Mama Elephant Stamp With ME Challenge

Hi everyone - I wanted to share with you my creation I am submitting for the July 2015 Stamp with ME challenge - it is all about Rainbows! Who doesn't love rainbows and the pretty colors!!  It really is like eye candy!

I used the Lights Out Stamp Set from Mama Elephant to create this rainbow of light bulbs. I thought it would be fun to use the largest or roundest of the two sizes in the middle, and then the small size on the ends.  

For the color of inks I chose - I chose Lobster from Lawn Fawn, Orange Soda  from HA, Sunflower from Lawn Fawn, Jelly Bean from Simon, and Blue Violet also from Simon Says Stamp. All of these inks have the same properties in once they dry they even out which I love! I also used the Femme Frames dies from Mama Elephant to create the stitched and scalloped frames.  

To finish off my card I used a Gold Wink of Stella to accent my star, and the Clear WOS to give the rest of the bulbs some shimmer.  I've added this card to the Mama Elephant Flickr page where all of the challenge cards are linked.  I also have a video below showing you how I pulled this one together.  All the supplies used are listed and linked below!  Thanks for taking the time to stop by! 

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Sparkle and Shine - Mama Elephant Challenge

Hello everyone!  So - I've done something I haven't done in months! I decided to participate in a challenge!!  No DT projects, just play time!  The newest Mama Elephant Challenge is up for November, and I was inspired.  I love Mama Elephant stamps and dies, and I bought the set Winter Wonderland last year, but by the time I was able to get my hands on it, the holidays were over.  This set was super popular, and it was constantly sold out.  So, I decided to ink it up, and let the creative juices flow.  I actually love the end result if I do say so myself!  That is the wonderful thing about creativity - I had NO idea where I was going, and I just looked in my supplies, and once I picked out my dies from Lawn Fawn, then I just sat down, and came up with this card.

I die cut the Stitched Banner dies from Lawn Fawn out of some PTI Stampers Select White card stock.  I die cut both dies at the same time on my white card stock, and created a larger border piece and then the inner piece.  I then started to ink up the outer frame with Iced Spruce Distress Ink, then I moved on to my inner piece.  I punched out a circle with my 1 1/4 circle punch to make a moon mask, and then added the Iced Spruce, Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks.. I love the gradient look that came out of this.   Then I stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black Ink the birch trees and little deer.  I then stamped the star images in VersaMark Ink and embossed in silver embossing powder as well as my sentiment. I also made a border piece from a scrap piece of card stock to match the same silver.  I started to assemble my card by choosing some solid blue paper from the Doodle Bug 6x6 Frosty Friends pad, and adhered my frame to it, and then adhered foam adhesive to my smaller panel for a little dimension.  I adhered the whole panel to my Enchanted Evening card base, and then added my silver strip and some Hero Arts gems to finish things off.

It was so fun to just play and explore what I could come up with for this challenge!!  See you soon!

Kari

Bubbling Over ( Mama Elephant Challenge)

Hello everyone!  As crafters and stampers - when you start to experiment with your stamps, and the more you do, and come up with a design that gets you so excited, you can't wait to share it??  Well, this has happened a few times for me, but recently for the current Mama Elephant Challenge, I have had an idea brewing in my mind for a few days, and it was killing me that I had to put it off because work and other things had to take priority.  Well, I was able to get some time this evening, and finish off my idea!  I love how it turned out, and I hope that you all think that it is clever!!
Here is my card, and below is the Inspiration Photo.

I started looking at the sets I had from Mama Elephant, and the longer I looked the more of the idea was brewing.  I used 4 - yes 4 Mama Elephant stamp sets.  It all started with Lights Out.  I love the fact that they have two sizes of light bulbs - with the outer lined image, as well as the solid.  Instead of my light bulb being a light bulb...I used it as a bottle.  I stamped out the outer lined image, and I took the solid part and inked up only part of it and stamped it down to make it look like liquid inside.  From there, I wanted bubbles and a cork - so I took what looks like to me bubbles in the Love from Above set, and I took the top hat image from Honey Bunny, and used it as my "cork".  I inked up bottom half of the top hat in the same color as my "bottle" which was inked up with Blue Sky Memento Ink, and the other half in Cup O' Joe Mid Tone Shadow Ink from Hero Arts.  Once I stamped my "bottle filled with bubbling liquid", I finished it off by using my Wink of Stella ( of course) and glossy accents to make everything pop ( no pun intended)

Of course, I didn't have the right sentiment - so I stamped out my custom sentiment using Mama Elephant's Flashy Letter, and Lawn Fawn's Milo's ABC's.

Here is a closer look  - 

All the supplies used are linked below!!  Such a fun challenge!!

See you soon!

Kari

*Mama Elephant Clear Stamp HONEY BUNNY Set ME1402-059	*Mama Elephant Clear Stamp LOVE FROM ABOVE ME1312-055	*Mama Elephant Clear Stamp LIGHTS OUT ME1307-039	*Mama Elephant Clear Stamp FLASHY LETTERS Set
*PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn MILO'S ABC's Clear Stamps	*Hero Arts SHADOW Ink Pad SOFT POOL Aqua AF146	*Hero Arts Rubber Stamp Designblock ENVELOPE PATTERN 2011 S5507	*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SEA GLASS SG4
*Bazzill MARSHMALLOW Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock	*Sizzix Framelits ZIG ZAG CIRCLES Wafer Thin Die Set 658690	*Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad CUP O' JOE Mid-Tone 2012 AF214	*Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Powder Blue & Teal 657900
*SSS Small TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool	*Ranger Inkssentials MINI GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive .5oz	*ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker 025320

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Mama Elephant Color Challenge

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Hi everyone!  I'm posting on the blog today my entry for the Mama Elephant Challenge!  YEP! That's right Mama Elephant is doing challenges now!  So exciting.  I really do love their stamps and dies!  They are quickly becoming a favorite company of mine!

Here's my take on this challenge - 

This was a great time for me to use some of these stamps that I haven't inked up yet!!  I used the set Lights Out, and I also used the oh so loved by me Femme Frames!  I stamped one of these adorable light bulbs in Bubble Gum Ink from HA, and then used the inside of the bulb using the heart image stamped in Raspberry Jam ink also from HA.  I stamped the bottom part of the bulb in Espresso Truffle Memento ink, and then stamped the little chain in VersaMark ink and heat embossed it in Silver embossing powder.  It is a little tough to decipher that here.  

I chose the sentiment " I will feel a glow just thinking of you" and carefully inked it up in Raspberry Jam and then in the rest in Versa Fine Black ink by masking it off in parts.  Then, I randomly stamped some hearts found in the new Pandamonium set in the same inks, and also heat embossed in silver the larger hearts.  

My pattern paper background panel is an older MME 6x6 pad called "Love ME".  To finish the card off, I HAD to use some Wink of Stella *wink* to my heart in my light bulb to give it that shimmery glow.

So fun!  I plan on doing these challenges again....because Mama Elephants stamps are fun!!  

See you soon!

Kari