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5.29.2020

Zodiac Pig with Nichol

Hello friends! Nichol here today with a Zodiac Pig Slim Card featuring no line coloring with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The window openings in the Slim Card are the perfect way to frame up any of the adorable Zodiac critters!

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For the background, the stitched rectangle die and stitched circles from the Slim Card Basics Creative Cuts were die cut from smooth white cardstock to create a frame. The irregular circles were inked with Lucky Clover and Cracked Pistachio Distress Inks and splattered with Liquid Stardust for a shimmery, distressed look.

The large scalloped rectangle from the Slim Card Basics Creative Cuts was inked with Lucky Clover Distress Ink. The white frame was adhered to the scalloped rectangle with foam adhesive. The irregular circles were inlaid into the frame.

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The pigs and balloon from the Zodiac Pig Stamp Set, coffee cup from the Zodiac Sheep Stamp Set, and the camera from the Zodiac Rooster Stamp Set were stamped with a no line ink on Bristol Smooth Cardstock and colored in with the following Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers:
  • Pigs: Pale Pink, Vanilla, Beige
  • Balloon: Pink Flamingo, Pale Pink, Gray
  • Coffee Cup: Gray, Light Gray, Carmine Red, Light Carmine
  • Camera: Turquoise Green, Green Shadow, Gray, Light Gray, Carmine Red, Light Carmine
The images were die cut using the coordinating Zodiac Pig Creative Cuts, Zodiac Sheep Creative Cuts, and Zodiac Rooster Creative Cuts. The images were adhered to the background as shown.
The thought bubble from the Slim Card Basics Creative Cuts was die cut from smooth white cardstock and inked with Lucky Clover Ink. The greeting from the Zodiac Pig Stamp Set was stamped on the thought bubble with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The design was finished with heart embellishments.

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5.27.2020

Botanic Envelope with Mette

Mette here today with this sweet thank you card featuring the new Botanic Envelope and one of my favorite stamp sets, Organic Blooms.

Mette Witus Designer Series, May 2020


I started the card off by cutting out the various envelope pieces – the large one and a set of leaves from white cardstock and the frames and leaves from gold metallic cardstock.
I glued the frames to the white envelope and then used the envelope to figure out which parts of the Organic Blooms stamps I needed to stamp and color.

I used a no line coloring ink to stamp the flowers, and colored it in before cutting it out with a pair of scissors. I also colored the white die cut leaves with the same green markers.

Then I placed the flowers inside the envelope and added in all the leaves around it. For all the pieces, I glued down the bottom of the image, and popped up the top of it with a tiny bit of thin foam tape.

Mette Witus Designer Series, May 2020

I cut out a circle of grey cardstock using the biggest die from Basic Circles, and then cut that again using the Woodgrain Cover die to get some texture. I added the circle to the card base with some thin foam tape, making the right side of it hang over the edge a bit, which I cut off.
Then I splatted on a little bit of gold paint before adding the Botanic Envelope with more thin foam tape.

I stamped one of the sentiments from Organic Blooms using grey ink and added it to the card with foam tape. Finally, I added a few clear sequins to finish off the card.

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5.26.2020

My Pet Puppies with Guest Designer Megan

Hello again! This is Megan Quinn and I am so honored to be back guesting for Mama Elephant this month! I hope that you have loved the May release as much as I do and that you have enjoyed seeing the amazing samples that the design team has created to share with you.

The card that I created for today features the new My Pet Puppies Stamp Set and Creative Cuts. (These puppy images stole my heart as soon as I laid eyes on them! Who could resist those sweet faces?)

The inspiration for my card came from hearing friends talk about their pets crossing the rainbow bridge when they pass away. Losing a pet is such an incredibly difficult time. I can't think of a better way to let someone know that you are thinking of them than to make them a card. It's like a paper hug, right? These gestures are especially important now in the time of social distancing.


To create my card, I began by building the background. I die cut a piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock using the stitched rectangle from the Slim Card Basics Creative Cuts and ink blended clouds using a stencil and pale blue ink. I then die cut a second piece of Bristol Cardstock and a piece of vellum using the cloud shaped die included in the Slim Card Basics Creative Cuts for the bottom of the card to make the foreground.  


To give the puppies a place to stand, I stamped the images with clouds from the Wish Upon A Star Stamp Set and die cut them using the coordinating Creative Cuts. For the rainbow bridges, I used the Rainbow High Creative Cuts and colored them using Copic Markers. As a final touch, I used stars from the Wish Upon A Star Stamp Set and placed them across the card front. 

Thank you so much for visiting the Mama Elephant Blog today! I truly appreciate the opportunity to guest design for Mama Elephant and hope that you have enjoyed seeing my designs here. I have listed the products that I used for my card below with links that will take you directly to the Mama Elephant Shop. I hope that you have a wonderful day!

Mama Elephant Products Used:

My Pet Puppies Stamp Set
My Pet Puppies Creative Cuts


5.25.2020

STAMP HIGHLIGHT: Zodiac Pig

Welcome back to our final Stamp Highlight for the month of May! Today we are featuring the new Zodiac Pic stamp set! Our final animal to our Zodiac Collection!


Love this Piggy Birthday card by Vera, she combined with the Four Window Cover - Creative Cuts with the banner from Sentiments from a Yeti stamp set.
  

Megan created this 4 scene card with the Blogging Buddies and Book Worm stamp sets!


Cute card by Amy using the Zodiac Pig, the Frilly Window Frame  and the Grassy Trio Creative Cuts.


Keeway made an adorable card with the Zodiac Pig, using the pigs to spell 'oink oink' with the Whimsy Alphas Creative Cuts!


Mette created a fun shaker card using all the pigs and the new Four Window Cover creative cuts!

5.22.2020

STAMP HIGHLIGHT : My Pet Puppies

We are back for another day of Stamp Highlight! Today we are featuring the new My Pet Puppies stamp set illustrated by Aida Zamora! These pups are waiting for you to take them home!


Adorable card by Amy using the My Pet Puppies with the large frame die from the Frilly Window Frame and the box die from the All Prettied Up Creative Cuts.


Love this card by Megan! How cool is this gang of pups with their human?


Thi paired My Pet Puppies with Slim Card Basics - Creative Cuts to fit a lot of our furry friends onto one scene. Such a cute card!



Vera created a Birthday card by combining the Four Window Cover - Creative Cuts and a few images from the Pretend Play stamp set.





Mette used the Scene Builder stamps and dies to create a fun tri-fold card for this puppy!


Keeway brought together an adorable bunch from My Pet Puppies, accompanied with the large sentiment from Wishing You. She used the Frilly Window Frame Creative Cuts to create a cute scallop frame!

5.20.2020

STAMP HIGHLIGHT: Stems and Sprigs

Welcome back to another day of Stamp Highlights! Today we are highlighting the new Stems and Sprigs Stamp set and the new Botanic Envelope Creative Cuts! You know what they say, May showers bring May flowers...in an envelope! How cute are these?!


We love how Megan included a little note from Pocket Envie Creative Cuts to put into the Botanic Envelope Creative Cuts!



Pretty card by Amy using the Stems and Sprigs stamp set along with the Botanic Envelope and Frilly Window Frame Creative Cuts.
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Keeway made a beautiful card using the Stems and Sprigs stamp set florals against a heat embossed ink blended background created with the Pine and Posy stamp set. She also used a white die cut frame from Framed Tags - Lafayette Creative Cuts.

Mette used the Botanic Envelope to create a fun envelope tag with removable little cards! 


Such a pretty card Thi made by combining Stems and Springs with Botanic Envelope - special delivery, indeed!


Sweet card by Vera! She combined the Botanic Envelope with Snail Mail - Creative Cuts and various sentiments from Organic Bloom, Friendship Sentiments, and Blogging Buddies


5.18.2020

STAMP HIGHLIGHT : Zodiac Dog

Hi everyone! Welcome to day one of Stamp Highlights! Today the Design Team is showcasing their projects using the new Zodiac Dog stamp set! These guys love to paw-ty!


How cute are these little guys in their party hats?! Thi created a fun and colorful birthday card combining Zodiac Dog with Frilly Window Frame - Creative Cuts.


Vera created this Happy Birthday card with the new Frilly Window Frame - Creative Cuts.


Mette combined the Zodiac Dog with Little Dog Agenda and made the cutest puppy background!


Megan created a festive holiday scene with the new Zodiac Dog along with the Meowy Woofmas stamp set.


Adorable birthday card by Amy using the Zodiac Dog and the Slim Card Basics Creative Cuts.

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5.15.2020

May Design Team 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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Check out the rest of the hop for amazing inspiration from our Design Team!




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!

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» 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!

5.14.2020

May Release Review

Hi everyone! Hope you have enjoyed May's Release Introductions! Tonight we are releasing the 4 new Stamp Sets and 7 new Creative Cuts at midnight EST!
















INTRODUCING: Stems and Sprigs + Botanic Envelope CC


We made it to the last day of Intros and I am so, so excited about the new sets today. Stems and Sprigs is illustrated by the Anna Oczvald, it is a beautiful stemmed set perfect for creating your own fresh bouquet of florals. She has included so many sprigs to really dress up your arrangement! And the sentiments? They are equally heartwarming to match!



Now I am so excited to introduce the new Botanic Envelope. We were at the drawing boards for this one for a long time, not trying to create a real functional envelope (we already have dies for that), but one that is perfect for the card front. I think we did it, it is so sleek and and sexy! And paired with Stems and Sprigs, is a total knockout! Stick your stems and sprigs in the envelope and you've got so many possibilities, from colors to different arrangements. I really love this one and hope you do too!








Let's watch what Rina does today with the gorgeous new products! ;)



Annnnnd that's a wrap for Intros! Release is tonight guys and we're so excited! Make sure you come back tomorrow with loads of inspiration from our fabulous Design Team, I'm sure they will knock your socks off! XOXO from us all here at Mama Elephant, and please continue to stay safe! Virtual hugs!