Hi Stampers,

Today's card project features Mama Elephants "Up and Away" stamp set, also the "sunday stroll sentiments stamps. 

 For the card base I used basic black cardstock with the Mama Elephant basic die creative cuts set, i used the largest die, which has a scalloped edge.

       

for the main layer I used Stampin'Up!'s Very vanilla cardstock as the base. I also used stampin'up's whisper white cardstock for the clouds , which i cut out with the lawn fawn's spring showers dies.

i stamped the up and away character onto whisper white cardstock with Momento tuxedo black in and coloured with spectrum noir alcohol markers.

I cut out the grass using lawn fawns grassy border die and some scraps from a paper pad.

I  also cut a strip of vellum and embossed the hello friend sentiment with versamark and wow white embossing powder and heat embossed.

I adhered the clouds flat and then used dimensionals ( foam squares )  for the characters and the grass to give some dimension.

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Happy Crafting

Lucie x  

Up and Away	Up and Away Creative Cuts	Basic Set - Creative Cuts	Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Spring Showers Dies by Lawn Fawn
Sunday Sentiments	Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Ink Pad, Black	100 Sheets Translucent vellum paper A4 100 gsm for Laser & Inkjet Printers	Lawn Cuts Custom Craft Die-Grassy Border
All 12 Spectrum Noir Pen Sets	WOW! Embossing Powder Super Fine 15ml-Opaque Bright White	Tsukineko Versamark Watermark Ink Pad

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Sunday stroll from Mama Elephant using Zig Real Colour Markers

Hi again stampers,

 Today's card project is one layer card using the Mama Elephant "Sunday stroll " stamp set and the "sunday sentiments" stampset.

Using Neenah white card stock I die cut the largest die in the Mama Elephant "Sew fancy " creative cuts die set, onto which i stamped my scene using ranger archival black ink,and also the Hello friend sentiment.

I then coloured in the images using my zig realcolour brush markers, finally I added some clear wink of stella to the mailbox and the girls heart.

I then adhered this to  a melon mambo ( Stampin'Up! ) card base  and its done!!

Happy Crafting 

Lucie x

Sew Fancy Creative Cuts	Sunday Stroll Creative Cut	Sunday Sentiments	Sunday Stroll	ZIG Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Marker Pen 999 Clear
Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black	Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Real Brush 12VARB-6000AT/12VA (japan import)	Neenah Classic Crest Card by Crafter's Companion - Solar White (20 Sheets)

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Wishing you the happiest of Birthdays ......

Hi Stampers,

  I Made today's card twice as i was for my Twin Brothers , who will be 50!!! on september 4th.

I used Stampin'Up's Marina Mist cardstock for the card base , cut at 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4

For the stamped layer I used Bristol watercolour card, cut using mama elephants basic die creative cuts scallop die.

I stamped and masked all the characters  from the Simon Says Stamp " Birthday Animals " stamp set in ranger archival black ink , to make my masked i stamped the images onto post it notes and fussy cut them out.

I coloured the character in white my Zig clean color real brush Pens and used my aquabrush to blend them out.

for the stamped star images i used stampin'up's daffodil delight and tangelo ink pads.

I used my glossy accents to go over the balloon, banner and present to give some shine.

Finally I stamped the sentiment  from the Avery Elle cake and candles stamp set in ranger archival black ink.

 and the card is done.....

Supplies used

Stampin'Up! ( contact your nearest demo to order)

Marina mist cardstock

 daffodil delight ink

tangelo ink

Happy Crafting 

Lucie x 

Simon Says Clear Stamps BIRTHDAY FARM ANIMALS sss101430 This is the Life	Pentel Aquash Water Brush Pens Assorted Tips (Pack of 3 - Fine, Medium and Broad)	Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black	Strathmore Windpower Bristol Paper Pad Smooth Surface (11	Avery Elle Cake & Candles Birthday Clear Stamps
Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Real Brush 24VRB-6000AT/24V (japan import)	Basic Set - Creative Cuts	Cosmic Shimmer Specialist Acrylic Glue, White	Ranger Glossy Accents, Clear	Ranger Mini Glossy Accents, Clear

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Ella and friends by Mama Elephant

Hi Stampers, 

    For today's card I used  Mama Elephants "Ella and Friends " stamp set.

The card base is Stampin'Up's Basic Black cardstock cut at 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 

 Main layer is Ranger watercolour card, which i die cut using lawn fawn's small stitched rectangle dies ( the largest)   and did a technique I saw on you tube called smooshing !  I believe it was a video by  Laura Bassen.

what i did was grab a piece of acetate or you could you some old stamp packaging or an avery stamp pocket for this, I grabbed  my distress ink minis and pulled out peacock feathers, salty ocean and picked raspberry.  

I then smeared the pad on the acetate and spritzed with water and smooshed the acetate onto the watercolour card and repeated with all the colours let it dry and  then grab some water on my fingers and flicked it onto the background, this technique seems to wick away and colour under the water and if you use a paper towel to grab the excess water of you can get some lovely effects and voila a very pretty background.

I stamped the elephant and bunny on Neenah solar white card stock with momento tuxedo black ink, as i want to colour the character in with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. I coloured them in and then fussy cut them out.

I also stamped the sentiment with the momento tuxedo black in , in hindsight i would probably have used my ranger archival black ink as it is waterproof.

I adhered the fussy cut characters to the card front with foam tape to give it some dimenension. Finally I added some sequins  with my cosmic shimmer glue and the card is finshed.....

Supplies used 

Ranger watercolour card

acetate

lawn fawn Small stitched rectangle dies

Distress ink Minis

water spritzer

Mama elephant "ella and friends " stampset

Nennah solar white cardstock

momento tuxedo black ink

spectrum noir alcohol markers

foam tape

sequins

cosmic shimmer glue

Happy Crafting 

Lucie x

You're My favourite Superhero !!!

Hi Stampers,

   

  Firstly i want to apologise for the quality of the photo, my phone decided it didn't want play ball and all my photos are coming out blurred !!! Hopefully i will manage to rectify this soon.

The card base is whisper white, then a real red layer and finally simply irrestible dsp ( white on white embossed 12 x 12  ) for the top layer , which i coloured with Night of navy Ink . ( all by stampin'up!) .

I cut two of the clearly besotted cityscape dies, one in white and one in hello honey by Stampin'Up!.

I stamped the superhero sentiment onto the mama elephant bold banner creative cut die in whisper white with momento tuxedo black. I also the POW image from uniko stamps onto whisper white with the tuxedo black in and fussy cut it out.

For the hero image stamped and die cut and then coloured it in using my spectrum noir alcohol markers. 

I adhered everything to the card , some with foam pads to add dimension and the card is done. I hope you like todays fun card, I'm sure any you boy would love to receive this, I mean who doesn't want to be a superhero!!!

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon.

Supplies used

Mama elephant - tiny heros stamps and co ordinating dies

Clearly besotted - cityscape die

Uniko stamps - explsion stamp set

Mama elephant - bold banner die

spectrum noir alcohol markers

tuxedo black moment ink 

Stampin'Up! ( contact your nearest demo to order)

Whisper white Cardstock

Real red cardstock

Hello Honey cardstock 

Night of navy ink

Dimensionals 

Happy Crafting 

Lucie x 

Bring on the Cake !!!

Hi Stampers,

 For today's card i decided to used the cute "bring on the cake" stamp set by The Cat's Pajamas Stamp company. It turned out so cute and I have a feeling i will be using it on alot in my card projects,

I think the bunny character is adorable,I can see so many possiblities!!!

The card base is 9 x 5 1/2 , scored at 4 1/4 in Neenah solar whire cardstock, the next layer is basic black and the next is  Bristol smooth watercolour card , which I cut using the Stitched die from the Mama elephant  basic die creative cuts set.

I stamped the Image using ranger archival black as it's waterproof and ideal for watercolouring, I then coloured it using my Zig real colour brush markers and my aquapainter to blend and smooth it out.

I created the background using winnie and walters confetti stamp set, which I stamped using my SU ink pads in tempting turquoise, melon mambo, daffodil delight and crisp cantelope. For the ground i used Pear pizazz from SU and my aquapainter, to created the grass i just used my zig real colour pens. 

I added acccents using my white gel pen and clear wink of stella.

I stamped the sentiment using ranger archival black ink , adhered the layers to the cardbase and it's done...

Thanks for stopping by and see you soon.

Supplies used 

Neenah solar white cardstock 

Basic black cardstock SU 

Bristol watercolour card 

Mama elephant basic die set

Ranger archival black 

Zig clean colour real brush markers

Aqua painter

Winnie and Walter confetti stamp 

Signo white gel pen 

Clear wink of Stella 

Happy Crafting

Lucie x  

MFT Have a Beary special day shaker card

Hi stampers,

 For today's card project , I decided I wanted to make a shaker card using the MFT birthday bears stamp set  and the mama elephant love quotes die

 I just love how it turned out! I used my spectrum noir markers to colour in the bears, balloons and presents. 

For the card base I used whisper white cardstock and for the layers I also used whisper white card  and  Stampin'Up's coastal cabana cardstock. Which I cut using the mama elephants basic die creative cuts.

For the shaker part I cut the aperture using the mama elephant love quotes die, to which I attached acetate I then surround the aperture area with foam tape making sure I was completely enclosed ,so all the shaker elements, sequins, seed beads etc would not escape ! 

I stamped the happy birthday sentiment onto the shaker backer and filled the shaker. I then place and adhered all the stamped coloured and cut elements onto the front of the card.

I finished of by adding texture with my white gel pen and finally adding glossy accents to the balloons and presents.

Once it was all dry I put the card together and voila the card is finished! 

You will find clickable picture links to most of the products used below.

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Thanks for stopping by

Lucie x 

Mama elephant freestyle florals meets Simon says stamp big hugs....

 Hi stampers,

 Todays card is a simple one layerish ! Card, using mama elephants freestyle florals stamp set and the big hugs die from Simon says stamp.

For the card base I used Neenah solar white cardstock , which I folded and cut using the scalloped edged die from mama elephants Basic Set - Creative Cuts.

For the hugs , I cut it from neenah solar white,coloured it used mama elephants tutti Frutti pigment , which I then clear embossed with hero arts clear embossing powder. 

For the sketched florals I used London fog and bamboo leaves Momento dew drop ink pads.

 

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting

Lucie x