Mama Elephant Stamps: Type It & Smitten

I'm back today, showcasing two more stamp sets for Mama Elephant: Type It & Smitten, which are both available for purchase now in the Mama Elephant store.

Type It

Smitten

My first project today features the Type It stamp set. I stamped the little typewriter on some aqua cardstock and cut it out by hand. Then, I stamped the piece of paper and added the quotation marks and heart (I did some masking to make the heart red.)

The background patterned paper is My Mind's Eye, as well as the notebook paper that I diecut. I stamped the typewriter keys in red on red cardstock, but stamped three of them in black Versafine to underscore the meaning of my card.

With the Smitten stamp set, I couldn't resist creating another layout using it (if you missed the layout I made for the Mama Elephant January Stampede, you can click here to check it out). This time, I decided to use a photo of my son, Jonah.

For my layout, I used some Bazzill Kraft cardstock for the background and some Studio Calico patterned paper and cut file. I stamped the "I ♥ this" banner stamp in red and the cool feather stamp (I LOVE this stamp!) in a rusty orange and cut them both out by hand. I added some WRMK washi tape and a My Mind's Eye decorative brad.

To create my title, I cut a piece of red cardstock and added some pattern to it, by stamping all over it with the feather stamp.

Then I used my Silhouette Portrait to cut out my title.

I added a few American Crafts stickers between my words to finish it off. I repeatedly stamped the "sweet sweet sunshine" stamp on a banner that I'd diecut, using 7 different colours of ink, to create an ombre effect.

And, in the bottom left hand corner, I stamped out two more feathers, which I cut out by hand and added a Studio Calico badge.

Thanks for looking!

Mama Elephant stamps: Starry Night & Cosmic Star

I'm so excited to be guest designing for Mama Elephant this month! Today, I'm showcasing two of their new stamp sets: Starry Night & Cosmic Star, which are both available for purchase in the Mama Elephant store.

Starry Night

Cosmic Star

First up is a card that I made using both Starry Night & Cosmic Star. I stamped the star background on some dark grey cardstock in Versamark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I diecut the cardstock, on which I added strips of patterned paper and washi tape, as well as my sentiments (from Starry Night) and image (from Cosmic Star). I paper pieced the little Virgo image using coordinating patterned papers.

I just loved the little crab image in Cosmic Star and decided to make him the star of my next card. I stamped him a little beach scene and framed it in a polaroid diecut. I mounted it on some My Mind's Eye patterned paper and added some twine and buttons. The "happy birthday" sentiment is from Starry Night.

I'm also linking both of these projects up for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge: paper-piecing.

Thanks for looking!

Mama Elephant January Stampede

Hi everyone! Today, I'm thrilled to be stampeding with Mama Elephant! (As winner of their Colour Challenge 01, I also won the opportunity to be their guest designer this month!)

A few things you should know about the Stampede....

The January stamps that the designers are showcasing are available in the Mama Elephant store now. Mama Elephant is giving away 3 gift certificates worth $20.00 each - just leave a comment here on my blog (& on the blogs of the other designers) to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede & will be announced on the Mama Elephant blog on Monday, January 21st. AND, there will be a surprise giveaway on Mama Elephant's Facebook Page, so you'll want to stop by there as well! 

I decided to create a layout for the stampede using some stamps from the new Smitten stamp set. This set is well named, because I was totally smitten with it the first time I saw it, knowing it would be perfect for creating cards and layouts for/about my loved ones! The subject of today's layout is my daughter, Sage.

In addition to the Mama Elephant Smitten stamp set, I also used some My Mind's Eye patterned paper, washi tape and decorative brads. I cut my title out of white cardstock and MME patterned paper on my Silhouette Portrait.  The little "I ♥ this" is a Smitten stamp-- love that one!

I used four more stamps from this set on my layout, creating a grid in which to house each stamp:

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you're working your way through today's blog hop from the beginning, you should have arrived from Cheiron Brandon's blog. The next stop on this stampede is JJ Bolton. If you've just jumped into this stampede, don't worry! Just start at the Mama Elephant blog and you won't miss a thing!

Blog hop order:

Mama Elephant

Alice Wertz

Cheiron Brandon

Leigh Penner (you are here)

JJ Bolton

Mariana Grigsby

Lea Lawson

Pearl Lui

Savannah O'Gwynn

Betsy Veldman

Thanks for looking!