Mama Elephant February 2016 Stampede | Labeled Messages "I Love You" Card (Nichol Spohr LLC)

Welcome to the Mama Elephant February Stampede Blog Hop!

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

The darling new Carried Away stamped images pair so well with a number of greetings from the Labeled Messages Stamp Set. I created a love-themed scene pairing these sweet stamped images with the Madison Avenue Frame Die and cloudy Landscape Trio Die. The shades of pink Distress Ink made for a great pink and hearts card but you could change up the theme so easily by changing up the colors.

I stamped the images from the Carried Away Stamp Set on Bristol Smooth Cardstock using the Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink and colored in the images with the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The color combinations I used are shown below:

BALLOON: 200, 025

GIRL: 072, 071, 028, 200, 025, 021, 022, 902, 064, 062

BOY: 072, 071, 028, 021, 022, 902, 097, 062

Once the ink dried, I die cut the images with the coordinating Carried Away Dies. I added detail to the eyes with the Sakura Black Glaze Pen.

I die cut the frame and background from watercolor cardstock using the Madison Avenue Frame Die. I cut it twice. From one of the inside rectangles I die cut a cloud border using the cloudy Landscape Trio Die. I also die cut the frame from vellum and die cut another cloudy border. I applied Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks to the watercolor frame, background, and cloud border. I spritzed the pieces with water from a Distress Sprayer, let it sit for about 30 seconds and then blotted it dry with a paper towel.

To add to the love theme of the design I added stamped hearts from the Confetti Stamp Set using the Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks.

I die cut a frame from Fun Foam to give the frame a bit of dimension under the Distress Inked frame and then assembled the scene as shown. I stamped the "I Love You" greeting from the Labeled Messages Stamp Set on smooth white cardstock using Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink and cut out the greeting and adhered it to the bottom edge of the card.

I finished the design by adhering some Pretty Pink Posh Iridescent Heart Confetti using Ranger Multi Medium.

V I D E O T U T O R I A L

To watch the creation of this I Love You card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:

S U P P L I E S

The letters below the thumbnails below link to stores where you can purchase the products shown in this post and video: SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, SB.COM = to purchase from Scrapbook.com. Affiliate links used.

Mama Elephant Confetti (SSS)	Mama Elephant Confetti (EH)	Spun Sugar Distress Ink (SSS)	Spun Sugar Distress Ink (EH)	Picked Raspberry Distress Ink (SSS)
Picked Raspberry Distress Ink (EH)	Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink (SSS)	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker 028 Pale Pink (SSS)	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker 028 Pale Pink (EH)	ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker Sugared Almond Pink 200 (EH)
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker Sugared Almond Pink 200 (SSS)	ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 025, Pink	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker PINK RB6000AT025	ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 021 Light Carmine (SSS)	ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 021 Light Carmine (EH)
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 022 Carmine Red (EH)	ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 022 Carmine Red (SSS)	ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 071, Flesh	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker FLESH RB6000AT071	ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 064, Oatmeal
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker OATMEAL RB6000AT064	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker 072 Beige (SSS)	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker 072 Beige (EH)	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker 062 Dark Brown (EH)	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker 062 Dark Brown (SSS)
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 097, Pale Gray	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker PALE GRAY RB6000AT097	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker Natural Gray 902 (EH)	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker Natural Gray 902 (SSS)	Sakura Black Glaze Pen (SSS)
Sakura Black Glaze Pen (EH)	Simon Says Stamp White A2 TOP Fold Scored Cards 120# 10 Pack a2top10 STAMPtember	Strathmore Watercolor Paper Pad 9x12 (SSS)	Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper Pad (SSS)	Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper Pad (AZ)
White Fun Foam 12 Pack (SSS)	Bazzill 40 lb Vellum/25 Pack (SSS)	Bazzill 40 lb Vellum/25 Pack (EH)	Iridescent Mini Heart Confetti (PPP)	Sizzix Big Shot White & Gray (EH)
Sizzix Big Shot White & Gray (SSS)	Mama Elephant Madison Avenue Dies (SSS)	Mama Elephant Madison Avenue Framed Tags (EH)	Framed Tags - Madison Avenue Dies (ME)	Mama Elephant Landscape Trio (SSS)
Mama Elephant Landscape Trio (EH)	Mama Elephant Landscape Trio (ME)	Distress Sprayer (EH)	Distress Sprayer (SSS)	Ink Blending Tool Round (SSS)
Ink Blending Tool Round (EH)	Ranger Mini Multi Medium (SSS)	Ranger Mini Multi Medium (EH)	Quilled Creations Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle (SSS)	Quilled Creations Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle (EH)

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G I V E A W A Y

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

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