Welcome to the Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop!
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Watch the creation of this card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Today I'm combining a new Wild Meadow floral border image with a Frienship Sentiments greeting for this bright and beautiful floral card!
I started the design by stamping a greeting from the Friendship Sentiments Stamp Set across the center of a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Bristol Smooth Cardstock panel with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. The flower border from the Wild Meadow Stamp Set was stamped above and below the greeting, creating a nice strip that frames up the sentiment.
The floral borders were colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and the background was secured to a white side fold card base.
An additional greeting from the Wild Meadow Stamp Set was stamped on smooth white cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink, trimmed with scissors, and popped up over the top flower border with foam adhesive as shown.
Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter was applied to a few of the flowers using Glossy Accents. Nuvo Crystal Drops in Morning Dew were scattered throughout to complete the design.
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Hello! Today I'm sharing a couple of die cut heavy cards featuring the newest add-on to the Mama Elephant Favor Bag Collection, the Favor Bag Piggie! I paired this cutie with my favorite Favor Bag Add On Love heart and arrows dies, a stamped, embossed, and die cut frame, and coordinating sentiments from the Hogs and Kisses Stamp Set! These cards would make great Valentines, love, or anytime cards just by switching up the greetings.
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Watch the creation of these two piggie-themed love cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The Favor Bag Piggie Die Collection comes with a couple of different ear and eye options for customizing your piggies! I used the floppy ears and round eyes for one pig and the standing up ears and oval eyes for the other.
I stamped the Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripe Background on Lawn Fawn Chili Pepper Cardstock using clear embossing ink and heat embossed the stripes with white embossing powder for the red/white striped frame. A diagonal stripe background is one of my most favorite background stamps for creating amazing striped backgrounds in any color! The frame was die cut using the Mama Elephant Framed Tags Hug It Out. The inside panel for each frame was die cut from Simon Says Stamp Fog Cardstock.
The piggies for both cards were die cut using components from the Favor Bag Piggie Die Set, Snow Deer Die Set, and Love Die Set. The piggies were inked with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink for a bit of added texture. The snout on each pig was die cut three times and stacked one on top of another before being adhered to the face. The "body" of each pig was created from the "face" from the Snow Deer Set.
Sentiments from the Hogs and Kisses Stamp Set were stamped on the Favor Bag Love heart die cut using clear embossing ink and heat set with white embossing powder. The arrow was threaded through the die cut slots in the heart and assembled with specialty gold foil and glitter cardstocks.
Additional sentiments from the Hogs and Kisses Stamp Set were stamped on the inside of each card with black ink.
Red heart accents were added to the center of the bows and under the stamped and embossed sentiments on the hearts. Die cut glittery hearts (using dies from the Mama Elephant Pocket Envelope Set) complete the love-theme on each card front.
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Welcome to Day 3 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2018 Series!
I'm back with my fifth year of last minute handmade ideas! Five years, you guys. Wow. Thank you so much for your support of this series. I have been overwhelmed and almost considered not doing the series this year but I kept getting emails and comments asking for it so I sat down to make a list of projects I could do and I got really excited. So this series is for you crafting friends. I appreciate each and every one of you and y'all make this possible. Much love to everyone.
The goal of this series is adding handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to personalize the gifts under our tree. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created three gift bags)!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!
PLAID 3D TOTE BAGS WITH POLAR BEAR POCKETS
Each year I share an idea for a mini gift bag. This year I'm all about plaid everything. And cute die cut critters. I decided to pair the two in the red/black/white color combination that I'm using this year. Click the links below to view the previous years gift bags:
Black ribbon was tied around the handles of each bag and the tag was threaded onto the ribbon and tied into a bow.
Eyelashes were added to the eyes, Glossy Accents to the nose, and white highlights to the eyes and nose (once dry).
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I'm so super excited to share today's project with you. I am addicted to felt this season. I know this is the first felt project you're seeing here on the blog this holiday season but I've got more coming soon so be sure to subscribe to my blog HERE or check back regularly!
These felt tags are fantastic in that they make a gorgeous presentation on a package but can be used by the recipient after the gift has been opened as a pretty ornament or decoration!
Even though these Mama Elephant dies aren't necessarily made for stitching projects, I wanted to show how you can take regular dies and make them extraordinary with some pretty felt, sequins, seed beads, and a little string. Let's get started!
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Watch the creation of these felt snowflake ornament tags from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Tags and snowflakes were die cut from felt (I used Taylored Expressions felt I have in my stash but you can use any high quality felt) using the Scallop Tags Trio Dies and Flurries Dies. Each tag is two tags, adhered back to back after stitching a snowflake to one side. If you want to make the ornaments two-sided, adorn each side with a snowflake before attaching them back to back.
To give each tag a bit more stability and also to hide the stitching on the back, I hot glued tags back-to-back.
To finish each tag, I stamped "to/from" from the Mini Messages Stamp Set on a die cut Mini Tag using clear embossing ink and heat embossing with white embossing powder. The tag were threaded together with some pretty twine.
Once you've given the gift, the recipient can cut off the "to/from" tag and they're left with a beautifully embellished ornament!
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Hello stampers! Today I have an interactive pop up card featuring the brand new Inside Pop Box of Fun Creative Cuts Dies paired with the new Hogs and Kisses Stamp Set and Dies. I am a huge fan of continuing a scene from the front of a card to the inside to extend the fun and to give the recipient a little surprise when they open it! The new Inside Pop Box of Fun dies just that by taking the pop up box we all love, scaling it down to a smaller size, and adhering it inside a card! You can change out the images with any critters or designs you like. I'm showing my card with the sweet little piggies from Hogs and Kisses. Let's get started!
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Watch the creation of this inside pop box of fun interactive card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
For the front of the design, the front of a side fold card base was stenciled with a clouds stencil and Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink. A cloud border was die cut from smooth white cardstock using a Landscape Trio Die and adhered along the bottom edge of the front of the card.
Pigs and balloons from the Hogs and Kisses Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock with black ink, colored in with black ink, and die cut with the coordinating dies. The images were adhered as shown.
The Inside Pop Box of Fun was die cut from mint cardstock and assembled according to the video instructions. I love that this is a pop up box is a miniature of the box card version! Isn't it cute?!!!
More images from the Hogs and Kisses Stamp Set were used to decorate the inside of the box. Rectangles and stitched hearts from the Inside Pop Box of Fun were added to the outside of the box to finish the design.
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Watch the creation of this sending hugs card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The Circular Grid Cover and background were inked with Abandoned Coral and Dried Marigold Distress Inks. I'm a huge fan of this color combination for love-themed cards. Not only Valentine's but anytime love-themed cards. :) The Circular Grid Cover was popped up over the background with foam adhesive for a bit of dimension.
The large Sending Hugs greeting was stamped on vellum using clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder before being die cut with the Framed Tags Lafayette rounded rectangle die. An additional sentiment from the Sending Hugs Stamp Set was stamped on smooth white cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with Antique Gold Embossing Powder. The phrase was trimmed into a thin strip and adhered to the vellum rectangle as shown. The vellum rectangle was secured to the background by hiding adheisve behind the embossed areas.
Images from the Little Bear Agenda 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 background cutouts as shown.
The card was finished with Nuvo Crytal Drops in White Blizzard on the hearts and a scattering of gold mini heart confetti were glued around the design.
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Welcome to the Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop!
Our newest release is now live and available for purchase in the store!
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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