A few weeks ago I shared some cards using the adorable critters from Mama Elephant's December Duo stamp and die set. I had quite a few colored images left and used them to create today's cards.
These cards are quick and easy! I added some ink to the background with the Winter Words stencil set from Pretty Pink Posh. Then I stamped the sentiment and added the critters.
Aren't they the cutest? I thought they'd be cute for Valentine's Day cards too.
Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you were inspired.
-Cathy
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For today's project I wanted to feature the Mama Elephant - Postage Grid Cover. I pulled a bunch of different sets and this is how I was inspired:
Today I'm featuring:
Mama Elephant - Postage Grid Cover | Creative Cuts
Sunny Studio Stamps - Merry Mocha | Stamps + Dies
Pretty Pink Posh - Ghost Holder | Dies
Pretty Pink Posh - Holiday Mug Additions | Dies
I decided to go with a red and aqua color palette. For the peppermint candies, I used vellum for the wrappers. Do you spy the sprinkles? They match the aqua panel.
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Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. I had some fun playing with the Lawn Fawn peppermint border dies a while ago. I just made a bunch of them for fun but didn't have a plan. Then I walked past my craft room the other morning and this design hit me. I ran in and sketched it out on a sticky note and came back to create it later on.
Since my peppermint borders were already created at this point, I glued them to a piece of pink cardstock and used the Mama Elephant Postage Frame dies to cut it out. I discarded the outer frame and kept the inside. Then I cut a white postage frame and used washi tape to adhere the inside to the frame.
I stamped a fun sentiment from the Mama Elephant Everything Nice set and used the coordinating die to cut it out. Then I stamped the bunny in the Mama Elephant Holiday Huggers set and colored it with copic markers. After using the coordinating die to cut it out too I hooked his paws over the sentiment and glued them together.
I didn't want a plain white card base so I drug my cilantro ink pad across a white card base for color and texture at the same time. Then I assembled everything with foam tape and squares. Gotta love that dimension!
For finishing touches today I added black glaze pen on the bunny's eyes and glossy accents on his nose and the while parts of the Santa hat.
How is your holiday card stash coming along? I am definitely getting there quickly. Thank goodness because it's about time to pop these babies in the mail!
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
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I'm so grateful for you and for your continued support of my blog and small business. I hope that as you reflect back on this past year you find that you have much to be grateful for.
Today I'm sharing an easy watercolor card using the lovely Take Wing stamp set from Penny Black. I love to watercolor and this image seemed perfect for that medium.
I stamped the image onto watercolor paper using a light grey, water resistant ink. I then used my watercolors to fill in the image.
I framed the image using the Bella Frame die set from Mama Elephant and then added a die cut greeting. For the final touch [although it is not visible in the photos] I added some glitter glue to the branches of the trees.
Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you were inspired.
-Cathy
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Where does your inspiration come from? I'm so excited to share my project for today. Some of you might recognize my inspiration.
Let me first share the products I combined:
Concord & 9th Soda-Lighted | Bundle
Pretty Pink Posh | Citrus | Layered Stencil 3 PK
Lawn Fawn - Zesty Lemon | Lawn Cuts
I'm a big fan of the Sprindrift waters, specifically grapefruit. That is what inspired the overall design for today's card. A friend of mine introduced them to me so this is going out to her.
I have so many ideas swirling around for the soda can!
Can you tell with the stenciling that I hit the Pink Lemonade in the centers? I fussy cut the To Know You banner.
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Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook sharing a little reminder that all the stamps and dies you have that are presents, birthday or other work great for Christmas too. That usually goes for the other way around while we're at it!
I pulled out the new Mama Elephant Surprise Gifts set, which is not holiday at all, at wanted to make a Christmas card with it. So I colored my images accordingly with copic markers, used the coordinating dies to cut them out and some liquid glue to adhere my cute little scene.
Now that we're on our way to holiday, I pulled out the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Christmas Trees stencil set and inked it up on a piece of light green cardstock. For the final layer I skipped inking and got a little messy with texture paste though. OMG do I love this stuff! It's the perfect texture add-on if you ask me.
When that was dry, I trimmed it to fit an A2 card base and glued it on the front. I popped up the piggy and gifts and added a Mama Elephant Winter Banner Greeting. The array of options in these sentiment sets is amazing! Highly recommend!
I digress. Back to the card. For finishing touches today I added black glaze pen to the piggy's eyes and nostrils. Then I added stardust Stickles to the heart he's holding and white gel pen highlights to all the gifts.
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
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I couldn't resist coloring up these adorable, cozy critters for some Christmas cards from me and the hubby. Aren't they the cutest?
As usual, when I create multiple cards, I create them in steps. First I stamped and colored all my images. I colored four of each image, so I'd have plenty of critters for making cards.
Once I finished the cute critters, I die cut the holly jolly sentiment. I used some silver glitter cardstock and stacked the sentiment onto several pieces I cut using white cardstock. I like the dimension this creates.
The final step before assembling was to cut and ink my backgrounds. To do this, I taped off the right and left side of my cardstock covering approximately 3/4 of an inch from the edges. I applied some Pink Lemonade ink to the exposed area of the cardstock using a blending brush. After applying a light layer of ink, I layered the Winter Words stencil over the top and applied a second layer of ink through the stencil.
Once all these steps were complete, I assembled the card and added a few embellishments.
I love how these turned out and can't wait to mail them off to friends and family.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you were inspired.
-Cathy
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This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook and welcome to this week's Mix it up Monday for the Doodlebugs blog! Today I'm pulling out some cuteness from last year that did not get enough love! Spellbinders mugs and Mama Elephant critters, could it get any cuter? I think not!
These adorable Mama Elephant Holiday Huggers were just asking to hang out of something fun and when I came across my Spellbinders Merry Mugs I knew it was a match made in heaven! I really tried to make all 3 huggers fit in one mug but it wasn't happening so I gave in and have that sweet bunny saved for another occasion. *Spoiler alert, gift tag to match!*
So I stamped and colored my images, die cut all the things and then assembled it all with a combination of liquid glue, reverse tweezers and foam tape. I added a double snowflake to the front of the mug with an enamel dot in the center which I really can't get over is so pretty!
Then I cut a Mama Elephant Shimmer Lights cover from pink cardstock and glued it to a white card base. I added my filled mug to that with liquid glue and found the sweetest sentiment in the Mama Elephant Deliver Lots of Cheer stamp set to add to a banner. I stamped that with Lawn Fawn mermaid ink so it matched the mug and popped it up with foam tape.
For finishing touches I added white gel pen highlights, black glaze pen to the critter eyes and glossy accents to their noses. To finish it all off I added stardust Stickles to the Santa hats.
Oh my goodness, I really can't get over the cuteness of this card. I love how it turned out so much!!!
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
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Today's card is surprisingly easy thanks to the coordinating coloring stencils. In my opinion, it would be a great candidate to mass produce.
I started by stamping the tree image on white cardstock using water-proof ink. After stamping my trees, I used the layering stencils to add color. I think it's faster to complete the same layer on each stamped image before moving on to the next layer / color. For the final step, I used some Stickles Glitter glue to paint in the stencil openings for the smaller leaves. This would also be lovely on the berries instead of the leaves.
Next, I created some banner greetings. I used the Winter Banner Greetings from Mama Elephant and cut several banners at one time. Each card has a different holiday sentiment, but I saved time by cutting them all in a single pass on the die cut machine.
My final step...I cut scalloped frames before assembling my cards.
Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a peek. I hope you were inspired to create something today.
-Cathy
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