Mama Elephant 6 Year Anniversary Stampede - Day 3

 

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 «

» 2. Like/share us on Facebook: facebook.com/mamaelephant&nbsp ;«

 

» 3. Follow/tweet us on Twitter: twitter.com/heymamaelephant «
» 4. Follow/comment on Instagram: instagram.com/mamaelephant  «

 

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.

Thi Lam
Heather Meeson
Alix Davis
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Nicky Meek
Suzy Plantamura
Rubeena Naz
Noriko Fairchild
Anika Karten

Kristina Werner

 

 

And that's a wrap to the 3 day mega stampede! Thank you so much for visiting today! Suzy

Comments

[Ashlyn J]

These are so beautiful! I love your coloured pencil Christmas tree!

[cyndi morris]

Such sweet, adorable cards. Your style and coloring are beautiful. I love this release!

[Kelly B]

I love this release! It is all adorable!!

[Jeanne Beam]

All of your cards are so adorable.The little critters are amazing.
Thanks for sharing...

[Heidi Rees]

Wow what fun festive projects! Those critters are too cute!

[Marisela Delgado]

Super cute card

[Barbara]

So many adorable cards with these sets. I love them all!

[Teri S.]

I'm not usually wowed by little critter stamp sets, but this release I am liking them so very much!! Each one of your cards are absolutely adorable & you've showcased the critters so very well in the variety.

[Sandy C.]

So adorable!! I can't decide which I like best!!! Thanks. Take care

[Lee]

very cute cards and lots of imagination and variety. Loved the little meow used as filler...so clevr.

[Crafty Math Chick]

Oh my GOSH! I am a HUGE animal lover and my jaw kept dropping lower and lower with each additional spectacular card you made! MAN - you DELIVERED and then some Girl! PHENOMENAL cards! I seriously loved each and every one! Thank you for going above and beyond with providing beautiful holiday inspiration!

[Kelsey Thomas]

I love all of your cards! :) They are so very cute!

[Stephanie T]

Love the big fluffy puppy most of all. Thank you for all the inspiration.

[Sandy]

Wow, wow, wow....you have shown us so many amazing and sweet cards...that is a pile of inspiration 👍🏻👍🏻

[Sue D]

Wow--so many cute cards.

[Cindyellen Robinson]

wow!! lots of different ways of using the stamp sets and your own artwork for the backgrounds!! thanks for sharing the "thinking outside the box" - i really enjoy it when artists do that.

[Denise Bryant]

Super cute cards! Love all the sweet critters!

[Karthikha Uday]

Wonderful set of cards! :)

[Kristy P.]

Love that on card 2 you drew the tree and the ladder... I would have thought they were other stamps unless you said something! Very cute cards!

[Kirsty Vittetoe]

Beautiful cards! I love the way you used your new goodies!

[Cheriese]

Please teach me how to draw a tree like that!!!! Gorgeous!

[Margery C]

Fabulous cards. Amazing coloring. Love your tree - it looks perfect with the Yappy Dogs.

[Dana M]

Wonderfully sweet and fabulously creative cards Suzy! Amazing inspiration.

[Miriam Prantner]

These cats and dogs are so much fun. Love all the ways you used them and the texture of your coloring!

[Miriam Prantner]

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