Mama Elephant July Designer Series

Hello Crafty friends! I’m super happy to be here with you,  on the Mama Elephant Blog, with my Designer Series project. The June release was large and full of so many wonderful designs. I especially loved the cute new Halloween sets, as spooky cards are my very favorite to make. The card I'm sharing today uses many stamp sets, but the main focus are the cute new witches from the stamp set called Bewitched. 

I wanted to create an apothecary type scene full of potion bottles and spooky cute elements. I used the new  Arch Shop Window die set to make a faux hutch that I could fill with all of my images. I cut and inked the pieces from the die set, then just trimmed a piece of cardstock, to fit across the bottom of the card, about 4x1.5 inches. I used the Woodgrain cover to give some texture before ink blending, then topped with a piece of trimmed paper, cut from the long side of a stitched frame, to make the countertop. Once assembled, I backed with some plaid patterned paper that was gently distressed with black ink to make it look deep.

I stamped out many potion bottles from the Magical Wizards set, and the candles, stars, and witches hat from the Big Boo stamp set. I also got the books from the set called Keep Cozy (which is on sale right now). I had so much fun layering all my images together and stocking the shelves of my cabinet. I stuffed the glass dome from Bakery Bears with glittery stars and finished it with a colorful banner from the Tree Hugging cover plate die. 

I adhered my witches with their cute kitties and cauldron, across the bottom, and love that they look like young witchlings playing in the shop. I hope you enjoy this pink Halloween scene and that you are inspired to make some not so spooky cards too. 

Thank you for stopping by,

Davina 

Mama Elephant June Stampede

Welcome to the Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop!

Our newest release is now live and available for purchase in the store!

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Today I’m sharing a cutie shaker card I made using two of the new products, Bewitched and the scalloped Placemat Set. The Little Agenda Witches has long been a favorite of mine and I’m so excited for the new larger images in Bewitched and the amazing Witchy Tree House! I created a shaker frame with the lovely new Placemat Set creative Cuts, and don’t tell anyone my secret, but I used partial diecutting and the B2B Arches die set to cut out the center and make the frame. They worked wonderfully. 

I filled the shaker with bright shaker beads and iridescent stars, then layered a large die cut sentiment called Big Boo that I inked and painted with glitter paint. I surrounded the frame with images from the new Bewitched Stamp set and finished with a few sparkly sequins and jewels. 

Check out the rest of the hop for amazing inspiration from our Design Team!

To celebrate the new release, Mama Elephant is picking 1 winner to win a prize pack (winner will be notified in their comment on Instagram, Facebook or YouTube)! Open to Domestic & International (winner pays for shipping)

» 1. Leave a comment on the collective Design Team's Instagram Stampede post
» 2. Leave a comment on our Facebook Stampede post

» 3. Leave a comment on any of the Introduction videos on YouTube

 

Each action qualifies for one entry, max 3 entries per stampeder please and good luck!

(Winner will be announced and notified directly as a reply to the winning comment)

 

Check out the rest of the hop for amazing inspiration from our Design Team!

 

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@dasmimz
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Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day from all of us!

Trick or Treat with Mama Elephant

Hello crafty friends! Davina here, with a spooky cute pink Halloween card I made using the new Mama Elephant June release. I love that some not so spooky fall items were released so early in the year since Halloween cards are my favorite to make.

I wanted to make a neighborhood scene with ghost trick or treaters so I went into my stamp stash and pulled out the Little Agenda House set. I also stamped the ghosts, candy, and stars from the new Big Boo stamps, and the witchy ghost from Deliver Fall Fun. I colored the images using shades of pink, orange and charcoal then cut out with the coordinating dies. I felt like the houses needed a little Halloween decor which I found on the Little Witch Agenda stamp set. The teeny kitties and pumpkins were perfect. 

For the card base I die cut the Comic Cover Basics  cover plate from bristle smooth card stock and a dark charcoal textured card stock. I ink blended the white card in shades of pink, orange and black then gave a little splattering of black and iridescent ink. Then i cut some grassy layers from the remnants of the charcoal card stock and inked them even darker. I arranged the little scenes in the openings and mounted the heat embossed sentiments centered on top. The selection of Halloween sentiments from the new Be Scary sentiments are amazing as usual and never disappoint. 

I finished this card off with lots of tiny sparkly stars and some spiderwebbed pink patterned paper. I really love making pink Halloween cards and hope you enjoy this one. Thank you for stopping by, Davina  

Pretty Pink Posh September Release

 

Hello crafty friends. Davina here, to celebrate, the Pretty Pink Posh September Release. I’ve made several cards using these beautiful fall products and I am participating in the Instagram Hop today! Hop along leaving comments at each stop, for your chance to win $30 to the Pretty Pink Posh Shop. 

Every set in this release is gorgeous, and they all mix together with wonderful results. This release has several stencils, stand alone dies sets, and stamp sets that could not get any better. I used the Fall Basket Die Set as the centerpiece for this card. I blended the wooden strips with light brown ink and tiny splatters, then cut the pumpkins from orange cardstock that I accentuated with lighter and darker oranges. I used several of the cute mice from the Mouse Friends stamp set to bring an element of cuteness to this scene. Then, I assembled everything on top of a stenciled background that I created with the Layered Foliage Stencils. 

It’s so easy to make stunning backgrounds using the many detailed stencils that are offered by PPP. I created a completely different look with the Falling Branches stencil, that I used white embossing paste over a soft inkblended background. I assembled a sunflower filled scene using the new Fall Envelopes stamps combined with Potted Sunflowers and the Thanks  stand alone scoot die. 

My final card is super cute and uses the pretty Fall Borders stamps set. I layered the pumpkin strip over a Fall Tree die cuts and some falling leaves and sentiment from the  Autumn Wreath  set. I finished this card off with the adorable pup from the Halloween Critters.

Thank you so much for stopping by, don’t forget to visit the Pretty Pink Posh Blog to see the Inspiration from the entire team. 

Davina