Happy New Year's Eve Eve everyone! It's the last Mix it up Monday of 2024 and I wanted it to be sweet and filled with love. So we're playing with textured backgrounds and cute little mice.
I started with the Mama Elephant Lacey Love die and the Lawn Fawn All Heart stamps and dies. I used the mouse image as a guide so I could stamp my sentiment on the inner heart. After that was stamped, I added some extra hearts and a little pink ink blending with a blending brush and ballet slippers ink from Lawn Fawn. Then I stamped, colored and cut out my mouse too.
For the background, I embossed a piece of white cardstock with the new Concord & 9th Wood Slat embossing folder. I adhered that to a white card base, then trimmed a piece of teal cardstock from my stash that already had the dots embossed in it and glued it on top. I covered the seam with gold washi tape for a little shine and to keep the transition smooth.
Next I popped my Lacey Heart up with foam squares in the center of the card front, along with my floating mouse on top of that. Then for finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the mouse's eyes and glossy accents to his nose. Then I covered the balloon with stardust Stickles for more sparkles.
I hope you all have a wonderful rest of 2024 and I look forward to creating with you in the new year.
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
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Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! Today I'm switching gears away from holiday crafting to play with the most recent Mama Elephant release. This new Build a Bouquet set is adorable, pretty and everything in between! I had so much fun creating this card today.
I stamped my images from Mama Elephant Build a Bouquet first and colored them with copic markers. After cutting them out with the coordinating dies, I built my bouquet, realizing I needed a few more stems to fill things the way I wanted. So I stamped, colored and cut. This time it was perfect. After arranging everything in the slit of the paper image, I used washi tape to hold it all in place, then added dots of liquid glue to ensure it all stayed.
Next, I cut the second-to-largest Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Circle from white cardstock and a slightly smaller circle from teal. Using this with my images as a guide, I figured out that "paper hugs" from the new Mama Elephant Paper Hugs die set fit perfectly off to the side. Using liquid glue, I adhered those layers all together and set them aside to work on my card front.
Keeping things bright and simple I used sunflower ink with a blending brush and the Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil. After adding ink through the stencil, I removed it and added another light layer of yellow working my way from the center out. Next, I added my decorated circle with foam tape to the center of the burst.
For finishing touches I kept things simple with a little black glaze pen on the kitty's eyes and glossy accents on the kitty nose and flower centers.
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
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