Mama Elephant 12th Anniversary Stampede - 2024 Holiday Card Series #1

Hey friends, boy is it an exciting day today! It's Day 2 of Mama Elephant's 12th Anniversary Stampede and I am so honored and thrilled to be helping them celebrate again this year! The stampede is taking place over on Instagram, so be sure to check out all list of all the hop participants at the bottom of this post. There's going to be giveaways and prizes and free gifts with purchase, plus a 10% off site wide discount that you are not going to want to miss out on!

I made two cards featuring the adorable Build a Snowman stamps and coordinating dies, plus the Yuletide Greetings stamps, and the gorgeous Eyelet Frames. I'll have more details about the supplies in my video tutorial, which is also Day 1 of my 2024 Holiday Card Series. You can watch by clicking the thumbnail below, or find it HERE on my YouTube channel. I really hope you enjoy it!

 

And now, get ready to STAMPEDE!

Happy Anniversary to you and ME! We are celebrating 12 years of being in this wonderful industry full of kind people who share the love of crafting and making new friends! We had never imagined being in such a more inspirational community full of color, love and joy! 

www.mamaelephant.com

Check out the rest of the hop for amazing inspiration from our Design Team and Friends!

To celebrate Mama Elephant will pick three random winners per Stampede day the collective Design Team and Guest Designer's Stampede posts (Instagram, Facebook or YouTube) to win a $25 gift card to mamaelephant.com, so let's get to it and hop along with us!

9/15 STAMPEDE DAY 1

@mamaelephant

@jennifermcguireink

@jessicafrostballas

@twiddlersnook

@vera_rhuhay

@popsiclesticks

9/16 STAMPEDE DAY 2

@mamaelephant

@laurafadora

@christygetscrafty

@nguyenindoubt_makecards

@nicholspohr

@dasmimz

9/17 STAMPEDE DAY 3

@mamaelephant

@starofmay

@pinkpeppermintcards

@craftee1

@cre8iveli

@craftmusubi

And don't forget our promotion celebration!

Fall Book Club Card - Lawn Fawnatics #181

Hey friends, it's time for another Lawn Fawnatics Challenge and this round it's Awesome Autumn! For me Fall is the season of all things cozy -- warm, delicious drinks, good books, and gathering together with friends. So I decided to make a Fall Book Club card! I combined so many stamp sets on this one, including Little Woodland Library, Little Woodland Library Add-on, Treat Cart, Treat Cart Add-on: Coffee, Tea-rrific Day, and Porcu-pine for You.

I stamped the images in Jet Black Ink, colored them with my Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies. For the focal panel, I cut down a piece of Bristol with the largest of the Small Stitched Rounded Rectangles and created a background using the Cloudy Stencil and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink for the sky, and the Slimline Grassy Stencil and Bundled Sage and Forest Moss Distress Oxide Ink for the ground.

Then I chose two prints from the Falling Leaves 6x6 pad to layer on my Speckled Eggshell card base. I popped up the focal panel over top with foam tape and adhered my images with a mix of foam tape and liquid glue. To finish things off, I added a little bit of Stardust Stickles for some sparkle and shine.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click the thumbnail below, or you can find the video tutorial HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! And don't forget to pop over to the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog to see what the rest of the design team has created and to link up your own Awesome Autumn projects and play along!

Falling Leaves Card - Hello Bluebird Preview #2

Hey friends, I'm back with another sneak peek project using the brand new Hello Bluebird September Kit releasing 9/16 at 7pm MST (9pm EST) at the Hello Bluebird webshop. This card features the Fall Cleanup Crew stamp set from the Classic (small) kit, which includes tons of cute critters doing leaf-related activities. It's super adorable! I also used the Happy Fall Words die, which is from the Expanded (large) kit.

If you'd like to see this card come together (and get a better sneak peek at the entire stamp set) check out my video tutorial by clicking the thumbnail below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I'll be back tomorrow morning with a full overview of the entire release, including all three kits, so stay tuned for that. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Apple Picking Day Card - Hello Bluebird Preview #1

Hey friends, today I'm here with a sneak peek card using the brand new Hello Bluebird September Kit. This month we will have three kits, the Classic (small), the Expanded (large) and also a special Halloween kit. The card I created today uses products from the Expanded kit, including the Apple Picking stamp set and its coordinating die, and the Tree die. All of these products will be available for purchase on September 16th at 7pm MST (9pm EST) in the Hello Bluebird Webshop. Last month, the Expanded kit sold out in less than 24 hours, so grab it while you can!

To see this card come together (and sneak peeks of the products themselves) click the video link below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel. I really hope you enjoy it! I'll be back on Sunday with another Preview project and on Monday with an overview of the entire September kit release. Stay tuned!

Go Bananas Card

Hey friends, today I've got a wild card to share using the adorable Mama Elephant Everyday Monkeys stamps, combined with a few of the accessory images from The Wild Roar. I love these cheeky little monkeys so much! Aren't they just the cutest? I colored them with Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For the focal panel, I die cut some Bristol Cardstock with the Mama Elephant B2B Arches and did a simple watercolor background with Distress Oxide Inks. I used Speckled Egg for the sky, Bundled Sage for the grass, and Gathered Twigs for the earth. I popped this up over some Lawn Fawn Fruit Salad banana themed patterned paper, and adhered my images with liquid glue. I finished off the card with a few Clear Sequins and some Stardust Stickles.

This card is actually the Part 2 of my previous Plan a Card with Me Video where I took you through the entire brainstorming process. If you'd like to go back and watch that, click the link above. To see this card come together to completion, you can click below for the video tutorial, or find it HERE on my YouTube channel. I really hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Plan a Card with Me: Transitioning Between Summer and Fall

Hey friends, today I am bringing you my September Plan a Card with Me Video. This month I was struggling with the transition between Summer and Fall. I wasn't really feeling the full immersion into Autumn content, but Summer is clearly over. So what kind of cards do you make in the meantime? I decided to opt with a warm-weather any occasion card featuring the adorable Mama Elephant Everyday Monkeys stamp set and pair that up with some banana patterned paper from the Lawn Fawn Fruit Salad 6x6 pad. So I'll walk you through how I came up with this idea, figuring out the layout, supplies, etc, and then on Friday I'll be back to complete the card. I really hope you enjoy this brainstorming session! Click below to watch or find it HERE on my YouTube channel. Thanks for watching!

G'Day Mate Card

Hey friends, or should I say G'day? Today I've got a fun card to share with you using the MFT JB Kiwi Critters stamp set. I love anything to do with Australia. It's definitely a bucket list destination that I really hope to get to visit some day. But in the meantime, I hope to take us all there today with this card! I colored these sweet little critters wit Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For the focal panel, I trimmed down a piece of Bristol Cardstock with the A2 Stitched Rectangles Set 2 and did a simple watercolor background with Distress Oxide Inks. For the golden hour sky, I used Scattered Straw, and for the ground I mixed together Rustic Wilderness and Cracked Pistachio. Then I splattered on Vintage Photo.

I popped that up with foam tape over some patterned paper and adhered my images with liquid glue. I had so much fun creating this one and I hope you enjoyed it too! If you'd like to see how the card came together, click below to watch the video tutorial, or you can also find it HERE on my YouTube channel. Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a lovely day!

Literally the Best Card - Lawn Fawnatics #180

Hey friends, today I have a sweet card to share for our newest Lawn Fawnatics Challenge. This round our theme is Woodland Wonder, which is right up my alley because woodland critters are my favorite! For this one, I absolutely had to use the brand new Little Woodland Library stamps, which is definitely my new favorite stamp set of all time! I'm such a lover of reading and this set could not be better tailored to me.

I stamped all the images in Jet Black Ink and colored them with Copic markers to match the patterned paper from the new Falling Leaves 6x6 pad. Then I trimmed them out with their matching dies. I also stamped, colored, and cut out a little butterfly from Butterfly Kisses to round out my scene.

For the focal panel, I cut down a piece of Bristol Cardstock with the Large Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stackables and blended on a background. I used the Cloudy Stencil and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink for the sky, and the Slimline Grassy Stencil and Bundled Sage Distress Oxide Ink for the ground. I layered this over the patterned paper, which I trimmed down with the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables, and adhered my images, finishing with a bit of Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click below or you can also find the video tutorial HERE on my YouTube channel. I really hope that you enjoy it! And don't forget to check out the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog to see what the rest of the design team has created to inspire you, and to link up your own projects to play along. We can't wait to see what you make! Have a wonderful day!