Mama Elephant: Lights Out Highlight {post2}

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Today the Mama Elephant design team is taking a closer look at the Lights Out stamp set. Be sure to stop by the ME blog for more details and inspiration!!! 

Another CAS card for me today! I created this card for a friend who will be ordained as a minister this weekend! I thought this sentiment from the ME Lights Out set was PERFECT for this occasion-- my friend will let her light shine! My favorite part of this card is the neon yellow light with the metallic silver end! SOOOOOOOO fun! 

That's it for me today. Be sure to stop by all of the ME DTs' blogs and the ME blog for more inspiration and details. **New ME Stamps are available NOW!!! 

Alice

Cheiron

JJ Bolton

Mariana 

Lea Lawson
Jenn B.
Geralyn

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be blessed:}

ps... click HERE for the ME July Stampede post!! Be sure to leave some love for your chance to win!!! ***Giveaway

Virtual Smooches: Creating "Friends" part3

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**After 9am EST-- please click HERE or scroll up or down for my Mama Elephant Highlight post. 

Today's my day to share a video over on the  Paper Smooches video blog- Virtual Smooches! 

***And I have to apologize-- I didn't know that the metal box that I use in the video would cause such a lighting problem! I'm so sorry:( 

Today I share another way to create "friends" using LOTS and LOTS of PS stamps and dies. This is part 3 of this "Creating 'Friends'" series! 

Be sure to check out the  Virtual Smooches blog {HERE} for my videos and details! 

Here's some sneak peeks of these little friends:

THANKS so much for stopping by--- be sure to go HERE for my video! Be blessed:}

Mama Elephant: Full House Highlight

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Today the Mama Elephant design team is taking a closer look at the Full House stamp set. Be sure to stop by the ME blog for more details and inspiration!!! 

This card is very simple and colorful! I love the inks that I used for this card-- all pigment and chalk inks. I used the chevron border image from this new ME stamp set to create the bottom design. For extra fun I clustered together the house image along with two word bubbles. LOOOOOOOVE! 

That's it for me today. Be sure to stop by all of the ME DTs' blogs and the ME blog for more inspiration and details. **New ME Stamps are available NOW!!! 

Alice

Cheiron

JJ Bolton

Mariana 

Lea Lawson
Jenn B.
Geralyn

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be blessed:}

ps... click HERE for the ME July Stampede post!! Be sure to leave some love for your chance to win!!! ***Giveaway

Mama Elephant: Stitches Highlight {post2}

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Today the Mama Elephant design team is taking a closer look at the Stitches stamp set. Be sure to stop by the ME blog for more details and inspiration!!! 

I stated yesterday in my ME July Stampede post that I created CAS cards for this stamp release... well, that is true for 3/4 of my creations! This card kind of along the same lines but more of the CAKS style:) And as my friend Carol would say... it's def. PS (Positively Savannah or Perfectly Savannah... something like that! LOL!)!

I love this card-- I love everything that has to do with sewing! I paired some older papers (in my stash- HOOOOOORAY!) along with some coordinating inks for this card. I highlighted the sentiment in this set by fussy cutting around the edges- LOVE x100000! And my floss matches the papers and inks perfectly! LOVE x100000 x2! 

That's it for me today. Be sure to stop by all of the ME DTs' blogs and the ME blog for more inspiration and details. **New ME Stamps are available NOW!!! 

Alice

Cheiron

JJ Bolton

Mariana 

Lea Lawson
Jenn B.
Geralyn

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be blessed:}

ps... click HERE for the ME July Stampede post!! Be sure to leave some love for your chance to win!!! ***Giveaway

Ribbon Carousel #83 challenge {post1}

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**After 9am--please click HERE or scroll up/down for my Mama Elephant highlight post.

Have you played along with this month's Ribbon Carousel challenge yet??? The RCC is now doing monthly challenges with a huge prize at the end for one lucky player!!! The prize::: a ribbon carousel!!!!!! This month's theme/challenge--- Celebrate your Heritage/Country! 

I am not one to really make USA themed cards... I just don't send that type of card out. So I'm challenging myself to make cards that share my USA pride or appreciation for our troops... but it doesn't stop there! I want to also send them out! :)

So yesterday I shared this awesome card that I made for the Paper Smooches SPARKS July Cool Shades challenge! LOVE LOVE LOVE! Read more about it HERE.  

Last month... I shared this card using Mama Elephant June stamps. LOVE the simplicity! Read more about it HERE. 

This doesn't work for the RCC challenge though... totally forgot to add ribbon/thread/etc.! OH MY! Scratch this entry! 

So that leads me to my actual card for the RCC #83 challenge... I decided to create an invite for July 4th (so this was actually made a couple of weeks back!). I used some Simple Stories papers with several Paper Smooches stamps including Hang Ups, Alphadot, Alfresco, My Guy, Falling For You, Perpetual Bliss, Spiffy Scooters, and Green Acres. See???? I told you I used SEVERAL PS stamps! My goal for this card was to use several different items in my stash [I would say that the papers and alphas count for this extra challenge!]. 

So... AGAIN I failed to use ribbon! So I added some Whisker Graphics Lemon divine twine on the left... and NOW it's perfect for the RCC #83 challenge:) 

That's it for me today--but make sure you stop by the RCC blog for more details for this challenge and DT inspiration!!! And click HERE to link up your creation!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be blessed:}

Mama Elephant: July Stampede ****Giveaway {post2}

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**Please click HERE or scroll up/down for my Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge post.
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Today is a fun day over at the Mama Elephant blog--- we are having a June Stampede featuring the newest ME stamp sets {click HERE to purchase these stamps-- they are available TODAY!}!!! Join in the fun and hop along all the ME DT blogs for inspiration and your chance to WIN!! All new stamps are available NOW at the ME store!  **Giveaway details below. 

If you came from Mariana Grigsby's blog, you are in the right place-- if you would like to start from the beginning of the hop, please click HERE or go to the Mama Elephant blog.

I have to warn you-- I really stepped out of my comfort zone and did 4 out of 5 CAS cards! NO JOKE! CAS!!!!! And I think one of my cards for this week's ME Highlight stamps set might even fall under the category of one layer! *gasp*

For today's card, I used the NEWEST ME Stitches and Hustle stamp sets. I wanted to created a colorful card that would match that sentiment. I used several different inks at the top of the card to create a "rainbow" effect. The bottom has been stamped in grey to mimic rain. I LOVE it! CAS-- I'm not doing so bad with this CAS style! LOL!

That's it for me today. Be sure to stop by and leave some love on all the DT blogs for a chance to win one of 3 $20.00 Mama Elephant gift certificates {comment for your chance to win}!!! Next up--hop on over to Pearl Lui's blog! 

**Here's a list of blog to hop just in case you get lost:) 

Mama Elephant- Kryssi Ng
Karolyn Loncon
JJ Bolton
Geralyn Sy
Jenn Biederman
Cheiron Brandon
Alice Wertz
Mariana Grigsby
Savannah O'Gwynn - you are here!
Pearl Lui
Lea Lawson

**Winners will be chosen at random and announced over on the ME blog

Here's how to qualify to win (leave a separate comment for each):

1. Leave a comment on this blog post
2. Follow the Mama Elephant 
3. Like/share us on Facebook 
4. Follow/tweet about us on Twitter

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be blessed:}

Paper Smooches SPARKS July Cool Shades challenge {post1}

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**After 9am EST--please click HERE or scroll up/down for my Mama Elephant July Stampede post! **Giveaway details at bottom of that post.

Today we start another weekly challenge over at Paper Smooches SPARKS blog!! The third week of the month is always a Cool Shades challenge.  

This week we are inspired by the following color story "Celebration"

Grey, Navy, Red, Cream/White

I used white for my fourth color.... and I was also inspired by THIS image on Pinterest. It has been floating around the web for at least a month, and I knew as soon as I saw it that I wanted to use it for my card today! 

I used some of my FAVORITE patterned paper from the Crate Paper Paper Hearts collection. I am also SUPER sad because I accidentally cut the patterned paper too small... so now I'm out of it! BOOOOOOOO:( 

I used several Paper Smooches stamp sets including Crystal Clear, Streamers, and Circle of Honor. I also used some PS coordinating dies from the Streamers and Crystal Clear1 dies, as well as the Hot Spot Small1 die set for the stars. LOVE LOVE LOVE how this turned out! I added some Whisker Graphics Black Licorice divine twine to the blue jar. PERFECT! And you guessed it-- that's VELLUM!!! I used some of my tips and tricks from THIS Virtual Smooches video to attach the vellum to my project. LOVE! 

That's it for me today--but be sure to stop by the other Paper Smooches SPARKS DT members' blogs and leave them some love. 

Jamie

Larissa
Heather
Pamela

And don't forget to stop by the Paper Smooches SPARKS blog for more details!!!! This challenge ends July 21st. I cannot wait to see what you make--I just LOOOOOVE my Paper Smooches stamps SO MUCH!

THANKS so much for stopping by! Be blessed:}

Mixy-Matchy Style challenge

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If you follow my blog or visit regularly, you probably know that I loooooooove mixing and matching my patterned papers. **It was actually one of my ideas for a design challenge for my guest spot on Yvonne's blog! I probably could submit about fifteen cards for the Moxie Fab Mixy-Matchy Style challenge (that I created from the starting date until today), but I only have time to share one card! I ran out of time!! LOL!

I created this card for this Moxie Fab challenge and shared it on the Virtual Smooches blog as part of my "Vellum & Paper Smooches" video. 

I absolutely love love love the patterned papers-- polka dots, floral, woodgrain, and diamonds. LOOOOOVE x100000! 

I think the key to matching patterned papers is to have one design that is dominant and then smaller accents of other patterns and colors. It's almost the "gallon/quart/pint" rule for patterned paper:) Another good tip for working with mix/match papers is to have different sizes of patterns-- this will help the eye movement on your paper.

That's it for me today. Thanks so much for stopping by (or stopping by the VS blog!!)! Be blessed:}

Virtual Smooches: Vellum & Paper Smooches

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Today's my day to share a video over on the  Paper Smooches video blog- Virtual Smooches! 

Today's topic is VELLUM! This trend is HOT, and I share some ways to use PS stamps and dies with vellum, as well as tips and tricks to attaching these vellum pieces to your projects.

I actually made five cards for this video-- and I LOVE LOVE LOVE them all! Be sure to check out the  Virtual Smooches blog {HERE} for my videos and details! 

Here's some sneak peeks of one of my cards:

THANKS so much for stopping by--- be sure to go HERE for my video! Be blessed:}