Hello my crafty friends! Today is and Day 3 of Mama Elephant's #celebrating6years Anniversary Release Stampede! I was so excited to be invited to participate as I absolutely adore their cute stamps! Their new release is now live and available for purchase in the Mama Elephant Shop as well as at Simon Says Stamp (links to the products I used in this post to the SSS shop at the end of this post).
To celebrate their 6 year anniversary,
Mama Elephant has lots of sales and promotions and even give-a-ways which are all shown below:
From 9/15 - 9/17
10% off entire store! No code required!
From 9/15 - 9/30
Spend $100* - receive 1 free 'Color Me Letters' 4x6 stamp set.
Spend $150* - receive 1 free 'Color Me Letters' 4x6 stamp set and 'Hilly THANKS' dies.
Spend $200* - receive 1 free 'Color Me Letters' 4x6 stamp set, 'Hilly THANKS' dies, and 'Hilly HELLO' dies.
Please read all the fine print carefully! :)
*Subtotal amount must be met before any shipping fees/tax/customs.
Free item(s) valid only a single order/transaction.
Limit one of each free offer per order.
Orders cannot be combined. New orders only.
Limit one free offer per customer/order.
We reserve the right to cancel/modify orders.
Free offer valid 9/15-9/30 or while supplies last!
To celebrate this mega anniversary release, we are giving away of ten $25 ME gift certificates throughout the 3 day stampede! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede. Winners will be announced on the last day of Stamp Highlights. You have up to 4 chances to qualify to win!
» 1. Leave a comment on this blog post «
Each action qualifies for one entry, max 4 entries per stampeder please!
And now that business is over, let's get to my creations! As most of you probably know, I have a "one stamp, five ways" blog series where I show 5 different ways to use one stamp. If you are interested in getting emails when I post to this series, just click on the button on the top left of my home page and you will get emails when I post. Mama Elephant sent me two of their new sets, so today I am adapting my regular series to a "two stamps, five ways" blog post. I hope no one minds, but the two sets were too cute to not use together! Here are my five cards using Yappy Woofmas and Oh Kitty Tree.
Card 1:
I used the
SSS Repeating Circles die for this card as the six circles were just the right size for the small dogs and cats. I covered it with "snow" with the
Falling Snow stencil and
Tonic Moonstone Glitter Paste. The sentiment is from a VERY old Mama Elephant stamp set with carolers in it - I think it was the first set I ever bought. But it is no longer for sale so sorry about that! I added some Nuvo Drops in
White Blizzard in some of the circles to match the snow.
Card 2:
I'm very proud of this card as it took some creativity on my part! I wanted to show these cute little animals decorating a tree, so I wanted to create a background that would allow me to use many of them and the cute little ornaments and presents. So I drew a tree and a stool with colored pencils. It's certainly not perfect, but I was able to cover many of my mistakes with the animals anyway! I added Tonic Nuvo Drops in glossy red, glossy white, and metallic copper to the tree and background.
Card 3:
I went a little crazy on this shaker card by adding so many different things inside it! I started with the Mama Elephant Framed tags dies for the frame. I watercolored some paper with a red watercolor wash for the inside of the shaker. I placed my kitty tree over the transparency. I filled the inside with gold, clear, and white jewels, gold beads, and lots of sparkling clear sequins.
Card 4:
This is my random stamping card. It was fun making this with the ME animals as they are really little so you can fit quite a few on here. I stamped them all with MFT Natural Ink for a no line coloring method. I then colored them with colored pencils. Then I added doodled outlines with a black fine tip marker as I thought they needed outlines. I stamped the work Meow here and there as well which was great to fill up little open spaces. I used a black banner for the sentiment with white embossing powder. I finished the card with some white jewels.
Card 5:
This card uses my other favorite ME frame die called Framed Madison Tags. I drew some hills on the inside piece with colored pencils and a black fine tip marker. I attached that to a red card base. I stamped the senimtne on the top of the frame with black ink. I colored all my animals with colored pencils again and attached them in a little scene with some presents. I finished the card with some snowflake sequins.
Here are the participants in today's blog hop - you are almost done with three days of inspiration! You can check out
Day 1 and
DAY 2 here as well.
Kristina Werner
And that's a wrap to the 3 day mega stampede! Thank you so much for visiting today! Suzy
Such cute samples! I love your coloring.
Posted by: Kari S | September 17, 2018 at 06:16 AM
Love all this incredible cards.
Posted by: Silvia | September 17, 2018 at 06:19 AM
What... when did you have time to make all those cards. They are all stunning. The fact that the cards kept coming just amazed me and each one simply gorgeous and different.
Posted by: Michelle Varol | September 17, 2018 at 06:55 AM
Wow! All fabulous and adorable! Love them!
Posted by: Trina P. | September 17, 2018 at 07:12 AM
Wow! So many card samples! Such cute cards with differing color themes!
Posted by: Sherri | September 17, 2018 at 07:28 AM
Oh my goodness, so many wonderful cards - you clearly had a lot of fun with this release! And I cannot blame you, it's so adorable! Thanks so much for all your wonderful inspiration!
Posted by: Mirella Rogan | September 17, 2018 at 07:41 AM
Oh my those are some really adorable cards!!! Can’t wait to get my hands on some of those stamp sets so I can color too!!
Posted by: Laurie Brown | September 17, 2018 at 07:54 AM
Such talent! I love all your cards!!
Posted by: Mary G | September 17, 2018 at 08:01 AM
I am in awe of your creativity!
Posted by: Isabel Z | September 17, 2018 at 08:01 AM
Each of your cards is a work of art....and the TREE is STUNNING! Great Job!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
Posted by: Jan Castle | September 17, 2018 at 08:07 AM
Wonderful set of cards. Like that they are all coloured with pencils.
Posted by: Judyt28 | September 17, 2018 at 08:27 AM
1. Adorable cards!!! Love your colouring!!!
Posted by: Arianna Barbara | September 17, 2018 at 09:12 AM
2. Liked Mama Elephant FB page and shared as Arianna Barbara
Posted by: Arianna Barbara | September 17, 2018 at 09:13 AM
3. Follow Mama Elephant on Twitter. Just retweetted as @raggiodiluce82 (Arianna Barbara).
Posted by: Arianna Barbara | September 17, 2018 at 09:19 AM
Love your adorable cards!
Posted by: Jane | September 17, 2018 at 09:25 AM
4. Follow Mama Elephant on Instagram and reposted the Stampede post as raggiodiluc3
Posted by: Arianna Barbara | September 17, 2018 at 09:26 AM
Darling cards. Each one is
a work of art. thanks for
sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
Posted by: Mary Holshouser | September 17, 2018 at 09:26 AM
So many colorful cards!
Posted by: Cynthia Cole | September 17, 2018 at 09:56 AM
love all your cards - they show so many variations on a theme and show the versatility of these new stamps
Posted by: Kathy Thisted | September 17, 2018 at 10:02 AM
These are all so cute and adorable. My fave is
the kitty shaker. So fun!
Posted by: Becca Yahrling | September 17, 2018 at 10:05 AM
The two sets you've used are so perfect for all your wonderfully-made creations. The shaker is tree-mendous.
Posted by: SANDY OWEN | September 17, 2018 at 10:37 AM
I love the card that you doodled the tree and ladder on! So cute!
Posted by: MoJo | September 17, 2018 at 11:37 AM
Great cards... love animals and these did not disappoint!
Posted by: Emma Sleppy | September 17, 2018 at 11:39 AM
Adorable critters! Love your tree and stepping stool. So creative!
Posted by: Heather Nelson | September 17, 2018 at 01:12 PM
All great cards! I love all those little critters - they are all so cute! Thanks for all the inspiration!
Posted by: Lisa | September 17, 2018 at 01:19 PM