Mama Elephant August 2014 Stampede Blog Hop (video)

Welcome to the Mama Elephant Release Design Team blog hop!

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

A great background building set is a must-have for creating interesting and beautiful backgrounds or borders for your stamped card creations. The new ME Sentimental Borders Stamp Set not only creates amazing text stamped borders but use it to fill the background of your card and you can get any number of different text background looks by simply repeating the stamped design to fill the background.

I combined the ME Sentimental Borders with the bunny from the new ME Carnival Cupcakes and the party hat and balloon from the ME Carnival Toppers Stamps. I stamped a sentiment from the ME Starry Night Stamp Set on a vellum tag die cut with the ME Embellished Tag Creative Cuts die. Star confetti die cut using the ME Confetti Creative Cuts die is one of my favorite ways to finish embellishing a card!

I stamped one of the text border designs from ME Sentimental Borders on the Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper using Versamark Ink and heat embossed the stamped design with white embossing powder. Then I took Spun Sugar Distress Ink, Picked Raspberry Distress Ink and Barn Door Distress ink and applied them with the Mini Ink Blending Tool over the background. The embossed text resisted the ink, leaving me with a beautifully variegated background going from lightest to darkest. I spritzed the background with a Mini Mister filled with water to give the inked background a bit more of a distressed look (the Distress Inks react with the water and move leaving nice water droplet looks. The Mini Mister spritzes small droplets for a more subtle distressing).

 

I die cut tags from white cardstock and vellum using the ME Embellished Tag die, stamping the "happy birthday" greeting from the ME Starry Night Stamp Set in Versamark and heat embossing with white embossing powder.

I stamped the white tag with the tag outline stamp from the ME No Peeking Stamp Set using SSS Fog Ink and die cut the tag hole reinforcement from SSS Cotton Candy Cardstock and adhered it to the top of the tag. I tied some thin pink twine through the tags and adhered them to the inked background.

I stamped the bunny from the ME Carnival Cupcakes Stamp Set and party hat from the ME Carnival Toppers Stamp Set with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on white cardstock and colored in the designs with Copic Markers (the individual marker colors are listed and linked below in the supplies). I stamped the balloon from ME Carnival Toppers using ME Lollipop Ink and SSS Black Ink and die cut all the pieces with the coordinating ME Carnival Cupcakes Creative Cuts Dies and ME Carnival Toppers Creative Cuts Dies.

I die cut star confetti from SSS Cotton Candy Cardstock, SSS Doll Pink Cardstock and SSS Lipstick Red Cardstock using the ME Confetti Creative Cuts die and scattered them throughout the design. I added a layer of Glossy Accents to the star confetti for subtle dimension.

I adhered the inked panel to my card base using my favorite foam adhesive.

(Click SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, MFT = to purchase from My Favorite Things, SB.COM = to purchase from scrapbook.com, AZ = to purchase from Amazon) 

Mama Elephant SENTIMENTAL BORDERS Clear Stamp Set ME-1408SB Mama Elephant CARNIVAL CUPCAKES Clear Stamp Set ME-1408CC Mama Elephant CARNIVAL CUPCAKES Creative Cuts Die Set MEL-0814CC Mama Elephant CARNIVAL TOPPERS Clear Stamp Set ME-1408CT Mama Elephant CARNIVAL TOPPERS Creative Cuts Die Set ME-0814CT Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, Starry Night Mama Elephant Clear Stamp STARRY NIGHT Set ME1301-015 Mama Elephant Clear Stamp NO PEEKING Set ME1211-011 Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, No Peeking Memento Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad, Tuxedo Black @ellen RV10 Pale Pink RV10 Pale Pink COPIC Sketch Marker RV55, Hollyhock Copic Sketch Marker RV55 HOLLYHOCK Magenta Pink Red Violet Copic Sketch Marker RV66 RASPBERRY Red Violet Pink COPIC Sketch Marker RV66, Raspberry R20 Blush R20 Blush Copic Sketch Marker W00 Warm Gray Grey W00 Warm Gray COPIC Sketch Marker W2, Warm Gray No. 2 W2 Warm Gray Copic Sketch MARKER W3 WARM GRAY Grey W3 Warm Gray W5 Warm Gray W5 Warm Gray Mama Elephant LOLLIPOP Creative Color Ink Pad ME-LOLLI Mama Elephant Creative Color Ink Pads, Lollipop Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad FOG Gray SSS Premium Dye Ink Pad BLACK Tim Holtz Spun Sugar Distress Ink Distress Ink Pad, Spun Sugar @ellen Distress Ink Pad, Picked Raspberry @ellen Picked Raspberry BARN DOOR DISTRESS INK Distress Ink Pad, Barn Door Versamark Frost VersaMark Dazzle, Frost Hero Arts Embossing Powder, White Hero Arts WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER Sakura Glaze Pen, Black Sakura BLACK GLAZE GEL PENS Sakura WHITE OPAQUE GLAZE GEL PENS Glaze Pen, White, 2 pk ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Tip Marker Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# COTTON CANDY CC16 Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# DOLL PINK DP17 Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# LIPSTICK RED LR10 Neenah Solar White Cardstock Bazzill 21 LB VELLUM 8.5" x 11" White 25 Sheets @simon Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock Sizzix Big Shot Cutting and Embossing Die-Cut Machine Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Powder Blue & Teal @simon Mama Elephant EMBELLISHED TAG Creative Cuts Steel Dies MEL-001C Mama Elephant Creative Cuts, Embellished Tag Mama Elephant Creative Cuts | Bold Banner, Dainty Bow, Embellished Tag and Femme Frames Packaged Se Ink Blending Tool, 1 Round Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS Ranger Mini Mister, Individual @ellen Inkssentials Mini Mister (Lot of 3) Lawn Fawn 1.75" Round Block With Grip Lawn Fawn 1.75 Inch Acrylic ROUND Grip Block Lawn Fawn 2.5" Acrylic ROUND Grip Block with Grid Lawn Fawn 2.5" Round Block With Grip & Grid Lawn Fawn 2 x 8 Inch Acrylic RECTANGLE Grip Block with Grid 2 Lawn Fawn Round Clear Acrylic Stamping Blocks Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag Hero Arts Heat Tool Milwaukee Model 1400 Heat Gun Glossy Accents Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent 3M Scotch 1/2-Inch by 36-Yard Double-Sided Foam Tape Sistema Klip It 3 by 6.7-Ounce Containers, 3-Pack, Clear Sistema KLIP IT 3 Containers Clear Three Pack Mini Plastic TASTING SPOONS Pack of 100 Mini Plastic Tasting Spoons And Ice Cream Spoons Command CLEAR DECORATING CLIPS 40 Pack 17026CLR-VP Command Decorating Clips, Clear, 40-Clip

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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!

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Your next stop on the Stampede is the incredible Elena Roussakis!

Comments

[Rubeena]

I love your videos, and this is sooooo adorable!!!!

[Laura Sterckx]

Wow! This card is so cute! I love the ombré background. :)

[Audrey Tokach]

I love everything about this card! Love your work and enjoy your videos so much! :)

[Tanja]

the bunny is already super cute but the freckles make it adorable - love your card

[Michele F]

Loving that background stamp.. and, well, everything about this =] Michele

[Susieq]

That's the cutest little bunny. You did an amazing job.

[Jessica Bavier]

This is soooo cute! Love the way you did the background and the layered tags are awesome! :)

[Jessica Bavier]

I'm a FB fan of Mama Elephant! :)

[Elise C.]

Ah, this card is so cute! That bunny is adorable!! :)

[*Vicki*]

Such an adorable card!! Love the stars you added to it! :)

[Amy R]

I love that little bunny. What a great card!

[Kathy Camps]

Love all of your cards! You are so creative!!

[Connie]

Big fan! Another adorable card. Thank you!

[Jessica H.]

Super cute card!!!! LOVE mama elephant and HAVE to have the carnival cupcake stamp set!!! Those little animals are too adorable!!!!

[Jessica H.]

Already like mama elephant on Facebook. Wish there was a LOVE option!

[Jessica H.]

Already follow mama elephant on twitter!

[Dolly]

So sweet Nichol! TFS!

[Amy Cooley]

Your background is beautiful and I love all the pink!

[Amy Cooley]

I liked/shared on Facebook (Amy Maddux Cooley)

[Amy Cooley]

I tweeted (@acools).

[Mariclaudi Benitez]

Oh so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Karen King]

I have yet to purchase a tag die - this looks like the one to get. The background is great too.

[Carol Doggett]

Super cute!! I always enjoy your videos!!

[Pam]

Love the background stamp! It's a must have

[{vicki}]

cute card