Hey Crafty friends! It's been a while since I posted on my blog but I just had to share this card with you here as I just love these cute little Gingerbread Agenda stamps from Mama Elephant. I couldn't resist making a couple of tags to go with the card too.
To start the card I cut a panel of smooth white heavyweight cardstock to just larger than 5.5" x 4.25" and blended on ink using Distress Inks in Festive Berries, Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar. I applied Spun Sugar all over the panel first, then applied Worn Lipstick all around the edges trying to keep the centre from getting too dark, then I applied the Festive Berries around the edge, carefully drawing the colour in with my blending brush. To add some interest to the panel I smooshed some Festive Berries on to my mat, loosened it with a few drops of water and then splattered on ink all over the panel with a small paint brush. I set the panel aside to dry and in the meantime ink blended on Spun Sugar all over another piece of white cardstock measuring 4" x 5.25". Once my ink splattered panel was dry I ran it through my die cutting machine along with the Mama Elephant Little Globies Cover Plate. I also ran the Little Globies Cover Plate through my machine again with a piece of white heavyweight cardstock. With the plain white negative pieces I used the stitched hill borders from the Landscape Trio die set to create some snowy hills to sit inside my snow globe cut outs. I set all my die cutting aside to work on stamping and colouring my Gingerbread people.
I used my Silhouette machine to cut out all the little Gingerbread Agendas. I then stamped them and coloured them with my Copic markers. The pinks and reds I used are my favourite combos and I use them a lot in my projects!
Before assembling the card I took some glittery gold cardstock and die cut the bases for the snow globes. I applied some liquid adhesive to the back of the snow globe panel and adhered it to the panel covered with Spun Sugar Distress Ink. I then placed the stitched snowy borders in to the snow globe openings and adhered the gold glittery bases to the front of the card. I used my Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen to apply a thin layer of shimmer on to the hills and then glued my gingerbreads in to place.
To go with the card I created the cute tags using some more Mama Elephant goodies. I used the smallest tag die in the Tags A Lot die set and applied the same Distress Inks, along with some splatters. With the some left over ink blended cardstock from the card I cut two hexagonal shapes from the Winter Taggins die set. I also created two stitched hills by die cutting a white hexagon shape and using the same hill borders to create snowy hills. I cut two snowflake tags from white cardstock with the Winter Taggins set plus 2 white bows for layering and also 2 bows from gold glittery cardstock. The gold elements helped to tie the two projects together. Before assembling all the tags together I stamped a sentiment from the Mama Elephant Mixed Holiday Greetings stamp set in Versafine
Clair Nocturn Ink. All my layers were adhered together with liquid adhesive and then my little gingerbread people on top. I used some bakers twine through the holes at the top. As a final touch I used a white Gelly Roll pen to add dots to the cheeks and some highlights to make things pop!
I really hope you enjoyed this project! Please feel free to drop me a message if you would like anything explained or have any questions... I love getting messages and spreading the crafty love!
Hopefully I'll be back soon soon with another festive project to share xxx
Hello and welcome back to my YouTube channel and blog! Today I am sharing a slimline card featuring a winter wonderland full of cute gnomes using stamps and dies from Mama Elephant.
To start with I ink blended a piece of light blue coloured card and starting at the top ink blended on some Distress Ink in Peacock Feathers. I focused the majority of the colour at the top. To darken the sky a little more I used Distress Ink in Blueprint Sketch and finally used a dye ink in Navy from Hero Arts.
To add the falling snow I dotted on white dots using a white paint pen by Jane Davenport (link down in the supplies section). Sometimes I just can't be dealing with the splatter clear up :) and this method is so super quick!
I used the Slim Woodland die by Mama Elephant to help build the scene. I cut two from heavyweight white. I trimmed the bottom section to just leave the snow banks and ink blended on some Peacock Feathers. For the trees I used Distress Inks in Antique Linen and Vintage Photo.
For the gnomes I used Little Gnome Agenda stamps and used the candy house from Cookie Christmas and coloured these with my copic markers as follows:
To add more interest to the card I coloured some holly sprigs from Snow Friends stamp set and some gift packages taken from Page Huggers stamp set. To ensure they co-ordinated I used the same colours of copic markers.
On the trees I added some chunky glitter, I can't make a card without adding sparkle at this time of year!
I trimmed down my blue ink blended panel so that it fit behind the woodland die cut and then adhered the snow banks on top. I made a card base from heavy weight white card (I have a stash of these pre made....the card base measures 8.5" x 3.5") and secured the scene panel to the card base.
For the sentiment I used Mama Elephant's Jingle Greetings stamp set and used Versafine Onyx Black Ink to stamp this on to the card front.
To finish up the card I applied some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen on to various parts of images and also accented certain elements with Glossy Accents....I love the dimension this gives. I added a small clay heart to the gnomes sign.
For a full 'how-to' tutorial check out the video below! I'd love to know what you think :)
Supplies used:
Slim Woodland Creative Cuts - Mama Elephant Little Gnome Agenda stamps - Mama Elephant Cookie Christmas - Mama Elephant Jingle Greetings stamps - Mama Elephant Page Huggers stamps & dies - Mama Elephant Snow Friends stamps & dies - Mama Elephant
Distress Ink:
Peacock Feathers - https://bit.ly/36zomca
Blueprint Sketch - https://bit.ly/2UqcymQ
Antique Linen - https://bit.ly/2Um8ZxZ
Vintage Photo - https://bit.ly/35sreIt
Pool - Navy Ombre Ink Pad - Hero Arts
White Paint Pen - Jane Davenport https://bit.ly/2Iyf7RB
White Gel Pen - https://amzn.to/2K1oIkd
Versafine Onyx Black Ink - https://amzn.to/38F7EL6
Thank you for joining me here on my blog! I look forward to seeing you back here again soon for some more wintery themed cards!
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Hello everyone! Today I'm back with card number 5 in my Halloween card series for 2020! I hope you like it, I've really loved seeing other crafters' green Halloween cards so I'm having a go at creating my own! In this card I used Distress Inks in Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint and Black Soot. I concentrated the darkest colours around the edge of the card and on top of the grassy borders
I used the Slim Window Dressing Creative Cuts from Mama Elephant for the base of the card. I cut the panel 3 times. I kept 1 panel whole and then used the grassy border dies in the set to cut the two more grassy banks. This will help give the card some dimension and more spaces to add in my mummies!
For the Mummies I used the Little Mummy Agenda stamps set and stamped them on to Strathmore Bristol Smooth card stock. The mummies were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black Ink.
I coloured the mummies in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I used the darkest shades in the areas I wanted to create shadow and then pulled the colour out with lighter colors. Here are the colours I used:
To created the large letter sentiment on the card I used the Whimsy Alphas. I cut them out on the largest panel and again from some black cardstock. I attached the largest panel to a 3.5"x8.5" black cardbase and then adhered the other grassy panels on top. The black letter die cuts were glued in to the negative letter spaces and the green letters were adhered on the corresponding letter but was offset a little to help make them pop. To add more dimension I covered all the letters in Glossy Accents.
To add to the sentiment I heat embossed in white embossing powder the word 'wishes' from the Sincerely Yours stamp set on to black card. I trimmed this down and adhered it to the middle of the die cut letters.
Once the mummies were stuck to the front of the card I popped on some pretty Peacock Feather jewels and stamped the spider few times around the card using Versafine Onyx Black Ink.
If you would like a start to finish tutorial of this card then please see the YouTube video I created below:
Here is a list of all the supplies used in this card:
Little Mummy Agenda - Mama Elephant
Slim Window Dressing Creative Cuts - Mama Elephant
Whimsy Alphas Creative Cuts - Mama Elephant
Sincerely Yours - Mama Elephant
Distress Ink - Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Black Soot
Black Paint - Gansai Tambi Watercolor 36 pan
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Versamark Ink
Strathmore Bristol Smooth Card
Black Card - Creative Expressions 220gsm
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
Super Fine White Embossing Powder - Ranger
Misti Stamping Tool
Embossing Buddy
Heat Tool
Thank you so much for joining me! Come back soon for card number 6!
Hello wonderful crafty friends! I'm so excited to share these projects for Mama Elephants 8th Anniversary release!! Mama Elephant kindly sent me some goodies to play with and create some projects for you to get you all excited and inspired for all the newness coming on 15th September (release is available at 12am EST)!
My first project(s) are a card and tag using Toasty Friends(*) stamp set.
How cute are these little critters huddled up around the fire with hot chocolate and marshmallows?! I can't cope with the cuteness and those heart thought bubbles? I just had to put as many as I could on the card!
The soft ink blending on the background was achieved by using Strathmore Bristol Smooth card stock (so easy and soft to blend on) along with Distress Oxides in Victorian Velvet and Weathered Wood with some soft blending brushes. To add extra interest I splattered on some gold paint from my 36 pan Gansai Tambi watercolour pallet.
The images were stamped on copic friendly card with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. The images were colored in Copic Markers. I used a lot of colours and I have listed them all on this colour map:
The A2 card base is made from Simon Says Stamp 'Fog' card stock. I trimmed the scene card panel to 5" by 3 3/4"" so that I had a nice 1/4" border around the edge, This helped to frame my scene.
For the tag I used Mama Elephant Framed Tags Madison Avenue Creative Cuts with a left over piece of Bristol Smooth card stock. I used the bunny and heart thought bubbles again from the Toasty Friends(*) stamp set. I also used a sentiment from the new Mixed Holiday Greetings(*) stamp set. To finish the tag off I added a small piece of silver thread and a crisp white satin bow.
If you would like to see a more in-depth video of the making of these projects be sure to check out the video below:
Here is a list of the rest of all the products used:
- Toasty Friends stamps & dies - Mama Elephant (*)
- Mixed Holiday Greetings - Mama Elephant (*)
- Framed Tags Madison Avenue CC - Mama Elephant
- Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock
- Fog cardstock - Simon Says Stamp
- Distress Oxide - Victorian Velvet
- Distress Oxide - Weathered Wood
- Gold Paint - Gansai Tambi 36 pan watercolour set
The Mama Elephant release will be available to purchase on 15th September at 12am EST.
Elaine xxx
Disclaimer: Some items in this blog post have been gifted for design team purposes. Items which have been gifted are identified with an (*). All other items in the creation of these projects was purchased by me.
Today I'm sharing (I've already shared on Instagram!) on my blog and YouTube channel this adorable Halloween card using the Little Ghost Agenda stamps by Mama Elephant.
For the main panel of the card I used a medium weight piece of raspberry cardstock and cut it slightly larger than an A2 size. I used Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves and Black Soot to build up colour around the edges of the cardstock to create a gradient from darker on the outside to lighter at the centre of the card.
I added some black and white splatters to add interest and texture to the cardstock. Once the panel was dry I used the Mama Elephant Star Grid Cover Plate on the ink blended card.
I raided my patterned paper stash and picked out a number of pretty papers which I thought matched my colour pallet and cut out some stars using the same Star Grid Cover Plate.
Before adhering my ink blended panel to a black A2 sized cardbase I trimmed down the edges along the stitched frame using my guillotine trimmer.
The panel was adhered to the card base using liquid adhesive and the decorative patterned paper stars were also adhered.
I stamped the ghost images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured them with the following markers:
Ghosts
B01, B00, BG0000, 0, RV10
Accessories
C10, C7, C5 (hat)
YR27, YR15, Y15, YR02, YG65, E15 (pumpkin)
RV19, RV17, RV13 (lollipop)
E44, E43, E57, E55, E53 (broomstick)
E44, E43, E57, E55, E53 (sweet)
I heat embossed the 'happy Halloween to you' stamp from Pretty Pink Posh 'BOO' stamp set on to black cardstock with white embossing powder. I trimmed it with my guillotine and adhered it to the front of the card with double sided tape.
The ghosts were adhered with liquid adhesive along with some ebony jewels scattered around too.
Click below to watch the YouTube video
Here are all the supplies used for this card:
Little Ghost Agenda stamps (Mama Elephant)
Star Grid Cover Plate die (Mama Elephant)
BOO stamps (Pretty Pink Posh)
Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Black Soot
Copic Markers (colours listed above)
Copic Opaque White
Raspberry Cardstock
Copic friendly cardstock (Marker Geek)
Assortment of patterned papers
Black Cardstock (Creative Expressions)
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Super Fine White Embossing Powder (Ranger)
Liquid adhesive (Gina K Connect glue)
Guillotine (Tonic)
Ebony Jewels (Lucy's Little Things)
Clear Sparkle Pen (Spectrum Noir)
I hope you enjoyed this card! I have lots more Halloween cards planned so stay tuned and be sure to follow me so you don't miss any projects :)
Have a good day and thank you for joining me! xxx
Disclaimer: all of the supplies used in the making of this card were purchased by myself.
Welcome to a super fun and cute Halloween card tutorial! I absolutely love making Halloween cards and think its a great chance to explore vibrant and colours. For this card I used Mama Elephant Little Mummy Agenda stamps along with the slim card basics dies from Mama Elephant. A full list of supplies can be found towards the end of the post.
I created lots of grassy layers for my cute Mummy's to stand in and I think it just looks adorable!
The finished card measures 8.5" x 3.5", heres a diagram to help....
The distress inks I used for this card were:
Tumbled Glass
Peacock Feathers
Blueprint Sketch
Chipped Sapphire
Black Soot
Check out the video for a full tutorial on this card...there were quite a few steps but I think it was worth it!
Hi Crafty Friends!
Thank you for joining me on my blog! I've used Mama Elephant - Picnic with Friends to make an adorable scene card and the sentiments are fabulous - you could used them for so many occasions.
xoxo
Hi Crafty Friends!
Today I'm sharing this card which I made for the current YNS blog challenge!
All the supplies I've used are listed below (plus a picture of the sketch!)
Supplies
Your next stamp - Oh Deer
Mama Elephant stamps - Wishful Taggins (sentiment)
Hello! Here is my entry for the current YNS challenge #75. I created this card for a girl in my sons class who recently had her birthday party. Thanks for looking and have a lovely day!
Supplies:
Mama Elephant - All Prettied Up
Mama Elephant - Balloon Et Cetera stamps and Dies
Mama Elephant/Hampton Art - Up we go
MFT - Mini Scalloped circles
Lawn Fawn - Large stitched scalloped circles
Lawn Fawn - Sophie's sentiments
Lawn Fawn - Scalloped borders
Distress Ink - Picked raspberries
Copic markers
Memento Ink - Tuxedo black
MFT - Sorbet paper pack
Sequins - random selection from stash
Acetate
Double sided tape
3M foam tape
Glitter thread
Gelly roll - black glaze
Birthday card for a friend...put it together really quickly but I think its one of my favourites!
Heart flourish die
Mama Elephant 'all prettied up' die
Mama Elephant 'honey bunny' stamp and die set
Mama Elephant 'rainbows & unicorns' stamp set - sentiment
Ranger liquid platinum embossing powder
Distress Inks (spun sugar, squeezed lemonade, cracked pistachio, tumbled glass, seedless preserves)
Copic markers
Hi Everyone!
Today I'm sharing this cute card I made using the 'hello deer' stamp set from your next stamp. I'm submitting as my entry for this months sketch challenge. Hope you like it! Let me know what you think! xxx
