fa la la!

Hi there! I have one last Alpine Carolers project to share for this release. I just want to thank the Mama Elephant girls, and all of the Ele-fans for making this an exciting past month for me!

Let's dive right in!

I created a couple's Christmas card, and borrowed elements from Arctic Penguins to do it: the hat on the mister and the cup of steaming cocoa for the missus.

Once I had everything stamped the way I wanted, I masked them both (and their accessories, and a snowy ground for them to stand on) and sponged on a light brown sky. I love how it makes the carolers stand out.

Before removing the masks, I grabbed another new set - Basic Borders - and used the polka dot strip to mimic a snowfall. It's very subtle, and shows unevenly on the card, so perfect for a snowy sky.

The wavy border from Tags a lot was perfect for stamping a nonchalant "fa la la" greeting. I accented it on either edge with a swipe of a green marker. It looks so much more festive that way!

To finish things off, I cut my panel with the Femme Frames rectangle die, and then cut into it again with the new Borderlines Trio edge die. I slipped in some candy cane patterned paper to make up the difference. I love the stitched border all the way around!

I hope you like what I've created! Thanks for stopping by!

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let it snow {mama elephant stamp highlights}

Hi there, and welcome back to another day of Mama Elephant stamp highlights! Today, we're showing off the beautiful hand-lettered sentiment set, Season's Greetings.

I made a shaker card! I cut into the femme frames rectangle with the new instalove die - it created the perfect opening to showcase the greeting and sequin flurries.



I did some stamp tampering again, shrinking down the two largest carolers so that they looked more like my own trio of children.  And then I used the partial die-cut technique to cut them out together.  I know, I'm obsessed with doing this, but it looks amazing!

I added white polka dots to the middle girl's coat and skirt, and then carried the look to the card base, using Basic Borders.



The bow makes it feel like a Christmas present! It also helps balance out the carolers at the bottom.

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

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sing it out {mama elephant stamp highlights}

Even though I've been showing it off for awhile now, today is the official alpine carolers highlight day over at Mama Elephant.

I've shown you:

some masking to get the kids to cozy up together,

how to create a bald-headed hubby,

how to customize the height of the carolers,

how to create a giant figgy pudding cupcake for a tiny caroler,

and that's just to name a few.

Today, I thought we should simplify things. I'm showing you how I originally intended the stamp set to be used:



No crazy masking - just stamping and die-cutting in the simplest way. A family, holding hands and singing their way into your hearts.



Sometimes, it's enough to just show off the images and put together a fun card.  I stuck to a light brown, grey, black, red and white color combo - in the coloring of the images and in the background papers.

The carolers, the quote from Elf, the polka dot paper... this card just makes me happy.

I hope you like it too. Check out more from the rest of the design team on the ME blog today!

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missing you.

I'm so happy I had time to play with new stamps, just because.  The little critters in Avery Elle's More Stories are so whimsical and cute! They are hand-drawn to perfection by my friend Heather.

It may seem like a very simple card, but the die-cutting was a little tricky. I stamped the banner, masked in the bunny, and stamped a kite to go along with. And then I die-cut it to look like a single image. I watched the video Pamela made for Mama Elephant and I decided to try it out. I'm hooked. It looks so much cleaner than having the white outlines around every individual image, and so cute to be able to float this image inside a circle aperture.



I hope you like it!

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