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Love is in the air with the November Release from Mama Elephant! I am loving the change up from holiday cards and can't wait to show you all the fun designs I have made with the November Release products! My favorites from the release? Hogs and Kisses are the most adorable piggies, the Little Bear Agenda is the perfect addition to the collection, and this gorgeous Heart In Bloom Floral I've used today is a fantastic image to color!
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Watch the creation of these heart in bloom cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
I decided to do watercolor two ways with the Heart In Bloom set for my card shares today. The first is stamping and embossing on white Bristol Smooth Cardstock with white embossing powder and coloring in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The second is stamping and embossing on dark gray cardstock with gold embossing powder and coloring in with Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic Inks (they look amazing on dark cardstock!). Two completely different mediums but both with fantastic, yet completely different, results!
For both cards I stamped the Hearts In Bloom image on either Bristol Smooth Cardstock or dark gray cardstock with clear embossing ink and then heat embossed with white embossing powder on the white background and gold embossing powder on the dark gray background. We will be using the coordinating die with these images.
For the white background I used the following Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker color combinations to color in the flowers and banner:
024 Wine Red, 220 Tea Rose
260 Deep Red, 230 Pale Rose
026 Light Pink, 201 Pink Haze
043 Olive Green, 046 Mid Green
090 Gray, 097 Pale Gray
I added the color to the image and then watercolored with a water brush pen. Once dry I stamped the sentiment from Heart In Bloom with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder.
The background of the card was dry embossed with a Scor Pal at 1/2" and 1/4" intervals. The Heart In Bloom was die cut with the coordinating die and popped up on the background with foam adhesive. The design was finished with a scattering of Pretty Pink Posh Clear Confetti Mix sequins.
For the dark gray background the Heart In Bloom was colored in with Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic Inks in Red, Green, and Pewter. These colors also work well for holiday but in this case I think they definitely give the feeling of "love". I painted the Glimmer Inks on with a water brush pen and die cut the image with the coordinating die.
The greeting from Heart In Bloom was stamped with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
The card was assembled exactly like the other one, with the scored background and image popped up with foam adhesive. Metallic Gold Sequins finish off this elegant love-themed card design.
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Hi friends! I've got a couple more gift card holder cards to share with you today. I love the Inside Pop Card Holder dies from Mama Elephant so much that I wanted to share a couple of additional ideas on cards you can create with this awesome die set.
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To watch the creation of these inside pop card holder holiday cards from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
I've got two very different cards but both feature the Inside Pop Card Holder dies! Lots of Mama Elephant stamps and dies have been used to create the Christmas card and New Year's cards below.
For my first card today, I used the Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Mint Shifter with Salty Ocean and Wilted Violet Distress Inks to create the plaid background. "Happy New Year" from the Happy New Year Wishes stamp set was stamped on the panel with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder before the panel was die cut with the Madison Ave frame die and the center was adhered to the center of a white top fold card base with foam adhesive. The frame was die cut again from Island Blue Cardstock and adhered around the center panel as shown.
Additional sentiment phrases from the Happy New Year Wishes stamp set were stamped on Island Blue Cardstock using clear embossing ink, heat embossed with white embossing powder, trimmed into thin strips, and adhered to the card with foam adhesive strips.
Champagne bottles from the Holiday Bitties Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock with black ink, colored in with Copic Markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies. The images were adhered to the card front as shown.
For my second card I inked a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel of smooth white cardstock with Abandoned Coral and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Inks. A string of holiday lights and a greeting from the Bright Lights Stamp Set were stamped with black ink. The light bulbs were stamped with Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, and Wilted Violet Distress Inks. A white opaque pen was used to reinforce the highlight on each light bulb. A layer of Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard was applied to each light bulb.
Copic Markers were used to color in the word "bright" in the sentiment and a layer of Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard was applied over the greeting.
Images from Yappy Woofmas and Trim the Tree were stamped on smooth white cardstock, colored in with Copic Markers, and die cut with the coordinating Yappy Woofmas Dies and Trim the Tree Dies. The images were adhered with foam adhesive as shown.
The Inside Pop Card Holder dies makes giving a gift card so easy and unique! Coordinating stamps were used on the Inside Pop Card Holder dies on each card so that the gift card holder matches the front of the card design. See the video for easy instructions on how to attach the gift card holders to the inside of cards.
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To watch the creation of this inside pop card holder holiday card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
The Inside Pop Card Holder and rounded handle was die cut twice from red cardstock and assembled according to the video instructions to the inside of a white side fold card base. Ugly holiday sweaters from the Holiday Bitties Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock with black ink, colored in with Copic Markers, and die cut with the Holiday Bitties Dies before being adhered to the gift card holder as shown.
A sentiment from the Holiday Messages Stamp Set was stamped on smooth white cardstock with black ink, trimmed into a thin strip and adhered below the sweaters. A gift tag was die cut using a Scallop Tags Trio Creative Cuts Die, stamped with "to" and "from" from the Holiday Messages Stamp Set using black ink and tied to the gift bag handle with green twine to finish the inside of the card.
For the front of the card, Mermaid Lagoon and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks were used to color in a piece of smooth white cardstock. Picket Fence Distress Paint was watered down and splattered over the background for distressing. Once dry, the panel was die cut with a Basic Rectangles Creative Cuts Die and adhered to the front of the side fold card base.
Sentiments from the Holiday Messages Stamp Set were stamped on red cardstock using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The greetings were trimmed into thin strips and adhered below each sweater with foam adhesive strips as shown.
The designs were finished with a bit of Nuvo Crystal Drops on parts of the sweaters and highlights were added with an opaque white pen.
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Watch the creation of this holiday carolers scene card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The background of the card was created by die cutting the Galactic Cover from smooth white cardstock and inking with Mustard Seed, Mermaid Lagoon, and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks. The Mustard Seed ink was applied first and the blue inks applied around it to give the illusion of the light pole lighting up the night sky.
Two snowy borders from the On The Hills Die Collection were die cut from smooth white cardstock and adhered along the bottom edge of the panel as shown. A sentiment from the Let's Go Caroling Stamp Set and coordinating dies was stamped with clear embossing ink and heat set with white embossing powder. The Falala Script was die cut from glitter cardstock adhered to fun foam with stick it adhesive and adhered above the stamped and embossed greeting.
The images from the Let's Go Caroling Stamp Set and coordinating dies were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Intense Black Ink, colored in with Copic Markers, and die cut with coordinating dies. The images were adhered to the scene as shown, the carolers adhered with foam adhesive squares.
Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard were adhered to the light, falling snow die cut background, and star accents to finish the design.
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Today the Mama Elephant Design Team is showcasing the Holiday Bitties Stamp Set and coordinating dies. These adorable images can be used alone or together like I did today to make fun holiday cards!
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Watch the creation of this holiday card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The images from the Holiday Bitties Stamp Set and coordinating dies were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Hero Arts Intense Black Ink, colored in with Copic Markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies.
Glossy Accents was added to the snow globe and glass jar for a glassy finish. Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard was applied to the ornaments and gift tag. The Sakura White Pen was used to add detail to the mug and the ribbon on the package.
The Falala Script Creative Cut was die cut from white glitter cardstock adhered to Fun Foam with Stick It Adhesive and adhered above the stamped and embossed greetings.
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I stamped the Holiday Bitties all over a piece of smooth white cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Mermaid Lagoon and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks were applied over the embossed images for embossed resist. Ink on top of the embossed images was wiped off with a dry paper towel and parts of the images were embellished with Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard for a clear, sparkly finish.
Greetings from the Holiday Messages stamp set were stamped on Chili Pepper cardstock using clear embossing ink, heat embossed with white embossing powder, trimmed into thin strips and adhered to the card with foam adhesive strips as shown.
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Watch the creation of this Christmas card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The front of the card was created by die cutting the Galactic Cover from smooth white cardstock and inked with Mermaid Lagoon and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks. The cover was adhered to a white side fold card base. The Hilly Stitched Hello was die cut from smooth white cardstock and adhered along the bottom edge of the card. The heart from "hello" was colored in with Copic Markers and inlaid inside the "o". Greetings from Santa's Sleigh was stamped along the stitched edge of the die cut border greeting with black ink.
A puppy from Yappy Woofmas and the sign from Santa's Sleigh were stamped on smooth white cardstock, colored in with Copic Markers, die cut with the coordinating dies and adhered to the front of the card as shown.
The inside of the card base was inked with Mermaid Lagoon and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks and bottom edge was covered with die cut On the Hills borders. The Inside Arch was die cut from smooth white cardstock, inked to match the rest of the design and secured to the inside of the card as shown in the video tutorial.
Images from Yappy Woofmas and Santa's Sleigh were stamped on smooth white cardstock, colored in with Copic Markers, die cut with the coordinating dies before being secured to the Inside Arch and pop up tabs on the inside of the card.
The "snow" effect inside the card was created by flicking watered down Picket Fence Distress Paint over the inside of the card for the illusion of falling snow.
The design was finished with Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard on the snow images and Glossy Accents on the sign pole.
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Watch the creation of this holiday card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The Flip Slider creates the most amazing little interactive element! I am really excited about this die set and hope my project and video inspires y'all to give it a try!
The background was created by die cutting a Hexastar Die background from Mermaid Cardstock and stamping Holly's Snowflakes with clear embossing ink and heat embossing with white embossing powder as shown.
The die cut greeting was created by die cutting the Oh Joy Halo sentiment from white glitter cardstock adhered to Fun Foam with Stick It Adhesive and vellum, layering and adhered to the top of the card. The phrase from the Merry Christmas Wishes stamp set was stamped on Simon Says Stamp Smoke Cardstock using clear embossing ink and heat embossing with white embossing powder before trimming into a thin strip and adhering under the die cut greeting.
Rhinestones and Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard were applied to the center of the snowflakes.
The Flip Slider components were die cut from Lawn Fawn Mermaid and Peacock Cardstock, Simon Says Stamp Teal Cardstock, and Gina K Turquoise Sea Cardstock. I assembled the Flip Slider according to the directions in the video and glued the design to my background. Each aqua panel was stamped with falling snow from Holly's Snowflakes with clear embossing ink and heat embossing with white embossing powder.
Snowmen from the Little Snowman Agenda stamps/dies were stamped on smooth white cardstock with black ink, colored in with Copic Markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies. The images were adhered to the Flip Slider and by the greeting.
"Pull Here" from the Heffy Doodle Interactively Yours Stamp Set was stamped on the pull tab with clear embossing ink and heat set with white embossing powder to complete the card.
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Today the Mama Elephant Design Team is showcasing the new Little Agenda Trains Stamp Set. I am absolutely loving all the additions to the Little Agenda collection!
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Watch the creation of this holiday card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The background for my card was created by inking a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Salty Ocean Distress Ink, spritzing with water from a Distress Sprayer and blotting dry with a paper towel.
A Tri Window frame die was die cut from smooth white cardstock and adhered over the inked background with foam adhesive squares.
Little stars and hearts from the Little Agenda Trains Stamp Set were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink and colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The hearts and stars were finished Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard for awesome sparkle.
Images from the Little Agenda Trains Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Hero Arts Intense Black Ink, colored in with Copic Markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies. The images were adhered in the bottom two openings of the frame as shown using foam adhesive. Details were added with Glossy Accents, a black gel pen, and Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard.
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Watch the creation of this holiday card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
A bit of Distress Oxide Ink, some great dies, and these fantastic penguins make the most perfect winter wrapping presents scene. Mama Elephant makes some of the best of the best penguins. I just love them!
The falling snow background for my card was created by die cutting smooth white cardstock using the Galactic Cover and inking it up with Broken China and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink. The panel was adhered to a white side fold card base.
A mountain range was die cut from smooth white cardstock using the Snow Capped Mountains Dies and the bottom portion was masked off with post it tape to give two distinct areas: the iced over water and the mountain range. To ink the mountains, I applied a lighter application of Broken China and Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink, spritzed the mountains with water from a Distress Sprayer and blotted it dry. I switched the post it tape to cover the mountain range then and inked the iced over "water" with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink with a very light hand. I removed the post it tape and adhered the mountain range over the inked background.
The Snow Capped Mountains Dies toppers were die cut from smooth white cardstock and the Marvy Snow Marker was applied to each and heat set to puff up and create amazing textured snow to the tops of each mountain!
Before stamping any image, I like to lay out the elements I think I want to use to make sure it's all going to fit.
A sentiment from the stamp set was stamped along the bottom edge of the card panel using Hero Arts Intense Black Ink. Some of the images were adhered with foam adhesive squares and other adhered directly to the card base. The image were finished with white and black pens and Glossy Accents.
Nuvo Crystal Drops in Gloss White and White Blizzard were used to finish off the snow in the sky and adhered to the die cut circles and starbursts, respectively.
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