Oh Happy Day + Mama Elephant Brand of the Month Sale!
Hi friends! Happy Friday! As you’ve seen, we are celebrating all that is FABULOUS in Mama Elephant as our Brand of the Month! Scroll on for a CODE for special savings!
Also! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Keeway Tsao as our special guest with some super sweet inspiration!
The Mama Elephant Slim Card Basics die is not only a great set for creating slim sized cards, but also perfect for creating cute mini sized cards! I was inspired by my teammate Vera’s use of these dies during our release that I knew I wanted to share more projects with her creative use of these dies. When the slim line card is folded is half, you can create small cards of 4.25” by 3.5”. I found these to be the perfect to size to leave a small note and even sandwich in a gift card in. To showcase this use, I have paired the Slim Card Basics with the Zodiac Rooster, Little Chickie Agenda, and Paola’s Wishes stamp sets.
I started by stamping several images from Zodiac Rooster and Little Chickie Agenda in Milk Chocolate hybrid ink and colored up the images with copic markers. I then used their coordinating dies to die cut each image out.
I created a soft ink blended background with Blueprint Sketch and Shaded Lilac distress oxide inks on Bristol paper, and then die cut this piece out with the stitched rectangle from Slim Card Basics. This was cut in half, approximately at the 4” mark. On each piece, I heat embossed a sentiment from Paola’s Wishes in white.
For the base of the card, I used the scallop frame from Slim Card Basics out of grey card stock and folded this in half. I added my ink blended stitched background onto each of these with liquid adhesive, then followed by the images popped up with foam tape. And this completes both of my mini cards!
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To continue the celebration, we’re having a 15% off sale with code MMAE44 at checkout on all of their awesome in-stock products! Shop early for the best selection, and enjoy!
A BIG thanks to Keeway for the inspiration today!
Card Kit Reveal and Inspiration: Beautiful Butterflies
Our June 2020 Card Kit, Beautiful Butterflies is full of fluttering vintage charm. In the kit are some fantastic Simon exclusive products—the stunning Beautiful Butterflies 6×8 stamp set and the 6×6 Butterfly Trails stencil! You’ll also find two fabulous Tim Holtz Idea-ology products: Clippings stickers and Typography Findings! We’ve also included shimmery Gina K. Designs Iridescent Glitz Glitter Gel, a variety of gorgeous Simple Stories patterned papers, and 4 sheets of Simon brand cardstock.
Our Beautiful Butterflies Card Kit will fill your heart (and craft space!) with beauty and happiness!
The NEW Beautiful Butterflies 6″x8″ stamp set and the Butterfly Trails 6″x6″ stencil are available for individual purchases in our store!
Don’t forget! We have LOTS of gorgeous card kit inspiration to access and add to in our Card Kit Galleries!
You can purchase the kit at $34.99, or you can subscribe to our kit of the month program for just $29.99 (plus S&H) per month to have our kits delivered right to your door each month!
If you are a subscriber who used Paypal to purchase your subscription, please be sure to pay the invoice that we send you within 3 business days. We have a limited number of this card kit in stock and don’t want you to miss out. For easier and quicker monthly processing, please contact us via email or telephone and we will put your credit card on file as a courtesy for you. Card kits bill and ship anytime between the 16 – 30 of every month.
Art Journaling: “Record” Your Thoughts
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this sooner for my Circle Journal, but I got this idea to create a “Record” to record my thoughts. I’m old school and had “45’s” growing up with my favorite music singles. This journal is styled after those fun little nuggets.
This is a simple journal page where journaling is the key factor. Record your thoughts and feelings to complete the look of the disc.
I started out using the Simon Says Stamp Nested Circles to cut out my record parts from black cardstock and Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor cardstock. I used the 5 1/2″, 3 1/2″, and 1 1/2″ dies.
I used Tim Holtz Distress Paste through a stencil for texture and once dry, I added color with Distress Spray Stains. I completed my page by journaling in the “grooves” of the record with a silver Reminisce pen.
Thanks for stopping by today, Enjoy and stay safe!!
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