Watch the creation of this mini everyday messages underwater little mermaid agenda scene card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The Circular Grid Cover was die cut from smooth white cardstock. The die cut panel and a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of smooth white cardstock were inked with Shaded Lilac, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, and Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks. Both panels were spritzed with water from a Distress Sprayer and blotted dry.
A Honey Bee Stamps Ocean Scene Builder Stencil and white pigment ink were used to add rays of light filtering through the underwater scene. The stenciling was added to both the background and frame.
Once the background was completely dry, Mini Everyday Messages were stamped in four of the frame openings using clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The frame was then popped up with foam adhesive over the background.
Little Mermaiden Agenda images were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Hero Arts Intense Black Ink and colored in with the following Copic Marker color combinations;
Nuvo Crystal Drops were added to the hearts and bikini tops. A black gel pen and fine detail pen were used for the eyes and eyelashes. A stardust glitter pen was used for the mermaid tails.
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Hello friends! Today I'm sharing this tri window designed card featuring the brand new Big News Stamp Set and coordinating dies paired with some favorite previously released Mama Elephant Stamps and Dies: Stackable Cuties (sitting elephant and bear), The Cat's Meow (sign and mouse), and The Bunny's Hop (bunny head and large flower).
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Watch the creation of this tri window big news card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The Tri Window frame was die cut from smooth white cardstock. The "inside" rectangles were inked with Cracked Pistachio, Spun Sugar, and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks. These rectangles were adhered directly to a card base and the frame was adhered to the card with foam adhesive strips.
Images from the Big News, The Cat's Meow, The Bunny's Hop, and Stackable Cuties were stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The following Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker combinations were used for the design:
Flowers: 052 Bright Yellow, 050 Yellow, 055 Pale Yellow, 041 Light Green, 053 Yellow Green
The signs in the Big News images were stamped with sentiments from the stamp set using clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The images were die cut with the coordinating Big New Dies, The Cat's Meow Dies, The Bunny's Hop Dies, and Stackable Cuties Dies before being adhered to the frame design with either foam adhesive squares or liquid adhesive.
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Welcome to the Mama Elephant April Stampede Blog Hop!
Today I'm sharing a birthday card created with the brand new Big Scripty Hello Creative Cuts Die and Big News Stamp Set and coordinating dies. The previously released Birthday Messages Stamp Set, Cloud Nine background die, and Sweet Feline sentiment strips round out this bright and colorful design.
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Watch the creation of this big scripty hello big news card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The sentiments take center stage on this fun birthday design but the background needed a bit of interest to help the sentiments and images shine! A background panel was die cut from smooth white cardstock using the Cloud Nine Creative Cuts background die. The panel was inked with Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress Oxide Inks, spritzed with water from a Distress Sprayer, and then blotted dry.
Strips of cardstock in Hero Hues Azalea, Hero Hues Papaya, Gina K Dandelion, Hero Hues Kiwi, Hero Hues Paradise, and Hero Hues Amethyst were die cut into varying widths and adhered to a regular piece of printer paper (trimmed to 3" x 5 1/2"). I added a strong adhesive to the printer paper and then adhered the strips at a diagonal to create my own rainbow patterned background. I used printer paper because it's thin and will die cut better than another piece of cardstock under the cardstock strips.
The Big Scripty Hello was die cut from the rainbow strip background. The Big Scripty Hello was die cut two more times and the dies were adhered one on top of another for a bit of dimension before being secured to the background as shown.
The images were adhered to the design with foam adhesive.
Sentiments from the Birthday Messages Stamp Set were stamped on the Hero Hues Azalea, Papaya, and Amethyst cardstock with clear embossing ink, heat embossed with white embossing powder, and die cut into strips with a Sweet Feline Creative Cuts die. The phrases were adhered to the design with foam adhesive strips.
The card was finished with a scattering of Nuvo Crystal Drops in Carnation Pink, Ripened Pumpkin, Dandelion Yellow, Apple Green, Caribbean Ocean, and Crushed Grape.
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Watch the creation of this die cut birthday card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The background panel for the card was die cut from smooth white cardstock using the stitched frame from the Sweet Feline Creative Cuts. MFT Clouds were stenciled over the background with Lawn Fawn Fish Tank Ink and a blending brush.
The Rainbow High Creative Cuts rainbow was die cut from seven colors of cardstock and assembled with foam adhesive on the back. The body of the cat was die cut from smooth white cardstock using the Book Buddy Bear and Cat Creative Cuts and adhered to appear to be "hanging" over the rainbow. Paws were die cut from Lawn Fawn Fog Cardstock and adhered to the body. The rainbow and cat body were adhered to the card background.
Sentiments from the Birthday Messages Stamp Set were stamped in an arc around the rainbow using blue ink. I love how this incorporates the sentiments into the design!
Clouds from the Rainbow High Creative Cuts were die cut from smooth white cardstock and adhered to each end of the rainbow with foam adhesive. Hearts were die cut from red cardstock and scattered throughout the design.
The Sweet Feline Creative Cuts kitty was die cut from smooth white cardstock, Hero Hues Peony Cardstock, Hero Hues Pitch Black, and Tonic Gold Mirror Cardstock. The head was assembled as shown and adhered to the body with foam adhesive. A tail from the Inside Pop Bunny and Cat Creative Cuts was die cut from smooth white cardstock and adhered to the feline.
Glossy Accents was used to finish the nose and hearts on the card.
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I'm continuing on my rainbow kick today with this faux watercolor grid stencil background card featuring the brand new Mama Elephant Cupcake Wishes images! I'm not a very proficient watercolor artist so anytime I can create a "faux" watercolor look I am all for it! The Simon Says Stamp Grid Stencil and Lawn Fawn dye inks were used to create this fun background. The smallest Life Changing Blending Brushes worked great to apply the ink through the stencil for my background.
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Watch the creation of this faux watercolor stenciled grid background card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The rest of the Cupcake Wishes images for the card were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Hero Arts Intense Black Ink, colored in with Copic Markers, cut out, and adhered to the design with foam adhesive. The bit of dimension helps the images stand out from the busy background. The cupcake stick was stamped and embossed with a greeting from the Cupcake Wishes Stamp set using clear embossing ink and white embossing powder.
Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard were applied to the top of the cupcakes for a "sugared" effect to complete the design.
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Happy Wednesday! Today I'm sharing a soft and sweet scene card with the Mama Elephant Wish Upon A Star stamp set. The Cloudy Day Cover is the perfect background for these cuties!
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Watch the creation of this wish upon a star scene card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Images from the Wish Upon A Star Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Intense Black Ink and colored in with Copic Markers. The cut images were adhered to the background with either liquid or foam adhesive.
Glossy Accents was applied to the moon and yellow colored stars and Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard were added to the edges of the clouds and the wings to finish the design.
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Happy Tuesday, friends! Today the Mama Elephant Design Team is showcasing the brand new Birthday Messages Stamp Set. These greetings are perfect for all your birthday card making needs!
Want to see more examples of how I've used these sentiments? Be sure to check out THIS Birthday Bash no-line coloring card and video and THIS rainbow stenciled background die cut scene card.
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Watch the creation of this rainbow stamped sentiment strips birthday card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The background for my card was created with the Cloudy Day Cover Creative Cuts die. Each section of the background was masked with post it tape and inked with Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, and Cracked Pistachio Distress Inks. The outer border from the stitching line to the edge was masked and left white for an instant frame.
Stars from The Birthday Bash Stamp Set were stamped over the background with the same colors of Lawn Fawn Ink for a tone-on-tone pattern.
The images and strips were adhered to the background with foam adhesive.
Iridescent star confetti was glued throughout the background to complete the design.
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Happy Monday! Today the Mama Elephant Design Team is showcasing the brand new The Birthday Bash Stamp Set and coordinating dies. I've created a rainbow no-line coloring border with the awesome new large border image from the set. I combined an image from the previously released Little Chickie Agenda Stamp Set into the design holding onto a bunch of star balloons. I love the way the no-line coloring looks with this border image, don't you?!!!
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Watch the creation of this no-line rainbow coloring birthday card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The Sweet Feline background die was die cut from smooth white cardstock and inked with Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed Distress Inks before being stenciled with Mustard Seed Distress Ink and the MFT Ray of Light Stencil over the top for a subtle tone-on-tone pattern.
The border image and star balloons from The Birthday Bash Stamp Set and a chick from the Little Chickie Agenda Stamp Set was stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Fadeout Ink and colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I colored the gift packages in rainbow order going from pinks and reds to yellows/oranges, greens, aqua/mints, blues, and finally purple. I love rainbow anything! ;)
A sentiment from the Birthday Messages Stamp Set was stamped on smooth white cardstock with Lawn Fawn Fish Tank Ink and die cut with a sentiment strip from the Sweet Feline die collection. The sentiment was adhered over the background with a foam adhesive strip. The chickie and balloons were also adhered with foam adhesive.
The background panel was adhered to a white side fold card base to complete the design.
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Watch the creation of this rainbow stenciled background big happy birthday messages card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
I die cut the background panel from smooth white cardstock using a Sweet Feline Creative Cuts die. The scalloped edges of the panel were masked off and then the middle of the panel was stenciled with a rainbow of Distress Inks using the MFT Drifts and Hills Stencil.
The Big Happy Birthday Creative Cuts Die was die cut from smooth white cardstock three times and glued one on top of another for a more substantial sentiment.
The Sweet Feline head was die cut from Simon Says Stamp Smoke Cardstock, Hero Hues Peony Cardstock, and Lawn Fawn Black Licorice Cardstock. The body, paws, and tail for the cat were die cut from Simon Says Stamp Smoke Cardstock using the Inside Pop Bunny and Cat Creative Cuts dies.
The cat was assembled to appear to be hanging over the edge of the "Happy Birthday" die cut greeting and then adhered to the card background as shown. Detail was added to the eyes with a white gel pen and Glossy Accents was used to finish the eyes and nose.
Sentiments from the Birthday Messages Stamp Set were stamped on Simon Says Stamp Lavender and Hero Hues Paradise cardstocks using clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The phrases were die cut with a Sweet Feline strip die and a Sentiment Strips die before being adhered with foam adhesive.
The panel was adhered to a white top fold card base to complete the design.
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Hello friends! I am addicted to no line coloring lately. Today I'm sharing this birthday card featuring the Mama Elephant Hogs and Kisses Stamp Set and Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I love the way this technique looks with these markers.
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To watch the creation of this no line coloring hogs and kisses card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
The piggies and balloons from the Hogs and Kisses Stamp Set were stamped with Antique Linen Distress Ink on Bristol Smooth Cardstock. The images were colored in with the following Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers:
Turquoise Balloon: 042 Turquoise Green, 049 Green Shadow
Purple Balloon: 081 Light Violet, 806 Pale Violet
The background was stenciled with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink using the Drifts and Hills Stencil and a Life Changing Blender Brush. The Distress Sprayer was spritzed over the "mud" and then blotted dry with a paper towel.
The top of the background was inked with Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink and then stenciled with the Clouds For Days Stencil for very subtle clouds. The background was die cut with a Basic Rectangles Die to add detail around the edges.
The images were adhered to the background as shown. A sentiment from the Hogs and Kisses Stamp Set was stamped on the background with Black Ink. Hearts from the stamp set were stamped with Antique Linen Ink and colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The outer frame of the background was adhered directly to the card base. The middle panel was adhered with foam adhesive.
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