Happy Birthday with The Greeting Farm

Hello crafty friends! Today is release day over at The Greeting Farm and there’s a little something for everyone. Over the past 3 days I’ve shared a card using each of the new sets, and I’ve really loved creating with every stamp set. For today’s card, I’m circling back to the cutie Birthday Bears stamp set. 

I love the playful way this set was drawn and the whole group of bears in one big image. I wanted a different look than the last card I made, so instead of different shades of brown, I decided on a group of creamy white polar bears. 

I used a cool tone color pallette of aqua, blue, lime green, and purple, to give an icy arctic feel. I stenciled a balloon filled background using a Pretty Pink Posh layered stencil, then layered it with purple carstock and a colorful plaid paper. 

After stamping my image and letting the ink dry well, I gently shaded the bears in shades of warm gray then added some little dots for texture. I colored the accessories with the same cool colors and added some white highlights. I used my scan n cut to cut the image out and mounted it with foam tape. I added a layered die cut Happy Birthday and surrounded it with some die cut candles and a party hat. 

I love the way you can use this set is grand enough to use on its own, yet not loose its impact when surrounded by lots of color and die cut pieces. Make sure to head over to The Greeting Farm to shop the new release and see all of the beautiful inspiration from the entire Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by, Davina 

Mana Elephant Stamp Highlight: Yay A Party

 Today is the last day of the Mama Elephant Stamp Highlights, and we are showcasing the Yay A Party set. I created a large boxcard for all of these adorable bunnies. I started by using the Slim Scenescape Builder to die cut the boxcard and the decorative striped paper. I put the box together using double stick scor tape. I added the 3 rounded inserts and a whole row of die cut balloons from the Slim Scenescape Rainbow Add On set. I inked the edges with matching distress oxide ink and gave each balloon a glittery curly tail from themed on set. 

 Next, I stamped the images and colored them with copic markers before cutting out with the coordinating dies.  I highlighted with small white dots, then adhered each image to the inserts, making sure they were all visible. 

I finished this off by adding a sentiment across the front. I stamped a sentiment from wishes enclosed using yellow ink, the cut out with the coordinating die. I cut the word apart very carefully and glued it in a straight line. Then I stamped a sentiment from the  Yay A Party  set onto some white cardstock, along with a few images from the set, and applied it to the back. 

This turned out super cute, and didn’t take any longer than a regular card. I hope you enjoy this card, but make sure to head over to the Mama Elephant Blog to see all the great projects from The Whole team. Thank you for stopping by, Davina 

Mama Elephant Stamp Highlight: Celebration Hamsters

 Hello crafty friends! Today Mama Elephant  is highlighting the super cute stamps and creative cuts Celebration Hamsters. I really love the cute hamster and the all the little party poses! I can’t pick a favorite image, they are all so great. I really enjoy that they match the small images from Little Hamster Agenda too. I really wanted to make a large slimline card for these cuties, so I would have plenty of room for very image and a large sentiment. 

I started by cutting an aqua panel using the new B2B Slimline CC dies. I like that little bit of extra space these dies give you. They perfectly divide a standard 8.5 x 11 card into 3 equal sized pieces. That means I had plenty of room for these cute critters to fit on my scene. I made a glittery scalloped panel using the Slim Card Basics CC, and then a third panel from Bristol Smooth Cardstock using the the 2nd largest B2B slimline CC. I inked that panel with bright pink ink and gave a few splatters with glittery perfect pearls and white ink. 

I stamped and colored all of the images using copic markers before cutting out with the coordinating dies. I arranged all of my images onto the scene leaving a few inches in the white bottom space for my sentiment. I stamped a lovely sentiment from Wishes Enclosed and adhered it to the open area. I decided I wanted a few little extra embellishments, so I stamped and colored the stars that are included in the set and glued them down around my images. 

This entire release is amazing, and is so fun to create with. I hope you enjoy this card and get inspired to get crafty this weekend. Don’t forget to drop by the Mama Elephant Blog  to see all the wonderful cards from the entire team. Thank you for stopping by, Davina  

Mama Elephant Stamp Highlights: Wishes Enclosed

 Hello crafty friends! The Mama Elephant new release Stamp Highlights continue with Wishes Enclosed. This fun sentiment set is my favorite set of the release. Which is odd because I never love sentiments so much. It matches the super cute Christmas set Everything Nice, which I also fell in love with. I used these great sentiments on almost every card sample I created for this release. 

This bold shaker card uses all the small sentiments in addition to a large one. I created a patterned paper by lining up 3 sentiments, and stamping it every 3/4 of an inch down a piece of bright Neenah cardstock. Once I made it down the panel I alternated the sentiments and staggered them a little differently before repeating the process. Once it was done I pulled out some of the dies from the last release and got to work.

 Using the B2B rectangle CC dies, I used the 3 largest to cut an aqua, white glitter, and my printed panel. I adhered them all together and set aside. Using the Circle Combo CC dies, I cut two scallops from pink cardstock. I inked the edges of one a little darker, then adhered it to the unlinked one. Next I cut two yellow circles using the coordinating stitched die. I used the next size down to cut the center from one of those yellow circles. I backed it with vellum and skinny foam strips along the edge before layering it onto the first circle. I had made a little pile of paper confetti using the confetti die from the Party Scene Cover CC, then adhered it over the pink scalloped circle I made. 

I stamped HBTY using a Wishes Enclosed sentiment in Aqua ink, and die cut it with the coordinating die. I glued it to the center of the shaker and surrounded it with 3 adorable hamsters from the Little Hamster Agenda stamp set. I couldn’t love this more and will have a hard time giving it away haha. I hope you enjoyed this card as much as I do. Don’t forget to head over to the Mama Elephant Blog to see the inspiration from all the Design Team. Thank you for stopping by, 

Davina