Welcome to the Mama Elephant Release Design Team blog hop!
Our newest release is now live and available for purchase in the store!
A great background building set is a must-have for creating interesting and beautiful backgrounds or borders for your stamped card creations. The new ME Sentimental Borders Stamp Set not only creates amazing text stamped borders but use it to fill the background of your card and you can get any number of different text background looks by simply repeating the stamped design to fill the background.
I combined the ME Sentimental Borders with the bunny from the new ME Carnival Cupcakes and the party hat and balloon from the ME Carnival Toppers Stamps. I stamped a sentiment from the ME Starry Night Stamp Set on a vellum tag die cut with the ME Embellished Tag Creative Cuts die. Star confetti die cut using the ME Confetti Creative Cuts die is one of my favorite ways to finish embellishing a card!
I stamped one of the text border designs from ME Sentimental Borders on the Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper using Versamark Ink and heat embossed the stamped design with white embossing powder. Then I took Spun Sugar Distress Ink, Picked Raspberry Distress Ink and Barn Door Distress ink and applied them with the Mini Ink Blending Tool over the background. The embossed text resisted the ink, leaving me with a beautifully variegated background going from lightest to darkest. I spritzed the background with a Mini Mister filled with water to give the inked background a bit more of a distressed look (the Distress Inks react with the water and move leaving nice water droplet looks. The Mini Mister spritzes small droplets for a more subtle distressing).
I die cut tags from white cardstock and vellum using the ME Embellished Tag die, stamping the "happy birthday" greeting from the ME Starry Night Stamp Set in Versamark and heat embossing with white embossing powder.
I stamped the white tag with the tag outline stamp from the ME No Peeking Stamp Set using SSS Fog Ink and die cut the tag hole reinforcement from SSS Cotton Candy Cardstock and adhered it to the top of the tag. I tied some thin pink twine through the tags and adhered them to the inked background.
I stamped the bunny from the ME Carnival Cupcakes Stamp Set and party hat from the ME Carnival Toppers Stamp Set with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on white cardstock and colored in the designs with Copic Markers (the individual marker colors are listed and linked below in the supplies). I stamped the balloon from ME Carnival Toppers using ME Lollipop Ink and SSS Black Ink and die cut all the pieces with the coordinating ME Carnival Cupcakes Creative Cuts Dies and ME Carnival Toppers Creative Cuts Dies.
I die cut star confetti from SSS Cotton Candy Cardstock, SSS Doll Pink Cardstock and SSS Lipstick Red Cardstock using the ME Confetti Creative Cuts die and scattered them throughout the design. I added a layer of Glossy Accents to the star confetti for subtle dimension.
I adhered the inked panel to my card base using my favorite foam adhesive.
(Click SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, MFT = to purchase from My Favorite Things, SB.COM = to purchase from scrapbook.com, AZ = to purchase from Amazon)
Mama Elephant SENTIMENTAL BORDERS Clear Stamp Set ME-1408SB
Mama Elephant CARNIVAL CUPCAKES Clear Stamp Set ME-1408CC
Mama Elephant CARNIVAL CUPCAKES Creative Cuts Die Set MEL-0814CC
Mama Elephant CARNIVAL TOPPERS Clear Stamp Set ME-1408CT
Mama Elephant CARNIVAL TOPPERS Creative Cuts Die Set ME-0814CT
Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, Starry Night
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp STARRY NIGHT Set ME1301-015
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp NO PEEKING Set ME1211-011
Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, No Peeking
Memento Ink Pad, Tuxedo Black @ellen
Memento Tuxedo Black
RV10 Pale Pink
RV10 Pale Pink
Copic Sketch Marker RV55 HOLLYHOCK Magenta Pink Red Violet
COPIC Sketch Marker RV55, Hollyhock
Copic Sketch Marker RV66 RASPBERRY Red Violet Pink
COPIC Sketch Marker RV66, Raspberry
R20 Blush
R20 Blush
Copic Sketch Marker W00 Warm Gray Grey
W00 Warm Gray
COPIC Sketch Marker W2, Warm Gray No. 2
W2 Warm Gray
Copic Sketch MARKER W3 WARM GRAY Grey
W3 Warm Gray
W5 Warm Gray
W5 Warm Gray
Mama Elephant Creative Color Ink Pads, Lollipop
Mama Elephant LOLLIPOP Creative Color Ink Pad ME-LOLLI
Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad FOG Gray
SSS Premium Dye Ink Pad BLACK
Tim Holtz Spun Sugar Distress Ink
Distress Ink Pad, Spun Sugar @ellen
Distress Ink Pad, Picked Raspberry @ellen
Picked Raspberry
BARN DOOR DISTRESS INK
Distress Ink Pad, Barn Door
VersaMark Dazzle, Frost
Versamark Frost
Hero Arts Embossing Powder, White
Hero Arts WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER
Sakura BLACK GLAZE GEL PENS
Sakura Glaze Pen, Black
Sakura WHITE OPAQUE GLAZE GEL PENS
Glaze Pen, White, 2 pk
ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker
Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Tip Marker
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# COTTON CANDY CC16
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# DOLL PINK DP17
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# LIPSTICK RED LR10
Neenah Solar White Cardstock
Bazzill 21 LB VELLUM 8.5" x 11" White 25 Sheets @simon
Distress Watercolor Cardstock
Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger
Sizzix Big Shot Cutting and Embossing Die-Cut Machine
Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Powder Blue & Teal @simon
Mama Elephant EMBELLISHED TAG Creative Cuts Steel Dies MEL-001C
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts, Embellished Tag
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts | Bold Banner, Dainty Bow, Embellished Tag and Femme Frames Packaged Se
Ink Blending Tool, 1 Round
Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS
Ranger Mini Mister, Individual @ellen
Inkssentials Mini Mister (Lot of 3)
Lawn Fawn 1.75" Round Block With Grip
Lawn Fawn 1.75 Inch Acrylic ROUND Grip Block
Lawn Fawn 2.5" Round Block With Grip & Grid
Lawn Fawn 2.5" Acrylic ROUND Grip Block with Grid
Lawn Fawn 2 x 8 Inch Acrylic RECTANGLE Grip Block with Grid
2 Lawn Fawn Round Clear Acrylic Stamping Blocks
Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag
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