New Designs from Mama Elephant
Hi readers! TGIF! I’m so happy to be sharing with you this adorable card using new Mama Elephant stamps and dies by our guest designer of the day, Elena Roussakis! I love the texture she added to the background, and her coloring is just flawless! Enjoy!
Hi there! I’m so excited to be guesting on the Simon Says Stamp blog today. I crafted a fun card using new Mama Elephant stamps sets: tandem ride and tandem extras. I just love these fun critters with their huge heads! I decided to create a little scene for the bike riding friends, by way of a sun ray stencil and some embossing paste.
If you decide to try and re-create this card, just be warned that the stencil’s rays don’t actually reach to the edges of the card. But the fix is simple: just let the first layer dry while you color images, and then come back and stretch them out with a second coat of paste.
Once all of the layers of embossing paste were dry, I used a very light blue Copic marker (BOOO) to add shading between the rays. I also used a colorless blender (O) to soften the edge of the blue streaks.
For the focal image, I did some masking to make it look like the little mouse (with her gigantic ears) were at the forefront. Then, I used the partial die-cut technique to have the whole image cut out as one unit. I love how clean it looks without the white border around each critter!
To finish things off, I created a mint-green hill for the bike to roll on, and stamped the sentiment (from Tandem Extras) directly on it.
I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!
Darling card & that partial die cutting is great!
awww Super cute!!! I love this set of stamps and dies!! Thanks for sharing! =)
What a darling and very sweet card!!
Mama elephant makes themot darling little critters in the industry. This card is amazing and I love the texture added with the sun bursts.
This is so well done and adorable.
i must have these cuties, my friend is called fox and she and her husband ride tandem bikes, so perfect!
Oh my goodness, could this get any cuter?? LOVE this adorable card.
Love Mama Elephant products…adorable card!
This is beyond A-DOR-A-BLE!
These are adorable!
A fun new project to try. I love the little mouse on the back.
Such a great scene. Those little critters are adorable.
What an adorable card! LOVE it!
OMG, those animals are so cute!
This card is so adorable! I love Elena’s work!
super cute card, love the stamps!!
These little bobble-headed animals are so cute! Really adorable card.
How cute!
Wonderful critters on a wonderful tandem bike card. especially like the tandem bike. I cannot ride a regular bike but can ride the tandem bike that my hubby & I have.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Adorable card! Love all that texture!
The ME stamps are so adorable! Love the extra dimension on this cute card from the embossing paste!
Adorable little critters. Great design. That partial die cutting really scares me but I love the look. I really must try it soon.
So adorable! Love these critters! TFS!
Have a wonderful weekend!
squeeee! That little mouse is so cute!!!! :)
cute card. . . great texture
Such a cute card and you do awesome coloring.
Super creative & sweet card!
Such a sweet card. Love the rays. Just so cute. Thanks for a super idea.
One of the cutest sets from ME. Love the coloring and the use of embossing paste.
This is one of my favorite stamp and die sets
Adorable!!!
The critters are so cute and I love the textured background!
What a cute card. Love the little critters..
Gorgeous card! The partial die-cutting is so skillful and I love the textured rays!
These stamps and the card are just too adorable!!
Aww what a cutie!
So cute these Little critters ☺️
Love the Little Critters, so sweet. Thank you for sharing.
Super sweet card. The blending of the ink for beautiful colors is out of this world.
So stinking cute!
Such a cute card! Love the background technique!!
WOW, can she color! Also, the partial diecutting is very impressive. A really fantastic card!
Such a sweet card!
I love her partial die cutting
What a cute card! Love everything about it!
Wow, an amazing card!
Cute, cute card! Love all the detail.
So cute. Great, fun card. Thanks for sharing it. Michelle t
I don’t know what I like more, the sentiment or the image? Adorable!!
Erps, I need to get out my stencil and paste.