happy birthday, from all of us! {mama elephant}

Hi there! I have a fun birthday card for you today, using the new sentiment set from Mama Elephant, Blessed.

I couldn't help but combine it with the cutie images from Tandem Ride:

It's no secret that I love the full-sized-card-front die from the Sew Fancy set. I use it on almost every card. But I love the nesting circles included in the same die set too, and used one of them to cut out 4 circles for the critters to peek out from.

Behind the animals, I cut grass and made it all pop by backing them with a mint cardstock.

I stamped "from all of us" onto a wavy banner (and ps, the wavy banner hides where the circles meet, in case they aren't perfectly lined up. ahem.)

I then stamped the bigger, scripty "blessings" down below. I used my finger to smudge the ink a little around the sentiment. I love using Mama Elephant inks for this! They take longer to dry, so there was plenty of time to blend the ink around. I find it looks softer, and less stark this way, and also lends the sentiment more presence, to balance out all of the images above. I also splattered some minty ink around the entire front, for added interest.

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!

♥.

Riding on the SSS blog today!

Hi there!

I'm on the SSS store blog this morning, with a little Tandem Ride action:

 

Visit the Simon Says Stamp blog this morning to see the full card! It's such a thrill to be featured on their blog for the first time!

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Tandem Ride {mama elephant stamp highlight} and belated Charmed winner.

Hi there!

The ME design team is kicking off this month's highlights with a closer look at the syrupy-cute set, Tandem Ride.

Most of the DT will show off the bigger critters, so I wanted to show you the tinier images!

These 2 mice are having a picnic in the park:

The picnic basket is exploding with yummy foods. I just love the tiny pretzel image!

And the mice! They are my fave. I used a polaroid die to make the cut-out for my scene, and frame it out with the clouds and rolling hills from *this* die set.

I hope you like it!

Before you go, let's take care of some business that is way overdue! I was so embarrassed when I got a message saying that I never picked a winner for last month's Charmed stamp set. How could I not? I can't wait to get that set into somebody's hands... and the lucky winner is:

Lindsey Bailey! Congratulations! Please email me your address (the link is in my profile) so we can send you some happy mail. 

Now, visit the ME blog this morning for more Tandem Ride inspiration!

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mama elephant July 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

For my card today, I'm showing off the new and super cute set, Tandem Ride.

I know you've already seen and will see tons of ideas for those adorable critters, but how about something a little different? I nabbed the balloons from Up and Away, and gave my card a bit of a lovey feel... I was thinking of the Disney movie, Up, when I made it.

The sentiment is courtesy of another new set, Blessed. I think this one is a must have. The scripty font is so pretty, and the type font options make it so versatile.

I popped the "we are so" part of the sentiment into the tiny flag from Carnival Toppers for added interest.

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 with our amazing designers!

Melania, Vera, Nichol, Laura, Pamela, Elena, Nicole