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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Wow….I really love this card a much!
Beautiful Card Thanks for sharing
it’s so gorgeous Yana!! Love it, TFS
Love the colors of your card, very beautiful card.
What an elegant card and I love that holiday sentiment
This card is stunning!
So pretty. Love your work.
Beautiful Christmas Card!
Beautiful elegant card!
What a wonderful stamp set.
Wow….I really love this card a much!
I love your card! It is really pretty with the blues coming in to the middle, very pretty
Gorgeous! Love those snowflakes!
Your card is so elegant !Love it !
Love this card & the background. Thank Yana for sharing.
Gorgeous design Yana! Love the disstress snowflake background and pretty sentiment! TFS!
Your card is beautiful. I really like how you stamped the greeting in black and then shifted to stamp again and emboss.
Wow! 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.
Such a beautiful card!
Beautiful card, I think I need to order the seasons greetings sentiment stamp now!
Lovely!
Gorgeous card!! I love the shadow behind the words!!
Great card Yana!
Beautiful card!!
I love the beautiful simplicity of this card.
Very pretty!
The snowflakes make a beautiful backdrop for an elegant sentiment. Gorgeous.
This 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!
so sweet and simple and gorgeous.
Beautiful in its simplicity, but some amount of skills went into making it 🙂 love the slightly off-set sentiment!
Very beautiful cards, I will try this technique in my holiday cards!
Beautiful card, lovely font!
Love the simple elegance of your card.
Hi Yana. Love the soothing color of the card and how simple & stunning it is at the same time!
Hugs!
~ Priyanka
WOW ! I love your card, it’s so elegant !!!! These big sentiments from Mama Elephant are really a must-have. Thank you for the inspiration.
Very striking card!
Love the snowflakes as your background.
Sentiment and coloring are beautful
Beautifully elegant card!
This is just a beautiful card! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Beautiful technique, Yana! The double stamping and embossing is just amazing and I love the soft background you created for the bold sentiment.
Like the card, like the color, and the droplets!
This is a beautiful card, so elegant!
Your card is so pretty!! Love it and Mama elephant:)
The 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.
Very ekegant especially with the soft snowflakes in the background.
This is gorgeous. I could see this one for all of this year’s mailing. Very classic looking. Love the antique gold embossing powder
So pretty with the gold greeting and the snowflake background.
Such a gorgeous holiday card!
So 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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