i like you {mama elephant stamp highlight}

Hey there! Today, the Mama Elephant design team is showing off the new set, I Like You.

It's full of fun sentiments for Valentine's day, and other lovey occasions.

I won't lie. Since I'm leaving the ME team, I decide to on-purpose-use some of the images I illustrated for them on today's and tomorrow's cards. It makes me sound like a brat, but I'm all for full disclosure.

The wreath and banner from Charmed worked perfectly to show off the images from Lunar Animals. The cat and the mouse aren't chasing each other anymore! It's love, I think. Or like, at least. I did some creative inking on the sentiment from I Like You to have it all fit into my banner.



I used a polka dot stencil for the background, in a soft grey that matched the little mouse. He's my absolute fave. I'm not over the mouse trend that seems to have taken over the stamp world. Not when the mice are that cute!

(But at the same time, flashback to the time I was 12 and my mom stepped out to get the morning newspaper and stepped on something....not as cute. In the words of my 2 year old niece: ew! misgusting!)

And with that, I leave you. Check out the Mama Elephant blog for more inspiration today - click!

♥.

merci {mama elephant}

Hi there! It's been a long while since I've had the energy to post anything to the blog. There have been germs and coughs and gastros and pneumonias running rampart. ugh.

I did manage to pick myself off the floor to teach a card-making class a few weeks ago. I thought it would be fun to share a card I made with the class.

I couldn't help but use the little owl that I drew for Mama Elephant, part of the Charmed set.

I colored and die-cut the owl and his branch, as well as the "merci" sentiment, and propped all the pieces onto a minty green striped background.



A bit of ink splatter and a wooden heart were all we needed to take the card from basic to wow.  For most of the girls, it was their first time using copic markers and I think they were hooked.

Thanks for stopping by! There will be lots of activity on the blog in the next few weeks!

♥.

merci beaucoup {mama elephant}

** this is my second post of the day. If you're looking for lawn fawn ghosts, click HERE or scroll down**



Welcome back to the last day of Mama Elephant stamp highlights for this month! We're showing off the new sentiment set, Heartfelt Wishes.

I am beyond thrilled to have a gorgeous brush script "merci" stamp - I needed it like crazy, living in Montreal and making all of those teacher thank you cards!

I stamped and die-cut the greeting, and found that it worked beautifully with my wreath (from Charmed.)

I popped the wreath onto a circle die-cut, stamped the smaller greeting inside, and adhered the bigger script sentiment to it. That alone would make for a beautiful tag!

For the card base, I used the new striped cover plate as a stencil to watercolor blue stripes onto a piece of watercolor paper.  I love that the stripes look freehanded, but they are perfectly spaced out. I will definitely be doing this again!

I hope you like it! There's more to see on the Mama Elephant blog today - click!

friend indeed {mama elephant}

Hi there! I'm back with Mama Elephant, highlighting their new set, Friend Indeed.



I no-line colored this little fox (from Charmed) awhile back, and he was the perfect fit for this card. This coloring technique makes the image look so soft and almost touchable!

I curved the "friend" sentiment before stamping it down, and nestled the sleepy fox in there.  The friend script was also stamped onto the fox, so that it overlaps.

The "oh hello" sentiment was curved above to cocoon the fox ever more.

I hope you like it, foxy friends!  Click over to the ME blog to see more!

♥.

Charmed {mama elephant}

I may be completely biased, but I think today is the best of all the stamp highlight days this month.  I love Charmed so much, and not just because I drew the images. They're so dang cute!

I love that the wreath image is big enough to stand alone as a focal point on a card:

I colored the fox, the wreath, and the wavy banner with copics, die cut them, and propped them up on foam squares onto the white mat. I also stamped the little dotted line and dangled the heart from it.

It's very simple, but the images make this card stand out!

I hope you like it! There's more to see on the Mama Elephant blog today - click!

mama elephant june stampede!

Welcome to the Mama Elephant Release Design Team blog hop!

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

www.mamaelephant.com

The feedback for Charmed has been amazing so far! I am so proud of having drawn these sweet images. I made a trio of tags for you today:

The circle from the Sew Fancy die set makes the perfect base for the wreath.

Can you imagine an owl-themed baby shower, with a slew of these sweet tags on the table? I die.

And I couldn't help but add in my favorite bear, from last month's Woodland Gifts. 

For all 3 tags, I mounted the wreath onto the circle base using foam dots. You could easily add some acetate to make these into super cute shaker tags! My crafty stash is a mess, and I couldn't find any since the house move.

Now, for the fun part:

To celebrate the new release, Mama Elephant is picking 3 winners to win their choice of stamp set! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede. 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 «

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

Each action qualifies for one entry, max 4 entries per stampeder please!

Now let's get on with the Stampede:

Guest designer May Sukyong Park, Pamela, Nicole G, Nichol, Elena, Laura, Ashley

Charmed {new mama elephant sneak peek}

Hey there! Mama Elephant and I are giving you the first look at Charmed, a whimsical woodland stamp set that I drew for them.



It features a leafy wreath and a sleeping fox that you can see on their blog. I chose to show off the sweet owl, perched on her branch with a little bouquet of flowers. The wavy border is also from the set and I just love it. Kryssi helped with designing the sentiments, and I love how they curve so perfectly inside the banner.

My favorite thing about these animals are their little eyelashes! I think this owl is just so sweet.

This was my first time making and photographing a card in the new house. It was especially exciting because I had THE Jen Rzasa in town to help start me off. We hung out for an entire day and did some stamping and groundhog watching. They are abundant in this area, yo.

GIVEAWAY: The ME girls have graciously given me an extra set to gift to one of you! Leave me a comment telling me what you think of the new set and I'll choose a winner by the last stamp highlight day. Good luck!

♥.