Mama Elephant overload!

Hey there - I have a couple of Mama Elephant creations that I have put together over the last couple of weeks - I've shown them on Instagram and Facebook but haven't taken the time to post them on the old blogaroo.

Shame. On. Me.

They feature the set Honey Bunny which is just too darn cute!  I used this set for a wedding and birthday - but obviously it is super usable for any kind of card.

This was just a super easy - I began by using patterned paper from Papertrey Ink for my background.  I added a diecut vellum cloud (it was on my desk just waiting for the perfect project!) by running a bead of Tomboy Mono glue across the top of the cloud and attaching it to the patterned paper.

Since vellum is not very forgiving when you use a wet glue - I then ran a piece of washi tape across the very top and added my twine. Way to cover up yay!

I stamped and coloured my two bunny images and die cut them using the matching dies.  I then added the die cut top hat, bow and flowers (a la Laura Bassen! -she's awesome!)

My next card is for my one year old grandson Eddie - he is such a sweetie and I just cannot believe he is ONE year old!! Where does the time go?? - Oh yes, it flies!!

I began with my background - by taping off a section and making a very light watercolour wash with blues and greens.  That cardstock was then die cut using the largest YNS Stitched Rectangle Die.

I stamped, coloured and diecut the cute little Honey Bunny and then placed him in the cardboard box - a great die from Mama Elephant called All Prettied Up!  I popped the whole thing up using foam tape onto the watercolored hills and stamped the sentiment - also from Honey Bunny!

Thanks for popping around today!

Your Next Stamp -Sending Smiles

What a beautiful few days we have been having here is Southern Ontario - the sun is shining, the flowers are planted - (my brown thumb is hoping for a good outcome) and we have been out enjoying the golf course - love it!

Your Next Stamp has their Sketch and/or colour challenge up and running until June 9th - lots of time to create a little something! The idea is to use the sketch or the colours from the inspiration photo or both - lots of options!  BONUS: Splitcoaststampers Free For All (F4A) challenge for today is watercoloring! So.....

I decided to use a bit of both - the sketch and three of the colours - pink, blue and yellow.  Perfect colour for a baby card.

First I stamped and watercolored some of the little critters from Woodland Cuties using the three colours.

I splattered some orange paint on top to be able to use up another colour - really wished I hadn't because I am not sure I'm fond of the look.

I die cut the cuties and placed them all in a bundley bunch - such sweetie images!

Using plaid patterned paper, I completed the sketch and added a yellow satin ribbon for a soft effect.  Go on over to Your Next Stamp and show some creative style!

DTGD Sweet Little One!

Hey there! I was totally inspired by this post of Jennifer McGuire's on "Copic Dot Coloring" so I had to give it a go - and I used her sketch - which, naturally, is brilliant!

Along with that, I am continuing with the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges for 2015 and this is for Sweet Miss Daisy's challenge.

I began by picking my image - this sweet little bunny from Your Next Stamp's set called Woodland Cuties - I use this set quite often for baby cards - so cute!

I lightly coloured him with C1 and then (held my breath) using C3 and C5, I made little dots where I thought there would be some darkening or shadows.  I added a touch of C7 - which close up looks kind of weird, but the overall effect is eye-catching!

Finally I "coloured" a few dots for some grass and sky to finished it off.

My circles were die cut using the MFT Stitched Circle dies - I love them!

I popped it all up onto my card base that is covered with a piece of Papertrey Ink Sweet Blush patterned paper  - just perfect!

Thanks for visiting - try some of those Splitcoaststamper Challenges - tons of PRIZES to be won!

Welcome Little One and DTGD!

Woohoo! It's that time of year again - Dare to Get Dirty Challenges are up and running yay!  I made this card for one of the challenges, which of course are top secret - unless you are a Fan Club member!  

There are tons and tons of challenges all week and PRIZES woohoo!

I pulled out my newest stamp sets from Your Next Stamp - Woodland Cuties and Forest Friends for my creation today, and followed this week's Your Next Stamp sketch challenge.

I stamped the background onto a 4 X 5 1/4 sheet of white card stock and then cut out the middle square using two of the square dies so I could create a frame.

I stamped, coloured and die cut the sweet little fox and popped him up on the square diecut.  Then I added a couple of clouds and some YNS Cotton Candy blue gumdrops (LUV!) along with a die cut heart- and the stamped sentiment.

Oh how I love this little guy!

Congrats on your New Slugger!

I love this stamp set - Seventh Inning Stretch and am finally getting around to using it - bad me!....(or is that "my bad" lol)

Anyway I decided to create a baby card with the set and make a pair of those sweet little booties from the Papertrey Ink die to match - absolutely love them - simple and easy!

I used different colours of Papertrey Ink felt - I was reminded of my nieces who LOVE to switch it up with their socks - used to drive me crazy  - and now it has served as inspiration!

My daughter says that the booties remind her of Minions - haha!

Thank for visiting!

Welcome Baby!

Yes, it is another baby card!! - there seems to be a wonderful Baby Boom around our area - proof of God's love and that life goes on.

I followed the colour challenge at Splitcoaststampers this week - my colours are Melon Berry, Spring Moss and Ripe Avocado.

I partially stenciled the MFT Spring Flowers stencil with Melon Berry ink and then adhered the panel to Melon Berry cardbase. I swiped everything with Chai ink to give it a good grounding.

I die cut the scallops with the MFT Medium Simply Scallop Dienamics and adhered them to the card.  Then I die cut and stamped the MFT Onesie with the Beautiful Baby stamp set, and ended with a Melon Berry bow at the top - loving that satin ribbon!!  The addition of enamel dots was perfect - imho.......

CAS Challenge Baby!!

Good Morning and another gorgeous morning in beautiful Southwestern Ontario!

I had the most wonderful Mother's Day ever yesterday!! - Our whole family, along with Ron's mother and my mother were here with us to celebrate the baptism of our grandson, Gibson.  It was a fabulous day, with family and extended family everywhere - my heart is FULL!!

This morning I played in the CAS Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.  We were challenged to use three out of five of these beautiful colours.  I chose to go gender neutral by using only the greens and the yellow.

I used My Favorite Things Bokeh Builder stamp set and MFT Dienamics Oh Baby!

I didn't think that  Bokeh Builder would be my forte - all those dots that you have to stamp in a certain place - yikes!! But - let me tell you - this set is fabulous because the dots are joined together so that you don't have to think too much about placement!!

Love it - there are also one of two single dots that you can use to fill in - It really made it so much simpler - yes, my brain is not that type of brain lol

I also used some Lemon Tart ribbon - I love twine but I am IN love with ribbon - always have been - always will be!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Bokeh Builder (My Favorite Things)
Cardstock: White, Lemon Tart, Spring Moss (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Spring Moss (Papertrey Ink), Banana Split, Jellybean Green (My Favorite Things)
Accessories: Oh Baby Dienamics (My Favorite Things), Lemon Tart Grosgrain ribbon (Papertrey Ink)

Baby Congratulations!

When we were south there were a few babies born around the area, so I am trying to get caught up in the baby congrats area!

My Favorite Things had a great BABY release this past month so of course I capitalized on their product - as is only right - and created a few things.

I am in love with this shaker card!  There is a fabulous video - right here- on how to assemble this shaker card - so easy to follow and it took no time at all.

 

The Centerpieces Congratulations Shaker Dienamics did all the work - I just had to die cut and assemble!  I had a bit of Bazzill Bling cardstock which I used to diecut the "confetti" - baby rattles, swirls and stars - so perfect!

The safety pin is from Oh Baby Dienamics - another perfect baby die set! I also used a bit of gold for the safety pin with some gold twine to compliment!

The sentiment is from Lisa Johnson's Beautiful Baby stamp set from My Favorite Things - I love it too - I am definitely full of love today haha....

Welcome Baby!

Good Sunday Morning - it is beautiful here - the sun is shining and the air is gorgeously autumn-like! It might even rain which is fine , more time in the crafty cave!

Today I have a card for yesterday's inspiration challenge and the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge this week. The store was called The Bella Cottage - just wonderful vintage finds - these inspiration challenges could be the death of my wallet haha!



This is my inspiration photo ..

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and this is my card

I love the Chicken Wire Dienamics, and it was the closest thing I had to a caning feature - (hint,hint MFT!)

The Baby Oneside Dienamic was cut from felt to mimic the velvet chair........I stamped and embossed the sentiment and added brads to "hang" the sign.  

I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for visiting! I'm going to go to my friends house and buy some mum's!!

White on White Baptism

 

Good Day! I hope that you have had a wonderful Christmas celebration with family and/or friends - I know I did!

This month's Papertrey Ink Blog Hop theme is white on white.

I have had baby on the brain lately as my son and his wife are expecting their first child the first week in January - we are so excited!! I can hardly contain myself!

I decided to make a baby card - I think this is a great idea for a baptism or christening!

I used the Baby Onesie die from the Papertrey Ink Shape Up Series to make my card. I cut it once for the front of the card....and then again for the base of the card......and then only part of it - for the vellum....

I stamped the sentiment from Bitty Baby Blessings with Versamark Ink and embossed it using fine filigree white embossing powder.

I ran the top part of the onesie through the Picnic Plaid Impression Plate and then added the vellum with a piece of score tape. Using another piece of score tape, I adhered the ribbon.

I then tied a bow with the ribbon, added three Prima flowers and then added some Stickles to the flowers!

The last step was to attached the bow with flowers to the card - I always use my glue gun for this part - I don't want the bow falling off!

Thanks for coming around today - now I am off to visit the other Hoppy participants!!

Just Hatched!

Good lovely morning! Kind of dreary here today - no sunshine yet- and foggy - but all in all I woke up - so that is great lol!

I have a card that I made for the VSN - Virtual Stamp Night - although it was two wonderful days of stamping !!

The challenge was called Don't Get Caught Daydreaming - make a card using the Glitter Window technique - you can find the tutorial here - terribly easy and so pretty! (sorry about all the colourful links - I have ordered them all in blue, as usual, but they are not co-operating :))

I used Papertrey Ink's On The Farm Stamp Set and the chicken die - I love the sentiment and since we used to have laying hens, it was perfect for me!!

Here is a close up of all that gorgeous glitter!!

You should check out the challenges on Splitcoaststampers! They are fun and a great way to get to know people and find some new techniques! 

There is a new group of challenges coming up starting October 1st and running right through until October 31st - it is called the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge - you can click on the link here or go to the top right of my blog and click on the flashing PINK blinkie to find out more information!

Little Angel

Good Day!

I have a baby card today - our community is having a baby boom - I LOVE it! so here come the baby cards!

This is also a good opportunity to use a My Favorite Things sketch - AND to enter the Guest Designer challenge for this month!

I chose to use my MFT Baby Onesie Dienamics and Stamp Set Combo for my baby card - perfect! 

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I followed the sketch using the Dienamics Retro Squares, Dienamics Rectangle STAX Set 1 and 2, Dienamics Mini Tabs Foursome, the heart from the Dienamics Homespun Birdhouse Die, and the Dienamics Photo Corners. So many Dienamics to choose from - I love it!!

Just look at the detail on that Dienamics Onesie! 

And for the inside, a little perfect placement of my Bo Bunny patterned paper makes for a nice finished look!

 

Why don't you try out to be the Guest Designer??! It's fun and it's a great sketch to work with!

WMS Previews Day 2!

Isn't this exciting? I love preview time. This month Claire is releasing FIVE new sets and today we are previewing "Join Us" - wonderful set that can be used for invitations as well as thank you's and everything in between!

Today I have made a baby shower invitation with a sort of vintage feel - pink and cream - just love it!

Even the safety pin is so real looking and all those little doo dads that Claire is so well known for - just works perfectly!

Keep following around to see the rest of the fabulous designers creations! I know they will blow your socks off!

• Anya Schrier
• Belinda Chang Langner
• Bonnie Sharp
• Carly Robertson
• Claire Brennan
• Jennifer Holmes
• Julia Aston
• Kate Whelan
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lynn Mercurio
• Mona Pendleton
• Niki Estes 
• Sandie Dunne
• Sarah Martina Parker
• Tosha Leyendekker
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Welcome Little One (a little late!)

Oh Good morning and I know this is late - again.......we were without of hydro yesterday, along with the rest of the neighbourhood, and so my grandchildren came over to sleep here, since we have a fireplace and our house was warm.

They left just now, so I can do my post - family comes first right?!! 

This week's challenge at Paper Romance was offered up by Donna and it was a toughie for me - I do not like doing anything but a card and the odd altered item so when our challenge was to make an easel card - yeow!! AND it had to be baby themed - so here is my challenge card using High Hopes Girl Binky Monkey!

 

I used the tutorial from Splitcoaststampers for the easel card - a whole realm of fabulous tutes over there!!

I stamped little binky monkey with Memento Tuxedo ink and then coloured her (quite brightly!) with unconventional colours to match my designer paper, which is K & Company's little girl pad-sweetness through and through!

The little doily is a die from Papertrey Ink, the crocheted flower is Maya Road and the butterfly is part of the Kit of the Month from Taylored Expressions!