Mama Elephant Just Hatched!

I had recently ordered this set from Mama Elephant - Just Hatched!  I am in love with Mama Elephant stamps and dies.    They have some really cute images.     For the background, I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire's card here.   I used my Simon Says Stamp Falling Stars die to create a stencil. I stamped some on with ink and then flipped the stencil over and colored embossing paste and then added Iridescent embossing powder from Stampin Up!.    I set it aside to dry for about 30 minutes and then embossed the background.    It is all sparkly but hard to see in the photo.

Stamps: Just Hatched

Ink: Hero Arts Black, SU Pink Pirouette, Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Soft Sky

Paper: SU Soft Sky, Copic, MFT Smooth White

Tools: Mama Elephant Femme Frames, Just Hatched dies, MFT Fishtail Flag Stack,  SSS Falling Stars Die, Embossing Paste, Iridescent SU Embossing Powder, Copics, Signo White Pen

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Wonderful Mistake!

This card started off being something totally different.   I have been playing with my Distress inks and markers this past week making backgrounds.   I love watching Kristina Werner's blog and You Tube channel and got on a kick with the Distress inks.    I was trying to make the background pink, yellow and orange but it just was not working.   I used my markers to put ink on the water color paper and when I added water the marker lines were still showing.   I gave up on it and left it alone for a couple of days and then sprayed it with water again.   I kept adding ink and water and used my heat gun to dry in between.    It still did not look just write so I laid my Simon Says Medium Dot Stencil and blotted water on top.   It added just a subtle effect.   Then I splattered it with some Heidi Swap Gold Color Shine.    I really loved how it turned out.

Here are some close ups to see the gold shine added. 

Stamps:  MFT LJD Pretty Poppies

Paper:  MFT Pink Lemonade, MFT Whip cream, watercolor, MFT Fuse Green 

Ink: Delicata Gold

Tools: Distress Markers, Heidi Swap Gold Color Shine, MFT Blueprints 2, MFT Feathers & Arrows, Vintage button, twine, Mama Elephant Femme Frames

Just goes to show, don't throw away your mistakes.   You may be able to give it a fresh look or use it in a different way!  

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I have linked this card to Put a bird on it!!

MFT Color Challenge - I'm All Ears!

Here is a card that I did for this month's Palette Challenge at My Favorite Things.   I left out one of the colors! Whoops!    Thanks for looking!

Stamps: MFT PI I'm All Ears, MFT Plaid Background Builder

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, MFT Grape Jelly 

Tools:  MFT Oval Pierced Stax and Oval Stax 1, Blueprints 13

Paper: MFT Sweet tooth, Sour Apple, Grape Jelly, Grapesicle

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My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club - MFTWSC169

Hope you are having a wonderful Saturday!  I have been able to get in some great crafty time this weekend.   I have lot's of cards to share, so please come back and visit.     Here is my entry for this week's My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club with an encouragement card.   I used the Chalkboard Greetings set and created a blackboard label using the MFT Blueprints 13 set.   I ran it thru the Big Shot twice to make it into a banner.     The flower is the Fringed Perennial flower along with Layered Leaves Dienamics.

Stamps:  MFT Chalkboard Greetings
Ink: Versamark
Papers:  MFT Whip Cream, Pink Lemonade, Steel Grey, Silver Glitter, Fuse Green
Tools: Blue Prints 13, Fringed Perennial, Layered Leaves, Peek a boo dots, Hot Glue Gun

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Love U

Here is a card that I had created for the Splitcoast Stampers Love Fest but I never got around to posting and taking a picture.    I used the My Favorite Things Transformables Heart Full of Love to create my Love message.  

Paper:  PI Kraft, SU Soft Suede, SU Early Expresso, SU Real Red

Stamps:  MFT Woodgrain Background

Tools: MFT Little Lowercase letters, Transformables Heart full of love, Red/White Twine Lawn Fawn, Wink of Stella Clear, Corner Chomper

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Lawn Fawn - Happy Trails

I have a weakness for the camper stamp sets.   I think they are so cute.    They are popping up all over the place!  Every time I see one, I want to get it!  I had gotten this stamp set and die set from Lawn Fawn shortly after the release.   Soon afterward My Favorite Things released some new products with a similar theme.   I am hooked!  They are just adorable. I made this card a couple of weeks ago but did not have time to photograph card.  

I started off with some Smooth White Card stock from MFT and used my Distress inks to do the background sky.  I don't have the colors used but Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers and Broken China is usually my go to colors for sky. I used a little Black Soot at the top to just darken it up.      I used my Simon Says Falling Stars die to create the starry background. (just love this die!!  Waited a long time for it to come back in stock - watched it FOREVER!)   

I created the landscape with more Smooth White Card stock, Distress inks and my Mama Elephant Landscape trio die to make some hills.    I colored images with Copic markers.   They were cut out with the matching dies.   I used a MFT Blueprint 2 for the sentiment strip and added a heart from Blueprints 8.   Added some Wink of Stella glitter pen and call it done!   

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Trot on……

I got really stampy this weekend and created a bunch of cards!!   I used my new Pure Innocence image, Trot On and colored up this cutie with some Copic Markers.  

This card used some new items that I got from the past months release from My Favorite Things to include my PI Trot On image, Blueprints 13,  and the Wood plank background stamp.   I started by coloring my image.    Once I created my image, I built my card around this.   Normally, I start with the papers I want to use and then determine my color scheme but I could not wait to color up this image so that was my inspiration piece. 

Stamps:  MFT Pure Innocence Trot On, Typewriter Text Background, Striped Background, Wood plank Background. 

Paper:  MFT Wild Cherry, Primitive, SU Early Espresso, PI Kraft, Copic

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede

Tools:  MFT Pierced Circle Stax, Fishtail Flag Stax, Blueprints 13, Brads

Thanks for stopping by today!   Keep checking back this week for more cards!