Welcome crafty friends! Today I have a get well card to share featuring Mama Elephant stamps and dies. These stamps and dies are so fun to create with and make all kinds of “get well” cards really easy to create.

Mine is more of a feel better from being sick card but there are images in the stamp set for injuries and things too. It’s great!

I stamped and colored my images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a water brush pen which made it easier for me to keep the colors soft and light which is what I wanted. It’s also fun to color with different mediums from time to time. Kind of refreshing. Once everything was colored and dried, I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and liquid glue to assemble my mini scene together.

I had some of the diamond stripes left over from another card I shared a couple weeks ago and thought they were perfect for the background here. So I chose my pieces and used liquid glue to adhere them down to a card base. Then I die cut “Feel better soon” from the Wellness Wishes die set 4 times from white cardstock. I used liquid glue to adhere the layers and then went over it with orange ink and a blending brush.

I glued that down with liquid glue and popped my images up with foam squares. Then, for finishing touches, I added Touch of Gloss to the rabbit’s glasses and nose.

One tidbit about this Feel Better stamp and die set – it has dies to cut the hands for the bunnies so they can hold anything you want and the bed cuts a slit so that the bunny can get in bed too! It’s perfect and totally fool proof!

Products used today:
Feel Better stamps and dies
Diamond Stripes dies
Wellness Wishes dies
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn Ink – carrot

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Hello everyone! I’m excited to share but sad at the same time that this is my last week guest designing for Doodlebugs. It’s been really fun creating with Mama Elephant goodies to share with you and I always love shopping at Doodlebugs, so I’d say that’s a win!

Today I’m sharing a fun gift card holder featuring the Little Agenda Froggy, Gift Pocket Tag dies and Easy Sentiments. I love that the gift pocket tag has a panel you can optionally add stitching holes to if that’s your thing. I love stitching on these small areas for a bit of relaxation in front of the TV.

The first thing I did was die cut the card and stitching holes, then chose some embroidery floss and started playing. After having to undo what I stitched because the math wasn’t right, I drew out a grid and started playing to make sure my pattern would work. Once that was decided, I stitched the panel up and glued it to my gift card holder tag.

Then I stamped and colored a few frogs from the Little Agenda Froggy stamp set and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Next, I stamped and heat embossed a set of sentiments from Easy Sentiments and used the coordinating die to cut them out. This set is fun because you stamp and cut three sentiments at once.

I added everything with foam squares and flipped my project over to decorate the other side next!

On this side, I inked the white panel with yellow ink and a blending brush before popping more cute froggies up with foam squares. Then I glued another sentiment down with liquid glue. I did this so the card won’t get caught going in and out of the slot.

Next, I cut a hole reinforcer for both sides and glued them in place. I threaded ribbon through the hole and tied it with twine.

For finishing touches, I added black glaze pen to all the frog’s eyes and glossy accents to parts of the images like the heart, flower center, strawberry and balloon.

In case you like the idea of stitching on this panel but aren’t sure where to start, I created an idea sheet with six different patterns that are sized perfectly for this Gift Pocket Tag die set. Click HERE to download it.

Products used today:
Mama Elephant Little Agenda Froggy stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Gift Pocket Tag dies
Mama Elephant Simple Sentiments stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn butter ink
Blending brush
Foam squares
Double-sided adhesive – 1/4″
Sakura black glaze pen
Glossy accents
Copic markers

I hope you enjoyed these projects and found some inspiration to create something wonderful to share with someone! I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Hello everyone! I’m over on the Doodlebugs blog again today with some more fun Mama Elephant inspiration. I adore the striped heart in the Mod Heart die set and wanted to pair it with one of the To My Dearest critters for a while. Well, I finally just got everything out and played! It turned out so sweet too!

I used the dies and stamps to be sure everything was going to fit the way I wanted it to. Then I started ink blending, stamping and coloring. First, I did a little trick to get my ink blending to show up on the heart with the whole rainbow. Super simple but does take a moment of thinking ahead.

I simply took a white cardstock panel, flipped the die over on it and traced the outline. We know the pencil won’t show because it’s outside the cutting area of the die and this way I can plan my rainbow blending a little easier.

Once the blending was done, I ran the panel through my die cutter with the die, flipped it over to keep the pieces in the die and used washi tape to adhere them together before removing them from the die. You can’t see the washi at all because I used a mostly white/transparent one so I could also just add my foam tape strips at the same time.

Next, I chose the cute Hammy from To My Dearest to stamp and color. After I colored, I stamped a sentiment on the paper and then used the coordinating die to cut him out. I also stamped some small hearts and used the dies to cut them out too.

Finally, I cut the ragged edge rectangle from Mod Heart out of kraft cardstock. Then I inked it up with distress oxide ink in gathered twigs and ground espresso for a worn paper look. I spritzed the panel with water and blotted it dry before adding foam tape to the back and popping it up on a white card base.

Next, I added the rainbow heart and finally Hammy and the tiny hearts floating away. For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to his eyes and glossy accents to his nose. Then, I used stardust Stickles for all of the small hearts.

Simple card but so sweet and sure to make someone’s day.

Products used:
Mama Elephant To My Dearest stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Mod Heart dies
Distress Oxide Ink – gathered twigs, ground espresso
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Foam tape
Foam squares
Sakura black glaze pen
Bearly Art liquid glue
Copic markers

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Welcome friends! I was on the Doodlebugs blog yesterday with another guest post but my blog was so crazy I didn’t want this to get lost so I figured I would share it here a day later.

This time I’m not sharing a card but a fun way to decorate your desk or planner with super cute paperclips! They are really easy to create, totally addicting and would make a fun gift along with something to use yourself.

Here’s a look at the set I created this time. So many sizes for different uses. The large one could hold your planner more flat while writing in it while the others are great for keeping your place in your planner, book or use it as a regular paperclip on your desk.

To create these I started by stamping the images I wanted to use and colored them with copic markers. Using the coordinating dies I cut the images out, plus 3 additional blank ones too. I glued the colored image to one blank, then glued the other 2 blanks together. You should have 2 sets of each image now.

Next, I add double-sided tear tape to the back of the colored ones and the front of the blank stack. remove the release paper from the blank ones and position your paperclip where you want it. I put it as high as I can, where the points of the metal ends rest along the bottom of the image. Next, I add strong liquid glue all the way to the edges of this, remove the release paper on the back of the colored stack and adhere them together.

*Tip: I don’t find that acrylic blocks put pressure in the right areas on these so I do take a moment to hold the layers together for a good hold.

This was my first large, double clip and I am loving using it to hold the page I’m writing on in my traveler’s journal. It’s the cutest, totally makes me smile and holds everything more flat than the others.

When I created this guy, I actually intended him for my desk at work for a little extra happy but he happens to hold my folder of mini photos closed in my traveler’s journal closed perfectly, so that’s where he lives for now. This size is also great to use as a bookmark.

Also, my boss was eyeing this guy, reminding me of when her birthday was so I think I better make a set of them.

Finally, I just had to make a few with the new Little Froggy Agenda cuties! They are my favorite! The happy colors and cute images are perfect!

Remember, you can add finishing touches to these for that little extra as well. I used black glaze pen on any eyes I could, white gel pen highlights on the frogs and glossy accents on things like snail shells, cattails and noses. Then I also added sparkle with stardust Stickles to the sparkles in Hammy’s hands and the lights on the bus.

I have to know…will you give these a try? For yourself or a friend?

Products used today:
Mama Elephant Little Agenda Froggy stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Little Agenda Bus stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Celebration Hamsters stamps and dies
Bearly Art liquid glue
1/4″ double-side tape
Stickles – stardust
Sakura black glaze pen and white gel pen
Glossy accents
Copic marker

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Hi friends! The rest of the week on my blog is slam packed but I wanted to pop in this morning with a fun Mama Elephant thank you card. It’s punny and cute and all the things I love…plus cows! I love cows a ridiculous amount. They’re just so cute!

I missed the Zodiac critter band wagon when they were releasing with Mama Elephant years ago so I’ve been slowly collecting them all the last few months. Today I have the Zodiac Ox set with some accessories from Zodiac Tiger too. I stamped and colored them with my copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I used liquid glue to adhere the accessories in place.

Just before Doodlebugs took a little vacation I snuck in another order to pick up the Mama Elephant Thank You (Love You) stamps and dies along with the Diamond Stripes dies too. For my background, I cut the stitched version in the Diamond Stripes from three colors and glued them to the top of my panel. I saved the rest in a clear pocket so I have them for another card later on.

Next, I stamped and die cut the big thank you from Thank You (Love You0 and used the coordinating die to cut it out. Instead of using one of the mini sentiments in that set, I used the one in Zodiac Ox because PUNS! Seriously. It’s hilarious and I love it…especially with the taco in his hands.

*Tip – to cut the sentiment into a strip, I used the non-stitched Diamond Stripes plate to cut a scrap of cardstock and stamped in that. Then I just trimmed the edges off. Voila! Perfect sentiment strip with no extra dies needed.

I added some ground to the bottom of the panel with gathered twigs distress oxide and spritzed it with water. I also splattered a little ink on the area for a little texture. Then I added thank you and my cows with foam squares.

For finishing touches, I added black glaze pen to their eyes and Touch of Gloss to their snouts, hat and the cherry.

Products used:
Zodiac Ox stamps and dies
Zodiac Tiger stamps and dies
Diamond Stripes dies
Thank You (Love You) stamps and dies
Distress Oxide Ink – gathered twigs
Foam squares and strips
Touch of Gloss
Sakura Glaze Pen – black

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Hello everyone! I’m excited to be guest designing on the Doodlelbugs blog using some fun Mama Elephant products that she carries.

Do you ever have a hard time not making something a shaker when you have the option? I think I really do because every time I can, I seem to go that route and love it! That’s how today’s card came about.

I had a general design in mind with the polaroid frame dies holding my sentiment and the sweet images from Flower Friends below. So I die cut my frame from white cardstock and took the inside piece that cuts out and ink blended it before stamping a sentiment. For that I chose carved pumpkin and squeezed lemonade distress oxide inks. I spritzed it with water and blotted it dry, then stamped my sentiment and adhered the cute clip to the top, which is a die included in the frame set.

Layering my stamps in place to make sure things will fit the way I want, I thought…this could be a shaker frame! So that’s what I did. I lined the back of the frame with acetate and then foam tape, sprinkled Pixie Dust micro beads inside and sealed it up with my sentiment panel. Then I moved on to stamping and coloring images from Flower Friends with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and moved on to the background.

The background panel is a piece of teal cardstock with peacock feathers distress oxide ink blended at the top fading to nothing. Then I splattered watered down peacock feathers ink across the panel, followed by white paint too. I trimmed the panel to 4×5.25 inches and popped it up on a white card base.

The photo frame is added with liquid glue and the images are added with a combination of foam squares, strips and liquid glue as well. Finally, my finishing touches were black glaze pen to the puppy and bee eyes, along with stardust Stickles to the flower centers and bee wings.

Wouldn’t this card be so sweet and heartwarming to receive in the mail? I hope the recipient loves it when she gets it!

Products used today:
Mama Elephant Flower Friends stamps and dies
Mama Elephant So Appreciated stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Polaroid Tag dies
Distress Oxide – squeezed lemonade, carved pumpkin, peacock feathers
Stickles – stardust
Sakura black glaze pen
Bearly Art liquid glue
Foam squares and strips
Copic markers
Lawn Fawn acetate sheets
1/4″ double-sided tape
Twiddler’s Nook Pixie Dust Micro Beads – Rosetta

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Hi again! Today I have another fun Mama Elephant card featuring some goodies that I recently picked up from Doodlebugs but are from older releases. First up was this adorable Little Agenda Airplane set. I started with just these cute parachuters but the airplanes and combining them is going to be so much fun!

I started by stamping a bundle of images and just had relaxing fun watercoloring them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and went back to my stash to decide on a background for my cute critters.

I came across the Postage Frame dies and realized I hadn’t used them yet, also how cute would they be with these floating packages and letters! So I cut the main die from kraft cardstock not realizing it cuts a frame and the center pops out. I took the opportunity to ink the edges on the inside piece with white pigment ink to make it stand out from the frame a little. Then I used my images as a guide for where to stamp my sentiment.

Once that was stamped, I added foam tape to the frame and insert and popped them up on a white card base. I added the clouds and falling letters with liquid glue and popped the other images up on foam squares.

For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the critter eyes and white gel pen highlights to various parts of the images. I added glossy accents to the critter noses and postage on the packages and envelopes.

I’ve been making a big push to create extra “just because” cards to send when the moment strikes me. It seems that I have those moments when I have no appropriate cards available or time to make one. So, I guess that’s a goal now this year to make sure I have them around anytime.

Products used:
Mama Elephant Little Agenda Airplanes stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Postage Frame dies
Glossy accents
Foam tape and squares

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