Hi there! Have you seen the new release by Cathy Zielski for Simon Says Stamp? It’s fun, fresh, modern, sarcastic & awesome….just like her:)
I’ve created a couple of projects using two of her new sets…Yay & the Everett Alphas.
I spelled out “woot” with the Everett Alphas and embossed them in clear. Then I used distress inks and post it tape to blend a smokin’ rainbow background. The “#nailedit” is from the Yay set. For the card below, I embossed the “yes” in clear, blended more distress ink over top and then die cut it out with one of the Nested Circle dies.
I absolutely LOVE Cathy’s handwriting and her humor even more! Make sure and check out the Simon Says Stamp blog as well as Cathy’s blog for more info! Thanks so much for stopping by!
SSS-Magical Birthday
July 31, 2017Hi there! Popping in to share a cutie patootie little project featuring the Magical Birthday stamp set by Simon Says Stamp. I’ll never ever ever outgrow unicorns & rainbows. In fact yesterday I persuaded my Emma to get some Lisa Frank folders for her school supplies. Her arm was easily twisted:)
I stamped the images with Memento ink, colored them with Copics and fussy cut them out. For the background I blended distress inks onto Bristol paper followed by some flicks of water. I also smooshed the distress inks onto an acrylic block and with a wet brush I flicked some distress paint onto the panel.
I added some wink of stella to the unicorn’s tail & mane followed by some delicious dots of Nuvo Drops.
Wishing you a fantastical day! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Circles of Thanks
July 28, 2017Hi there! Today I’m sharing this project over on the Simon Says Stamp blog featuring the Nested Circle dies along with a sentiment from the You + Me stamp set.
You can see the two full projects & video over on the Simon Says Stamp blog. Thanks so much for stopping by!
I also have a winner to announce from my Altenew July Release blog hop post.
Congratulations Gail Plaskiewicz!
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Mama Elephant-Favor Bag Accessory-Halloween
July 27, 2017Hi there! Today I’m sharing these cute little Halloween favor bags over the Mama Elephant blog featuring the Favor Bag Accessory-Halloween Creative Cuts.
To add some detail to the favor bags I used a few borders stamps and stamped them onto colored cardstock. I used Trifecta on the cream cardstock, Boutique Borders on the lime cardstock and Basic Borders for the purple cardstock.
After stamping the borders onto the colored cardstock I used the Favor Bag-XL Creative Cut and adhered the bags with score tape.
I added adorable faces to each bag using the Favor Bag Accessory-Halloween Creative Cuts. I created a mummy for this first one, adding googly eyes for fun.
Never realized how cute a little green vampire could be on a cream triangle favor bag:) These were so fun to make!
And lastly, a gray ghost one a purple striped favor bag.
I added some little tags using the Plushoween stamp set and the circle die from the Framed Tags-Chelsea Creative Cuts.
These little favors are definitely too cute to spook:) Thanks so much for stopping by!
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SSS-Perfect Shapes dies
July 26, 2017Hi there! Today I’m sharing a couple of project using the Perfect Shapes dies.
It’s no secret that I have an obsession with all things geometric, and these triangle designs make my life worth living:) Even though I must’ve cranked that Big Shot like a billion times, it was all worth it to see these colors come together.
My inspiration came from this↑ ad I saw on Instagram the other day. I knew I had to try something similar.
There are several sizes of triangles in the Perfect Shapes dies set. I used the second to smallest triangle for this card. I popped the design up onto a navy panel with an embossed sentiment from Many Thanks.
I couldn’t stop at one and had to stretch the idea using a larger triangle die. This was also an effort to tame my scrap bin, but in the end, I think I actually made the scrap bin worse.
I popped up two triangle clusters with foam tape and added a sentiment from the Jumbo Stripes stamp set.
That’s all for today! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Flora & Fauna
July 24, 2017Hi there! Today I have a few fun projects to share for Flora & Fauna. I love their sweet, whimsical images and have created two featuring the Llama & Adventure sets.
How can you not fall in love with this Llama? I stamped the pennant party banner repeatedly for the background.
All the images where stamped with Memento ink and colored in with Copics. I fussy cut the Llama and popped it up over the banner background. Super sweet & simple!
This next card uses the Adventure set. Again I stamped the images with Memento ink and colored them in with Copics.
I added a piece of striped pattern paper to the bottom to give the images some grounding.
Check out Flora & Fauna to see their fun products! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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WPlus9-Southern Summer Florals
July 21, 2017Hi there! Today I’m sharing a card that I created for WPlus9 featuring their gorgeous new Southern Summer Florals 1 & 2 sets.
I stamped each beautiful bloom using Mama Elephant pigment inks and then cut them out using the coordinating dies.
I flicked a little paint onto a Fog cardbase using my Gansai Tambi watercolors and then used the Basic Greeting die for the sentiment.
Here’s a video to show you how I created this card.
Wishing you big smiles today:) Thanks so much for stopping by & big thanks to WPlus9 for having me♥
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Altenew July 2017 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway
July 20, 2017
Hi there! Today I’m excited to join Altenew for their July blog hop release. If you are following the hop then you should have arrived from Eunyoung Lee’s blog.
There are so many fantastic new products being released! I have a few to share today! My first card features the gorgeous Floral Fantasy set.
I stamped the flowers using some of the delicious new inks and popped up the blooms onto a White Woodgrain card base. I also added an embossed sentiment from Beautiful Inside.
This next card showcases the adorable Little One set.
For the background I embossed the Pattern Play-Hexagons set onto watercolor paper and then used my Peerless Watercolors to add the color.
My last card features the Baby Balloon set.
I used several Altenew inks to fill in each balloon and popped them up with foam tape. The sentiment is from Beautiful Inside.
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to FIVE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog or/and Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, July 27th at 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew Card/Scrapbook blogs on Sunday, July 30th.
I will also be giving away a $30 gift certificate to Altenew to one random commenter as well!
The next stop on the hop is the lovely Chari Moss!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Mama Elephant-Plushoween
July 18, 2017Hi there! Today I’m sharing this project over on the Mama Elephant blog featuring the adorable Plushoween set. I combined it with the Gable Box die to make a festive little favor perfect for Halloween.
To begin I stamped the images with Memento black ink and then colored them with Copics. Using the coordinating Plushoween dies I die cut each image out.
Then I die cut the Gable Box and stamped the spider web images from Plushoween all over with Versamark ink for a tone on tone background pattern. I love purple & orange for Halloween.
I also used one of the frame dies from the Gable Box die set to make a window opening for my sentiment. I added some Lawn Fawn twine and it’s all ready to fill with some candy:)
Such a sweet little pumpkin bear! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Special Spooky Stampede
July 15, 2017
Welcome to the Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop!
Our newest release is now live and available for purchase in the store!

I made three “spooky” little mini cards using the Favor Bag Accessories-Halloween & Pumpkin Creative Cuts.
I mean, I know it’s the middle of July, and I’m not even a huge Halloween type of gal, but I gotta admit, these are spooky sweet, don’t ya think? Not sure which one I think is cuter. Probably the mummy kitty:)
I blended distress inks on bristol paper for the faces of the pumpkin & Drakula and also flicked some water. I also added white dots to the eyes using a gelly roll pen.
My daughter did not approve of me putting rosie cheeks on Dracula, but I liked it and sometimes you just gotta agree to disagree. I do think the mummy kitty stole the show, though. Did I ever tell you that when I was little I had a big, black cat named October for a pet? I did, and he was the best cat ever. He absolutely loved to eat cantaloupe. That’s a story for another day.


To celebrate the new release, Mama Elephant is picking 3 winners to win their choice of stamp set! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede. You have up to 4 chances to qualify to win!
» 4. Follow/tweet us on Instagram: instagram.com/mamaelephant «
Vera Rhuhay
Melania Deasy
Nichol Spohr
Pamela Ho
Anna Kossakovskaya
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