Wishes was stamped on the background using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The "let it snow" greeting from the So Many Snowmen Creative Cuts Dies was die cut from the background above the embossed greeting, making sure to keep not only the greeting but all the small inside pieces too.

The greeting was also die cut four more times from smooth white cardstock.
Adhesive was placed on the front of a white top fold card base and the panel was adhered. Then a white script greeting was inlaid into the background along with the blue sky die cut inside letter pieces. Four white die cut greetings were stacked one on top of another, finishing with the blue die cut greeting.

The card was finished with a scattering of Nuvo Crystal Drops in Simply White.

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The full panel of snowmen was achieved by masking the image twice on a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of smooth white cardstock. The snowmen were colored in with Copic Markers to create an entire background of colorful snowmen!

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The "let it snow" sentiment from the Occasional Labels Stamp Set was stamped three times on smooth white cardstock using black Versafine ink, trimmed out leaving a thin white border and adhered to the center of the background with foam adhesive as shown.

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The card was finished with a greeting from the Peaceful Wishes Stamp Set, stamped inside the card.

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To watch the creation of this dimensional die cut inlay greeting snowmen card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below


Mama Elephant Supplies used for this project:
Occasional Labels Stamp Set

10.20.2017

STAMP HIGHLIGHT : PEACEFUL WISHES

Today is our last day of Stamp Highlights and we are featuring the elegant Peaceful Wishes Stamp Set!

 We love how Amy combined Peaceful Wishes with a snowflake from Holly's Snowflakes to make this Holiday card.

We love how Anna stamped the sentiment on a tag that two tiny birds are holding with twine.
 

Deasy created a cute pop up card by combining Peaceful Wishes and So Many Snowmen



We love Laura's festive gift ensemble! 

 Nichol added some Whimsical Winter images around the stamped and embossed greetings from Peaceful Wishes.


 Pamela's card with the offset sentiment coupled with the fun snowmen coming out from the border is so cute!


Love this beautiful card by Vera, she combined Peaceful Wishes with Snow Flurries Creative Cuts

10.19.2017

STAMP HIGHLIGHT : WISHFUL TAGGINS

Today we have Wishful Taggins for Day 3 of Stamp Highlights! When this set is paired up with Winter Taggins, they make such delightful tags!


We love how Deasy combine Wishful Taggins, Winter Taggins dies and Pegworks dies to made a sweet handmade card 


The Wishful Taggins and the Winter Taggins Creative Cuts goes perfectly with the Gable Box. We also love the sweet scenes Amy created in the front of her boxes using the Whimsical Winter set and On the Hills Creative cuts.


Anna used the new Taggins stamps and dies to create this sweet family tags for gifts. We love the vintage look!


Laura created an adorable shaker card using the coordinating Creative Cuts.
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Love this cute card by Vera! Her color choice is just perfect!

10.18.2017

STAMP HIGHLIGHT : WHIMSICAL WINTER

Hi all! Today is day 2 of Stamp Highlights! Holly's Whimsical Winter Woodland creatures are too cute!

 
We love the background and how Pamela framed her whimsical critters using the border from New Family.


A shaker card is a great idea for this stamp set!  Anna made a simple but very sweet card.


We love Laura's clean, simple & adorable scene!


Such a sweet card by Vera,  we love how she framed the card using On The Hills - Creative Cuts.


We love how Deasy made a fun slider card and used the sentiment from Wishful Taggins and Winter Taggins dies  


 Amy created an adorable shaker card using the Whimsical Winter set and the frame die from Pegworks Creative Cuts.


Nichol paired the On the Hills snow borders and a greeting from the Peaceful Wishes Stamp Set with the sweet Whimsical Winter images for this woodland scene card.

10.17.2017

STAMP HIGHLIGHT : SO MANY SNOWMEN

Welcome to day 1 of Stamp Highlights! Today we are looking at the So Many Snowmen Stamp Set! These snow cuties are so fun to color!


 We love how Anna used the smallest parts of the set to make this funny card. Try now to build the snowmen!


Deasy created a cute and fresh card by combining it with Peaceful Wishes stamp set


 Laura created a colorful bunch with a glittered die cut sentiment!


Pamela created this simple card featuring all those fun snowmen!


Adorable card by Vera! She combined the Snowmen with a Yeti and we love it!


Amy used glitter to add sparkle and shine to the snowmen and the sky. 

10.15.2017

Mama Elephant October Release Stampede!



Welcome to the Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop!

Our newest release is now live and available for purchase in the store!




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Here's a 1 minute round up video of the October Release! Enjoy!



I also want to share two pop-ups I created with the new Inside Pop - Celebrations Creative Cuts dies. I love them so much!


Watch the video below!




Finally, sharing one of the cards from the video using Whimsical Winter and On the Hills!




To celebrate the new release, Mama Elephant is picking 3 winners to win their choice of stamp set! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede. You have up to 4 chances to qualify to win!

» 1. Leave a comment on this blog post «
» 2. Like/share us on Facebook: facebook.com/mamaelephant «
» 3. Follow/tweet us on Twitter: twitter.com/heymamaelephant «
» 4. Follow/tweet us on Instagram: instagram.com/mamaelephant «


Each action qualifies for one entry, max 4 entries per stampeder please!

Now let's get on with the Stampede with our amazing designers!

Laura Bassen *  Nichol Spohr * Amy Yang

Melania Deasy * Anna Kossakovskaya * Vera Rhuhay * Pamela Ho