Happy Black Friday!
Purple Onion Designs is having a sale. It starts today, 11/29 and runs until 12/10. All stamps will be 25% off! Check out their stamps here.
Here's a card to start you off with the holiday season:
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November 2013
November 29, 2013
November 28, 2013
Giveaway @ ME + Blog Hop with Studio Calico Kits!
Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating in the states!
Yesterday was reveal day for the December Studio Calico kits and the Mama Elephant design team has been cooking up their creative goodies again using the card kit and add-on. Go check out the links to everyone's cards here. Mama Elephant is also giving away a Blue Note kit and Cole kit here!
My first card was using Blue Note (main card kit):
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November 27, 2013
November 25, 2013
ME December Designer Series
Morning! Today I am sharing a card and video using the Fair Feathers stamp set and Fair Feather - Creative Cuts die.
November 21, 2013
ME Highlight: Inline Letters
I love the alphas from Mama Elephant, and the new Inline Letters stamp set and matching die are no exception. For some reason these letters remind me of the "Hollywood" sign, and then I came up with the idea of having the letters placed in front of some mountains, similar to the famous sign:
I first cut the inline letters, then stamped them the traditional way. Kryssi has a quick video showing her technique for stamping these letters perfectly onto the diecut pieces here. I will remember to do this next time, but the offset letters on this card sort of add to the rustic, homespun feel. Inking them up a bit with a distress ink afterwards also helped lend a rustic feel.
I stamped the homes (from the SC Cinnamon Spice Kit) multiple times so that I could allow the mountains to be layered. Just simply stamp on the base layer, add a couple mountains, stamp again and repeat for the top layer of mountains. I also inked up the edges of the mountains to add more depth. The gold glitter paper for the snow-capped mountains is just the perfect touch to add a little sparkle to this homespun card.
See what the other design team members cooked up here.
Be sure to stop back Monday for my ME Design Series using the Fair Feathers set.
Catch you later!
November 19, 2013
ME Highlight: Confetti
Today ME is highlighting the Confetti stamp set:
This is such a fun set. I think my fave part is the sentiment that I used on the gift card tag below. It immediately makes you want to open up the tag to see what's inside. The sequins are next for my faves, and I used them to decorate the cute tree I diecut from my Silhouette (all credits below).
The sequins showed up as small circles when embossed, so if you want them to look as they are intended, embossing with thick silver embossing powder would not be the thing to do. ;-) I learned this after I did the embossing, but really liked how it looked, so stuck with it.
Here's a closeup:
And a look at the inside:
See more inspiration from the other ME design team members here.
Catch you later!
November 18, 2013
ME Highlight: Four Seasons
Today I am sharing a card using the Four Seasons stamp set.
This card is quite different from the one I did for the stampede, where I layered several elements from this set. The numbers fit perfectly on the Bold Banner - Creative Cut too:
I cut the mountains with my Silhouette, inked the snow-caps by placing them onto a white ink pad, then layered all the other pieces around them. The date stamp from this set is perfect for adding layers too, as I stamped two so that I could pop up the inner month circle.
Be sure to see what the other design team members did with this set here.
Catch you later!
November 15, 2013
ME November Stampede
Welcome to the Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop! Our November release is now live and available for purchase in the store. If this is your first stop on the hop, you can find the beginning here (there is also a blog list towards the end of this post).
Today I am sharing a card using the Four Seasons set. It is so versatile, that you could make a variety of themed cards with this set.
I chose to go with a Christmas card using the addition of the "joy to you and me" stamp from the SC Cinnamon Spice kit as an accent. The sentiment fit perfectly over the middle circle of the date stamp from this set. The numbers work well to create a background along with the sweet snowflake.
To celebrate the new release, Mama Elephant is giving away one of each of the new stamps released! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede. Winners will be announced on the blog on the last Stamp Highlights Day.
You have up to 3 chances to qualify to win! Just leave a separate comment for each!
1. Leave a comment on this blog post
2. Like/share us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/mamaelephant
3. Follow/tweet about us on Twitter: http://twittercom/heymamaelephant
Your next stop is the talented Emily Leiphart!
Just in case you'd like to see a list of those participating in today's hop:
Mama Elephant
Laura Bassen
Jenn Biederman
Emily Leiphart
Pearl Lui
JJ Bolton
Geralyn Sy
Nichol Magouirk
I will be back with Stamp Highlights throughout the next few days.
Catch you later!
November 13, 2013
November 11, 2013
Winterberry's Encore!
Here is another card using the new POD Winterberry stamp. I really like this guy...he makes me happy.
I made a seperate panel and stamped Winterberry on the corner, tied on some baker's twine, colored in his hat and popped it up with foam tape.
Catch you later!
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