Merry Christmas

It's Fri-Yay! I am hoping for a weekend of relaxation, college football and a bit of crafting. 

The main image piece of this card has been stamped a long time. Since 2017 to be exact! I know that because I looked back on my blog here where I used the same set but decided on different colors. The stamp set is Simon Says Christmas Graphic and is apparently retired as I could not find it on their site. All the sequins had fallen off so I replaced them and then colored up this sweet reindeer from the Mama Elephant Little Reindeer Agenda set which was cut out using the matching dies. After coloring with Copic Markers, I attached to the stamped piece using foam dimensionals. I attached the entire piece with a layer of craft foam to a background panel which was completed by blending mowed lawn distress ink over the Pinkfresh Studio Slim Diamond Plaid Layering Stencil. 

Products: Simon Says stamps, PTI cs, Doodlebug sequins, Pinkfresh Studio stencil, Simon Says die, Alltenew, Ranger Distress, Tsukineko Delicata and PTI ink

Reindeer-W00, W1, W2, E40, E42, E44, R20; YG03

I am submitting this to the September CAS Christmas Card Challenge. 

It looks like I need to color up a few more tiny reindeer, doesn't it? Thanks for sharing your Fri-YAY with me! 

Encouragement/Inspirational Valentines Tags

I hope everyone is having a great Valentines weekend. Today I am sharing some encouragement/inspirational type Valentines tags I created for a special group of women in a ministry I am involved with. No doubt I enjoy creating but for this occasion I have to ask myself, am I doing this for God's glory or my own? Definitely something to ponder but in the meantime I guess I will just keep creating until I figure it out.

In order to complete in the least amount of time, I spent one afternoon stamping, diecutting (no time for fussy cutting) and coloring the images with Copic markers. The stamped and diecut images came from the Reverse Confetti Huggable set and matching dies, Birdie Buddies set and dies,  Miso Happy set and dies and Mama Elephant Fuzzy Hugs and dies. The next afternoon, I cut all the tags from white cardstock limiting myself to the same My Favorite Things Gift Tag die set. The tag hole reinforcements were all cut from the same red cardstock and I added a bit of patterned paper for each tag also limiting myself to three different pads. Sentiments and images were added from the above sets as well as the Reverse Confetti Word Up, Mama Elephant Mini Messages and Technique Tuesday Planner stamps. 

Products: Reverse Confetti, Mama Elephant and dies, Technique Tuesday stamps, Reverse Confetti, Studio Calico and Illustrated Faith dp, Doodlebug enamel hearts, Divine Twine, My Favorite Things die, Altenew and PTI ink, Copic Markers

Before adding the images with foam dots, I stamped the back of each tag with a bible verse or inspiration message using stamps from Reverse Confetti, Papertrey Ink, Rubbernecker, Joy Clair and Verve (retired). These tags were attached to a single long stemmed rose.

I am submitting the Reverse Confetti tags to the February Stock Your Stash Challenge.

Have a great rest of the weekend!

Birthday Flyby

Good morning. I have a special little girls's birthday card today. My granddaughter loves dragons so naturally I felt like I needed a dragon themed card for her.

I stamped the three images from the Mama Elephant Me and My Dragon set onto Neenah cardstock, cut with the matching dies and colored with Copic Markers. I placed a background of patterned paper clouds onto a card base and I cut a linen cardstock front and created a cut out with a stitched die. The mountains were cut from patterned paper with the Mama Elephant Snow Capped Mountains dies although I made them grass capped instead, then attached them to the back of the circle. I layer of cloud print patterned paper on the card base and craft foam onto the front panel created dimension. The dragon was attached with foam tape. After adding patterned paper strips to the bottom of the card the

Products: Mama Elephant stamps and dies, MFT sentiment stamp, Doodlebug dp, PTI cs, Lil Inker Designs die, Memento ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Dragon-BG0000, BG000, BG01, BG05, Y0000, Y11, Y21, B21, B23; Girls Skin-E000, E01; Girls Hair-Y11, Y21 and E30, E31, E33; Girls Clothes-G40, G43 and B41, B32

Happy Birthday Clara! I love you.

Merry Christmas

Today's post has to be short and sweet.

To prepare the background I water colored Ranger Peacock Feather distress oxide ink onto Ranger card stock. After it dried I used a stencil and fiber paste to create some dimensional snow. After stamping the images from the Mama Elephant Little Santa and Little Reindeer Agenda stamps set, I cut out with the matching dies and then colored with Copic Markers. I used the Pretty Pink Posh Storybook 1 die to cut from soft stone cardstock and then cut again with a stitched die. After stamping the Lawn Fawn sentiment using pure poppy ink, I attached to the card base with foam tape.

Products: Mama Elephant stamps and dies, Lawn Fawn sentiment stamp, PTI and Ranger cs, Heidi Swapp stencil, Golden Fiber Paste, Pretty Pink Posh die, Ranger, MFT and PTI ink, Copic Markers
Copics: E000, E00, E13, C00, C1, C3, W00, E81, R20, R22 R24, R27, N, N3, YG01, YG21, YG23, W1, W2, E31, E33, E35, B000, B01

Have a great weekend.

You're Boo-Tastic

Are you ready for Halloween? This is our first in the new neighborhood and since there are a lot of children here and the next neighborhood I am expecting quite a few trick or treaters. At least I hope so because I have bought a lot of candy! I buy the good kind too so it's not given away guess who will be eating it?

Sadly I have only made a couple of Halloween cards this year including the one I am showing you today. Even more disappointing, I haven't mailed any either. This holiday just always seems to sneak up on me.

I combined the Pretty Pink Posh Storybook die with an MFT stitched rectangle die to cut a cover from Orange Zest cardstock, stamping the sentiment onto it from the Mama Elephant Bootastic set  using black ink. The inserts were cut from patterned paper and Neenah cardstock. I stamped the bats from the same set onto the patterned paper. the Mummy and Vampire images were stamped onto the white cardstock and colored with with Copic Markers.

Products: Mama Elephant stamps, Pink Paislee dp, Neenah, MFT and PTI cs, Pretty Pink Posh and MFT die, MFT and Simon Says ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Mummy-E0000, E000, E00, R20, W00, E81; Vampire-E0000, E000, E00, R20, N1, N3, N5, YR01, YR12, YR14, C00, C1, C3, C5, W00, E81; Shadows-C00, C1


Happy Halloween!

In the Lane

I am trying to catch up on the number of Christmas cards I normally have completed by this time of year. I have a long way to go considering it is August already and this is only card #4.

After seeing several cards using the Pretty Pink Posh Storybook dies, I decided I needed at least one to try. I think I'm hooked. I combined it with another stitched die to make the cover, stamping the sentiment from the Mama Elephant Winter Wonderland set using Pure Poppy ink. I completed the base with a combo of Sno Cone cardstock to represent the sky, stamping the trees from the same set using Smokey Gray ink and then the bird and nest. I added the snowy hills cut from white textured cardstock using My Favorite Things Stitched Valley dies. After securing the storybook and background pieces together I stamped the deer from the same stamp set and cut out with the matching Winter Wonderland dies, attaching with foam tape. Lastly, I added the Essentials by Ellen Prize Stag cut from kraft cardstock and a couple of enamel dots.

Products: Mama Elephant stamps and dies, PTI, Bazzill and MFT cs, Doodlebug Enamel Dots, MFT, Pretty Pink Posh and Ellen Hutson dies, PTI, Simon Says and Versafine ink

I am submitting this for the Ellen Hutson Calling All Artists Pin-Sights Challenge.

I hope your week is off to a great start. Thank you for stopping by my humble little abode here on the 'net!

Mama Elephant Boo-Tastic

I am still working on Halloween cards which are some of my favorite holiday cards to make. They are just fun and sill and all of them go to my grandchildren and grand nieces and nephews.

I used the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Film Strip die to cut from white Neenah and black cardstock. I stamped three of the images from the sweet Mama Elephant Bootastic set onto the white squares and colored with Copic markers. I inserted them back into the film strip diecut and added it to the card base with craft foam along with a strip of patterned paper. I stamped the bats and the sentiment directly onto the card base using Versafine ink and then added a couple of sequins for a tall, skinny CAS card.

Products: Mama Elephant stamps, Doodlebug dp and sequins, PTI cs, Pretty Pink Posh die, Versafine ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Skin-E000, E00, E11, R20; Hair-N1, N3, N5 and YR31, YR30, YR23; Clothing-W00, E81, BV00, BV01, BV02,BV04, YR12, YR14, YR16, V12, V15, V17; Shadows-C00, C1

That's it for a Monday. Have a great week.

I am entering this in the Simon Says The Monster Mash challenge.

It's a Good Day to Be Happy

Today's card is for the current Color Throwdown Challenge (ctd342). I needed some cheering up when I made this card on Saturday and these fun primary colors certainly helped.

I stamped the bunny and balloon images from the Mama Elephant Up and Away set onto a rectangular piece cut with a Lil Inker Designs stitched die. I also stamped the balloons portion of the image separate and then colored all images with Copic Markers.  After fussy cutting out the balloons, I attached to the image piece with dimensional dots. The background patterned paper came from the Doodlebug Patriotic Picnic pad.

Products: Mama Elephant stamps, Doodlebug patterend paper and enamel dots, Neenah and PTI cs, Lil Inker Designs die, Copic Markers
Copics: Bunny-C00, C1, C3, W00, E81, R01; Balloons-YR01, YR12, YR14, R20, R24, R27, B21, B23, B29, Y11, Y15, Y35

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week.

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Sending Smiles

I used the colors from the current Color Throwdown (#327) Challenge to create today's card.

I cut the tag from plain white cardstock using the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo tag then stamped the images from the Mama Elephant Up and Away set onto it. I also stamped the balloons separately and then colored all images with Copic Markers. After fussy cutting out the balloons, I attached to the tag with dimensional dots.The tag was attached with a combo of dimensional dots and Hemptique twill and I finished it up with a few Doodlebug enamel dots. I generally followed the Retro Sketches #151 for the layout.

Products: Mama Elephant stamps, Avery Elle dp, PTI cs, Hemptique twine, Doodlebug enamel dots, MFT and Pretty Pink Posh dies, Copic Markers
Copics: W00, E81, R11, N1, N3, N5, YG0000, YG01, YG13, YR30, Y11, YR31, BG0000, BG000, BG01, BG04, V12, B15, V17

Have a great week! 

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Christmas Tags and Footprints #7

Welcome to tag #7 of the Christmas Tags and Footprints series.

This year I thought it would be fun to give cozy socks for the females and warm work socks for the guys in the family who will be celebrating Christmas with us in addition to their big gift. Each set will have a handmade tag along with a small inexpensive gift (under $5) inside one of the socks. 

I cut the two tags from chartreuse and white card stock using the Mama Elephant Embellished Tag die set. I stamped the deer and antlers from the Mama Elephant Winter Wonderland set onto the white tag using black and gray inks. The sentiment from the Papetrey Ink Sparkle and Shine:Holiday Additions mini set and was stamped with red ink.  I embellished with a wooden veneer star and sequins. A combo of ribbon and twine tied the two tags together.

And here it is attached to the socks:

Other Products:

PTI Stamper's Select White and Simply Chartreuse cs

American Crafts ribbon

Hemptique twine
Holiday Sequin Mix
Studio Calico Wood Veneer 

Simons Says Black ink
Ranger Pumice Stone Distress ink

Ranger Vermillion Archival ink

Today's tag represents the half way point of this series. Thank you for stopping by.

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Boo-Tastic

I have another Halloween card for you today using the Freshly Made Sketch #156 for the basic layout. I colored the mummy and kitty images from the Mama Elephant Bootastic set with Copic Markers and then fussy cut out. I also cut the pumpkin candy container in Memento Tangelo ink and fussy cut it out as well. I placed the mummy and pumpkin on the Martha Stewart Paper Doily using dimensional dots and the kitty on a circle cut with My Favorite Things. I stamped the bats and the sentiment directly onto the background panel. The Ki Memories patterned paper came from my scrapbook stash; it's amazing that I am still using it after all these years. The mini clips came from the Doodlebug Halloween Mini Paperclips set.

Products: Mama Elephant stamps, Ki Memories dp, PTI cs, Martha Stewart paper doily, Doodlebug Mini Paperclips, Darice sequins, MFT die, Simon Says ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Mummy-E000, E00, E11, W00, E81, E35; Cat-C00, C1, C3, C5, YR31, V12, V15, V17

I am also submitting this for the October Mama Elephant Anything Goes challenge.

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Thinking of You

I have another card today that I created for four different Dare to Get Dirty Challenges going on over at Splitcoaststampers.You have to be a fan club member to find out the details of the challenge. It is also my card/tag for the current Tag You're It (#3) and Case This Sketch (#87) combo challenge.

I cut the tag using the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Tag Duo 1 from white cardstock. I created an outdoor summer scene behind the "window panes" using a Papertrey Ink Cloud die set to cut the cloud, the Lil Inker Designs Small Sunshine die to cut the sun and The Cat's Pajamas Grass Border for the grass. I colored the image from the Mama Elephant In My Heart set with Copic Markers and then fussy cut out. The butterfly image from the same set was stamped directly onto the background panel and the sentiment onto the top of the tag. All the patterned paper came from the Avery Elle The Brights and Sorbet collections.

Products: Mama Elephant stamps, Avery Elle dp, May Arts ribbon, Hemptique cord, PTI cs and die, Pretty Pink Post die, Lil Inker Designs and The Cat's Pajamas dies, My Favorite Things die and ink, Simon Says ink, Copic and Spectrum Noir markers
Copics: Skin-E000, E00, E11, R11; Hair-E35, E37, E57
Spectrum Noirs: Dress-PP3, PP5, DR3 

Have a great Sunday.


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2014 Christmas in July #14

I have Christmas in July card # 14 today, featuring images from the Mama Elephant Winter Wonderland set. I cut a square panel using Spellbinders Nestabilities and stamped the two deer images plus the antlers with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. The sentiment was stamped with Simon Says Schoolhouse Red, then the stars with Delicata Silvery Shimmer ink. After stamping the trees directly on the background panel using Tim Holtz Pumice Stone Distress ink I added a bird cut with a Papertrey Ink In the Meadows Silhouette die and a few Darice sequins as embellishments.

 

Have a great day!



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