Mama Elephant | Season’s Greetings. Blog Hop + Giveaway
Hello, friends! Thank you so much for stopping by today to help celebrate Mama Elephant 5 Year Anniversary (more about this and giveaway below)! I got two adorable stamp sets from Mama Elephant and I used both to create the card I’m sharing in today’s post.
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CARD DETAILS
I started working on this card by stamping Season’s Greetings onto white cardstock in black ink. I used my mini MISTI for stamping to make sure I got a perfect impression. Once my ink dried I used an anti static powder tool, shifted my paper just a fraction of an inch and stamped sentiment again using clear embossing ink.
I used Simon’s Antique Gold embossing powder (was going to use gold, but couldn’t find it on my messy desk – I really need to clean it!) and heat set the powder. Next, I stamped snowflakes around the sentiment in clear embossing ink and heat set in clear embossing powder. I stamped them in groups (as it was hard to see where I had already stamped some) of 3 or 4 to make sure I didn’t overlap any.
Next I pulled out my Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers distress inks and blended them coming in from the edges of my panel. I went a little heavier on the edges and used a much lighter hand as I was getting closer to the center and the sentiment.
I added flicks of water and used a paper towel to lift some of the ink up. Once I was happy with how my background looked I trimmed it a tiny bit (I didn’t want the harsh ink blended edges to show) and adhered onto an A2 top folding card base. Lastly, I added several drops of “water” using Tonic Nuvo Drops in Morning Dew.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
Mama Elephant Clear Stamps Season’s Wishes Shop at: SSS | ME |
Mama Elephant Clear Stamps Holly’s Snowflakes Shop at: SSS | ME |
Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder PW104 Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Tumbled Glass Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Peacock Feathers Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Tonic Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Hero Arts Letterpress Paper Cream Hues Ps701 Shop at: SSS |
HOP ALONG – GET INSPIRED!
Welcome to the very special #celebrating5years with Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop! This is Day 3 of the 3-day Stampede! Make sure you check out Day 1 and Day 2 if you missed them!
Our newest release is now live and available for purchase in the store!
Check out this year’s promo!
From 9/15-9/17
Take 10% off the entire store.
In stock items only. No rain checks.
No coupon code needed. All prices as marked.
From 9/15-9/30
Spend min $100* – get a free ‘Occasional Labels’ 4×6 stamp set.
Spend min $150* – get a free ‘Occasional Labels’ 4×6 stamp set and ‘Hello Friend Script’ creative cut die.
*Subtotal minimum amount must be met before any shipping fees/tax/customs.
Free item(s) valid only a single order/transaction.
Limit one of each free offer per order.
Orders cannot be combined. New orders only.
Limit one free offer per customer/order.
We reserve the right to cancel/modify orders.
Free offer valid 9/15-9/30 or while supplies last!
We have so many amazing guest designers joining for for this Stampede. We are blessed with some amazing friends in the industry, so we are spreading the stampede into 3 days. 3 days of awesomeness!
Here are today’s designers, make sure you ‘stampede’ your way through all of them and check out what they created with the newest products!
Mama Elephant
Yana Smakula – you are here!
Vera Rhuhay
Nichol Spohr
Cathryn Zielske
GIVEAWAY!
To celebrate this mega anniversary release, up for grabs are three $25 gift certificate to the ME store! That’s a total of 9 winners for the 3-day Stampede! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede. Winners will be announced on the last day of Stamp Highlights. You have up to 4 chances to qualify to win!
» 1. Leave a comment on this blog post «
» 2. Like/share us on Facebook: facebook.com/mamaelephant «
» 3. Follow/tweet us on Twitter: twitter.com/heymamaelephant «
» 4. Follow/tweet us on Instagram: instagram.com/mamaelephant «
Each action qualifies for one entry, max 4 entries per stampeder please!
PIN THIS PROJECT
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Silvia Galloni
September 17, 2017Wow….I really love this card a much!
JO
September 17, 2017Beautiful Card Thanks for sharing
Dolly
September 17, 2017it’s so gorgeous Yana!! Love it, TFS
Wendy Little
September 17, 2017Love the colors of your card, very beautiful card.
Elizabeth Simpson
September 17, 2017What an elegant card and I love that holiday sentiment
Marie O
September 17, 2017This card is stunning!
Judy lucas
September 17, 2017So pretty. Love your work.
Cynthia Cole
September 17, 2017Beautiful Christmas Card!
hsmom24kids
September 17, 2017Beautiful elegant card!
Katie Kinde
September 17, 2017What a wonderful stamp set.
Meghan G
September 17, 2017Wow….I really love this card a much!
rhowell2
September 17, 2017I love your card! It is really pretty with the blues coming in to the middle, very pretty
Jennifer Kinney
September 17, 2017Gorgeous! Love those snowflakes!
patscrap
September 17, 2017Your card is so elegant !Love it !
Roberta S
September 17, 2017Love this card & the background. Thank Yana for sharing.
Liz O
September 17, 2017Gorgeous design Yana! Love the disstress snowflake background and pretty sentiment! TFS!
Deborah Kaye
September 17, 2017Your card is beautiful. I really like how you stamped the greeting in black and then shifted to stamp again and emboss.
ambecoming
September 17, 2017Wow! the effect of the black under the gold is very effective. I almost missed it. Gotta love it when something is very effective and also very subtle. Thanks for another idea to try. (I do now own a few ornate frame dies and some mirror papers so I can try your “formula”!) I enjoy your work a lot.
Christy M
September 17, 2017Such a beautiful card!
kathy dumpert
September 17, 2017Beautiful card, I think I need to order the seasons greetings sentiment stamp now!
Amanda S
September 17, 2017Lovely!
Maureen Reiss
September 17, 2017Gorgeous card!! I love the shadow behind the words!!
Lori
September 17, 2017Great card Yana!
Becky Hel
September 17, 2017Beautiful card!!
Tracy A
September 17, 2017I love the beautiful simplicity of this card.
Barbara
September 17, 2017Very pretty!
Tamra
September 17, 2017The snowflakes make a beautiful backdrop for an elegant sentiment. Gorgeous.
Elizabeth Knehans
September 17, 2017This card is a combination of simplicity and elegance! I adore snowflakes and they are perfect paired with the scripty sentiment. That double stamped shadow technique on the sentiment really put this card over the top!
Stacey
September 17, 2017so sweet and simple and gorgeous.
Mirella Rogan
September 17, 2017Beautiful in its simplicity, but some amount of skills went into making it 🙂 love the slightly off-set sentiment!
Jenny del Castillo
September 17, 2017Very beautiful cards, I will try this technique in my holiday cards!
Lori Ritchie
September 17, 2017Beautiful card, lovely font!
Julie
September 17, 2017Love the simple elegance of your card.
Priyanka Kantak
September 17, 2017Hi Yana. Love the soothing color of the card and how simple & stunning it is at the same time!
Hugs!
~ Priyanka
Isabelle
September 17, 2017WOW ! I love your card, it’s so elegant !!!! These big sentiments from Mama Elephant are really a must-have. Thank you for the inspiration.
justMarie
September 17, 2017Very striking card!
Lindarub
September 17, 2017Love the snowflakes as your background.
Candy
September 17, 2017Sentiment and coloring are beautful
annheidel
September 17, 2017Beautifully elegant card!
Laura Peddicord
September 17, 2017This is just a beautiful card! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Christy Q
September 17, 2017Beautiful technique, Yana! The double stamping and embossing is just amazing and I love the soft background you created for the bold sentiment.
Barbara-Jean
September 17, 2017Like the card, like the color, and the droplets!
Janet D.
September 17, 2017This is a beautiful card, so elegant!
Maddie M
September 17, 2017Your card is so pretty!! Love it and Mama elephant:)
Mary Holshouser
September 17, 2017The card is beautiful.
Love the way it fades away as you get
into the middle so there is room for
the sentiment.
thanks for sharing.
Mary-Anne V
September 17, 2017Very ekegant especially with the soft snowflakes in the background.
Anne Sturgeon
September 17, 2017This is gorgeous. I could see this one for all of this year’s mailing. Very classic looking. Love the antique gold embossing powder
Sue LD
September 17, 2017So pretty with the gold greeting and the snowflake background.
Kirsty Vittetoe
September 17, 2017Such a gorgeous holiday card!
Hannah Y
September 17, 2017So pretty! I love this. Really puts me in the holiday mood hehe. Can’t wait to see more from Mama Elephants holiday release!
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