Welcome Little One Card

Hey friends, today I've got a sweet baby card to share with you. My husband's work friends recently had their first child, a baby girl, and I needed a card to go along with the gift. Since the gift was giraffe themed, I wanted to make a card to match and I thought of this adorable set from Reverse Confetti called You Lift Me Up. Unfortunately, Reverse Confetti is no longer in business, but I always adored this stamp set and thought it would be perfect. I stamped the images in Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink on Spectrum Noir Premium White Cardstock, colored them with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For the background, I cut down some Bristol Cardstock with the Sunny Studio Stitched Semi-Circle dies. Then I blended on some Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink and stamped a sentiment from Mama Elephant Essential Tag Sayings. For the ground, I used patterned paper from the Simple Stories Boho Baby 6x8 pad, trimmed down with the Lawn Fawn Simple Stitched Hillside Borders. I layered up several more patterns on the card base, including a Lawn Fawn Stitched Scalloped Border and popped the focal panel up with foam tape. To finish it off, I added a few tiny hearts and some Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click the video thumbnail below, or you can also find the tutorial HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! And welcome to the world, baby Elayna!

Brew-tiful Fall Day Card - Lawn Fawn Feature

Hey friends, today I'm so honored to be featured over on the Lawn Fawn blog and YouTube channel with a Fall festival card! Once again, I combined a whole bunch of sets to create this one, including Treat Cart, Treat Cart Add-on: Coffee, Apple-solutely Awesome, Hay There, Hayrides!, You Goat This, A Creature Was Stirring, and Porcu-pine for You. I'll have all the other supplies and details in my post over there, so I hope you'll check that out!

If you'd like to see the card come together, you can click the video thumbnail below for the tutorial, or you can also find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. Thanks so much for watching! I hope you have a brew-tiful day!

You Crow Girl Card - Lawn Fawnatics Feature

Hey friends, today I'm so excited to be featured over on the Lawn Fawnatics blog with another card for our Awesome Autumn challenge. I had such a blast with this one. I'd been struggling to get in the mood for fall, so I decided to combine everything I love about the season into one scene. And viola! I used so many stamp sets, including You Crow Girl, Happy Harvest, Apple-solutely Awesome, Crazy Antics, Critters on the Farm, Scripty Autumn Sentiments, and Big Acorn. I'll have all the other supplies in my post over there, so I hope you'll check it out!

If you want to see how this card came together, click the thumbnail for the video tutorial below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy this one! Have a lovely day!

You've Got Mail Card

Hey friends, today I've got a fun happy mail card combining the adorable You've Got Mail stamp set with Jump for Joy. I thought it would be so cute to have this stuffed mailbox overflowing into a humongous pile of mail! I did a little altering to one of the images, as the critter stack actually has a bear beneath the bunny, but since I needed it to be shorter, I just selectively stamped from the bunny up. I colored them with Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For the background, I cut a piece of Bristol down with the postage edge die from the Peek a Frames die set. Then I did a watercolor background with Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide Inks. I stamped an Essential Tag Sayings sentiment in the top left corner and popped the focal panel up with foam tape over a sheet of Pebbles Sunny Blooms 6x8 paper. Then I adhered my images and finished with a sprinkle of gold sequins.

If you'd like to see this card come 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. Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Six Ways to Color Squirrels

Hey friends, today I'm bringing you another video Copic coloring one specific critter in multiple different ways. Since September is my birthday month, I chose my favorite critter of all, the red squirrel, and gave you a few more options for other versions. I used an image from Hello Bluebird Oh Nuts! stamped in Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink on Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock. To watch the video, click the thumbnail below or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I hope you enjoy it!

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!