Mama Elephant | April Photo Inspiration Challenge (video)

*This is 1 of 2 blog posts today. For the Simon Says Stamp Mothers & Fathers 2014 Release Blog Hop, click HERE.

The April Mama Elephant Photo Inspiration Challenge is a fun one! I love the colors, the composition, the textures, pretty much everything about the inspiration photo, don't you?!!!!

 

HERE'S HOW TO PLAY ALONG WITH US:

1. You must use a Mama Elephant stamp
2. Challenge duration 4/3/2014 - 5/5/2014
3. No limit to how many entries, in other words, go buck wild!
4. Link up your project using the Inlinkz tool on the bottom of the post on the ME Blog HERE.
5. PRIZE: A SPOT ON THE ME CHALLENGE TEAM!!!!

For my card not only did I draw from the colors used in the inspiration photo but I chose to create a "beach-themed" card as well! I love how adding layers of patterned paper, vellum and/or cardstock die cut with the Femme Frames stitched rectangle die and the Landscape Trio wavy dies gives a lovely realistic "scene". And there are so many different ways to use these dies together! Love that. (Please see the "Similar Projects" at the end of this post for more cards using these dies together.)

The sweet image of the bunnies plus the carrots are from the Honey Bunny Stamp Set. I colored in the bunnies with Prismacolor Colored Pencils and blended with Gamsol. The stamped and embossed the greeting from Everyday Greetings with white embossing powder and added stamped and embossed "seagulls" from the Sunny Skies Stamp Set.

For the little die cut scenery additions in the left bottom corner of this card I used this design (Design ID #43350) from the Silhouette Online Store, die cutting the different elements from scraps of 6x6 patterned paper.

 

I finished the inside of the card with a stamped carrot from the Honey Bunny Stamp Set and greetings from the Many Thanks Stamp Set.

Mama Elephant Clear Stamp HONEY BUNNY Set Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, Honey Bunny Mama Elephant Clear Stamp EVERYDAY GREETINGS Set Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, Everyday Greetings Mama Elephant Clear Stamp MANY THANKS Set Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, Many Thanks Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, Sunny Skies Mama Elephant Clear Stamp SUNNY SKIES Set Mama Elephant Creative Cuts, Landscape Trio Mama Elephant Creative Cuts, Landscape Trio Mama Elephant FEMME FRAMES Creative Cuts Steel Die Mama Elephant Creative Cuts, Femme Frames Hero Arts Shadow Ink Soft Apricot Ink @simon Hero Arts Shadow Ink, Soft Apricot @ellen Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad MINT ink017 Soft Sand Shadow Ink Hero Arts Shadow Ink, Soft Sand @ellen SSS Premium Dye Ink Pad BLACK Versamark Frost VersaMark Dazzle, Frost Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag Hero Arts WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER American Crafts Zing! BROWN SUGAR Opaque Embossing Powder Hero Arts Heat Tool Prismacolor PREMIER COLORED PENCILS 72 Inky Antics Gamsol Starter Kit Inky Antics GAMSOL KIT Coloring Marvy Uchida SNOW MARKER Paper and Fabric Embellishments White ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER GOLD Brush Tip Marker @simon Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Tip Marker, Gold ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Tip Marker Sakura WHITE OPAQUE GLAZE GEL PENS Clear Glitter Pen Sakura Stardust Glitter Pen, Clear, 2 pk @ellen Faber-Castell BLACK Essential PITT Artist Pens Pitt Artist Pen, Black, Set of 4 My Mind's Eye 6x6 Paper Pad, Charm My Mind's Eye 6 x 6 CHARM Paper Pad Cut & Paste My Mind's Eye - Cut and Paste Collection - 6 x 6 Paper Pad - Charm American Crafts Dear Lizzy 6 x 6 POLKA DOT PARTY Paper Pad Fancy Pants 6 x 6 ETCETERA Paper Pad @simon My Mind's Eye 6 x 6 ON THE BRIGHT SIDE ONE Paper Pad Bazzill 21 LB VELLUM 8.5" x 11" White 25 Sheets @simon Neenah Solar White Cardstock Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Powder Blue & Teal @simon Sizzix Big Shot Machine, Powder Blue & Teal @ellen Silhouette Cameo 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent

InLinkz.com

• "Some Bunny Loves You" Card Mama Elephant Designer Series card feat. Honey Bunny Stamp Set
• "Welcome Sweet New Baby" Card feat. Mama Elephant Just Hatched Stamp Set
• "I Appreciate You" Card feat. Mama Elephant True Friend Stamp Set

Thanks for hanging out with me today. Be sure to come back Wednesday for my Mama Elephant Designer Series post on the Up and Away Creative Cuts Dies. I have 3 brand new cards and a video!

See you then!

Comments

[Julie]

I came by your blog with the SSS blog hop but I just love this card. I haven't seen those stitched dies before - I love those too.

[Sharon Hayes]

Nichol, I love everything about your honey bunny card. The layer idea is great and I see how it works. It really added depth to the card. The coloring of the bunnies, the sand, the water, the seagulls....all of these come together to create an amazing card. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Kathy Straw]

Such an adorable card. I love, love, love those bunnies.

[Barb Ghig]

Your card is absolutely adorable, Nichol! I love all of your special details, and really appreciate that you shared it with us on the video! Thanks!

[Karen]

Your card is amazing. I just love the scenes that you create with your cards. Like a painter creates a scene on a canvas you create a scene on your cards and and they are fabulous. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Dixie]

Cute, cute, cute! You made a masterpiece!

[Sheri E.]

I adore those bunnies. I like the dimension on the white dots you've been doing lately. Just an all around adorable card.

[Diana W.]

Darling card. I love how you layered it. The bunnies are so sweet. Thanks for sharing your tremendous talents!

[Jo]

Oh this is absolutely adorable! I just moved to the beach and this card put a huge smile on my face because Palm Sunday my little girl will be on the beach hunting for Easter eggs for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Just love this card! It is such a happy card!
Hugs,
Jo
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[Hamutal Shafrir]

Amazing! I love your creativity and brilliant designs! Thanks so much for the fun video.

[Gela]

Too darn cute. I'm glad I got this stamp after true stamp. Thanks for the inspiration.