Weekender with Wanda – Mama Elephant Stamps!
Hey everyone! Happy Weekend! Welcome back to the latest edition of Weekender with Wanda! So glad to see you here today! I love having a set time to share with all of you each week. It’s my pleasure! Last week’s Weekender post was very personal and I thank you for all the super nice comments. Last week we talked Tim Holtz and Distress…. And this week we are going in a totally different direction! I used my Copics and some happy striped paper to feature stamps from one of my favorite stamp companies – Mama Elephant. Their stamps are so cheerful and cute and just plain fun. I combined two stamp sets together to create a little scene that looks just like the desk in my studio.
I used the Blogging Buddies stamp set and the Little Edibles stamp set together for my card. I thought the scale was really nice together…and who can resist those tiny food and coffee stamps! (Not me!) So, here’s the card photo, and then we can talk a little more about how I made it. This is a great clean and simple card layout that you can use with any images or theme.
I started with a pre-cut Simon Says Stamp A2 Card Base and then covered the front with a fab stripe from the new Echo Park paper collection called Happy Summer. I used the Mama Elephant Landscape die to cut a gentle curve from some crisp white paper. I used the tiny envelope that comes in the Blogging Buddies stamp set, and randomly stamped all over the white layer. Then I added my sentiment in crisp black ink. Then,I layered that piece onto the stripes with foam tape.
Next I stamped all my images with SSS Intense Black Ink and die cut them out with the matching dies. The Little Edibles stamps had to be hand cut, but it was easy! I used my Copic Markers to color everything in hues to match the stripes in the paper.
How cute are those tiny cards?? LOVE. I used a sheet of red floral paper from the same Echo Park Happy Summer paper to frame my white circle – and made that my focal point. I attached all the images with foam squares onto the circle.
At the last minute I thought about adding glitter or Stickles…. But I decided to use some little red hearts instead. It just added that little extra bit of color to the card.
“You’ve Got Mail!” Who doesn’t like to get happy mail? No one I know! I hope that this little piece of mail has put a smile on your face today. Happy crafting – until we meet again next weekend!
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What a darling stamp set and the card is so adorable too!
Great card! What a cute stamp set!!!
Adorable images on your card Wanda. Thanks for sharing with us.
Darling card and I love the Blogging Buddies set. It’s adorable. I would love to send cards like these to my sisters and my mom. Well cone.
What a great stamp set and super fun card!
Wanda the Blogging Buddies stamp set is too adorable. Love your color choices and I thought the little hearts on the envelopes were perfect. As always, thanks for sharing your creativeness with us all.
Cute card. That phrase is very useful for the friendships we make on the Web these days.
Such a cute “mail” card. Would love to get one like this.
What an adorable stamp set! Love the little envelopes!
Love those letters
Awe how cute!
This is just adorable
Really fun card! Thank you for sharing!
I love it!
Oh man, that little donut and coffee cup are so darn cute!
I love all the colors! What a fun card to receive!
Cute card for a friend. I love the sentiments and little envelopes!
This is adorable. I love the little scene!
What a fun, sweet and happy card! Love it!
This is SUCH a fun and happy card!! I especially love that sweet strawberry notelet!! What an adorable touch!!!
Cheerful!!
This is such a fun card, Wanda! Super cute stamps. I love the little cards and all of the desk accessories. HaHa! Thanks, SSS and Wanda!
Such a cute card! I love all the tiny letters and red hearts, and the snacks!
Just adorable! Love the sentiment and such cute images. Great inspiration!
Love this card Wanda! Such a fun set for sending happy mail!
Great stamp set and love the card you made !!
This is just a cute and fun stamp set.
This is too adorable for words I luv it
A happy card! Love how you used the two different sets–really works! Very clever!!
This is a fun design!
I love how you combined the blogging buddies and the little edibles stampset together, such a creative idea. The card is so sweet. Thank You for the inspiration.
What a sweet card. I love the little hearts.
Soooo cute. I am inspired once again! I need to start collecting pictures of cards… Because, I’ve been on so many blog hops I’ve got “good idea” overload.
Love, love, love this card! The bright colors are so cheerful, and the little edibles are adorable. Also love all of the little envelopes! What a great card to gift to a friend!
This is such an awesome card, I love it. It reminds me of teh movie you have got mail (one of my all time favourites)
What a fun card you made.
Such a funny card!!!! Love it!!!
Thanks so much for this! I always have such a hard time working with tiny stamps and building backgrounds with them! Its like every ounce of my creativity just flies out the window whenever I try! After seeing your card today I had a lightbulb moment and now I have 2 great ideas for future cards! I even wrote them down in my planner!!!
Sweet and colourful!
This is just such a cute card and a fantastic inspiration of combining stamp sets!! Sometimes it only takes seeing a card etc to get the creative juices flowing!! lol! Thanks for the creative juice flowing jump start!!
Darling stamp set….Darling card.
This is such a fun and happy card. I love the striped paper.
This is such a fun and adorable card!
FUN & FABULOUS card Wanda :)
SUPER CUTE design, LOVE IT => THANK YOU for sharing your tutorial & inspiration!!!
Great card! :)
Love how this card turned out! It would definitely put a smile on anyone’s face!
Blogging buddies is just a fun set. Very cute card Wanda.
Super cute happy mail card, love how you combined these stamp sets and your coloring is awesome! Love the striped paper and curvy card front too!
super cute card!!
Super adorable card!TFS!